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Why should I become a GRSS Member:
I would like to encourage you to join GRSS if you are not a member. In the following, I enumerate the advantages and benefits of being a member.
Advantages and Benefits of Being a Member of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society:
- You can make a bigger impact on Remote Sensing through the Society. With the Earth Observing System (EOS) satellites in orbit, the upcoming National Polar Orbiting Operational environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) etc., remote sensing will play increasingly important roles in solutions to environmental problems, the study of global climate change and the monitoring of natural disasters. We are a transnational society. Our Society is a memb! er of the International Group on Earth Observations (GEO). In 2005, we held two IEEE GEOSS Workshops, in Seoul and in South Africa. . In view of 9/11 and the on-going war in Iraq, subsurface sensing and foliage penetration problems have emerged as important tools for de-mining and target detection. We see great strides in remote sensing instrumentation, data processing, and applications. The IEEE_GRS Society is one of IEEE’s fastest growing societies. The Society strives to address remote sensing policies and research directions. By being a member, you can be a part of t! his important voice. You can make a bigger impact on these issues.
- You can readily access our two premier journals: the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. Our Society’s archival publications represent the forefront of remote sensing science, technology and applications.&! nbsp; The Transactions are among the premier journals in IEEE as well as remote sensing journals in terms of citation index and impact factor. Members can access the latest issues either on-line or via hard copies in the mail.
- You can participate in our five Technical Committees: They are Instrumentation and Future Technologies, Data Archives and Distribution, Data Fusion, Frequency Allocations in Remote Sensing and Remote Sensing Applications. The technical committees work together to review the state of art of technology in these research areas. The Technical Committees make important impacts on the future directions of remote sensing technologies. You can be a member and participate in this process.
- You can attend IGARSS at a reduced rate and also participate in the planning of IGARSS. Our annual international symposium IGARSS reports on the recent advances in remote sensing. The IGARSS attendance continues to increase. More than 1000 people attended the IGARSS 2003 in Toulouse, IGARSS 2004 in Anchorage and IGARSS 2005 in Seoul. Members are entitled to reduced registration fees. You can also help in the planning of IGARSS. If you are an expert in the technical topics of Applications of Remote Sensing, Mission and Programs, Geoscience Modeling and Processing, Data Processing and Algorithms, Electromagnetic Problems, Instrumentation and Techniques, Policy, you may be asked to serve on the Technical Program Committee. You can also volunteer to organize special sessions.
- You can utilize the Resources provided by the Society, such as Education, Industrial Relations and current state-of-the-art information of the IEEE GRSS (http://www.grss-ieee.org/). The Society spen! ds a lot of efforts in remote sensing education initiatives, development and collection of educational resources for K-12, college/ graduate education as well as continuing education for professionals. Members can access these resources. We are strengthening our industry relations program. As a member, you can connect to our industrial partners via this initiative.
- Other benefits of IEEE Members include subscription to IEEE journals in fields related to remote sensing, career and employment resources, and favorable rates in IEEE insurance programs. They are listed in http://www.ieee.org/portal/index.jsp?pageID=corp_level1&path=membership&file=benefits.xml&xsl=generic.xsl
In the meantime, if you have suggestions concerning the Society, please do not hesitate to let me know.
Sincerely yours,
Anthony Milne
President
IEEE_GRSS
Phone: 61-2-9385 8097; 61-2-9451-4628
t.milne@unsw.edu.au
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