Geographical Information Processing and

Visual Analytics for Environmental Security


  NATO - ADVANCED RESEARCH WORKSHOP Dr. Raffaele De Amicis (NATO ARW co-director)
  13 - 17 October 2008 Dr. Radovan Stojanovic (Partner Country ARW co-director)
  Trento - Italy -> Buonconsiglio Castle - Trento - Italy Dr. Giuseppe Conti (Local chair)
 
  

 

  


Proceedings will be published as NATO Science for Peace Security Series, published by Springer Science and Business Media:   

  

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The Program of the Workshop

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DAY 1 - 13 October
DAY 2 - 14 October
DAY 3 - 15 October
DAY 4 - 16 October
DAY 5 - 17 October

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Day 1 - 13 October

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08.30-09.30

Registration
09.30-10.00

Raffaele De Amicis and Giuseppe Conti, Fondazione Graphitech (Italy), Radovan Stojanovic, University of Montenegro (Montenegro)

Welcome and Introduction          

10.00-10.40

Mauro Salvemini, EUROGI (Portugal)

The Role of GI Associations for the Protection of the Environment

10.40-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-11.40

Christine Giger,  ETH-Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (Switzerland)

Model-driven Approach Towards the Harmonization of Environmental Information

11.40-12.20

Martin Ford,  Commission for Geographic Information – UNINFO (Italy)

The Importance of GI Standards to Harmonize Environmental Data

12.20-13.20 Lunch
13.20-14.00

Pavel Vanis,  VÚGTK - Research Institute of Geodesy,  Topography and Cartography (Czech Rep)

Data Access for Environment Protection  and Economic Development - the Experience of Czech Republic

14.00-14.40

Marco Panebianco,  Lombardia Informatica S.p.A. (Italy)

Regione Lombardia SDI is Getting INSPIREd: a Technological Perspective

14.40-15.20

Giacomo Martirano,  EPSILON Italia srl (Italy)

The Challenge of a Spatial Data Infrastructure for the Mediterranean Islands

15.20-15.40 Coffee Break
15.40-16.20

Oscar Custers, Bentley (Netherlands)

Advancing GIS for Infrastructure

16.20-17.00

Uwe Jasnoch,  Intergraph GmbH (Germany)

Show Cases For Sdi Technology: The Heart of Sustainable Systems In Action

17.00-18.00 Roundtable
18.00 - 20.00 Guided tour of "Castello del Buonconsiglio"
20.00 Dinner - Restaurant "la Cantinota"


Day 2 - 14 October

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09.00-09.10

Giuseppe Conti, Fondazione Graphitech (Italy )

Introduction

09.10-09.50

Marc Bonazountas, Epsilon International (Greece)

Grid Gis Technology for Floods and Forest Fires Emergency Management

09.50-10.30

Anastasios Koumoutsakos, TerraMentor e.e.i.g. (Greece)

Investigation Processes at the Kato Souli Basin

10.30-10.50 Coffee Break
10.50-11.30

Mohamed Hafedh Hamza, Université de Tunis El Manar,  Faculté des Sciences de Tunis,  Département de Géologie,  Laboratoire des Ressources Minérales et Environnement (Tunisie)

Validity of the Vulnerability Methods DRASTIC and SI Applied by GIS Technique to the Study of Diffuse Agricultural Pollution in a Phreatic Aquifer of a Semi-Arid Region

11.30-12.10

Al Adaileh Haithem, Karak Governorate Directorate for Environment (Jordan)

Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Land Use/Cover Classification and Changes Detection
12.10-13.10 Lunch
13.10-13.50

Pier Giorgio Marchetti, European Space Agency – ESRIN (Italy)

Exploiting Earth Observation Missions:Opportunities And Issues In Ground Segment Interfaces Harmonisation

13.50-14.30

Nazzareno Straccia, Telespazio SPA (Italy)

Cosmo/SkyMed to support MGCP mapping

14.30-15.10

Volodymyr Lukin, National Aerospace University (Ukraina)

Processing of Multichannel Aerospace Remote Sensing Data for Environment Monitoring

15.10-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-16.10

Paul Dan Cristea University Politehnica of Bucharest (Romania)

Application of Neural Networks in Image Processing and Visualization

16.10-16.50

Igor Djurovic, University of Montenegro (Montenegro)

Time Frequency Analysys for SAR and ISAR Imaging

16.50-17.30 Roundtable
18.30- Bus Transfer to La-Vis wine house and dinner


Day 3 - 15 October

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09.00-09.10

Raffaele De Amicis, Fondazione Graphitech (Italy )

Introduction

09.10-09.55

Jim Thomas, National Visualization and Analytics Center Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Computational and Information Sciences Directorate (USA)

The Research and Development Agenda for Visual Analytics

09.55-10.40

Knut Manske, SAP AG (Germany)

SOKNOS - An Interactive Visua Emergency Management Framework

10.40-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-11.45

Jörn Kohlhammer, Fraunhofer IGD (Germany)

Visual Analytics for the Strategic Decision Making Process

11.45-12.30

Budhendra Bhaduri, Geographic Information Science & Technology Group

Spatio-Temporal Visualization for Environmental Decision Support

12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.15

Hanan Samet, Center for Automation Research Institute for Advanced Computer Studies

Sorting Spatial Data By Spatial Occupancy

14.15-15.00

Arno Scharl, MODUL University Vienna -Department of New Media Technology (Austria)

Exploring Environmental News via Geospatial Interfaces and Virtual Globes

15.00-15.45

Jorge Posada, VICOMTech (Spain)

Visual Processing of Geographic and Environmental Information in the Basque Country: Two Case Studies

15.45-16.05 Coffee Break
16.05-16.50

Patrick Hogan, NASA Ames Research Center (USA) and James Kornell, U.S.Department of Energy (DOE) - National Nuclear Security Administration (USA)

Nasa World Wind Advanced Interactive Visualization and Analysis

16.50-18.00 Roundtable
19.00-20.00 Walking tour of the city centre
20.00 Dinner - Restaurant "Due Mori"


Day 4 - 16 October

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09.00-09.10

Raffaele De Amicis, Fondazione Graphitech (Italy )

Introduction

09.10-10.00

Jose Encarnação, INI-GraphicsNet (Germany)

Ambient Mobility Technology for the Human Interaction with the Environment

10.00-10.50

Ido A Iurgel, CCG - Centro de Computação Gráfica (Portugal)

Advanced Clustering Analysis of Environmental Indicators

10.50-11.10 Coffee Break
11.10-12.00 Pre Brunet, Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya (Spain)

Dynamic Terrains: Cities and Real-Time Video on Gigantic Terrain Models

12.00-12.50

Yerach Doytsher, The Abel Wolman Chair in Civil Engineering Dean, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (Israel)

Digital Terrain Models: a Tool for Establishing Reliable and Qualitative Environmental Control Processes

12.50-13.50 Lunch
13.50-14.30

Jan Ochodnicky, Armed forces academy of gen M.R.Stefanik Department of Electronic (Slovak Rep)

Data Filtering and Data Fusion in Remote Sensing Systems

14.30-15.10

Dragana Dordevic, IChTM Centre of Chemistry,  University of Belgrade (Serbia)

Data Processing for Heavy Metals Accumulation in Urban Areas

15.10-15.50

Nico Pals, TNO Information and Communication Technology (Netherlands)

Remote and In-Situ Sensing for Dike Monitoring: the Ijkdijk Experience

15.50-16.10 Coffee Break
16.10-16.50

Andrea Deiana, GeoInfoLab (Italy)

SlylineGlobe: 3D Web GIS Solutions for Environmental Security and Crisis Management

16.50-18.00 Roundtable
19.00- Bus Transfer and Dinner - Restaurant "Malga Brigolina"


Day 5 - 17 October

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09.00-09.10

Raffaele De Amicis, Fondazione Graphitech (Italy )

Introduction

09.10-10.00

John Black, Public Safety & National Security Technology Strategist, Microsoft Corporation

Application of Virtual Worlds to Environmental Security

10.00-10.50

Aleksandar Nospal, University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius"

Environmental Protection and Industry: Parameters Necessary for Environmentally Related Decision Making

10.50-11.40 Wolfgang Kienreich, Know-Center (Austria)
  Shaping Opinions: Visual Analysis of Public Discourse on Environmental Issues
11.40-12.00 Coffee Break
12.00-12.50

Guillermo Villa, IGN - National Geographic Institute (Spain)

Cooperative Decentralization: a New Way of Building an Added Value Chain with Shared Multiresolution Satellite and Aerial Imagery and Geoinformation

12.50-13.50 Lunch
13.50-14.30

Vladimir Krivilev, Academy of Geopolitical Problems (Russian Federation)

Geopolitics and Environmental Security

14.30-15.10

Doron Elhanani, EMESCO (Israel)

Environmental Terrorism vs Environmental Protection

15.10-15.50

Massimo Contri, Comando Carabinieri Tutela Ambiente di Roma (Italy)

Carabinieri Environmental Care Command: Illegal Trafficking of Waste in the Light of National and European Legislation

15.50-16.10 Coffee Break
16.10-17.20 Roundtable
17.20-18.00

Raffaele De Amicis & Giuseppe Conti, Fondazione Graphitech (Italy), Radovan Stojanovic, University of Montenegro (Montenegro)

Closing of the ARW

19.30-20.00 Guided tour of SASS
20.00 Dinner - Restaurant "GreenTower"

 

 
 
 

 
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