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<span style="letter-spacing:0.0666667px">(Apologies for cross-posting) This might be of interest to colleagues (esp. in the USA):</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing:0.0666667px">T</span>he 2017 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Summer School (GR4S) <span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">i</span>s<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">t</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">h</span>e<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">six</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">t</span>h<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>a<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">s</span>e<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">r</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">i</span>e<wbr>s
of I<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">nt</span>e<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">rn</span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">t</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">i</span>o<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">n</span>al<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"></span>S<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">u</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">m</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">m</span>er<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>S<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">c</span>hoo<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">l</span>s<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span>on
Da<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">t</span>a <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">F</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">u</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">si</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">. Previous locations include Munich,
Milan, Beijing, and now Arlington, Texas. </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">Each year, the GR4S is held in conjunction with and the week prior to the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). IGARSS 2017 will be held in
Fort Worth, Texas, July 23-28. The GR4S will be held July 29-21 at the nearby University of Texas at Arlington. The GR4S is an high-quality, low-cost ($75 full registration with $35/night dormitory housing options) opportunity for students and young professionals
to hear the lectures of and professionally network with world-renowned experts in the field of remote sensing. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<h1 style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Cambria">Timely Topics<u></u><u></u></h1>
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<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">T</span>he<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">G</span>R<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">4</span>S<b><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span></b>a<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">im</span>s
at<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> pr</span>o<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">v</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">i</span>d<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">i</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">n</span>g<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">participants,
both</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">s</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">t</span>u<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">de</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">nt</span>s<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> and
young professionals, </span>an<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">pp</span>o<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">rt</span>u<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">n</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">i</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">t</span>y<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"><wbr>t</span>o <span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">g</span>a<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">i</span>n<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>e<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">x</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">c</span>elle<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">n</span>t<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"></span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">i</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">nt</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">r</span>od<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">u</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">c</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">t</span>o<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">r</span>y<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"><wbr>kn</span>o<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">w</span>led<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">g</span>e<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>in
various remote sensing modalities in terms of<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Sensor systems<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>multispectral, hyperspectral, lidar, microwave, synthetic aperture radar, …<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Data and image analysis<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>basic and cutting-edge techniques for fusion, classification, …<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Field campaigns<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>experimental set-up, GIS ground trothing, …<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Platforms<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Satellite, Airborne, UAV/Drones, …<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Practical applications<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Precision Agriculture, Forestry, Urban Planning, Ocean & Ice Monitoring, …<u></u><u></u></p>
<h1 style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Cambria">Expert Speakers<u></u><u></u></h1>
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<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">Examples of past lecturers include the following</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u>-<span style="font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><u></u><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">David Goodenough, University of Victoria, Canada</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u>-<span style="font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><u></u><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">Melba Crawford, Purdue University, USA</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u>-<span style="font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><u></u><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">Lorenzo Bruzzone, University of Trento, Italy</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u>-<span style="font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><u></u><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">Jocelyn Chanussot, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u>-<span style="font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><u></u><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">Antonio Plaza, University of Extremadura, Spain</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u>-<span style="font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><u></u><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">Lori Mann Bruce, Mississippi State University, USA</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u>-<span style="font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><u></u><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">Uwe Stilla, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u>-<span style="font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><u></u><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt">Feng Xu, Fudan University, China</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<h1 style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Cambria">Professional Networking<u></u><u></u></h1>
<h1 style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:-0.05pt">The 2017 GR4S will have a capstone event on Friday afternoon/evening focused on professional networking. The Metro-Los Angeles chapter of GRSS is sponsoring
activities designed to help participants hone their communications and networking skills, culminating with a networking dinner.</span><u></u><u></u></h1>
<h1 style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:-0.05pt">For details visit </span><a href="http://igarss2017.org/GR4S" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:-0.05pt">IGARSS2017.org/GR4S</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:-0.05pt">
or email Dr. Lori Mann Bruce at </span><a href="mailto:bruce@grad.msstate.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:-0.05pt">bruce@grad.msstate.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:-0.05pt">.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.regonline.com/2017geoscienceandremotesensingsummerschool" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="color:windowtext">https://www.regonline.com/2017<wbr>geoscienceandremotesensingsumm<wbr>erschool</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://igarss2017.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="color:windowtext">http://igarss2017.org/</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:12.8px">Announcement PDF attached and copied below.<br>
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