David Arnold

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David Arnold
Affiliation:	University of Brighton
Email:	d.arnold@bton.ac.uk
Phone:	+44 1273 642 400
Homepage:	http://www.brighton.ac.uk/mis/headsofschools.htm

Professor Arnold is Dean of the Faculty of Management and Information Systems and Professor of Computing Science at the University of Brighton, UK. Prof Arnold has a 30-year career of research in the design of interactive computer graphics systems and their applications in architecture, engineering, cartography, scientific visualisation, health and, for the past 10 years, cultural heritage. Prof. Arnold was coordinator of the Network of Excellence called EPOCH (Excellence in Processing Open Cultural Heritage) – www.epoch-net.org – under the EC Framework 6 program. EPOCH focused on the interaction between technology and cultural heritage and brought together 94 partners, with professionals applying IT to monuments sites and museums, archaeologists, conservators, policy makers and visitor centre managers. Prof. Arnold was the last “international region representative” on the Council of ACM and is a past Chair of EUROGRAPHICS. He was Chief Editor of EG’s Journal “Computer Graphics Forum” and currently is the Chief Editor of the ACM “Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage”. Prof Arnold worked in international standards for 10 years and is on the Council of the UK Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (PITCOM).