4月22日下午，广东省文物考古研究院“文物考古人工智能应用实验室”签约揭牌仪式在广州柏园举行，It marks an important step taken by the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology in the field of cultural relics protection and scientific and technological innovation, and officially opens the era of "AI + archaeology".

The scene of the unveiling ceremony

As one of the earliest "AI+ archaeology" laboratories established in China, the "Artificial Intelligence Application Laboratory for Cultural Relics and Archaeology" aims to carry out research on the application of artificial intelligence technology through interdisciplinary cooperation, promote the intelligent upgrading of cultural relics and archaeological technology, provide a new platform for culture + technology, and provide strong support for the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage.

It is reported thatThe laboratory has set up a cultural relics and archaeology research group, an artificial intelligence technology group, and an interdisciplinary research group, and hired Professor Li Qingquan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and secretary of the Party Committee of Shenzhen University, as the chief scientist.

Multi-party efforts to create a comprehensive platform of "production, education, research and application".

“The deep integration of archaeology and artificial intelligence is by no means a simple grafting of technology, but a profound change in the research paradigm.Cao Jin, president of the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, said that with the emergence of the DeepSeek model, the era of artificial intelligence has accelerated, and the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology responded positively, combined with its own deep accumulation in the field of cultural relics protection, and joined forces with the School of Architecture of South China University of Technology, the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Urban Spatial Information Engineering of Shenzhen University, the School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Guangzhou University, the School of Intermedia Art of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, and the Guangdong Qizhi Cultural Heritage Protection Research Institute and other universities and scientific research institutions. The "Artificial Intelligence Application Laboratory for Cultural Relics and Archaeology" was jointly established.

Cao Jin delivered a speech

She mentioned that with the rapid development of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud computing, the field of cultural relics and archaeology is ushering in unprecedented opportunities for change. Traditional archaeological methods face many challenges in the excavation, protection and research of cultural relics, such as the massive processing of cultural relics data and the high-precision requirements of cultural relics protection.The introduction of artificial intelligence technology provides new ideas and methods to solve these problems.

Li Qingquan believes that the application of artificial intelligence technology in the field of cultural relics and archaeology has broad prospects, and the establishment of the laboratory will provide an important platform for the exploration of the "AI + archaeology" model. He stressed,Interdisciplinary cooperation is the key to promoting technological innovation in cultural relics conservation, and it is hoped that the laboratory can achieve breakthrough results in multidisciplinary research.

Li Qingquan delivered a speech

“十多年前，我曾经和敦煌研究院一起做敦煌壁画数字化，包括数字化建模、色彩复原、数字修复、数字展示、文化演绎等。在这个过程中，我最深的体会就是现代信息技术和我们古老的考古学科其实有非常大的结合空间。”李清泉表示，实验室的成立，一方面可以继续发展已有的信息技术和考古学的结合，另一方面就是将最新的人工智能技术与考古结合起来，期待与考古的更多场景需求结合。

The company will develop artificial intelligence with independent intellectual property rights

After the establishment of the Artificial Intelligence Application Laboratory for Cultural Relics and Archaeology, what specific work will be carried out?

Cao Jin introduced that the goal of the Artificial Intelligence Application Laboratory for Cultural Relics and Archaeology is to provide scientific and reasonable intelligent solutions for cultural relics and archaeology, and to help the scientific protection and effective inheritance of cultural heritage. At present, the laboratory is actively deployedDeepSeekLarge model, and based on it, build a vertical model in the field of cultural relics and archaeology. The laboratory will carry out in-depth research on many cutting-edge directions such as immovable cultural relics protection, archaeological geographic information system, scientific and technological protection and monitoring, intelligent equipment research and development, and digital display of cultural heritage.

Specifically, the laboratory has developed a clear development plan and goals."On the one hand, it will be committed to the research and development of a series of artificial intelligence bodies with independent intellectual property rights, and at the same time actively summarize the research results to provide solid theoretical support and technical support for the intelligent upgrading of cultural relics and archaeological technology. On the other hand, it is planned to cultivate a group of compound talents who understand cultural relics and archaeology and master artificial intelligence technology, and reserve a team for the development of the industry. In addition, we will also create a number of display platforms for the activation and utilization of cultural heritage, so that cultural heritage can truly enter people's lives and become a link between the past and the future through innovative display methods and rich display content. Cao Jin said.

The scene of the signing and unveiling ceremony

She expects that the in-depth integration of artificial intelligence and cultural relics and archaeology can bring about an all-round change in the research paradigm, and take this laboratory as a platform to continuously enrich research methods, strengthen cooperation with various joint construction units, realize complementary advantages and resource sharing, and jointly create a comprehensive platform integrating "production, education, research and application", so that it can truly become a "smart engine" to activate Guangdong's cultural heritage.

Written by: Southern + reporter Huang Kunyuan

Photo: Southern + reporter Qiu Minye

【Author】 Huang Kunyuan; Qiu Minye

[Source] Southern Press Media Group Southern + client