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[NEWS] GIS-GEOLab researcher awarded with G.N.R.A.C Best M.Sc. thesis award

Our researcher Juan Pablo Duque Ordoñez, Ph.D. student at Politecnico di Milano in Environmental Engineering, has been awarded with the “PREMIO DI LAUREA G.N.R.A.C – AMBIENTE COSTIERO 2023” for his Master of Science thesis in Geoinformatics Engineering titled “Building a Digital Twin of the Italian Coasts”.

This award is given by The National Research Group for Coastal Environment issues (GNRAC – Gruppo Nazionale per la Ricerca sull’Ambiente Costiero) to recognise the excellence of recent graduates trained by the Italian university system, to disseminate and enhance their skills in tackling the challenges inherent to the protection and management of the coastal environment.

He will present the contents of his thesis and receive the award on September 22 2023, at the next National Conference on Coastal Studies to be held in Ferrara during the REMTECH EXPO.

We congratulate Juan Pablo for his outstanding job.

[EVENT] ROUND TABLE WITH COMPANIES ON ROLES FOR GEOINFORMATICS ENGINEERING STUDENTS

WHEN: Wednesday, 17th May / 15:00 – 16:00

LOCATION: ONLINE – REGISTER HERE


Are you a Geoinformatics Engineering student?

Join the “Round table with companies for Geoinformatics Engineering students”: there will be managers and company representatives who will tell you about their experiences in a 15 minutes speech and you will discover:

  • the professional roles you can fill
  • which tasks and projects you might be involved in

The round table will be moderated by Professor Biagi, Ludovico Giorgio Aldo – Professor of Corso di Laurea in Geoinformatics Engineering.

At the end of the speeches, it’s Q&A time!

Please note: this event will be held in English and will be online.

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REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE

All the events are reserved to POLIMI students and graduates.

Seminar on Geospatial Information Services in Support of the United Nations – 30 March 2023

The seminar is organized by professor Maria Antonia Brovelli and will be held remotely on 30 March 2023, 14:30-17:15 CEST

Virtual Room: https://politecnicomilano.webex.com/meet/maria.brovelli

FLYER

Agenda

Session-1: Geospatial Information for the United Nations, and for a Better World

Session-2: Serving the World – UN Job Opportunity

Session-3: UN Mappers


Speakers

Kyoung-Soo Eom

Chief Geospatial Information Section
Office of Information and Communications Technology United Nations – New York

Timur Obukhov

Geo-analytics Expert
Office of Information and Communications Technology United Nations – New York

Michael Montani

Consultant
United Nations Global Service Center (UNGSC) – Brindisi (Italy)