[India-discuss] Open Source Special Session at ACRS 2017

[K S Rajan]

Sorry for Cross Posting, if any 

Dear All, 
A special session on FOSS4G, titled "Open Source Open World" is being organised as part of the Asian Conf on Remote Sensing 2017 @New Delhi during October, under the auspices of ISPRS WG V/8 - Promotion of Open Source in geospatial technology. The details are given below in this email. 
Please note that the call for abstracts ends on 1st July. 
-Rajan 














ISPRS WG V/8 Special Session in ACRS 2017 

Open Source Open World 

October 23 -27, 2017 

New Delhi, India 

www.acrs2017.org 





About ACRS 2017 

The 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing ( ACRS 2017 ) will take place during October 23 -27, 2017 , New Delhi, India. ACRS 2017 will represent a major event in the long series of successful ACRS conferences. The main theme of the conference is Space Applications: Touching Human Lives. ACRS 2017 will bring together students, researchers, scientists, engineers, policy makers, professionals and practitioners from developed and developing countries from and around Asia to share insights into the challenges and opportunities of Remote Sensing and related geospatial technologies in building resiliency and encouraging inclusive economic growth in one, dynamic Asia. It also aims to be a platform for international engagement to ensure that knowledge is generated in partnership with society. 




About ISPRS WG V/8 
ISPRS Working Group V/8 aims to promote open source and the development of free software on geospatial technologies, mainly in the fields of photogrammetry, remote sensing, and GIS. To facilitate this, the WG organizes joint sessions , tutorials and webinars to promote and exchange the experiences of open source development. The WG will collaborate closely with OSGeo and other ISPRS working groups, and will cooperate with other local and international groups to promote and contribute to open source. The promotion of open source can provide us free software and make accessible the latest geospatial technologies to the wider ISPRS community. 





Call for Abstracts 

We invite you to submit an abstract to share your open source, free software/system, and knowledge to the special session covering the following topics: 




    * Open Sources on Geospatial Technology (Emerging technologies that have an impact on future geospatial development) 


-- Internet of things 

-- Big data 

-- Drones 

-- Machine learning 

-- Photogrammetry and remote sensing 

-- Geographic information science 

-- Airborne/Terrestrial LiDAR 




    * Applications using Open Sources (How free geospatial tools/software are used within the sciences and engineering) -- Remote sensing and environment 



-- Agriculture and forestry 

-- Natural hazards mitigation and management 

-- Public health 

-- Data science 




    * Education (How free geospatial tools/software are used and taught in academic courses) -- Active learning models 



-- Cross-border education through web-resources sharing 

-- Tools development for training and outreach 




Abstract Submission 

Abstract must be submitted online through the abstract submission system at www.acrs2017.org . Select the topic (6) Education and Outreach or (7) Others for ISPRS special sessions . 




Important Dates 

July 1 , 2017 :Abstract Submission Deadline 

July 31 , 2017 :Abstract Paper Acceptance 

Aug 31 , 2017 iscounted Registration 

Sept 10, 2017 :Full Paper Submission 

Oct 23 -27, 2017 : Conference 




ISPRS WG V/8 Contact Information 

Chair: Dr. Chao-Hung Lin 

Department of Geomatics, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan 

☏ +886-6-2757575 ext. 63836 


* linhung at mail.ncku.edu.tw 





Co-Chair: Dr. Helena Mitasova 

Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, USA 


☏ +886-6-2757575 ext. 63836 


* hmitaso at ncsu.edu 





Co-Chair: Lalu Muhamad Jaelani 

Dept. of Geomatics Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia 


☏ +6231-5994251-54 


* lmjaelani at geodesy.its.ac.id 





Secretary: Dr. Chi-Kuei Wang 

Department of Geomatics, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan 

☏ +881-6-2757575 ext. 63725 

* chikuei @ mail . ncku . edu . tw 

Regional Coordinator: K S Rajan 
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India 
+91-40-66531276 
rajan at iiit.ac.in 



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K S Rajan, Ph.D. 

Head, Lab for Spatial Informatics, 
Associate Professor, 
International Institute of Information Technology 
Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032, Andhra Pradesh, India 
Tel: (+91-40)6653 1276 
Fax: (+91-40)6653 1413 
E-mail: rajan at iiit.ac.in 
GeoLocation: 17.4454 N, 78.3503 E 
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