Collaborative Planning and Research Exploration: Digital Restoration of Asian Antiquities

该奖项提供资金支持两次计划访问台湾，并与台北国立故宫博物院（NPM）进行初步数据采集和新可视化方法的测试。该项目的目的是开展一项合作研究项目，将先进的可视化和数字化技术应用于检查和展示原本难以接触的古物和文件。PI一直在开发各种非侵入性分析方法，包括微型ct、多光谱成像、注册形状采集和形状恢复，这些方法可以检查和展示那些太脆弱而无法处理的历史材料。这个规划项目将展示新技术在广泛研究应用中的效用。这次计划的参观让人们可以进入博物馆独特的、无价的物品和文件的大仓库。该项目提供了两个方面的好处：首先，正在开发和展示的技术为从考古学和人类学到物理学和材料科学的各个领域提供了更好的分析机会。与此同时，这些珍贵藏品所揭示的新信息也为探索和研究中国古代科技史提供了一个新的窗口。这种能力为台湾和全球公众提供了科学利益的有趣展示。通过对稀有物品的检查所揭示的信息将对专家和广大公众开放。

This award provides funding to support two planning visits to Taiwan and preliminary data acquisition and testing of new visualization methods with the National Palace Museum (NPM) in Taipei. The purpose of the project is to develop a collaborative research project on the application of advanced visualization and digitization techniques to the examination and representation of otherwise inaccessible antiquities and documents. The PI has been developing various methods for non-invasive analysis, including micro-CT, multi-spectral imaging, and registered shape acquisition and shape restoration, that allow inspection and display of historical materials that are otherwise too fragile to handle. This planning project will demonstrate the utility of the new techniques for a broad range of research applications.This planning visit gives access to the large repository of unique and priceless objects and documents in the Museum. The project offers benefits in two respects: First, the technology that is being developed and demonstrated opens up opportunities for better analysis in a variety of fields from archeology and anthropology to physics and materials science. At the same time the new information that is revealed from the exceptional collections at NPM provides a new window for exploration and study of the history of science and technology in ancient China. This capability provides an interesting demonstration of the benefits of science to the public, both in Taiwan and globally. The information revealed by the inspection of rare items will be available for both specialists and the public at large.