Curriculum Vitae 
Maurizio Forte
233 Allen Building, Durham, NC 27708-0103
+1 919 684 3244 (office)
maurizio.forte@duke.edu (email)

Education:

Ph.D. La Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), 1993

Areas of Research

Digital knowledge of the past, Classical Archaeology, Iron Age, Etruscology, Cybernetics, Neuro-Art, Simulations, Memetics


Publications

   Articles

Forte, M; Danelon, N; Johnston, D; McKusker, K; Newton, E; Morelli, G; Catanzariti, G. "Vulci 3000: A digital challenge for the interpretation of Etruscan and Roman cities." Digital Cities Between History and Archaeology. Edited by Forte, M; Murteira, H.  Oxford University Press, USA  13-36.
Zhao, Y; Forte, M; Kopper, R. "VR Touch Museum." 25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2018 - Proceedings  IEEE  741-742.
Forte, M; Pescarin, S. "Behaviours, interactions and affordance in virtual archaeology." Paradata and Transparency in Virtual Heritage    189-202.
Seaman, W. "Emergent Relationality System / The Insight Engine." Digital Methods and Remote Sensing in Archaeology: Archaeology in the Age of Sensing. Edited by Forte, M; Campana, S.   .
Forte, M. "Virtual worlds, Virtual Heritage and Immersive Reality: the case of the Daming Palace at Xi’an (China)." Handbook on the Economics of Cultural Heritage. Edited by Rizzo, R; Mignosa, A.  Edward Elgar Cheltenham  499-507.
Forte, M; Dell Unto, N; Haddow, S; Lercari, N. "3D Documentation at Çatalhöyük: New Perspectives for Digital Archaeology." Proceedings of Digital Heritage 2013, Marseille, 2013, IEEE  IEEE .
Lercari, N; Forte, M; Zielinski, D; Kopper, RL; R, . "Virtual reconstruction and immersive visualization of a Neolithic building." In Proceedings of Digital Heritage 2013, Marseille, 2013, IEEE.In Proceedings of Digital Heritage 2013, Marseille, 2013, IEEE.  IEEE .
Forte, M; Issavi, J; Unto, ND; Lercari, N. "Burials at Neolithic Çatalhöyük."    . (Poster presented at the SAA conference (Society for American Archaeology, Honolulu, Hawaii. April 3 - April 7, 2013)
Forte, M. "Cyberarchaelogy: a Post-Virtual Perspective." Humanities and the Digital. A Visioning Statement. Edited by Golberg, DT; Svensson, P.  MIT Press .
Forte, M. "Virtual Reality, Cyberarchaeology, Teleimmersive Archaeology." Campana S., Remondino F., 3D surveying and modeling in archaeology and cultural heritage. Theory and best practices  BAR ARCHAEOPRESS .
Forte, M. "Immersive 3D applications in archaeology." Oxford Companion to Archaeology. Edited by Silberman, NA.  Oxford University Press .
Forte, M. "Virtual Worlds." Oxford Companion to Archaeology. Edited by Silberman, NA.  Oxford University Press .
Forte, M; Pescarin, S. "Behaviours, interactions and affordance in virtual archaeology." Paradata and Transparency in Virtual Heritage    189-201.
Forte, M; Lercari, N; Onsurez, L; Issavi, J; Prather, E. "The Fort Ross Virtual Warehouse Project: A serious game for research and education." Proceedings of the 2012 18th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2012: Virtual Systems in the Information Society  IEEE  315-322.
Forte, M; Kurillo, G; Matlock, T. "Teleimmersive archaeology: Simulation and cognitive impact." Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)  vol. 6436 LNCS Springer Berlin Heidelberg  422-431.
Forte, M; Kurillo, G. "Cyberarchaeology: Experimenting with teleimmersive archaeology." 2010 16th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2010  IEEE  155-162.
Kurillo, G; Forte, M; Bajcsy, R. "Teleimmersive 3D collaborative environment for cyberarchaeology." 2010 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition - Workshops, CVPRW 2010  IEEE  23-28.
Pietroni, E; Rufa, C; Forte, M. "Embodied virtual communities: A new opportunity for the research in the field of cultural heritage." International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives  vol. 38 no. 5W1,  .
Pietroni, E; Forte, M. "A virtual collaborative environment for archaeology through multi-user domain in the web." International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives  vol. 36 no. 5/C53,  .
Lercari, N; Mortara, M; Forte, M. "Unveiling California history through serious games: Fort Ross Virtual Warehouse." Proceedings of First International Games and Learning Alliance, Paris, 2013  Springer .
Calori, L; Camporesi, C; Pescarin, S; Forte, M; Guidazzoli, A. "Openheritage: An integrated approach to web 3d publication of virtual landscapes." International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives  vol. 36 no. 5/W17,  .
Forte, M; Pietroni, E; Rufa, C; Bizzarro, A; Tilia, A; Tilia, S. "DVR-Pompei: A 3D Information System for the House of the Vettii in OpenGL Environment." Proceedings VAST 2001 Virtual Reality, Archeology, and Cultural Heritage    307-314.
Forte, M; Pietroni, E; Rufa, C; Bizzarro, A; Tilia, A; Tilia, S. "DVR-Pompei project: Reconstructions of archaeological contexts in Desktop-OpenGL environments." Proceedings - 7th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2001  IEEE Comput. Soc  77-85.

   Forthcoming

Giorgi, A; Menicocci, S; Forte, M; Ferrara, V; Mingione, M; Alaimo Di Loro, P; Inguscio, BMS; Ferrara, S; Babiloni, F; Vozzi, A; Ronca, V; Cartocci, G. Virtual and Reality: A Neurophysiological Pilot Study of the Sarcophagus of the Spouses.. Brain sciences  vol. 13 no. 4,  : 635.
Forte, M; Trinks, I; Hinterleitner, A; Klein, M; LoPiano, A; McCusker, K; Schiel, H; Schlögel, I; Trausmuth, T; Vonkilch, A; Wallner, M; Neubauer, W. Multimodal Remote Sensing Applications in the Etruscan-Roman City of Vulci. Journal of Field Archaeology  vol. 47 no. 8,  : 501-521.
Lercari, N; Shiferaw, E; Forte, M; Kopper, R. Immersive Visualization and Curation of Archaeological Heritage Data: Çatalhöyük and the Dig@IT App. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory  vol. 25 no. 2, Springer Nature : 368-392.
Berggren, A; Dell’Unto, N; Forte, M; Haddow, S; Hodder, I; Issavi, J; Lercari, N; Mazzucato, C; Mickel, A; Taylor, JS. Revisiting reflexive archaeology at Çatalhöyük: integrating digital and 3D technologies at the trowel’s edge. Antiquity  vol. 89 no. 344, Antiquity Publications : 433-448.
Forte, M. 3D Archaeology at Çatalhöyük. 3D imaging in Mediterranean/European Archaeology   .
Lercari, N; Forte, M; Onsurez, L; Schultz, J. Multimodal reconstruction of landscape in serious games for heritage: An insight on the creation of Fort Ross Virtual Warehouse serious game. Proceedings of the DigitalHeritage 2013 - Federating the 19th Int'l VSMM, 10th Eurographics GCH, and 2nd UNESCO Memory of the World Conferences, Plus Special Sessions fromCAA, Arqueologica 2.0 et al.  vol. 2 IEEE : 231-238.
Forte, M. 3D Archaeology at Catalhoyuk. Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies. Edited by Killebrew, AE; Scham, SA.   .
Forte, M. Immersive 3D applications in archaeology.   Oxford University Press .
Kurillo, G; Forte, M. Telearch - Integrated visual simulation environment for collaborative virtual archaeology. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry  vol. 12 no. 1,  : 11-20.

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Thomas Langford Lectureship Award for the academic year 2013-14, Duke University, October, 2013

Bass Chair for teaching excellence, Duke University, Duke University, April, 2013

Special Award, 2012

2010 Best Paper Award, 2010

Best Paper Award, VSMM 2008 Cyprus, 2008

E-content Award Italy, 2008

E-content Award Italy, 2008

Tartessos Prize on Virtual Archaeology, Spanish Society of Virtual Archaeology (SEAV), 2008-2009

E-content Award, 2005

Best paper award for the cultural merit at the world conference “Creative and digital culture”, VSMM 2002 Gyeongju, South Korea, 2002

Conferences Organized
Space2Place, Workshop on Remote Sensing in Archaeology : Space2Place, Digital Heritage 2013, Space2Place, Workshop on Remote Sensing in Archaeology : Space2Place, Digital Heritage 2013. October 28, 2013 - November 02, 2013, October 28, 2013 - November 02, 2013

1st International Workshop on Virtual Archaeology, Museums and Cultural Tourism, 1st International Workshop on Virtual Archaeology, Museums and Cultural Tourism. September 25, 2013 - September 28, 2013, September 25, 2013 - September 28, 2013

Professional Lectures

  Invited Lectures:

Historic Urban Landscapes, Paris-UNESCO, December 13, 2013
New Horizons Information Technology connecting Culture, Community, Time and Place, December 12, 2013
Envisioning 3D Archaeological Excavation: the case of Çatalhöyük., SAO PAOLO, Brasil, November 24, 2013
Archéologie et Philologie d'Orient et d'Occident, October 18, 2013
Virtual Archaeology, Museums and Cultural Tourism, September 25, 2013
High Tech Heritage, Umass, University of Massachusetts, May 03, 2013
VSMM 2012, September 2-5, 2012 [available here]
“High Tech Heritage, UMASS University, Massachussett, May 2, 2012

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