2nd Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing – Evolution in Remote Sensing
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Summary report by Jón Atli Benediktsson, Jocelyn Chanussot and Björn Waske
The Second Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing – Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS) was held at the campus…
Newsletter
WHISPERS 2010
GRSS French Chapter
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing French Chapter
Report presented by Jocelyn Chanussot, GIPSA-Lab, Grenoble Institute of Technology
and Grégoire Mercier, Télécom Bretagne, Brest.
1. History
The French community in geoscience and remote sensing has been very active over the past…
Call For Nominations For The GRS-S Administrative Committee
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
FOR THE GRS-S ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
The Nominations Committee calls upon our membership to nominate members to serve on the GRSS Administrative Committee (AdCom). The GRSS AdCom consists of 18 elected persons, each of whom serves for three years. Their…
New Technical Awards
The IEEE Awards Program provides peer recognition to individuals whose contributions to the art and science of electro- and information technologies worldwide have improved the quality of life.
The IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society members may be particularly interested in the following Technical Field…
Wanted: new scientific talent to support EU policy-making
Wanted: new scientific talent to support EU policy-making – The Joint Research Centre is recruiting
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) is a reference centre of science and technology for the European Union. Operating in Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, with a…
Keeping an Eye on Volcanic Ash
Claus Zehner, European Space Agency, ESRIN, Italy.
Neil Fletcher, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany.
The recent ash clouds from Iceland’s Eyjafjälla volcano grounded hundreds of flights across Europe causing travel chaos and costing the European airline industry billions of Euros. The volcanic ash, which caused such turmoil…
GRS-S Members Elevated to the Grade of Senior Member in April 2010
Yakoub Bazi (Saudi Arabia Section)
Marc Imhoff (Washington Section)
Jilu Li San (Diego Section)
Dalton Rosario (Washington Section)
Senior membership has the following distinct benefits:
The professional recognition of your peers for technical and professional excellence.
An attractive fine wood and bronze engraved Senior Member…
CHAPTER ACTIVITY REPORT
By Dr. Lorenzo Bruzzone, Chapter Chair University of Trento
One of the most important factor for increasing the impact of our society on the remote sensing community is related to the capability to provide support and efficient services to GRS-S members. Chapters are a valuable…
IEEE GOLD Remote Sensing Conference
Maurizio Migliaccio
Università di Napoli “Parthenope”, Italy.
The IEEE South Italy GRS Chapter has organized at the Italian Naval Academy in Livorno the fourth edition of the biannual IEEE GOLD (Graduate Of Last Decade) Remote Sensing Conference. The conference has been held on April 29…
RISAT-1: A Fully Polarimetric C-band SAR Mission of ISRO
R.R. Navalgund, Space Applications Centre,
Jodhpur Tekra, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
RISAT (Radar Imaging Satellite)-1 is a series of Indian radar imaging reconnaissance satellites being built by ISRO to provide all-weather surveillance using Synthetic Aperture Radars (SAR). Radar imaging satellite (RISAT-1) is scheduled to be…