Research project AISTER

AI-enabled Citizen Participation in University-driven Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Safeguarding (AISTER)

The project at a glance

  • Start date:
    01 Feb 2025
  • Duration in months:
    28
  • Funding:
    Erasmus+ KA2 programme of the European Union
  • Principal Investigator(s):
    Tugce KARATAS

About

The project aims to enhance the capacities of European universities in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and human participation for cultural heritage safeguarding in emergency. AISTER fosters interdisciplinary synergies in computer science, cultural heritage, and social sciences, thereby stimulating innovation in teaching and learning methods within university settings. AISTER strategically integrates AI and human participation to develop society-centered solutions aimed at safeguarding Ukrainian cultural heritage and benefiting its people. Thus, AISTER’s overarching goal is to reinforce university-driven AI research for a social purpose, while also providing both university students and citizens with the knowledge and skills necessary to actively contribute to the safeguarding of cultural heritage at risk.

Organisation and Partners

  • Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH)
  • Stichting Europeana, the Netherlands
  • Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
  • University of Latvia, Latvia
  • Web2Learn, Greece

Project team

  • Tugce KARATAS, PI
  • Ghislain SILLAUME, Project member
  • Rocio ALBERTOS GÓMEZ-AMAT, Project member
  • Katerina Zourou, Project member, Web2Learn (external)
  • Mariana Ziku, Project member, Web2Learn (external)
  • Stefania Oikonomou, Project member, Web2Learn (external)
  • Sanita Reinsone, Project member, University of Latvia (external)
  • Uldis Zariņš , Project member, University of Latvia (external)
  • Ilze Ļaksa-Timinska, Project member, University of Latvia (external)
  • Olena Pochaievets, Project member, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (external)
  • Pavlo Shydlovskyi, Project member, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (external)
  • Tetiana Loznytsia, Project member, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (external)
  • Liubov Yeredenko, Project member, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (external)
  • Alba Irollo, Project member, Europeana (external)
  • Georgia Evans, Project member, Europeana (external)
  • Emma Collins, Project member, Europeana (external)

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