PhD Colloquium

GEOBIA 2018

PhD and Young Researchers Colloquium – 18-19 June 2018

New Ways of Satellite Image Acquisition and

Operational GEOBIA processing using eCognition

The 2018 GEOBIA conference will be enriched by a 1½ day PhD and Young Researchers Colloquium jointly organized with AgroParisTech, Copernicus program and Trimble. The purpose of the Colloquium is to help doctoral students interested or working in the field of GEOBIA to develop an effective research and career plan in this domain. The focus of the colloquium will be on discussions and mentoring, as well as sessions to find together adequate solutions to specific GEOBIA problems posed by the participants. The Colloquium will benefit from the GEOSUD platform facilities to be in direct contact with a spatial image acquisitions infrastructure and by the presence of Copernicus Program representative, AgroParisTech researchers and technician and Trimble technical team. Participation fee to the colloquium is 50 Euro, Tuesday lunch and refreshments are included. However, participants wishing also to participate in the GEOBIA conference must register (see https://geobia2018.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/1 ; a student rate is available). We also ask interested Phds or postdocs to provide a short CV and motivation letter that includes details about their current research, and specific interest in GEOBIA. Basic concepts in remote sensing are a prerequisite to the participation to the PhD colloquium.

The colloquium will be divided in two sessions:

                 · Images Acquisition: from the satellites to your screen

                · eCognition

This first session on image acquisition will allow you to:

- Practice the entire image acquisition chain SPOT, from the command to the reception of the data;

- Discover the richness of the Copernicus programme, how to process image data flows and the other services delivered by the Research and User Support (RUS).

A presentation of the GEOSUD-THEIA spatial data infrastructure will show you how to order a SPOT 6/7 image. From the operations room located at the House of Remote Sensing, the operators will then explain how your order is programmed and followed, and finally how your image is produced. And you will live in real time the acquisition of an image at the foot of the antenna of the receiving station GEOSUD.

The Copernicus programme, thanks to its constellation of Sentinel satellites and thematic services, renews the offer in data by types / resolutions / frequencies of acquisition. This flow of data requires the development of new treatments adapted to large volumes and the continuous supply of new data. In order to meet this objective, the RUS Service, which is the “New Expert Service for Sentinel Users” has been funded by the European Commission. It is managed by the European Space Agency, and operated by CS SI and its partners.

The main objectives of the RUS Service are:

• To promote the uptake of Copernicus data;

• To support the scaling up of R&D activities with Copernicus data

  These new perspectives and methodological issues will be presented and discussed.

The second session on eCognition (TBD)

We anticipate a group of ca. 20 students including 5 invited PhD students or young researchers from developing and transition countries thanks to a call directly accessible from the GEOBIA 2018 conference Website. The colloquium will end with a wrap-up discussion of how lessons from the colloquium can be applied to achieving scientific results and at the same time an effective work-life balance..

Schedule:

Monday, 18/06/18., 13:30 – 18:30.

Tuesday, 19/06/18.,  9:00 – 18:30.

How to apply:

 Register via the form at  https://wd.cborg.info/GEOBIA2018/

 Upload a short CV (max. 2 pages)

 Also upload a short motivation letter (max. 1 page) that includes details about your current research, and specific interest in GEOBIA.

Detailed Schedule