temporary paradise for collaboration and training: Our experience with EVAN, the European Virtual Anthropology Network.

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Gerhard W. WEBER
EVAN Coordinator
Department of Anthropology
University of Vienna
A temporary paradise for
collaboration and training:
Our experience with EVAN, the
European Virtual Anthropology
Network.

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Evaluation Criteria and Marks for our Proposal
Mark (x out of 5)
4.6
4.5
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4.5

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Marie Curie Research Training Networks
'Interdisciplinary' and 'Intersectorial‘
Call FP6-2004-Mobility-1, € 45 million

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Employed young researchers 2006-2009
Employed – Actual/Target: 28 / 32 (87.5%)
Month – Actual/Target: 546 / 524 (104.2%)
Female/Male: 8 / 20 (28.6%)
Outside/Inside EU: 6 / 22 (21.4%)
Less Fav. Regions/EU: 2 / 26 (7.1%)

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Recruitment of fellows per year

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Implemented
fellow month

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Mobility:
Where
fellows
came from

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Where fellows moved after EVAN

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No. Acro Month 2006 2007 Month 2008 2009 Month
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
1 UNVI Vienna   
Multivariate techniques for growth and evolution of form Multivariate techniques for growth and evolution of form
Final conference
2 UHIN Innsbruck
3 YORK York 
Applying EVAN toolkit in VA, medicine, industry
4 CSIC Madrid 
Bone histology and bone growth (CSIC) +
Growth and development of the craniofacial complex (DHAL)
5 UNBX Bordeaux
6 RISE Frankfurt 
Functional morphology and evolution of mammalian dentition; Exhibition: 3D imaging in Anthropology
7 DHAL Athens  
Kick-off
8 MPEA Leipzig  
Dental Tissue: 2D and 3D insights into hominid origin Archaic to modern transit.
9 ZUMT Dornbirn X 
Rapid prototypng technology
10 BREU Meersburg 
Surface scanning of soft and hard tissue
11 GEO Hamburg  
Communication with broad public and journalists Communication with broad public and journalists
12 CYBU York 
AURA C++/Cortex II hardware
13 ATOM Orsay X 
Brain evolution, development and morphometrics
14 NEMU Mettmann   
NESPOS Training NESPOS Training NESPOS Training
15 HULL Hull 
Medical imaging processing and analysis '(UHIN) + Imaging and virtual environments in VA (HULL)
16 UNTO Toulouse  
Techniques for quant. of growth and evolution of form Forensics & diagnosis in
orthodontics & maxillofac.surgery
Legend = Intensive Training Course = Network conference = Summer Schools = Annual meeting
1st Fellow meeting
EVAN exhibition
2nd Fellow workshop
EVAN exhibition
3rd Fellow workshop
EVAN exhibition
EVAN exhibition
EVAN exhibition
Gender Board meeting
EVAN exhibition

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EVAN Events in the 4 years:
17 Training workshops (2-5 days each)
2 Summer schools with attached symposia
5 Annual network meetings
4 Self-organised workshops by Fellows/GendBd.
5 Sites for the EVAN exhibiton
Together 33 network events or 8.25/year

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EVAN
Network
Events

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Event Evaluation - Median for all workshops and summer schools together
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
The level of the course for me was
The speed of the lecture was
The lecturer were well prepared
The lecturer explained the content coherently
The lecturer tried to inspire students for the subject
Goals, contents & methods were explained sufficiently
The course is well structured (content of course)
The course is well organised (logistics)
The course was didactically well produced
The course stimulates me to further study of the topic
Different theoretical and methodological approach are presented
Lecturers were responsive to questions and comments of students
Literature and references provided were adequate
The relevance of the topics for research was made clear
The usefulness for further professional use is discernible
As a whole, the course was done very well
Question
Median

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~ 5.5
connections
per partner

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Publications (status April 2010)
Since the project ended in Dec. 2009 it is too early to
summarize all publications supported by EVAN, some Ph.D.s
are about to finalize their thesis and many papers are still in
preparation or submitted for review.
Publications to date:
128 in peer-reviewed journals
41 of them are joint publications (more than one partner)
38 contributions to AAPA meetings

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Dissemination:
Informing the European taxpayer

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The EVAN
exhibition

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www.evan.at

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A Monthly living allowance 48.8 %
B Travel allowance 1.6 %
C Mobility allowance 10.1%
D Career exploratory allowance 1.4 %
E Participation expenses of the eligible researchers 5.5 %
F Research/training/transfer of knowledge 16.2 %
G Management and audit certification 6.0 %
H Overheads 8.8 %
I Other types of eligible expenses 1.5 %

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EVAN Finances
Maximum EC contribution granted in negotiations 2005:
€ 3,297,626.24 (~ 4.42 million US$)
Budget spent 2006-2009:
€ 3,192,089.92 (~ 4.28 million US$)
Exploitation of budget: 96,8 %

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The main goals of the EVAN-Society are:
• to foster the relationships between former EVAN partners
and to build up new relationships worldwide with others
working in Virtual Anthropology,
• to continue developing the EVAN infrastructure (EVAN
Toolbox and Archive),
• to provide access to these European infrastructural
measures on a long-term basis,
• to provide related information and documentation,
• to organise training and other scientific events, and
• to provide a platform for exchange and discussion in the
discipline of Virtual Anthropology.

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Warp of mangabey specimens along principal components with warp controls via sliders and plot of principal components

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345 CT scans of skulls from humans, chimps,
orangutans, gibbons, and various other mammals
10 MR scans of human heads
200 X-rays of children
246 surface scans of human faces
19 scans of fossil hominins
The idea is to further build up the archive and share
with all EVAN members.
EVAN Archive

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I‘d like to thank the Fellows, Scientists in Charge, the
Task Administrator, the Training Administrator, the
Gender Board and the staff of all units for their work
and collaboration to make this endeavour successful.
We all like to thank the Commission Project Officers
Frank Marx, Kamila Partyka and Monika Tanzer for
supporting us in the administration of the project.