Geoinformatics Engineering

Round table with companies on roles for Geoinformatics Engineering students
2022-05-18 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Rome)
Are you a Geoinformatics Engineering student?
Join the “Round table with companies on roles for Geoinformatics Engineering students”, where managers and company representatives will tell you about their experiences. 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 Ludovico Biagi. At the end of the talks, there will be time for discussions with the speakers:

Raul Pra Levis – NAVIONICS
Eugenio Realini – Polimi Alumnus

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Geospatial information and Earth Observation for supporting factual information in war time
2022-04-27 13:30
Taichi Furuhashi, professor at the School of Global Studies and Collaboration of Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan, will present the use of Earth Observation for the analysis of the Ukraina war. The webinar will be introduced by Maria Brovelli, professor in the MSc program in Geoinformatics Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. Ludovico Biagi, professor and chair of the MSc program in Geoinformatics Engineering of Politecnico di Milano, will conclude the webinar with a short presentation about the educational programs on geospatial information offered at Politecnico di Milano.

The webinar will be held in Prof. Biagi’s Webex room.

Transformative Innovation in Earth Observation
2022-03-24 14:15 | Aula Rogers, Building 11, Politecnico di Milano, Via Ampére, 10, Milano, 20131, Italy
Dr. Giuseppe Borghi, head of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ɸ-lab Division, will discuss ESA’s plans for Earth Observation (EO). Dr. Borghi will explain why Satellite EO is key to growing the European space economy, and to understanding and mitigating climate change. He will also present the transformative technologies being studied and developed at the ESA ɸ-lab@ESRIN (European Space Research Institute), such as Artificial Intelligence and Cloud and Edge computing, which are instrumental to the way we will use EO. The seminar will be introduced by Professor Maria Brovelli and concluded by Professor Ludovico Biagi with a presentation of the educational programs on EO and related topics offered at Politecnico di Milano.

It will be possible to attend either in person (Aula Rogers) or remotely, connecting to Prof. Biagi’s Webex room.

IJGI Webinar | The Rise of Artificial Intelligence for Space Applications
2022-02-24 14:00
The webinar is structured as a panel where the chair, Prof. Maria Brovelli, will interview researchers of the ESA Φ-lab about AI for Earth Observation (AI4EO), to discover with them the most innovative ideas and transformative technologies. This panel will give an overview of the current successes and challenges of AI for Space Applications and present a few methodological use-cases which will lead to impactful Earth observation applications, from self-supervised learning to neuromorphic learning.

To find out more and register for the event, visit the webinar webpage.

GIS Hackathon 2021
2021-12-13 - 2021-12-15, 2021-12-13 00:00 - 2021-12-15 23:59
To celebrate GIS Day, Esri Italia and WhereTech are organizing GIS Hackathon 2021, a three-day-long online event where 20 teams will be engaged in the development of ideas/projects aimed at solving challenges proposed by NGOs using GIS technologies.

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A student from Geoinformatics engineering will participate in the 1st Winter School on Geoinformation of ASI
2021-11-08 - 2021-11-20, 2021-11-08 00:00 - 2021-11-20 23:59
Omar AbdelGafar, a student from Geoinformatics engineering at Politecnico di Milano, has been selected to participate in the 1st Winter Course on Geoinformation and Space Data Management For The Sustainable Development and Needs of the Mediterranean Region, organized by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria in collaboration with United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and supported by the e-GEOS company.

Omar AbdelGafar, Egypt: Geoinformatics Engineering Master of Science Student, with 4+ years of practical experience using computer skills in GIS platforms, Geodata Analysis for photogrammetric data, and Geodetic data, as well as surveying instruments. Mainly studying the applications of Geoinformatics in Environmental cases.

ASI. Il pianeta che cambia: uno sguardo dall'alto
2021-10-01 10:00 - 12:30
https://www.asi.it/event/il-pianeta-che-cambia-uno-sguardo-dallalto/

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The event will be in Italian language and can be attended from remote:
http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/ESA_Web_TV/(offset)/2

GIEWorks, the Geoinformatics Engineer works!
2021-05-26 18:15 - 19:15
Meetings with former Geoinformatics students: their experience.
Dear students, we are glad to announce that a Meeting of GIEWorks will be held in May, 26th, from 6:15pm to 7:15pm by remote connection in Teams. We will meet Dr. Eng. Sara Barozzi, from e-GEOS, and Dr. Eng. Michael Montani, from United Nations Global Service Centre.
The link to the meeting is
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OWZjZTFiODgtOGY5Zi00MTU2LThhMjUtMDRmMDYwOThkMmNh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%220a17712b-6df3-425d-808e-309df28a5eeb%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%228e496f99-1a9e-46d3-a134-73ac9ad59220%22%7d
The speakers
Sara Barozzi graduated in Geoinformatics Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. She is a geospatial data scientist, working at e-GEOS s.p.a., a company leader in the provisioning of geoinformation services. She works in the artificial intelligence and big data group, where she develops tools using various data sources, as satellite images, traffic data and ground sensors data and she participates in the management of Italian and European projects.

Michael Montani has a MSc in Geoinformatics Engineering and a BSc in Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. He currently works as Senior GIS Consultant at the United Nations Global Service Center (UNGSC), where he coordinates crowdsourcing activities for open mapping in support of UN Peacekeeping missions. Formerly he has been co-founder of PoliMappers, a students’ group in Politecnico di Milano, and YouthMappers Research Fellow, for which he conducted a research project in Senegal.

"Passion in Action": Collaborative and humanitarian mapping 2021
2021-03-05 - 2021-05-21, 2021-03-05 00:00 - 2021-05-21 23:59
Learn all the secrets of collaborative mapping with seminars and workshops by experts, then test your skills in mapping sessions on OpenStreetMap using the most popular and innovative tools
Coordinator: Prof. Maria Brovelli

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PhD Course: Copernicus Uptake
2021-02-08 - 2021-06-15, 2021-02-08 00:00 - 2021-06-15 23:59
Copernicus is the European Union’s Earth Observation Programme, looking at our planet and its environment. Every day, Copernicus collects vast amounts of global data (from ground stations, satellites, airborne and seaborne systems) and transforms these data into information to support public authorities, international organizations and the industry in improving the quality of life for all European citizens.
The information provided by Copernicus can be used by end-users as well, for a wide range of applications and in a variety of subject areas. These include urban area management, sustainable development and nature protection, regional and local planning, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, health, civil protection, infrastructure, transport and mobility, as well as tourism. And many other value-added services can be tailored to specific public or commercial needs, resulting in new business opportunities. However, new skills are needed to unlock the full potentials of this European revolution.
This doctoral course aims to fill that gap, providing an overview of the Copernicus Programme and its relation with the European space economy, backgrounds of applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, and a summary of Copernicus core services supported by the European Commission and European Agencies. The final goal is to achieve awareness of the space data potentialities in the downstream sector and to enhance the uptake of the Copernicus data, services and value-added products among the next generation of European professionals and researchers.
Links to the course recorded sessions are available here.

Topics:

Introduction to Copernicus and the Space Economy
Multispectral Earth Observation
SAR Earth Observation
Copernicus upstream: designing Sentinel missions
Accessing Copernicus Data and Services. TEPs and DIASs
Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Services; Copernicus Land Management
Copernicus Emergency Management Service; Copernicus Emergency Service and Social Media Information
Applications of Copernicus for Built Environment: historic cities and cultural landscapes

Coordinator: Prof. Maria Brovelli

Webinar: Earth Observations Data Cube (EODC): Big EO Data for Sustainable Development
2020-11-24 04:15 - 18:00
The key to sustainable development is achieving a balance between the exploitation of natural resources for socioeconomic development and maintaining ecosystem services that are critical to human’s wellbeing and livelihoods. Some of these environmental issues can be monitored using remotely sensed Earth Observations (EO) data that are increasingly available from freely and openly accessible repositories. However, the full information potential of EO data has not been yet realized. They remain still underutilized mainly because of their complexity, increasing volume, and the lack of efficient processing capabilities. The EODC a new paradigm revolutionizing the way users can interact with EO data. It lowers the barrier caused by Big Data challenges (e.g., Volume, Velocity, Variety) and provides access to large spatiotemporal data in an analysis ready format. It significantly reduces the time and scientific knowledge required to access and prepare EO data having consistent and spatially aligned calibrated surface reflectance observations. We will present how the EODC can be used to monitor environmental changes across countries and can enable more effective responses to problems of national and regional significance.
The speaker
Gregory Giuliani is the Head of the Digital Earth Unit and Swiss Data Cube Project Leader at GRID-Geneva of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Geneva’s Institute for Environmental Sciences. He holds a BSc in Earth Sciences and an MSc and PhD in Environmental Sciences. Gregory’s research focuses on Land Change Science and how Earth observations can be used to monitor and assess environmental changes and support sustainable development. Interdisciplinary is a key element for generating new ideas and innovations in his research.
The virtual room to join
https://politecnicomilano.webex.com/meet/maria.brovelli

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Webinar: The INSPIRE Directive as an interoperability enabler within the European policy context
2020-10-27 16:15 - 18:00
Entered into force in 2007, the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE) aims to create a pan-European Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) to support the European Union environmental policies. INSPIRE is the largest effort ever undertaken to create an SDI and is currently seen as a worldwide reference model for similar interoperability initiatives. The infrastructure makes available resources (metadata, data sets and services) from more than 7000 data providers from the 27 EU Member States and the 4 EFTA (European Free Trade Association) countries. The seminar will introduce the INSPIRE legal, organizational and technical framework, describing the role and the current initiatives of the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) for the technical coordination of INSPIRE. It will then position INSPIRE within the broader context of current and future European policies, which – through initiatives such as the European Green Deal and the European Strategy for Data – has set the basis for a more digital and green Europe.
The speaker
Marco Minghini took a PhD at Politecnico di Milano in 2014 and since 2018 he works as a Scientific Project Officer at the European Commission – Joint Research Center (JRC). He is a GIS/SDI expert and an advocate of open source software and open data. His research interests currently include (geospatial) data-driven innovation, data standardization and interoperability and geospatial crowdsourcing. https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-minghini/
Participants are expected to have basic experience in GIS and to be familiar with geospatial data formats and OGC standards.
The virtual room to join
https://politecnicomilano.webex.com/meet/maria.brovelli

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Webinar: Geospatial Information Services in Support of United Nations Field Operations
2020-10-20 04:15 - 18:00
The United Nations has been using GIS software for the past two decades to enhance the operational capacity of its operations in the field missions and the UNHQ. GIS and remote sensing plays an integral role in consuming and procession a vast amount of information and presenting it in an easy visual format that enhances the analysis and monitoring of the situation during the conflicts, awareness, planning and decision making processes in Peacekeeping, Special Political Missions or the Field Offices of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Safety and Security or any other operations.
The seminar will introduce the practical application of GIS and remote sensing to the United Nations field operations.
The speaker
Timur Obukhov is in-charge of Geo-analytics in the United Nations Headquarter. He has 20 years of experience in the United Nation’s demining, humanitarian and peacekeeping operations. Timur is also a student of Data Science PhD Programme at the Sapienza University in Rome under the supervision of Prof. Maria Brovelli.
The virtual room to join
https://politecnicomilano.webex.com/meet/maria.brovelli
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Webinar: Geographic Information Systems applied to health and healthcare related data: Health- Geomatics
2020-10-06 16:15 - 18:00
Geographic Information Systems are a key asset in processing georeferenced data, whose collection and availability increased exponentially during the last decade, and is still rapidly growing, taking advantage of ICT technologies (especially with smartphones). The field of health and healthcare was not inert to this development: in particular, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are taking advantage of this technology, collecting georeferenced records of both emergency calls and interventions with ambulance dispatches. In Lombardy region, the provider of EMS, namely Azienda Regionale Emergenza Urgenza (AREU), has started building this kind of databases in 2015, and is currently collaborating with Politecnico di Milano to carry on scientific research. In this seminar, an overview of the main projects conducted in this context in the last three years will be presented, focusing on both the technological aspects and the potential application.
The speaker
Lorenzo Gianquintieri is a PhD candidate at Politecnico di Milano, with an interdepartmental scholarship between DEIB (Information, Electronics and Bioengineering dpt.) and DICA (Dpt. of Civil and Environmental Engineering), focused on research in the newly born field of Health-Geomatics, by applying Geomatics techniques and technologies to health and health-care related data, with specific target on Emergency Medical Services.
The virtual room to join
https://politecnicomilano.webex.com/meet/maria.brovelli

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Webinar: Humanitarian work in OpenStreetMap: from YouthMappers to the United Nations
2020-09-29 17:15 - 18:00
Unite Maps is a mapping initiative that aims to assist UN peacekeeping missions in their field endeavors, such as peace and security, navigation and logistics, by providing its peacekeepers with topographic maps that will help them in their tactical and operational activities.
Unite Maps crowdsources topographic data on OSM with a thriving community of mappers, the UN Mappers, ranging from UN personnel on the field (GIS groups, UN offices, military and police) to academia (high schools and universities), from local communities and NGOs to any remote volunteer in the world.
The speaker
Michael Montani graduated in Geoinformatics Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano. He is a Senior GIS Consultant at United Nations Global Service Centre (UNGSC). He is Crowdsourcing Manager for the UN Mappers activities. Formerly, he has been Co-founder and President of PoliMappers and YouthMappers Research Fellow, modelling an endemic disease in Senegal with collaborative mapping and AI.
The virtual room to join
https://politecnicomilano.webex.com/meet/maria.brovelli
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