----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The following message is being sent to several listservers. Please forgive any duplicate messages that you may receive. FIFTEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE COMPUTERS AND THE HISTORY OF ART UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW 24-25 September 1999 DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS: DESIGN, HERITAGE AND ARCHITECTURE This year's conference will focus on the impact of computers on the designing, study and preservation of the built environment. Papers will be focus on descibing projects and research from manu countries, including, Japan, New Zealand, Italy, Turkey, France and the United Kingdom. Topics include reconstruction, conservation, reserach methodologies, virtual archives, and teaching and information projects and demonstrations. Additional information is available from the conference web site: http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk/CHArt99/ Friday, 24 September SESSION 1 ISSUES VIRTUAL HERITAGE: IS THERE A FUTURE FOR THE PAST? T.W. Mayer, University of Strathclyde VIRTUAL REALITY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION Melissa Terras, Christ Church College, Oxford University DESIGN PROCESS AND APPROACHES TO THE HISTORICAL ENVIRONMENTS Ayse Sagsoz, Black Sea Technical University COLLAPSING THE TETRAHEDRON Jules Moroney, University of Auckland, New Zealand SESSION 2 METHODS CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE EXECUTION OF A FRESCO L. Bordoni, ENEA, Rome; A. Colagrossi, Dipartimento dei Servizi Tecnici Nazionale; G. Martellotti, Conservazione Beni Culturali, Rome; C. Seccaroni, ENEA, Rome LEAVING NO STONE UNTUREND. THE SEMSS PROJECT FOR HIGH RESOLUTION 3-D IMAGING OF SCOTLAND'S EARLY MEDIEVAL SCULPTURES Ewan Campbell and Stuart Jeffrey, University of Glasgow AN AUTOMATED APPROACH TO MOULDING PROFILE ACQUISITION Gareth Bradshaw and Rachel Moss, Trinity College, University of Dublin LE CORBUSIER AND HIS DRAWINGS: AN INTEGRATED DATABASE AND DRAWING PACKAGE Tim Benton, The Open University THE THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATION OF WOODED LANDSCAPES M.M. Sheldon and N. Ashdown, The Manchester Metropolitan University Saturday, 25 September SESSION 3 PROJECTS AND PROCESSES USING COMPUTERS FOR URBAN DESIGN Alan Day, University of Bath THE ST. AVITS PROJECT Ian Pickering and Tim Sharpe, Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow DOCUMENTATION AND ARCHIVING OF AN INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION Jo Bushnell, Millais Gallery, Southhampton Institute VIRTUAL REALITY FOR CULTURAL HERITAGES: A MEANS OF DIGITAL ARCHIVING Misa Hattori, Virtual Reality Laboratory, Toppan Printing, Tokyo DEMONSTRATIONS BUILDING REPRESENTATION IN A MULTIMEDIA ENVIRONMENT, HOLMWOOD HOUSE, GLASGOW Robert Anderson and David Buri, Glasgow School of Art WHISTLER AND HIS ARCHITECT: AN ELECTRONIC STUDY Nigel Thorp, University of Glasgow CONFERENCE FEES CHArt Member, 70 pounds sterling (2 days), 40 pounds (1 day) Non-members, 100 pounds sterling (2 days), 60 pounds (1 day) CHArt Student, 40 pounds sterling (2 days), 20 pounds (1 day) Student, 50 pounds sterling (2 days), 25 pounds (1 day) Information on becoming a CHArt member is available at http://www.hart.bbk.ac.uk/chart/subinfo.html REGISTRATION REGISTER ONLINE at http://hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk/Chart99/Register.htm or send your application by post (with check payable to the Unversity of Glasgow) to: Jonathan Lim Humanities Advanced Technology & Information Institute University of Glasgow 11 University Gardens Glasgow G12 8QQ UK +44-141-399-8855 ext. 0642 +44-141-330-3788 (fax) [log in to unmask] Information on Univeristy accomdation is available from the web site and must be made by September 4. Additional links on traveling to Glasgow, hotels in the city, maps, and the weather are also on the web site. Marlene Gordon CHArt Committee University of Michigan-Dearborn [log in to unmask]