On February 7th, 2026 we participated in the online session of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Data Sciences and Applications. We presented the results of a semantic segmentation task on the looting pits of three different archaeological sites, studied within the ALCEO project. The results of this part of the project will be published in the conference proceedings on IEEE Explorer.
[15/02/2025]
The ALCEO project has successfully entered its second stage, following an extension of the initial phase. This renewal secures another year of funding and development.
In this second stage, ALCEO will focus on building an Active Learning platform aimed at streamlining the annotation of looting pits. The platform will help enhance model performance while significantly reducing the need for large volumes of manually labelled images.
This development represents an important step forward in applying machine learning to cultural heritage protection.
[16/10/2024]
On October 16th 2024, we presented the results of the ALCEO project at the ESA/ESRIN centre in Frascati, Italy, within the Workshop "EO for Cultural Heritage".
[06/09/2023]
CCHT researchers presented the final results of ALCEO to the European Space Agency.
[02/04/2023]
ALCEO at CAA Amsterdam 2023
Arianna Traviglia, ALCEO PI, will present some ALCEO results at CAA (Computer Applications in Archaeology) in Amsterdam.
These the contributions:
- “VHR satellite imagery-based detection of archaeological sites looting in desertic regions via Deep Learning approaches” in the Session “Computational Approaches and Remote Sensing Applications in Desertic Areas”;
- “Monitoring from space: satellite imagery for the identification of looting patterning and looters behaviour” in the session “Hey Google, stop that looter”: digital technologies against cultural heritage crimes; critical approaches, ongoing solutions and beyond.
ALCEO Mid-term review
[24/03/2023]
CCHT researcher have presented the project progress to European Space Agency's representatives.
[12/08/2022]
The ALCEO project is officially setting off.
During the Kick-Off Meeting, CCHT researchers will discuss with the European Space Agency's representatives the coming steps and the strategy toward successful results.
