Research Associate
email: drew.baker[at]cut.ac.cy
tel: CY: +357-25-002020
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Short Biography
Drew Baker is a Research Associate at The Digital Heritage Research Laboratory (DHRLab) at the Cyprus University of Technology, currently working on the EU funded Digital Europe EUreka3D-XR project.
He has worked extensively in the field of using ITC for 3D visualisation and interpretation of archaeology and cultural heritage since 1997. He has worked on a wide range of projects from the digital reunification of looted frescoes from Pompeii to reconstructing heritage sites destroyed by conflict and cultural vandalism, and from the educational and performative potential of virtual worlds to artistic collaborations based on Digital Humanities research.
His work on paradata and transparency within visual-based scholarly research for cultural heritage led to the creation of The London Charter for The Computer-Based Visualisation of Cultural Heritage and best-practice guidelines for 3D visualisation creation, preservation and reuse within virtual museums and educational virtual worlds.
His primary area of interest is in how emerging technologies and methods can be used to engage stakeholders and audiences with Cultural Heritage through digital transformation and experiential learning, the process of developing such environments and interactions and the long-term preservation of Digital Cultural Heritage.
DHRLab Projects
- Digital Europe EUreka3D-XR [2025-Present]
- Horizon Europe HERITALISE [2025-2525]
- Digital Europe EUreka3D [2024-2024]
- HORIZON 2020 TExTOUR [2024-2024]
- HORIZON 2020 ERA Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage MNEMOSYNE [2023-2023]
DHRLab Publication Record
Forthcoming
Ioannides, M., Karittevli, E., Panayiotou, P. & Baker. D.
Unlocking Heritage’s Potential: Mnemosyne’s Methodology on Holistic Documentation of the Past In Proceedings of Opportunities For Heritage International Conference German University of Technology in Oman
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 24 – 27 February 2024. 2025
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Published in 2024
Ioannides, M., Baker. D., Agapiou. A. & Siegkas. P. (Eds)
3D Research Challenges in Cultural Heritage V: Paradata, Metadata and Data in Digitisation. Springer Cham December 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78590-0
Baker. D.
Paradata: The Digital Prometheus. In Ioannides, M., Baker. D., Agapiou. A. & Siegkas. P. (Eds), 3D Research Challenges in Cultural Heritage V: Paradata, Metadata and Data in Digitisation. Springer Cham December 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78590-0_2
Ioannides, M., Karittevli, E., Panayiotou, P. & Baker. D.
Integrating Paradata, Metadata, and Data for an Effective Memory Twin in the field of Digital Cultural Heritage In Ioannides, M., Baker. D., Agapiou. A. & Siegkas. P. (Eds), 3D Research Challenges in Cultural Heritage V: Paradata, Metadata and Data in Digitisation. Springer Cham December 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78590-0_3
Ioannides, M., Karittevli, E., Panayiotou, P. & Baker. D.
The Memory Twin: A Holistic Framework for Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage Preservation. In Book of Abstracts, Digital Humanities Mongolia 2024, International Conference held at National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 7th November 2024.
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Ioannides, M., Karittevli, E., Panayiotou, P. & Baker. D.
Preserving Cultural Heritage: Case Studies of Fikardou Medieval Village and Lambousa Fishing Trawler. In Book of Abstracts, Digital Humanities Mongolia 2024, International Conference held at National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 7th November 2024.
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Nicolaou. C., Ioannides, M., Panayiotou, P., Siegkas. P., Agapiou. A., Fotiou. D., Neofytou. G., Karittevli. E., Kokkinos. N. & Baker. D.
Restoring a 20th century wooden boat at risk: The case of Lambousa project p34. In Book of Abstracts, Posters and Documentary Videos International Symposium on Boat & Ship Archaeology 17th International Symposium on Boat & Ship Archaeology Naples, 21 – 26 October 2024. ISBSA.
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Ioannides, M., Rizopoulos, O., Baker, D., Karittevli, E., Hadjiathanasiou, M., Samara, P., Panagi, I., Mateou, M., Koulafeti, I., Koundouris, M., Efstathiou, K., Savva, G. & Argyridou, E.
The Holistic, Digital Cultural Heritage Documentation of the Fikardou Traditional Village in Cyprus. In: Neuts, B., Martins, J., Ioannides, M. (eds) Advances in Cultural Tourism Research. ICCT 2023. Advances in Digital and Cultural Tourism Management. Springer, Cham. 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65537-1_10