Lecture by Mr. Grigoris Grigorakakis, Head of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Kefallinia of the Ministry of Antiquities, at the University of Piraeus
On Wednesday, June 5, 2019, from 18:15 - 21:00, in the Conference Hall of the Central Building of the University of Piraeus (Karaoli & Dimitriou 80, Piraeus), we invite you to the lecture by Mr. Grigoris Grigorakakis, Head of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Kefalonia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, within the course "Advanced Media and Applications in Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Culture" of the Direction "Digital Culture" in the MSc "Digital Culture, Smart Cities, IoT and Advanced Digital Technologies", of the Department of Informatics University of Piraeus.
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Presentation topic: "Archaeo-informatics": Geographical Information Systems in Archaeological Science.
The application of Geographic Information Systems is not new to Archaeology. However, the rapid development of Informatics and Computer science, the development of Geobase technology and the incorporation into them of sophisticated spatial analysis and statistical algorithms have made them not only important analytical, but also methodological tools, which not only depict, but they reveal underlying processes through the language of algorithms, geometry and cartography. Seat density analysis, visibility analysis, and least-cost path analysis reveal these underlying processes or structures sometimes at the level of long-term structures, sometimes medium-term cycles, or even micro-term events.
Brief Biography
Grigoris Grigorakakis is an Archaeologist of the YPPOA with grade A and Head of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Kefallinia and Ithaca. Honors graduate of the Department of History and Archeology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, holder of a Master's Degree in Classical Archeology from the same department, honors graduate of the National School of Public Administration specializes in the application of Geoinformatics methods in archaeological science. Doctor of the Department of Geography of Harokopio University, he has carried out rescue excavations in the region of Arcadia, directs the Archaeological Program of South Kynouria and was in charge of the administration of the Project "Re-exhibition of the Archaeological Museum of Tegea" and in particular of the innovative sub-project of the creation and implementation of its digital applications, the core of the Museum's award (EMEA 2016). For his writing and excavation work see
https://culture.academia.edu/undefinedundefined καιhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Grigoris_Grigorakakis.
He has served in various positions in the Central Service of the Ministry of Culture, the Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, the Ephorate of Antiquities of Arcadia (ΛΘ' EPKA) and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Cephalonia as Head of the Department of Prehistoric and Classical Archaeological Sites, Monuments and Archaeological Research, and as Head of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Kefallinia and Ithaca.04 Jun 2019
