Luigi Magnini

Luigi Magnini is a Researcher at the Department of Humanities, Ca' Foscari University of Venice. His work bridges archaeology with advanced technologies including remote sensing, artificial intelligence, and digital methods, focusing on mountainous and post-medieval landscapes.

• Research Focus: Digital archaeology, environmental impact on heritage sites, AI-driven predictive modeling, and military/cultural landscape analysis.
• Key Projects: Horus Project (aerospace technologies for archaeology), trench mapping in WWI sites, and Pachacamac sanctuary conservation.
• Teaching: Courses on geospatial archaeology, digital cultural heritage, and AI applications in humanities.

Publications highlight interdisciplinary approaches combining LiDAR, photogrammetry, and digital elevation models for archaeological site analysis and conservation. He collaborates extensively with scholars like Cinzia Bettineschi and Armando De Guio.

Collaborations: Involves institutions such as SAP (Venice), Padova University Press, and Springer. His edited volumes (e.g., Traces of Complexity) emphasize digital and ethnoarchaeological frameworks.