ART-RISK – Artificial Intelligence Applied to Preventive Conservation

Project Leader: Pilar Ortiz Calderón

Jury Citation: This innovative approach to introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods into a standardised and quality-controlled tool for risk analysis and decision-making in the field of preventive conservation. This research is fundamental in exploring paths to sound stewardship towards heritage resources increasingly threatened by environmental challenges resulting from climate change. The efficient use of resources within the ART-RISK Project should be commended. The educational aspects explored and the broad, international network that has been established are impressive in that they allowed multidisciplinary investigations and the testing of the application on a broad variety of monument and landscape typologies. The reproducibility of the approach is ensured by allowing public access to the research tool and publishing the work. The wide range of interested institutions and partners that the project was able to mobilise demonstrates this.