Irina-Mihaela Ciortan
About
My core research sparks from Visual Computing Techniques for Cultural Heritage Applications. I currently work as a Postdoctoral Research for EU Horizon PERCEIVE (Perceptive enhanced realities of colored collections through AI and virtual experiences) where I design and develop methods for the restoration of aged artworks. A second project I work for in my Postdoc is "Lying Pen of Scribes", where I deal with the digitization and image analysis of ancient manuscripts.
Previously, I completed my PhD degree at NTNU (2023), with a thesis entitled "Spectral and Multi-light Imaging for Cultural Heritage: Material Analysis and Appearance Reconstruction". Between 2015 and 2018, I have been working on developing acquisition and processing tools for a Multispectral Reflectance Transformation Imaging setup within the H2020 project, Scan4Reco. In parallel, I have been involved in two COST Actions, namely "Color and Space in Cultural Heritage" and "Archaeological Knowledge Production and Use in the Digital Environment".
I hold a joint MSc diploma in Spectral Sciences and Multimedia Technologies awarded by the 4-university Erasmus Mundus Consortium "Color in Informatics and Media Technology" (2013) and a BSc in Informatics issued by the Faculty of Cybernetics, Statistics and Informatics in Bucharest, Romania (2011).
My quintessential research objective is to explore the benefits of imaging systems and computational methods for facilitating the analysis, visualization, understanding and reproduction of cultural heritage materials.
Teaching:
2022:
- IDATG2206 - Computer Vision (teaching assistant)
2021:
- IDATG2206 - Computer Vision (teaching assistant)
2020:
- IDG2004 - Information Structure and Database Systems (lecturer)
- IMT3017 - Computer Vision (teaching assistant)
2019: IMT2261 - Information Structures and Database Systems (lecturer)
Publications
2023
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Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
George, Sony;
Hardeberg, Jon Yngve.
(2023)
The Influence of Interreflections on Shape From Fluorescence.
Color and Imaging Conference (CIC)
Academic article
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Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela.
(2023)
Spectral and Multi-light Imaging for Cultural Heritage
Material Analysis and Appearance Reconstruction.
Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (230)
Doctoral dissertation
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Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
Poulsson, Tina Grette;
George, Sony;
Hardeberg, Jon Yngve.
(2023)
Tensor decomposition for painting analysis. Part 1: pigment characterization.
Heritage Science
Academic article
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Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
Poulsson, Tina Grette;
George, Sony;
Hardeberg, Jon Yngve.
(2023)
Tensor decomposition for painting analysis. Part 2: spatio-temporal simulation.
Heritage Science
Academic article
2022
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Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
Kiyomoto Arteaga, Isabel Yoko;
George, Sony;
Hardeberg, Jon Yngve.
(2022)
Multi-scale Painter Classification.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
George, Sony;
Hardeberg, Jon Yngve.
(2022)
Better Sensors, Better Forgers: An Adversarial Loop.
Authenticity Studies. International Journal of Archaeology and Art
Academic article
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Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
Poulsson, Tina Grette;
George, Sony;
Hardeberg, Jon Yngve.
(2022)
Predicting Pigment Color Degradation with Time Series Models.
The Society for Imaging Science and Technology
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
Poulsson, Tina Grette;
George, Sony;
Hardeberg, Jon Yngve.
(2022)
Spectral Classification of Paper Fixatives: A Case Study on Thomas Fearnley’s Drawings.
The Society for Imaging Science and Technology
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2021
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Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
George, Sony;
Hardeberg, Jon Yngve.
(2021)
Colour-Balanced Edge-Guided Digital Inpainting: Applications on Artworks.
Sensors
Academic article
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Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
Giachetti, Andrea;
George, Sony;
Hardeberg, Jon Yngve.
(2021)
Fluorescence Transformation Imaging.
SPIE - The International Society for Optics and Photonics
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2019
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Dulecha, Tinsae;
Giachetti, Andrea;
Pintus, Ruggero;
Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
Jaspe Villanueva, Alberto;
Gobbetti, Enrico.
(2019)
Crack Detection in Single- and Multi-Light Images of Painted Surfaces using Convolutional Neural Networks.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Pintus, Ruggero;
Dulecha, Tinsae;
Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
Gobbetti, Enrico;
Giachetti, Andrea.
(2019)
State-of-the-art in Multi-Light Image Collections for Surface Visualization and Analysis.
Computer Graphics Forum
Academic article
Journal publications
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Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
George, Sony;
Hardeberg, Jon Yngve.
(2023)
The Influence of Interreflections on Shape From Fluorescence.
Color and Imaging Conference (CIC)
Academic article
-
Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
Poulsson, Tina Grette;
George, Sony;
Hardeberg, Jon Yngve.
(2023)
Tensor decomposition for painting analysis. Part 1: pigment characterization.
Heritage Science
Academic article
-
Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
Poulsson, Tina Grette;
George, Sony;
Hardeberg, Jon Yngve.
(2023)
Tensor decomposition for painting analysis. Part 2: spatio-temporal simulation.
Heritage Science
Academic article
-
Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
George, Sony;
Hardeberg, Jon Yngve.
(2022)
Better Sensors, Better Forgers: An Adversarial Loop.
Authenticity Studies. International Journal of Archaeology and Art
Academic article
-
Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
George, Sony;
Hardeberg, Jon Yngve.
(2021)
Colour-Balanced Edge-Guided Digital Inpainting: Applications on Artworks.
Sensors
Academic article
-
Pintus, Ruggero;
Dulecha, Tinsae;
Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
Gobbetti, Enrico;
Giachetti, Andrea.
(2019)
State-of-the-art in Multi-Light Image Collections for Surface Visualization and Analysis.
Computer Graphics Forum
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
Kiyomoto Arteaga, Isabel Yoko;
George, Sony;
Hardeberg, Jon Yngve.
(2022)
Multi-scale Painter Classification.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
Poulsson, Tina Grette;
George, Sony;
Hardeberg, Jon Yngve.
(2022)
Predicting Pigment Color Degradation with Time Series Models.
The Society for Imaging Science and Technology
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
Poulsson, Tina Grette;
George, Sony;
Hardeberg, Jon Yngve.
(2022)
Spectral Classification of Paper Fixatives: A Case Study on Thomas Fearnley’s Drawings.
The Society for Imaging Science and Technology
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
Giachetti, Andrea;
George, Sony;
Hardeberg, Jon Yngve.
(2021)
Fluorescence Transformation Imaging.
SPIE - The International Society for Optics and Photonics
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Dulecha, Tinsae;
Giachetti, Andrea;
Pintus, Ruggero;
Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela;
Jaspe Villanueva, Alberto;
Gobbetti, Enrico.
(2019)
Crack Detection in Single- and Multi-Light Images of Painted Surfaces using Convolutional Neural Networks.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
-
Ciortan, Irina-Mihaela.
(2023)
Spectral and Multi-light Imaging for Cultural Heritage
Material Analysis and Appearance Reconstruction.
Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (230)
Doctoral dissertation
Outreach
2024
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Academic lectureCiortan, Irina-Mihaela; Arteaga Kiyomoto, Isabel Yoko; Trumpy, Giorgio; Hardeberg, Jon Yngve; Langford, Caitlin; Burgio, Lucia. (2024) Silver/dyes decoupling and colour restoration of autochromes using multispectral imaging. 6th International Conference on Innovation in Art Research and Technology - InART2024 , Oslo 2024-06-03 - 2024-06-07