Prof. Anthony Yeh (4th from right) attended the award ceremony
The project “Key technologies and applications of spatio-temporal digital intelligence for cultural heritage protection and inheritance” (文化遺産保護傳承的時空數智化關鍵技術與應用)led by Professors Anthony Yeh (dupad) and Frank Xue (REC) won the First Prize of the 2024 Geospatial Information Technology Progress Award from the China Association for Geospatial Industry and Sciences (CAGIS) (中國地理信息産業協會). The national GIS association recognizes outstanding GIS projects that contribute the most to advance development of geosciences. An award ceremony was held in the Opening Ceremony of the China Geospatial Industry and Sciences Congress held in Kunming, China on 27 August 2024.
The project has developed innovative methods and applications in digital heritage conservation in the Greater Bay Area (GBA). The project team is comprised of researchers from Guangzhou OkayGIS Ltd., Guangdong Antique Archaeology Institute, Beijing Institute of Surveying and Mapping, Guangdong Museum, Tencent Cloud Ltd., Nanjing Normal University, Sun Yat-Sen University, and Guangzhou University.
Prof. Yeh and Prof. Xue applied three key technologies in the project, using GeoAI and blockchain, that were further developed from past GRF, ECS, and Guangdong NSF research projects. The novel technologies were applied to the tasks of automatic geometric “gene” extraction with point cloud, historic 3D object detection, and heritage BIM’s change management. Before this award, these technologies have won computer sciences and technological awards, such as, International Scan-to-BIM Challenges in CVPR Conferences, Outstanding Paper Award of CRIOCM2023 International Conference, and Winner of the buildingSMART International Awards for Professional Research 2021.
Given the large number of cultural heritage buildings in Hong Kong and the GBA, the team will further develop and promote the development and applications of digital heritage conservation using innovative GeoAI and blockchain technologies.
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