Art and technology are both 'arts' created by human beings.
By using state-of-the-art sensor technology, AI technology and other informatics
to explore and analyse the cultural heritage that has been shared across borders and races
since prehistoric times, it should be possible to look across time and space
at the artistic activities of humanity.

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July 22, 2026
Publication
A co-authored article evaluating the effectiveness of laser cleaning for street art has been published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage (Elsevier).
Open access Enhancing laser cleaning selectivity on contemporary murals and street art with protective coatings
January 17, 2026
Publication
A paper on the application of machine learning to the classification of ancient glass beads has been published in npj Heritage Science (Springer Nature).
Open access Multi-view image fusion using knowledge distillation for classification of ancient glass beads excavated in Japan
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September 22, 2025
Publication
An article on the inspection of an aged violin has been published online in Journal of Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, Springer.
PDF version https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-025-01082-4
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April 26, 2025
Publication
Co-authored article has been published in Journal of Cultural Heritage.(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2025.04.008)
April 1, 2025
Notice
The Global Cultural Heritage Research Unit was launched.
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