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NEW YORK
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PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY
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MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
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PALEOSCAN: LARGE-VOLUME FOSSIL SCANNING Dr. Cláudio T. Silva Institute Professor, Center for Data Science and Tandon School of Engineering New York University http://engineering.nyu.edu/people/claudio-silva Sunday, December 15, 2024 2:00 P.M. THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD ONLINE Fossils are crucial for understanding our natural history and the digitalization of fossils has paved the way for paleontologists to share and study them in greater detail. Yet, many fossil-dense regions, in particular low- and middle-income countries, lack the resources to digitalize their vast collections. This project reports on a collaboration between paleontologists and computer scientists to design, build, and operate a device that can be deployed in the field for digitizing a collection of thousands of fossils. We introduce PaleoScan, a user-friendly, cost-effective, high-volume scanner designed to expedite the digitization of extensive fossil collections. PaleoScan is a self-contained 3D scanning system consisting of a light and compact mirrorless camera, a microcontroller, a ChArUco calibration board, and user-controlled LEDs. Software and data processing is cloud-based, where the user interacts with the system through a web application. We deployed PaleoScan at the Museum of Paleontology Placido Cidade Nuvens, a museum in Brazil with a world-class fossil collection. Our early results reveal its potential to revolutionize the scanning process for fossils. The PaleoScan project is a collaborative effort that includes researchers from NYU, Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA), Brazil, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil, Universidade Federal do Ceara, Brazil, New York Institute of Technology, and AMNH. The project has received funding from NYU, Fundação Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento (Funcap), and the National Science Foundation
N.Y.P.S. MEETING DATES FOR THE YEAR These are the meeting dates of the New York Paleontological Society for the 2024-2025 season. We normally meet at 2:00 P.M. in a room at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City (79th Street and Central Park West). However, due to policy changes and new construction, the Museum is unable to assign any rooms for meetings for any groups at this time. Exactly when the Museum will allow groups like our Society to reserve rooms is uncertain. But, since room availability may change, it has been decided to hold online meetings on the regular dates and times so that the schedule remains the same whether the meeting is in a room or online. One advantage of online meetings is that they will be recorded so members who can’t attend at the meeting time can view the whole meeting afterwards at their convenience.
Our Annual Party would normally be held at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering in Brooklyn, but new construction may effect the availability of a large enough venue space. Note, due to the nature of the party (many tables, events, talks and wonderful food), this event cannot be held online.
As of this writing, all of the dates this year are on the third Sunday of the month, except April’s. Also, our Annual Holidays Party would be held if possible on a Saturday (the date to be determined), but, again, the available venue space and rules may effect this event. The dates are as follows:
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