Argus Partners

The Athena Research Center (Athena) and specifically its Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP) are leading Greek institutions dedicated to advancing information technology, linguistic and cultural technology, and their applications across various sectors.

The institutions uphold high standards of quality management and play pivotal roles in education and the development of digital technologies, contributing significantly to the field of AI and digital innovation.Together with project management tasks, ATHENA will lead the activities for requirements and specifications, digital twin ontology, representation and data mode, and citizen science activities.

The Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) is a public university established in 2004. In 2020, it was ranked 57th in the top new universities in the world.

Within the ARGUS project, CUT team will lead the identification of best practices and will support the definition of the overall data acquisition strategy, data collection framework and in the modelling of ground movements using satellite remote and geoinformation.

Eurecat is the leading Technology Centre in Catalonia, and the second largest private research organization in Southern Europe. Eurecat manages a turnover of 43M€ and 705 professionals, is involved in more than 200 R&D projects. Within the ARGUS project, EURECAT is leading the activities for data collection and it is supporting the requirements definition, as well as overseeing all work packages developments assisted by all technical partners. They will also support the research activities with optical imaging and acoustic emission techniques applied to cultural heritage.

The University of Cyprus was established in 1989. It aims to establish itself as a pioneer research Institution, achieving international scientific recognition in European higher education, offering competitive programmes and to become a center of excellence in the wider Euro – Mediterranean region. Within the ARGUS project, they will work on the strategy for remote sensing data collection, they will contribute to new models, and they will share their expertise in the cross-sections of GIS, geophysical prospection, remote sensing, geosciences and digital humanities.

Founded in 1992, Roma Tre University is organised in 13 departments. It offers a dynamic, modern and international academic training and assumes the promotion and organization of high-quality international research. Within the ARGUS project, a team from the Department of Humanities coordinates the research activities for the pilot historical landscape context of Monti Lucretili, Italy, and leads the technology validation at pilot demonstrators.

The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) is the largest public research organisation in Spain and one of the most important in the European Research Area, as well as the main player in the Spanish Science, Technology and Innovation System. In the ARGUS project, they will coordinate the Baltanás pilot site, as well as leading the activities in requirements and technical key performance indicators, standards considerations, impact assessment, sharing their expertise in heritage sensing technology.

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, based in Germany, is the world’s leading applied research organization. The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT has been developing IT solutions tailored to people and seamlessly integrated into business processes for 40 years. In ARGUS they will be central in the definition of data structures and their standardisation, the definition of the digital twin model, the creation of datasets for Open Science and for the development of the AI systems.

CORE Innovation Centre is a non-profit research organisation dedicated to fostering an innovative industrial ecosystem with next‑generation AI solutions, sustainable practices, and a human‑centric approach. Founded in January 2021 as a subsidiary of CORE OE, it is now formed by a team of 60+ people, 40+ projects, 260+ collaborators and 3 business lines. CORE IC brings intelligence for the design and development of DSS for remote heritage asset management, knowledge representation and data science applications and will share its expertise in measuring systems and applications.

Worldsensing is the front-runner in IoT remote monitoring. Their technologies are used across mining, construction, rail and structural health to monitor how geotechnical, geospatial and structural conditions impact civil infrastructure to prevent life-threatening incidents. Within ARGUS, Worldsensing will be reviewing the scientific progress of the project, they will lead technology miniaturisation and integration of a remote sense system at monument and surrounding region level.

The Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades is a Regional Office of the Ministry of Culture and Sport responsible for several territorial units in Greece. The competence of the Ephorate extends to all matters relating to the conservation, protection and preservation of antiquities and scientific research in its area of responsibility, which belong to State, as well as the general implementation of the antiquities legislation in force. The conservation, protection and preservation of the Archaeological Site of Delos and the activities that will be undertaken at the Delos pilot site in the ARGUS project falls within the competence of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades.

KNEIA is a spanish SME that works with public companies, research institutions, government agencies and investors to provide services on scientific communication and valorization, including assessment on RRI and open science principles. KNEIA acts as communication, dissemination and exploitation manager and it is leading the corresponding WP7

Established in 2005 and located in the architectural complex of the Reggia di Venaria near Turin, Italy, the CCR "La Venaria Reale" is one of the three national, strategic poles for conservation, research, and higher education in the field of cultural heritage. CCR will coordinate research activities at the pilot site of Sant'Antonio di Ranverso Abbey, will devote efforts towards technology steering, quality control, and risk mitigation within this project, while sharing expertise in measurement systems and their applications.

Founded in 1969, EPFL is the Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, Switzerland. EPFL will support the advances of the ARGUS project by exploiting its know-how in structural modelling. EPFL also brings its expertise in structural assessments and will contribute to the diagnosis of structural threats in remote built heritage, as well as by defining and validating a decision support system..