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EXCELSIOR joined the signing ceremony for Coordinators’ Teaming projects winners in Brussels
2019-09-24 00:00 (Europe/Athens)
Dr Haris Kontoes PI of the EXCELSIOR Project from the National Observatory of Athens (advanced partner), on behalf of the Coordinator of the EXCELSIOR Project Prof. Diofantos Hadjimitsis from the Cyprus University of Technology, joined the signing ceremony which took place on the 24th of September 2019 in Brussels. During the event Jean-Eric Paquet, Director-General for Research and Innovation congratulated the 14 Teaming projects winners on this outstanding initiative and their contribution to bridging the research and innovation divide in Europe. Teaming projects under the Horizon 2020 Widening Programme aim at setting up and developing new ‘centres of excellence’ in low R&I performing Member States.

Director-General Jean-Eric Paquet congratulated these winning projects, stressing the importance of autonomy and good-quality governance that they need to enjoy and sustainability plans for continuation after the grant period. Jean-Eric reminded the project coordinators and representatives from advanced partners present at the meeting of their responsibility, in partnership with the European Commission, to share their excellence with the R&I community; he encouraged them to reach out to the previous generation of Teaming projects to build on past experiences and, once in full swing, to help others being equally successful.

Together with the project coordinators, Jean-Eric signed the certificates acknowledging that each of these 14 projects will establish a Centre of Excellence in their countries and receive for that a corresponding phase 2 Teaming grant of around 15 million euros. The signature of the certificates was followed by a shared meeting gathering the responsible units for policy development in DG RTD and for project implementation in REA. Both Heads of Units, Magda de Carli and Ales Fiala, as well as the Director of REA Marc Tachelet addressed the audience.

Following the official congratulations, policy officers from RTD and project officers from REA met project representatives and discussed the upcoming stages of project implementation. Commissioner Carlos Moedas and the Chair of the Committee on industry, research and energy (ITRE), MEP Adina-Ioana Vălean congratulated the winners at the end of the R&I days session ‘Bridging, widening, sharing: let’s advance Europe together’ on the same day, in the presence of the new Commissioner-designate for Innovation and Youth, Mariya Gabriel.

Launching of the H2020 Teaming project Phase 2 “EXCELSIOR”
2019-11-22 00:00
The public inauguration event of the strategic research project ‘EXCELSIOR’: ERATOSTENES: Centre for Excellence in Land Surveillance and Environmental Monitoring was successfully held on the 22nd of November 2019. The event took place at the Cyprus University of Technology under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, in the presence of officials and elected personalities from the diplomatic, political and academic community of Cyprus and abroad.
During his speech President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades mentioned that ‘Despite the extremely competitive process, the EXCELSIOR Project has successfully secured the EU Horizon 2020 funding. I take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to the European Commission for this decision, in addition to the funding of five other Centres of Excellence in Cyprus. This constitutes further evidence of the competitiveness Cyprus enjoys in the field of research and innovation, both at European and international level. I wish to express my sincere respect and appreciation to Professor Diofantos Hadjimitsis, the project coordinator, and his dedicated team for their hard work and for succeeding in this highly competitive procedure, as well as extending my best wishes for every success in your future endeavors.’

The European Research Program EXCELSIOR, through a highly competitive process, secured € 15 million of seven-year funding from the EU Horizon 2020 Program ‘Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation – Teaming Phase 2’, with a view to creating a sustainable and autonomous Centre of Excellence for Earth Observation and Space Monitoring of the Environment. The project has also received € 15m in funding from the Republic of Cyprus for 15 years and € 8m for 15 years from the Cyprus University of Technology (Coordinator).

The event was attended by representatives of the project consortium, which consists of the Cyprus Technological University (Remote Sensing and Geo-Environment Laboratory – Department of Civil and Geo-informatics Engineering); the German Aerospace Centre (DLR); the National Observatory of Athens (NOA); the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS); and the Department of Electronic Communications of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works (MTCW-DEC).
The Director of the Department of Electronic Communications Mr. George Komodromos, Dr. Haris Kontoes, Research Director of the National Observatory of Athens and Director of the BEYOND Center of Excellence, the Deputy Director of the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Mr. Gunter Schreier. Albert Ansmann from the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) developed the roles that partner organizations will play in the project. It is important to mention that the EXCELSIOR project is supported by more than 95 organizations from Cyprus and abroad (eg NASA, ISPRS, NEREUS, GEO, ACTRIS, CYTA, ETEK, I-BEC, Aristotle University, National Technical University of Athens) including 6 Ministries, 19 governmental departments, municipalities (including Limassol, Ayia Napa, Peyia and Geroskipou) and research and innovation enterprises. The support of the Municipality of Limassol in the creation of the ‘ERATOSTHENES’ Centre of Excellence is vital, aiming in implementing space technologies and geo-informatics to solve the problems of the Municipality and participate in joint events.

The event was also welcomed by the Welcome addresses were given by the Counsellor of Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Cyprus, Mr. Ulrich Peitz and the Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Greece in Cyprus, Mr. Ioannis Mallikourtis.

The importance of the Centre for Cyprus and the geographical area was emphasized by representatives of the EXCELSIOR External Advisory Committee and the ERATOSTENES Centre of Excellence such as Mr. Vincent Ambrosia (NASA / University of California); Mrs. Simonetta Cheli (European Agency for Space Agency); Mr. Marcello Maranesi (freelance consultant with experience in space organizations such as Telespazio in Italy), Prof. Lena Halounova (Czech Technical University in Prague and ISPRS Secretary – International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing); Dr. Peter Zeil (Spatial Services GmbH from Austria); and Mr. Daniel Barok (Independent Consultant with previous work experience at the ISRAEL SPACE AGENCY).

The Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of the Cyprus University of Technology and Professor Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis, coordinator of the EXCELSIOR project, said in his speech that the project “aims at conducting a high level of basic and applied research in the sectors related to the combined use of space, remote sensing and geo-informatics technologies for systematic and in-depth monitoring of the natural and built environment. He also stressed the importance of using SENTINEL satellite data from COPERNICUS presenting various satellite data usage applications in Cyprus. Some of the examples he cited was the systematic monitoring of water quality in reservoirs, marine pollution, air pollution, water leak detection, agricultural applications (crop disease detection, irrigation management, etc.), study of unexcavated archaeological sites and detection of unexcavated buried remains, natural hazard management, forest fire detection, support through educational and training programs, etc.”

The President of the Republic, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, welcoming the event, emphasized that the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence will become a hub of innovation and entrepreneurship in our country and a protagonist in the Eastern Mediterranean region, with great economic and social benefits for Europe.
The Rector of the Cyprus University of Technology and Professor Andreas Anayiotos said that this is perhaps the most ambitious project secured by the “young” Cyprus University of Technology and assured of the high quality of services offered by the Centre at national, European and international level. He also stressed that it is important to transfer the gained expertise from academia and research to the industry for the commercial development of related services.

The representative of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG-RTD), Mr Stefan Weiers; and the Head of Unit Spreading Excellence, Widening Participation, Science with and for Society, The Research Executive Agency (REA), Mr. Ales Fiala stated that the EU has high expectations of the implementation and results of the program, but also of the impact on Cyprus and at European level of promoting science and innovation, which it is expected to create opportunities for economic growth.

The Chief Scientist for Research & Innovation Dr. Kyriakos Kokkinos mentioned that internationally recognized centers are working on this project to achieve excellence. Dr. Kokkinos emphasized the extensive experience of the consortium partners as well as the active involvement of various stakeholders from industry, society, academia and the wider public sector which ensure the success of the project. Finally Dr. Kokkinos stressed that the EXCELSIOR project opens a new horizon for Cyprus and the wider area of space.

Dr. Haris Kontoes, Research Director of NOA and Director of the European Center for Space Monitoring of the Earth ‘BEYOND’, presented services of continuous observation, recording of information and the extraction of scientific knowledge about natural disasters around the world. Mr. Gunter Schreier presented DLR’s contribution to the project through the transfer of know-how to install satellite data antenna in Cyprus. Dr. Albert Ansmann from TROPOS presented the importance of Cyprus’ geographical position in climate change monitoring and atmospheric study through satellite observations. Concluding, Dr. Ansmann presented the benefits of setting up a ground-based atmospheric remote sensing station in Cyprus. The Director of the Department of Electronic Communications, Mr. George Komodromos emphasized the importance of the space sector for the Republic of Cyprus, referring to various actions taken to date such as the participation of Cyprus in the European Space Agency and presented his Department’s contribution to the project for promoting space technologies to all interested parties in Cyprus.

The Environment sector was recognized by the Smart Specialization Strategy for Cyprus (S3Cy) as the first horizontal priority for the future development of the island. The project is fully aligned with Smart Specialization Strategy for Cyprus in many areas, significantly enhancing the impact of targeted regional and national investment, namely the environment and ICT. The Centre of Excellence that will emerge through the existing potential of the ERATOSTHENES Centre, with its experience and infrastructure, will become a hub for Earth Observation activities in the Eastern Mediterranean region, due to the geostrategic position of Cyprus.

The Centre will be based in Limassol with research infrastructures in the coastal municipalities of Cyprus. In the coming years, the Centre of Excellence is expected to employ 112 people in research, management and technical positions to develop new research activities and collaborations with companies and government organizations. The Centre of Excellence will become a hub of innovation and entrepreneurship in our country and in the Eastern Mediterranean region, with great economic and social benefits for Cyprus and Europe. Also important is the transfer of know-how from the NOA through the European Earth Observatory ‘BEYOND’, which aims to continuously collect information from the planet about evolving natural phenomena, and in particular natural disasters, in order to inform the authorities and the citizens to take appropriate safety measures in a timely manner. In addition, the contribution of DLR to install an Earth Observation Satellite Data Antenna at CYTA’s facilities and TROPOS Research Institute to establish a ground-based atmospheric remote sensing station which will be the national infrastructure of the ACTRIS-ERIC network are very significant.

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Stakeholders' Event of the H2020 Teaming project Phase 2 “EXCELSIOR”
2019-11-22 00:00
The EXCELSIOR stakeholders’ event was organized by the Cyprus University of Technology and took place on the 22nd of November 2019 at the Senate room, “Rector’s Building in the Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus. The stakeholders’ event was open to the Project participants, the EC/REA representatives and the members of the External Advisory Board.

A welcome address and a presenation related to the EXCELSIOR stakeholder engagement were given by the Project Coordinator, Prof. Diofantos Hadjimitsis and the EXCELSIOR Liaison Officer, Associate Prof. Chris Danezis. Brief presentations were given by Committing Organisations including Mr Charalambos Panayiotou on CEO of Atlantis Consulting Ltd, Mr Antonis Hadjiantonis on behalf of CYRIC, Mr Antonis Antoniou representing CYTA, Mrs Vasiliki Charalampopoulou on behalf of Geosystems Hellas S. A. and HEXAGON, Prof. George Zalides representisng i-BEC, Prof. Ioannis Gitas on behalf of the Aristotle University, Mrs Alexandra Chudnovsky Linzon representing the Tel Aviv University and Mr George Georgiou representing NOVATEX.

At the end of the event the participants had the opportunity to participate at the Discussion and Closure session of the event where interesting discussion and suggestions were mentioned from the audience related to possible ways of collaboration between the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence and several governmental departments and private organisations representatives such as Mr Kostas Papageorgiou from the Department of Forests and Mr Dinos Nilolaides the Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber.

Invited talk by Prof. Hadjimitsis at the ACTRIS IMP Kick-off meeting in Larnaca, Cyprus: The EXCELSIOR H2020 Teaming project
2020-03-03 00:00
From 2nd to 6th of March 2020, the ACTRIS community gathered at the Sun Hall Hotel in Larnaca, Cyprus, to kick-off the ACTRIS Implementation Project (IMP). This week-long meeting was attended by over 90 participants, including remote attendees, and it presented the community with the goals and actions planned for the next 4 years to take ACTRIS to a new level of maturity and reach the operational phase. On the 3rd of March the two H2020 Teaming projects in Cyprus ‘EMME-CARE’ https://emme-care.cyi.ac.cy/ & ‘EXCELSIOR’ https://excelsior2020.eu/ have been presented from their coordinators Prof. Jean Sciare & Prof. Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis.

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Presentation of EXCELSIOR project at the Limassol Chamber of Commerce & Industry
2020-03-04 00:00
The Limassol Chamber of Commerce & Industry, in collaboration with the Limassol Municipality and the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), successfully organized the event entitled “Research and Innovation in Space Technology and Geoinformation through the Horizon2020 Teaming EXCELSIOR Project and the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence”. The event took place at the premises of the Limassol Chamber of Commerce & Industry on the 4th of March 2020.
Mr. Costas Galatariotis, President of the Limassol Chamber of Commerce & Industry, during his welcome speech stressed out that the EXCELSIOR project will contribute to the development of new business ideas, attraction of new investments and creation of new jobs by supporting the economic development of our country.
A welcome address followed by the Mayor of Limassol, Mr. Nikos Nikolaidis emphasized his support to the EXCELSIOR project and the benefits that the city of Limassol will have from the creation of the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence. He also mentioned the expectation of the Limassol Municipality to receive important support related to important issues in the fields of blue growth, tourism, cultural heritage, transport, environment and smart city technology by the EXCELSIOR project.

Finally, Mr. Nikolas Iordanou, Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Cyprus University of Technology Board in his welcoming remarks emphasized that Cyprus University of Technology considers the EXCELSIOR project to be the most important success in the short history of the University. He emphasized that Cyprus University of Technology will support the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence, which will be established through the EXCELSIOR project.
The event was concluding with the presentations by Professor Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis, Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and Geo-informatics of the Cyprus University of Technology and Coordinator of the EXCELSIOR Project and Dr Panayiotis Philimis. CEO of Cyprus Research & Innovation Center (CyRIC) and Gravity Ventures Incubator and President of the Cyprus Association of Research and Innovation Enterprises.

Scientific lecture in the framework of the EXCELSIOR H2020 Teaming project by TROPOS Senior Researcher, Dr. Ulla Wandinger
2020-03-09 00:00
The Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the Cyprus University of Technology in cooperation with project EXCELSIOR H2020 Teaming, held an open scientific lecture on Monday, March 9, 2020 with the internationally recognized senior researcher Dr. Ulla Wandinger. During the lecture, the dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Prof. Phaedon Kyriakides, addressed a brief greeting.
Dr. Ulla Wandinger is a Senior Research Scientist and Deputy Head of the Institute’s Department of Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Processes for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) in Leipzig, Germany. She has gain more than 30 years of experience in aerosol and cloud remote sensing and published more than 90 articles in peer‐reviewed journals. Over the last decade, she has been strongly involved in the construction of the European Aerosol, Clouds, and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS). Ulla Wandinger is coordinator of the German ACTRIS consortium and member of the ESA‐JAXA EarthCARE Joint Mission Advisory Group, the ACTRIS Executive Board, and the EARLINET Council.

The lecture entitled “The European Research Infrastructure ACTRIS and the ERATOSTHENES Center of Excellence: Exploring the Importance of Atmospheric Sensing for the EMMENA Region” was organized as part of the actions of the EXCELSIOR H2020 program [GA: 857510] for the transfer of know-how and enhancing Research and Innovation.
In her presentation, Dr. Ulla Wandinger referred to the importance and necessity of the ACTRIS European Research Infrastructure for the study of Atmosphere, Climate Change and Air Pollution as well as the strategic role of the Atmospheric Observatory Research Infrastructure for the area. It is worth noting that ACTRIS is a pan-European research infrastructure for providing on short‐lived atmospheric constituents and the processes that control their life cycles.
To download the invitation to the Open Lecture please Click Here

In addition to the open lecture, a second lecture entitled “Ground-based remote sensing of aerosol and clouds: Lidar and radar measurements of climate-relevant processes in the atmosphere” was delivered. Dr. Ulla Wandinger, mainly targeting doctoral candidates, master students and young researchers, introduced new trends, techniques and methodologies for studying atmospheric and climate parameters. At the end of the presentations the students had the opportunity to ask questions and talk to Dr. Ulla Wandinger on future research trends and opportunities offered through the newly established ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence.
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International Day for Monuments and Sites: Webinar organized by ICOMOS Cyprus
2020-04-24 00:00
As part of the International Day for Monuments and Sites, ICOMOS Cyprus organized a webinar on 24 April 2020 on “Digital Cultural Heritage: Technologies and Challenges”. The seminar was organized by ICOMOS Cyprus and co-οrganized by the Technical Chamber of Cyprus (ETEK), the UNESCO’s Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, the Department of Antiquities, the Cyprus University of Technology, the EXCELSIOR.eu H2020 Teaming funded project, the Cyprus Remote Sensing Society, the European Archeology, the European Common Culture and the OPHERA.
The seminar was greeted by the President of ICOMOS, Mr. Chrysanthos Pissarides, and the President of ETEK, Mr. Stelios Achniotis, while Dr. Marinos Ioannides, Dr. Kyriacos Themistocleous and Mr. Simos Georgiou discussed the role and characteristics of new innovative technologies in geo-informatics within the field of challenges and prospects of the 21st century.

EXCELSIOR was presented at the Copernicus Academy Monthly video conference meeting
2020-05-20 00:00
Professor Diofantos Hadjimitsis the Coordinator of the Excelsior #H2020 presented the “EXCELSIOR” project and the #EratosthenesCentreofExcellence during the Copernicus Academy Monthly video conference meeting which was organised on the 20th of May 2020. During the video meeting, there was a participation of more than 55 participants. Mr. Mettas and Dr. Tzouvaras from ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence joined also meeting.

Professor Diofantos Hadjimitsis, participated at the Copernicus Academy Monthly Video Conference which took place on the 20th of May 2020. During his presentation entitled ‘The ERATOSTHENES: Excellence Research Centre for Earth Surveillance and Space-Based Monitoring of the Environment-‘EXCELSIOR’, H2020 widespread teaming phase 2 project’ he presented the EXCELSIOR Project.
Ιn 2007, the Remote Sensing & Geo–Environment Lab (Eratosthenes Research Centre -ERC) was established within the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the Cyprus University of Technology. In 2019, they won a proposal under H2020 widespread teaming. The Excelsior project aims to upgrade the existing Remote Sensing & Geo-Environment Lab into a sustainable, viable and autonomous Centre of Excellence: the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence (ECoE).
The project kicked-off at the end of November 2019 and is composed of a consortium with partners from Cyprus, Greece and Germany. Cyprus was chosen as it has a unique geostrategic position and is ideal for calibration and validation processes, as well as for acquiring cloud-free satellite images.
Why ECoE? They identified some needs and opportunities for Earth Observation in Cyprus. For example, there was a need for more data on the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa region (EMMENA).Applications belong to the fields of deformation monitoring, flood risk analysis, water leakage detection, fire detection, managing cultural heritage, agricultural applications, air pollution and climate change, air quality/aerosols, maritime awareness/ship detection and land cover changes.
The Excelsior project has a € 44 million budget (15 million from the EC, 15 million from the Republic of Cyprus and 8 million from the university). It will run for 15 years, from October 2019 to September 2034. They will build new infrastructures, employ around 100 people and develop a state-of-the-art remote sensing research lab, just to name a few of the initiatives that will be carried out.
Within the next 7 years, they aim to become a world-class Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) for EO and Geospatial Information, becoming the reference Centre in the Eastern Mediterranean and in EMMENA. There will be three departments (environment and climate, resilient society; and big earth data analytics), as well as 13 thematic research areas.They will provide relevant information for decision making to science, industry and governments in order to support policies, business development, generate economic growth and ultimately improve the quality of life for all citizens.
The ECoE will be established in the Cyprus University of Technology in Limassol, Cyprus with supporting infrastructures in coastal municipalities. They are open for collaboration with other universities, research centres and industrial partners.
The Agenda:
✍🏻 Updates of the FPCUP project – Framework Partnership Agreement on Copernicus User Uptake
Julia Röhrig, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
✍🏻 State-of-the-art of the Copernicus Start-Up programme:
• Copernicus Masters; Monika Mayr, AZO
• Copernicus Accelerator; Florentyna Smith, SpaceTec Partners
• Copernicus Incubation; Nicolas Helssen, Verhaert
• Copernicus Hackathons; Maximilian Heiser, AZO
📢 The ERATOSTHENES: Excellence Research Centre for Earth Surveillance and Space-Based Monitoring of the Environment-‘EXCELSIOR’, H2020 widespread teaming phase 2 project
Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Department of Civil Engineering & Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Cyprus University of Technology & Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence
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✍🏻 COVID-19 Custom Script Contest winner: monitoring of lettuce production
Karl Chastko
✍🏻 Introduction of a new member:
Facultad Politécnica de la Universidad Nacional de Asunción – PARAGUAY;
Rossana Villalba

EXCELSIOR H2020 Two Days Workshop for CUT PhD students: Introduce Research Activities to Partners
2020-06-05 00:00
On the 4th and 5th of June 2020, all the existing 20 PhD CUT researchers presented their PhD activities as well their PhD objectives, methodology, results and future work to the EXCELSIOR Partners.
After every PhD presentation, there was a discussion with the partners. This was the first 2-day workshop organized by the EXCELSIOR H2020 TEAMING Project and the #ERATOSTHNENESCentreofExcellence.

EXCELSIOR met the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, The Earth and Planetary Image Facility
2020-06-17 00:00
On 17th of June 2020, EXCELSIOR and the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, The Earth and Planetary Image Facility organized an online event from 11.00 am to 12.30. During the event, Professor Diofantos Hadjimitsis the Coordinator of the Excelsior #H2020 presented the “EXCELSIOR” project and the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence.

The Agenda
1. Introduction by Prof. Diofantos Hadjimitsis and Prof. Dan Blumberg
2. Presentation of the Excelsior H2020 and the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence by Prof. Diofantos Hadjimitsis
3. Presentation of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and The Earth and Planetary Image Facility by
Professor Dan G. Blumberg
Vice President for Regional and Industrial Development & Head of the Earth and Planetary Facility
4. Presentation of the Letter of Commitment of Ben-Gurion University to Excelsior by Prof. Hadjimitsis and Prof. Blumberg
5. Open Discussion with the partners of the Excelsior H2020 Project and Ben-Gurion University (Mr Gunter Schreier from DLR, Dr Johannes Buehl & Dr Patric Seifert from Tropos, Prof Blumberg & Dr Shimrit Maman from Ben-Gurion University, Prof. Hadjimitsis, Dr Themistocleous, Dr Michaelides, Dr Tzouvaras, Dr Polydorou and Dr Mammouri from CUT)
6. Remarks
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is one of the strategic commited organisations of #excelsior2020.eu and #EratosthenesCentreofExcellence!

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The Earth and Planetary Image Facility is a multi-disciplinary laboratory located in the Department of Geography and Environmental Development at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Our research focuses on the use of remote sensing for a variety of applications and on advancing the development of currently available remote sensing methods. The students in the laboratory come from a variety of academic backgrounds, including geography, electro-optics, geology, electrical engineering, bio-medical engineering, computer sciences, and agriculture.
The laboratory is affiliated with NASA’s Regional Planetary Image Facilities program and hosts an active archive of maps and remotely sensed images from the Solar System

EXCELSIOR workshop - Researchers and Permanent CUT staff: Presenting research activities to the Excelsior Partners
2020-06-26 00:00
On 26th of June 2020, 16 researchers and 5 permanent staff of CUT presented their profile and their research activities to the Excelsior Partners from 9.00 am to 14.00. During the workshop there was an active discussion between the participants.

Virtual Invited Talk: Remote sensing for natural and cultural heritage: Data, Science and operational applications.
2020-07-03 00:00
The EXCELSIOR H2020 project, the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) and the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the Cyprus University of Technology organize a virtual invited talk by Prof. Rosa Lasaponara.
Prof. Lasaponara is a researcher at IMAA-CNR and a member of the Board of Directors of the ECoE. Her talk will focus on the broader area of earth observation for cultural heritage.
Cultural Heritage is one of thematic cluster research areas of the EXCELSIOR H2020 Project and the ECoE and is under the Resilient Society Department.
Read the biography of Prof. Rosa Lasaponara here

The virtual invited talk will be coordinated by Prof. Phaedon Kyriakidis, Dean of Faculty of Engineering and Technology & Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics & Research Coordinator of the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence

Thursday, July 9th, 2020, 10:00 am CEST / 11.00 am CYP.TIME
Click below to access the presentations of Prof. Lasaponara:
Part 1
Part 2
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1st EXCELSIOR International Virtual Workshop.
2020-07-29 00:00
The ‘EXCELSIOR’ H2020 Teaming Project Consortium and the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) organised the First Virtual International Workshop on ‘Space Operations and Environmental Monitoring in Cyprus’. This Workshop was a part of the annual workshops that will be organized on a yearly basis, with the participation of all national, EMMENA and international stakeholders and addressing all the different activities of the ECoE, i.e., infrastructure, research, education and innovation through entrepreneurship. This workshop was planned and initially scheduled to coincide with the Annual International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geo-information of Environment/RSCy2020, however due to COVID-19 this workshop had been postponed. Eventually, the workshop took place virtually on the 15th of July 2020 through the ZOOM platform.
Main aim and objectives

Our aim for the series of all the proposed annual workshops is to interact with existing and new stakeholders, strengthening the regional links, invest in the continuous interaction with the strategic user segments of ECoE and sustaining long-lasting relationships and partnerships in the region.
The main aim of the First Virtual International workshop was to bring the participants across with the plans and prospects of EXCELSIOR. Specifically, the workshop focused on demonstrating the EXCELSIOR infrastructure for space operations, monitoring and environmental research and how these can be used for the projects and challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean.

🛰️ Topic: Space Operations and Environmental Monitoring in Cyprus
⏰ Date: 15.07.2020, 08:00 – 16.30 CEST
📄 Final agenda: Please click here to view
Watch the workshop online via Youtube:
Part I – EXCELSIOR Intro & Plans
Part II – Future Demands & Opportunities (Part I)
Part III – Future Demands & Opportunities (Part II)
Part IV – Future Demands & Opportunities (Part III)

Presentation of EXCELSIOR project at the NCP_WIDE.NET Talks
2020-09-08 00:00
🛰️ Topic: European Digital Innovation Hubs & Widening Participation
Presentation by Prof Diofantos Hadjimitsis at the online event of NCP_WIDENET Talks “European Digital Innovation Hubs & Widening Participation” about EXCELSIOR, Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence and the establishment of a Digital Innovation Hub (DIH).

The NCP_WIDE.NET project organises an online event “Digital Innovation Hubs & Widening Participation” bringing together different actors that contribute to the digital transformation of regions through
Digital Innovation Hubs. The aim of the event is to highlight the contribution to this initiative from two types of EU-funded projects namely a Teaming-2 project under Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation as well as dedicated DIH project funded under other parts of Horizon 2020.
📄 Agenda: Please click here to view
📄 Presentation: Please click here to view

Cities and Climate Change - Invited talk by Dr. Nektarios Chrysoulakis
2020-11-12 00:00
✔️ The EXCELSIOR H2020 project, the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) and the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the Cyprus University of Technology organized today a virtual invited talk by Dr Nektarios Chrysoulakis.🙏 Sincere thanks and appreciation to Dr Chrysoulakis and all the participants!

Dr. Nektarios Chrysoulakis is a Director of Research at FORTH and Head of the Remote Sensing Lab (http://rslab.gr), operating Flux Tower Infrastructures in the city of Heraklion (http://www.rslab.gr/heraklion_eddy.html). He holds a BSc in Physics, a MSc in Environmental Physics and PhD in Remote Sensing from the University of Athens. He has been involved in R&D projects funded by the European Union, the European Space Agency and the Ministries of Environment, Development, Culture and Education. His main research interests include climate change and urbanization, urban climate, urban energy balance, urban resilience, urban planning and metabolism, natural and technological hazards, surface temperature and albedo, environmental monitoring and change detection. Dr. Chrysoulakis is cPI of the European Research Council (ERC) Synergy project urbisphere (http://urbisphere.eu), focusing on coupling dynamic cities and climate. He is the coordinator of the H2020-Space project CURE (http://cure-copernicus.eu), focusing on Copernicus services exploitation in the domain of urban resilience. He has coordinated the projects URBANFLUXES (H2020), SEN4RUS (ERA.Net-RUS Plus), BRIDGE (FP7) GEOURBAN (FP7). He has also participated projects ECOPOTENTIAL (H2020), THINKNATURE (H2020), IGIC (LIFE) and FLIRE (LIFE). Dr. Chrysoulakis is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Physics of the University of Crete, teaching the course “Principles and Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing”; and at the CIHEAM-MAICh, teaching the course “Remote sensing of Urban Environments”. He is involved in GEO Climate Change Working Group, as well as in GEO Programme Board Urban Resilience Subgroup. He has more than 250 publications in per-review journals and conference proceedings.
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Landslide susceptibility mapping using satellite radar interferometry- Invited talk by Dr. Skevi Perdikou
2020-11-26 00:00
✔️ Τhe EXCELSIOR H2020 project, the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE), the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the Cyprus University of Technology and Geofem Ltd. organized on December 3, 2020 a virtual invited talk by Dr. Skevi Perdikou.
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Dr Skevi Perdikou is an experienced satellite remote sensing and geotechnical expert at the consultancy Geofem Ltd. She holds a BEng in Civil Engineering, an MSc in Geotechnical Engineering and a PhD degree from the University of Southampton in Satellite Remote Sensing.
Her combination of engineering and satellite remote sensing skills enable Geofem to offer advanced earth observation techniques for engineering applications and interpretation of results. She has worked on many research and commercial projects in satellite remote sensing using both optical and radar data. Some of her projects include the use of satellite radar data for ground and infrastructure movement monitoring for landslides, transportation networks, forensic investigations, urban monitoring, in Cyprus and around the world. She has also performed many research projects in the field of satellite remote sensing funded by national sources, the EU, the European Space Agency and the private sector.
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"The science of Meteorology and Remote Sensing applications" - Invited Talk by Dr. Kleanthis Nicolaides
2020-12-10 00:00
✔️ Τhe EXCELSIOR H2020 project, the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE), and the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the Cyprus University of Technology organized on December 10, 2020 a virtual invited talk by Dr. Kleanthis Nicolaides.🙏 Sincere thanks and appreciation to Dr. Nicolaides and all the participants!
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Dr Nicolaides present status is that of the Director of the Department of Meteorology of Cyprus (since August 2016), while he was employed by the Department since February 1988. He owns a BSc Degree in Physics, from the School of Physics and Mathematics, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki Greece (1978-1983), a PhD Degree on Meteorology with a thesis on “Synoptic and Dynamic Study of the Depressions affected the wider area of Cyprus during the cold season” from the same school as above (2002-2005), and a “Magister” Degree from the MBA Program of the School of Management and Economics of the University of Cyprus (2011-2013). He was awarded with Scholarships from the Government of Cyprus, for Applied Meteorology and Weather Forecast, UK Met. Office College (1993-1994), the US Government (Fulbright Commission) for Advanced Technology and Remote Sensing, EEC Enterprise Radar manufacturer Alabama USA, NCAR Boulder Colorado USA, University of North Dakota USA (1996), the Government of Cyprus, for Advanced Weather Forecast, UK Met. Office College (2009), and the University of Cyprus and the School of Management (2011-2013). He has published more than 40 papers on Synoptic Meteorology and Synoptic Climatology, regarding mainly severe weather over the area of Cyprus while he attended more than 20 technical trainings, a great majority of them on Remote Sensing and applications such as radar Meteorology, Satellite Meteorology, Automatic Weather Stations. He has a substantial number of presentations to Seminars, Workshops, Conferences regarding severe weather and the Synoptic Meteorology and Climatology of the area of Cyprus, while he was involved with several EU and INERRREG Scientific Programs, such as FLASH, BERTIS, MEDEA etc.
He is at the present the Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the Word Meteorological Organization and to several European Organisation such as EUMETNET and ECOMET.
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"Applications in Flood Risk Assessment - Rainfall-runoff estimation and forecasting using novel technologies in the Mediterranean Region" by Prof. Evangelos Baltas
2021-02-17 00:00
The EXCELSIOR H2020 project, the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) and the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the Cyprus University of Technology organize a virtual invited talk by Prof. Evangelos Baltas.
Thursday, 26 February 2021 at 11:00 EET (09:00 UTC)
Free attendance
Registration required: https://cutt.ly/Sk0FcnM
(The invitation link will be sent to the registered participants per e-mail)

Evangelos Baltas is a Professor in the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens. He co-established the Center of Hydrology and Informatics (CHI) constituting of the NTUA meteorological network, the database of the hydrological information and the experimental basin. He has more than 30 years experience in the areas of water resources management, water resources systems planning and operation, hydrometeorology, hydrological modeling, climate change and land use change at the catchment scale, flood forecasting, risk assessment and mapping analysis. He has written three books and has authored or co-authored more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and more than 120 peer-reviewed publications in national and international conferences, while he has published several scientific technical reports. He has a large academic and nonacademic administrative experience. He has also offered engineering consultant services in the fields of his expertise to the EU, Greek Ministries, public organizations and private companies. He has been the Principal investigator or researcher in numerous competitive EU (more than 30) and national funded programs related to the integrated water resources management: NDBHMI, HYDROMET, EUROTAS, RIPARIUS, MEDDMAN, ENRICH, EUROHARP, CHESS, ETC.

Invited Talk: "Remote Sensing, Land Use/Land Cover Data and Example of Their Harmonisation by Prof. Lena Halounova
2021-03-09 00:00
Τhe EXCELSIOR H2020 project and the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) of the Cyprus University of Technology organized a virtual invited talk Prof. Lena Halounova.
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https://youtu.be/GtdU7o_RXuU

Since graduation from the Czech Technical University in Prague (Faculty of Civil Engineering), Lena Halounová remained within its walls during her Ph.D. at the Department of Hydrotechnics, and then moved to the Remote Sensing Laboratory of the Department of Mapping and Cartography, which she is heading today. In her research, Lena pays special attention to issues of using optical and SAR remote sensing data and GIS applications for solving problems of water engineering, erosion, reclamations, landslides, land subsidence, detection of vegetation in urban areas, change detection in urban areas, etc. Numerous works and publications of Lena Halounová as well as her lectures in Prague universities are dedicated to these topics.
Along with being appointed the Chairperson of the Czech Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in 2004, Lena represented the Czech Republic, the ISPRS ordinary member, where she held the position of the Chairperson of the Financial Commission from 2008 to 2012. During the XXII ISPRS Congress in Melbourne, Lena was elected the Director of the 2016 ISPRS Congress, which was held in Prague, July 12-19, 2016 where she was elected ISPRS Secretary General for the next ISPRS inter-congresses periods.

Sincere thanks and appreciation to Prof. Halounova and all the participants!

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SpaceUpCyprus 2021 live
2021-03-19 00:00
SpaceUpCyprus-LIVE is an online version of the global “space unconference” SpaceUp. The event will host guest speakers and a Space Balloon designed by PASCAL English School Larnaka will be released into the atmosphere, carrying students’ experiments into near-space altitudes. The payload (the load carried by our Space Balloon) will reach an altitude of 90,000 feet and will withstand temperatures of -50 degrees Celsius and high solar radiation for 6 hours. The Space Balloon will then return to Cyprus, so the findings can be analysed and students can draw conclusions about the accuracy of their experimental predictions.SpaceUpCyprus 2021 LIVE takes place in the framework of the First Pancyprian Space Education Week, which is organized by the Cyprus Space Foundation, the EXCELSIOR H2020 Teaming Project and the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence of the Cyprus University of Technology.

Online with Facebook Live
For more information please contact Elpidoforos Anastasiou at ela.anastasiou@edu.cut.ac.cy.

Second Virtual EXCELSIOR Workshop
2021-05-24 00:00
The ‘EXCELSIOR’ H2020 Teaming Project Consortium and the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) organize the Second Virtual International Workshop on ‘Atmospheric & Climate Research in the EMMENA Region’. This Workshop is a part of a series of annual workshops with participation of all national and international stakeholders of EXCELSIOR, addressing all the different activities of the ECoE, i.e. infrastructure, research, education and innovation through entrepreneurship.Motivation: Bringing together atmospheric researchers and EXCELSIOR stakeholders concerned with EMMENA for identification of challenges and future projects.
The Second Virtual EXCELSIOR Workshop is co-organized with the Cyprus Remote Sensing Society for the RSCy2021.

Free attendance via ZOOM. Please register through: http://tiny.cc/EWorkshop2
Preliminary agenda: http://tiny.cc/EW_Agenda

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Part 1

Part 2

Webinar: Water Resources Management
2021-06-15 00:00
The EXCELSIOR H2020 project and the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) of the Cyprus University of Technology organized a webinar with topic Water Resources Management.

AGENDA
10:30-11:30 Kostas Aristeidou
Division of Hydrology & Hydrogeology & WDD Nicosia District Office
Water Development Department
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment
Cyprus
Presentation title: GIS and remote sensing applications for water resources management at the Water Development Department of Cyprus

11:30-12:30 Dr Athanasios Loukas
School of Rural and Surveying Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Presentation title: Water Resources Management in Agricultural Watersheds: Methods, Case Studies, Implications of Climate Change

12:30-13:30 ́Dr Gordana Jakovljevic
University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Presentation title: Multidimensional model of the use of remote sensing data and geospatial services in water management

13:30-14:30 Dr Catalin Stefan
Junior Research Group INOWAS
TU Dresden
Presentation title: Managed aquifer recharge as adaptation tool to global change

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Virtual Invited talk: Developing quantitative InSAR tools for environmental monitoring
2021-06-29 00:00
The EXCELSIOR H2020 project, the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) and the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the Cyprus University of Technology organize a virtual invited talk by Dr Philippa Mason.Dr Philippa Mason received her MSc from University College London in 1993 and PhD from Imperial College London in 1999; and is a senior lecturer in the Department of Earth Science & Engineering at Imperial College London. She is a professional field geoscientist and a specialist in remote sensing, with more than 20 years’ (academic and commercial) experience, and with research interests in the application and development of InSAR in geohazards and tectonics, and in spectral geology and image processing, on Earth and other planets. Her teaching and research at Imperial College London involves the translation of terrestrial Earth Observation techniques, such as Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) and imaging spectroscopy, to assist in the understanding of geological features and processes on other Earth-like planets, such as Venus and Mars. She is a member of the Engineering Scale Geology Research Group (ESGRG) whose research activities are focused on the development of InSAR tools for the measurement of small-scale ground deformation in urban and rural settings. Philippa is also a science team member of EnVision, a truly international UK-led mission which will take Earth Observation SAR technology to Venus in 2031, to help understand why it is so different to Earth, establishing whether it is tectonically active, and if it was ever hospitable to life.

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Virtual Invited talk EO based information for the public and the private sector Today and the future
2021-10-12 00:00
The EXCELSIOR H2020 project, the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) and the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the Cyprus University of Technology organized a virtual invited talk by Mr Stelios Bollanos.Mr Stelios Bollanos studied business administration at the University of Piraeus. He started in Planetek, a European Space SME group of companies, in 2004, as a young graduate trainee. In 2005, he returned from Italy to Greece and co-founded Planetek Hellas.
Now, he is the director of Planetek Hellas, a Greek space SME employing 25 highly qualified men and women. In 17 years of experience, he managed various accounts for costumers such as the European Space Agency (ESA), the EU Commission, the European Union Satellite Centre (EU SatCen), the European Environment Agency (EEA), the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and other important costumers at National and International level. He has matured experiences in the business sector related to technology domains of Satellite Earth Observation, Spatial Data Infrastructure, Space Astronomy Data Management, On Board and Ground Segment Space Software. He has very good knowledge of the European and Greek Space Market, and very good knowledge of the Greek domestic demand for Earth Observation applications.
He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Hellenic Association of Space Industries and a Board member of the Space Industries Cluster of Athens, Greece (since 2015) and of the Panel for the European Association of Space SME SME4SPACE (since 2013).
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Virtual Invited talk Spatial Decision Support Tool for Monitoring and Forecasting Soil Water Requirements in Agriculture
2021-10-26 00:00
The EXCELSIOR H2020 project, the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) and the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the Cyprus University of Technology organized a virtual invited talk by Ms Mary Grace Gasco.Mary Grace Gasco is the Founder and CEO of SpaceCrop Technologies, an agritech that empowers farmers in smart and sustainable farming funded by the European Commission H2020. Mary Grace is a master’s graduate of Environmental Sciences and Policy at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. She took her bachelor’s in Geography at the University of the Philippines where Mary Grace’s interest in space science and technology started. During her free time, Mary Grace actively participates in hiking and sports activities and volunteers for a sustainability organization.

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Virtual Invited talk: Developing tools for marine plastics monitoring
2021-10-29 00:00
The EXCELSIOR H2020 project, the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) and the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the Cyprus University of Technology organize a virtual invited talk by Ms. Els Knaeps.* Free attendance
** The talk will be held in English.
** Registration required: https://cutt.ly/qRQA8hl
Els Knaeps obtained a Master’s degree in Geography and a Master’s degree in GIS and Remote Sensing. She has 10 years of experience in Remote Sensing Image processing for water quality and coastal management. Her research has mainly focused on suspended sediment and turbidity retrieval in turbid coastal waters. It has led to her collaborations with universities, research institutes, industries and international organisations.
She is a member of several international workgroups in the field of inland and coastal water quality and has coordinated several research and commercial projects. At present, Els leads a team of researchers working on biodiversity, water and coastal applications.
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GIS Day for EXCELSIOR
2021-11-17 00:00
In the framework of GIS Day, the EXCELSIOR H2020 project, the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) and the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the Cyprus University of Technology organized two presentations.
1.November 17th, 2021
“Trends, challenges and perspectives in GIS” by Prof. Marinos Kavouras (in English)
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2. November 19th, 2021
“Features and applications of ArcGIS Geographic Information Systems” by Ioannis Kontos and Anastasia Mavridaki /Marathon Data Systems (in Greek)Watch the presentation online via YouTube:

Virtual Invited talk: Use of satellite and model data to identify the onset of Ostreopsis ovata harmful algal bloom in the Ligurian Sea
2021-12-15 00:00
On December 15th, 2021, the EXCELSIOR H2020 project, the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) and the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the Cyprus University of Technology organized a virtual invited talk by Dr Chiara Lapucci.
Dr. Chiara LAPUCCI is a researcher at the Institute for BioEconomy of the National Research Council in Florence, and at LaMMA Consortium. She graduated in Biology and received her Ph.D at the University of Florence. She works on ocean color satellites and bio-optical remote sensing, on in situ biogeochemical oceanographic measurements, on the assimilation of those data to study the Mediterranean Sea, in particular the Ligurian and North Tyrrhenian Sea and its ecosystem, and on the use of satellite biogeochemical parameters (chlorophyll, TSM) for the study of water quality, the performance of oceanographic models, for the coupling of physical and biogeochemical parameters. She also works on the study of the distribution and effects of anthropogenic pollutants, such as plastic in the ocean. She participates to oceanographic campaign within the described studies.
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Virtual Invited talk: The role of Earth Observation data in the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service for atmospheric composition and air quality
2022-03-10 00:00
On March 15th, 2022, the EXCELSIOR H2020 project, the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE) and the Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics of the Cyprus University of Technology organize a virtual invited talk by Dr Mark Parrington.
Title: “The role of Earth Observation data in the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service for atmospheric composition and air quality”
Registration required: http://tiny.cc/ECoE_CAMS
* Free attendance
Mark Parrington is a Senior Scientist in the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) Development Section at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). He holds a DPhil in Atmospheric Physics from the University of Oxford and has more than 20 years experience of working on the application of Earth observation data, in situ measurements, numerical modelling and data assimilation to atmospheric chemistry and air quality research. Mark’s current role encompasses monitoring and science communication activities related to global wildfires, atmospheric composition and air pollution episodes, and more information can be found through his twitter feed at https://twitter.com/m_parrington.

RSCy2023 ʽNinth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of Environmentʼ
2023-02-21 00:00
RSCy 2023 ʽNinth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of Environmentʼ 3-5 April, 2023 – Cyprus

The Organizing Committee of the ‘Ninth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of Environment’ invite you to join us in Cyprus on 3-5 April, 2023 to network with leading experts in the field of Remote Sensing and Geo-information. The conference will take place in Ayia Napa, Cyprus. The Conference is under the auspices of H.E. the Deputy Minister for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy.
The Technical Program is open to all topics in Remote Sensing and Geo-information of Environment and related techniques and applications. Workshops will include a variety of topics.
We look forward to seeing you in Ayia Napa!!!
The Organizing Committee of the RSCy2023
