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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear QGIS PSC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I hope you are doing well and enjoying the energy that a new year brings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am writing to you because I would like to inform you that I am organizing a community event funded by a personal grant I received last year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The aim of the event is to provide a space for a focused discussion and networking. i.e., Research community and QGIS community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The central topic of the event is Machine Learning and QGIS with the aim of initiating discussion about a potential QEP for a native integration of machine learning algorithms in QGIS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have recently made some attempts to execute ML algorithms in QGIS and that is not so straightforward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Also, some deep learning architectures are already available in other private software.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">So, it would be great if the technical barrier can be lowered for QGIS end users. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The aim of this particular event is not tackling generative AI, although I already have registration of participants working in this topic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">With this email I want to make you aware of this initiative and, invite you to join in case a short trip is possible for some of you (at your own expenses).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Key actors supporting the event are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">University of Twente
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">EScience Center and<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">QGISgebruikersgroup (user group of NL) (<a href="https://qgis.nl/event/machine-learning-qgis-community-workshop/">https://qgis.nl/event/machine-learning-qgis-community-workshop/</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">More information about the event at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.itc.nl/about-itc/scientific-departments/geo-information-processing/qgis-community-workshop/">https://www.itc.nl/about-itc/scientific-departments/geo-information-processing/qgis-community-workshop/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://qgis.nl/event/machine-learning-qgis-community-workshop/">https://qgis.nl/event/machine-learning-qgis-community-workshop/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Rosa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:NL">Dr. Rosa Aguilar | Assistant Professor | University of Twente | Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation|
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Campus University of Twente, Building Langezijds, room 1322, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands |<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:NL">T: +31 (0)53 487 4567 |
<a href="mailto:r.aguilar@utwente.nl"><span style="color:#0563C1">r.aguilar@utwente.nl</span></a> |
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<a href="https://rosaguilar.github.io/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://rosaguilar.github.io</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:gray;mso-fareast-language:NL">|</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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