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Jacob Saliba holds a Bachelors in Fine Arts (2020) and a Masters in Fine Arts (2022) in Digital Arts from the University of Malta. He is a Multimedia Artist at Heritage Malta’s Digitisation Unit and a part-time lecturer in the Digital Arts Department at the University of Malta. Jacob’s work focuses on audience-centered experiences, the convergence of physical and digital spaces, and interactivity.At Heritage Malta, he is responsible for creating digital content for museum experiences such as the Dockyard 4D experiences (2024), and the digitisation of cultural heritage for the national collection both locally and internationally.
Davide Tanasi is professor of Digital Humanities in the Department of History at the University of South Florida, where he is also founder and director of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Institute for Digital Exploration (IDEx). He is an archaeological scientist specialized in archaeology of ancient Sicily and Malta, with specialized research interest in 3D digital imaging applied to archaeology and cultural heritage study. In this field, he has authored over 170 articles and several books and special issues of journals.
Dr. Marinos Ioannides is since the 1st of January 2013 the director of the Digital Heritage Research lab at the Cyprus University of Technology in Limassol. He received his MSc in CS from the University of Stuttgart, Germany in safety and security of Multitasking, -user Repository-systems. He continued at the same University for his PhD (Dr.-Ing) on the development of a 3D reconstruction engine of digitized objects, where he participated in several EU and national DFG research projects. He was involved as PI in several European projects in digital cultural heritage and his pioneering work he has been awarded a range of awards as the IBM award (1993), the EU KIT award (1994), the Spanish Tartessos prize (2010) and in 2018 the UNESCO Chair and the EU Chair on DCH with 2.5 MEuro financial support. In 2020 he has been nominated as a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute.
He was also the coordinator of the FP7 MSCA ITN-DCH project, the H2020 ViMM Virtual Multimodal Museum project, the coordinator of the EU Study VIGIE2020/654 on Quality in 3D digitisation of tangible cultural heritage and of the ERASMUS+ GLAMers project.
Francesco Vella is a seasoned Multi Media Artist, currently serving in the Digitisation Unit. He holds both a Bachelor of Fine Arts (2020) and a Master of Fine Arts (2022) in Digital Arts. Francesco’s expertise encompasses advanced methodologies in 3D digitisation, including photogrammetry and LiDAR scanning. Additionally, he is a skilled professional in 3D modelling. His profound knowledge and innovative techniques contribute significantly to the field of digital art and preservation.
Massimiliano Ditta is a Maritime archaeologist at the Stavanger Maritime Museum (Norway) since 2017 and is currently a PhD fellow at the University of Stavanger, Museum of Archaeology, with a research focus on shipbuilding technology in Western Norway during the early Viking Age. He has undertaken research projects and conducted underwater archaeological excavations for various Northern European maritime museums, including the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven, the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, and the Norwegian Maritime Museum in Oslo. His research interests and specialisations are boat- and shipbuilding technology, from prehistory to modern times, and digital documentation methods for nautical archaeology.
Rebecca Xerri – Ms Rebecca Xerri is an archaeologist with a passion for making underwater cultural heritage more accessible. She is currently a museum educator at Heritage Malta and doctoral candidate at the University of Malta. In the latter capacity, Rebecca is conducting research into the management and communication of deepwater cultural heritage, with a specific focus on the Xlendi Underwater Archaeological Park.
Associate Professor in Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and GIS at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – School of Rural and Surveying Engineering. He received his diploma in Rural and Surveying engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1997, his MSc in Protection, Preservation and Restoration of Cultural monuments from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2000, and his Ph.D in Photogrammetry from the Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering, University of Maine, USA in 2005.
He has authored more than 70 scientific research articles in international journals and conference proceedings and has participated in more than 50 research projects. His background and research lines are mainly close-range photogrammetry, laser scanning, remote sensing, and GIS. His research interests include among others: Image processing & analysis, remote sensing, close range and UAV photogrammetry, 3D laser scanning, 3D modelling, 3D point cloud fusion from different sensors, GIS, and cartography.
He is currently the coordinator of the EU funded ENIGMA project (https://eu-enigma.eu/)
Aphrodite Theodora Andreou works as a Coordinator (Cultural Assets) for Heritage Malta while also working for Mighty Boards. She is a visual artist from Athens, holds a Msc. in Digital Games from the Institute of Digital Games at the University of Malta, and a BA in Visual Arts from the Francis Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts at DEREE. Her research focuses on using game design as a medium of attempting to construct inter- species dialogues and collaborations while addressing problematic hierarchies through playfulness and care. She has designed playful artefacts for bottlenose dolphins and has experience both with board games and digital games. One of her main interests is the gamification of museums and the various ways that audiences interact with playful site-specific installations.
Keith Gatt is a curator with Heritage Malta at the Malta Maritime Museum, where he plays a key role in preserving and presenting Malta’s rich maritime history. He holds an M.A. from the University of Malta’s Faculty of Arts, Department of History. His expertise encompasses maritime history, museum curation, and historical research, with a particular focus on Malta’s strategic role during the Second World War.