JUAN A. BARCELÓ (juanantonio.barcelo @ uab.es) es Profesor Titular en el Departamento de Prehistoria de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, centro en el que enseña temas de estadística en arqueología desde hace 20 años. Es también fundador y director del Laboratorio de Arqueología Cuantitativa y Aplicaciones Informáticas y promotor del recientemente creado Laboratorio de Simulación
de Dinámicas Sociales e Históricas, también en la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Ha sido nombrado Presidente de la Asociación Española de Aplicaciones Informáticas en Arqueología, y representa a España en la asociación internacional Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. Es miembro de pleno derecho y representante español en la Comisión IV Data management and mathematics de la Unión Internacional de Ciencias Prehistóricas y Protohistóricas, y participa en numerosos comités internacionales de evaluación de investigaciones. Como investigador reconocido se ha especializado en el desarrollo de técnicas
arqueológicas y en la teoría de la disciplina. Ha desarrollado aplicaciones informáticas, especialmente en temas tales como Análisis Espacial, Estadística Multidimensional,
Inteligencia Artificial y Visualización Asistida por Ordenador, temas sobre los que ha publicado extensamente. Como arqueólogo, ha participado en excavaciones en España, Portugal, Italia, Siria, Nicaragua y Argentina. Es Investigador Principal del proyecto
«Experimentación y desarrollo de técnicas avanzadas de inteligencia artificial para la simulación computacional de la dinámica social y la evolución histórica», financiado
por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación dentro del Plan Nacional de i + D, convocatoria de 2009.
Juan A. Barcelo (juanantonio.barcelo @ uab.es) is Associate Professor at the Department of Prehistory at the University Autónoma de Barcelona (spain), teaching and doing research on statistical issues in archeology for 20 years. He is also founder and director of the Laboratory of Quantitative Archaeology and Computer Applications, and co-founder of the newly created Laboratory for the Computer Simulation of Social and Historical Dynamics, also at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain). He has been named President of the Spanish Association of Computer Applications in Archaeology, and represents Spain in the International Association on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology International Society, and Commission IV Data Management and Mathematics of the Union International for Prehistoric and Protohistoric sciences, Prof. Barceló has participatd in numerous international committees for the evaluation of advanced research. As an internationally recognized researcher, he has specialized in the development of archaeological techniques and the theory of the discipline. He has developed methodological applications, especially in topics such as Spatial Analysis, Statistical Multidimensional Analysis, Computer Assisted Visualization and Artificial Intelligence, subjects on which he has published extensively. As an archaeologist, he has participated in excavations in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Syria, Nicaragua and Argentina. Nowadays, he is Principal Investigator of the project "Experimentation and development of advanced artificial intelligence techniques for the computer simulation of social dynamics and historical evolution ", funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation within National Plan for R & D, 2009.
Mario Santana-Quintero, is an assistant professor at Carleton University Architectural Conservation and Sustainability Program. He completed undergraduate studies in architecture and obtained a PhD in Engineering on ‘The use of three-dimensional documentation and dissemination techniques in studying built heritage’ at the R. Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (University of Leuven). He is also a guest professor at both Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (University of Leuven and the Historic Preservation Programme at the University of Pennsylvania. Between 2005 and 2011, he was a Professor at the University College St Lieven and lecturer at the University of Aachen RWTH. Along with his academic activities, he serves as President of the ICOMOS Scientific Committee on Heritage Documentation (CIPA) and Executive Officer of the Virtual Systems and Multimedia Society (VSMM Society). Furthermore, he has collaborated in several international projects in the field of heritage documentation for UNESCO, ICCROM, World Monuments Fund, The Getty Conservation Institute, UNDP, Welfare Association, and the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage.
