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>Funded PhD studentship
>
>E-Curator: 3D colour scans for remote object identification and
assessment
>
>This project draws on UCL's expertise both in
>curatorship and in e-Science. It takes advantage
>of the presence at UCL of world class
>collections across a range of disciplines and of
>a state of the art colour scanner, the quality
>of which is unequalled in the UK. The project
>aims to apply e-science technologies to museum
>work and artefact analysis, exploring the
>potential to capture and share in a secure and
>repeatable manner very large, detailed datasets
>about museum artefacts, thereby enhancing
>international scholarship and facilitating the
>safe movement of artefacts. The ability to share
>validated 3D colour data could facilitate
>object-tracking and condition checking, enabling
>curators and conservators to compare records
>collected at different institutions and stored
>remotely, or collected over a period of time
>under different conditions, in order to assess
>and monitor change. The project is jointly
>funded by the Arts and Humanities Research
>Council (AHRC), the Engineering and Physical
>Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Joint
>Information Systems Committee (JISC).
>
>The specific aims of the project are to:
> * Develop a repeatable methodology for
> recording the surface detail and colour quality
> of a range of object types and materials
> * Explore the potential for producing
> validated datasets that would allow closer and
> more scientific examination of groups of
> objects, the processes involved in their
> manufacture, and issues of wear and deterioration.
> * Examine how the resulting datasets could
> be transmitted, shared and compared.
> * To begin to build expertise in the use and
> transmission of 3D scan data as a curatorial tool.
>
>The PhD student will work as part of a team to
>explore the usage of the developed tools and
>undertake re-scanning and comparison of the
>objects on a periodic basis. This work will form
>the basis of a 4 year PhD investigation of the
>abilities of 3D colour scanning and e-science
>based data sharing and visualization for the
>museum community. The studentship will be
>supervised by Sally MacDonald, Director of UCL
>Museums and Collections and will be based in the Institute of Archaeology.
>
>To be eligible for a full award, which covers
>the cost of tuition fees and a maintenance grant
>(GBP 14,700 in 2007/8), applicants should be
>normally resident in the UK. Applicants should
>have a good background in museum, material
>culture, conservation, heritage studies or
>archaeology at honours degree level (first/upper
>second), and preferably some post-graduate
>training or museums experience. A strong
>interest in cultural heritage technologies is
>essential and experience in computing will be an
>advantage. The studentship must start no later than 1 October 2007.
>
>Application forms can be downloaded from:
>sion>
>or are available from Lisa Daniel, Graduate
>Programmes Administrator,Institute of
>Archaeology, UCL, 31-34 Gordon Square, London
>WC1H OPY. Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7679 7499,
>email:
>l.daniel@ucl.ac.uk.
>Candidates should indicate on the application
>form under "Programme of Study" that they are
>applying for the AHRC-EPSRC-JISC Research Studentship.
>
>Further information on the application process
>may be obtained by email from: Lisa Daniel
>(l.daniel@ucl.ac.uk)
>
>The closing date for applications is 10 August 2007.
Sally MacDonald
Director, UCL Museums and Collections
Vice Provost's Office, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
tel: 020 7679 2825
mob: 07809 565349
fax: 020 7916 8505
www.ucl.ac.uk/museums
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