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'Klimatag 2018' @ University of Salzburg

The Austrian German language conference ‘Aktuelle Klimaforschung in Österreich’ has been kicked-off today at the University of Salzburg. The 19. Austrian Climate Day takes place at the University of Salzburg, Faculty of Natural Sciences, from 23 to 25 April 2018.Link to the programme.Stefan Kienberger and Bernhard Zagel are representing ‘Z_GIS’ at this event co-organized by the CCCA – Climate Rese …

Please support us in making GI/EO professionals ready for the future!

The Earth observation (EO) and Geoinformatics (GI) sector is rapidly evolving due to technological advances, growing collections of open data (e.g. Copernicus), and a broader user base. This evolution requires the adaptation of EO/GI training for matching the skills on demand most useful for the market and society. Z_GIS is part of the EO4GEO project, which is aiming at bridging the skills gap bet …

'Lange Nacht der Geoinformatik' 2018

A successful Researchers’ Night introduced the field of Geoinformatics to hundreds of visitors, including lots of kids. They joined the Department of Geoinformatics (Z_GIS) presentations and activities, for many a first contact with ‚Geoinformatics‘ at the iDEAS:lab on Friday 13, 2018 (https://zgis.at/lndf2018).The evening started with a visit by the Salzburg governor Dr Wilfried Haslauer and coun …

Minister explores analog-digital sandbox

Photo: ITG – Innovation Service for SalzburgHeinz Faßmann, Federal Minister for Education, Science and Research visited the iDEAS:lab established by the Department of Geoinformatics – Z_GIS at the Science City Itzling. During his working visit to Salzburg, including meetings with the Governor of Salzburg and the Rectorate of the University of Salzburg, Minister Faßmann used the opportunity for a s …

'Young Researcher Award in GIScience': 2018 Winners

The Austrian Academy of Sciences’ Commission for GIScience annually selects the winner of a ‘Young Researcher Award’ competition, based on an outstanding publication submitted by applicants. This year we had received a record number of submissions, the review-and-selection process identified two winners tied for first place.We are glad to extend our congratulations to:Min Chen from the Key Laborat …

Helena Mitasova awarded 2018 Waldo-Tobler GIScience Prize

The Austrian Academy of Sciences through its Commission for GIScience is awarding the GIScience Prize named after Prof Waldo Tobler to a scientist having demonstrated outstanding and sustained contributions to the discipline worthy of inspiring young scientists in Geoinformatics and Geographic Information Science, and having accomplished significant advances in research and education.The received …

GeoS4S-ISS-2 and Dissemination Conference-1 concluded successfully in China!

The GeoServices-4-Sustainability (GeoS4S) project consortium consisting of 10 universities from Europe, China and Thailand conducted International Summer School-2 (ISS-2) at the School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University(NJNU), Nanjing, China from March 5 to 16, 2018. It also included a Dissemination Conference on 10-11 March.GeoS4S Dissemination Conference Participants pausing after the inaug …

Willi Mann successfully defended his PhD

Willi Mann successfully defended his PhD Thesis “Efficient Techniques for Set Similarity Join Queries”. While being a student at the Department of Computer Science Willi was associated with the Doctoral College “GIScience” at Z_GIS. The DK GIScience has profited from this in-depth research in database science. In particular the focus is to efficiently store and query very large volumes of data. Th …

Z_GIS Annual Report 2017 Published

Again at this time of the year we are proud to present Z_GIS’ annual report, please get your online copy at >https://www.flipsnack.com/DeptGeoinformaticsZGIS/z_gis-annual-report-2017.htmlThis brochure introduces our new research projects, documents progress in study programs and outputs from our conferences in 2017. Enjoy reading – and we’re glad to hear your comments and inputs! …

How to improve water management by using space technology

This issue was addressed by the 4th International Conference on the Use of Space Technology for Water Management, which recently took place in Islamabad, Pakistan. More than 100 experts from all over the world discussed cutting-edge tools and findings to better understand, describe and quantify water-related issues using space technology. The conference was organised by the the United Nations Offi …