2012 UCGIS Symposium

The 2012 University Consortium for Geographical Information Science (UCGIS) symposium titled "Building GIScience 2.0" is coming up. Check their website at http://wwww.ucgis.org/symposium2012/.

Message from Standby Task Force

Hey Mapsters, Just a reminder that the application for the Humanitarian Studies Initiative simulation is still open. On April 26-29th, the Humanitarian Studies Initiative (HSI) will simulate a humanitarian crisis in an exciting weekend-long educational exercise at Harold Parker State Forest, just north of Boston, and the SBTF will be participating. We would like to have a remote team online and a team on the ground in Boston, so please fill this form ONLY marking your availability if you are 100% sure that you will be available. The minimum required time is 2 consecutive hours. Once we know how many volunteers will be available to partecipate we will contact all of them for further organizational information. If you want to know more about this simulation please have a look at the following links: Basic dates: Humanitarian Studies Course Simulation Exercise April 26-29, 2012 Harold Parker State Forest North Andover, MA http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/northeast/harp.htm More info: - Ushahidi 2010 blogpost- http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2010/07/19/crowdsourcing-with-humanitarians-in-training/ - 2009/10 Ushahidi platform http://hhi.ushahidi.com - 2011 Crowdmap Platform https://hsi2011.crowdmap.com/main Please, feel free to contact me at anahi(at)standbytaskforce(dot)com if you have any question. I would like to encourage all new volunteers to partecipate because this is a great opportunity to learn how the SBTF works and what it is likely to happen in an emergency situation. One map, One love Anahi -- Anahi Ayala Iacucci SBTF Volunteers Coordinator anahi(at)standbytaskforce(dot)com SkypeID: anahiii Twitter: anahi_ayala Website: blog.standbytaskforce.com

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Extended deadline for the ISPRS travel grant

Please note that the deadline for the ISPRS travel grant for the the congress in Melbourne (Aug 25 - Sept 1, 2012) has been extended to April 9, 2012. For more information look up http://www.isprs.org/foundation/.

1st annual ASPRS SAC summer school

The 1st annual ASPRS SAC summer school is schedule for June 10-16,
2012 at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. The topic is
"Multi-source geospatial data fusion." The deadline to apply is March
26, 2012. The registration fee is $200 for ASPRS members and $250 for
non-members. In addition, the attendees will be responsible for hotel
cost and dinners. ASPRS has reserved a number of rooms at a special
rate at the Comfort Inn. You can have a roommate and cut the
accommodation cost in half. More information can be found on the
summer school website: http://www.asprs.org/Conferences/SAC-2012.
Also, if you are interested in presenting consider submitting an
abstract here by Feb 24, 2012.

ISPRS Travel Grant

The ISPRS Foundation and the Australian Organizing Committee offer a travel grant for the ISPRS Congress to be held between Aug 25 and Sept 1, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. The deadline is Feb 28, 2012, and all applications should be sent directly to the congress director, Cliff Ogleby, isprs2012 at icms dot com dot au. Application forms and general details can be found at http://www.isprs.org/foundation/.

Paid Undergraduate Summer Research Internships in Iowa

Are you interested in hands-on Hyperspectral Imaging (HI) experience and learning how to work with interdisciplinary teams? Here is an opportunity.

The GeoTREE Center (www.geotree.uni.edu) at the University of Northern Iowa received a NSF REU award to introduce young scientists to a highly interdisciplinary research environment with fundamental and applied research in hyperspectral imaging (HI). HI is widely used in various disciplines such as Earth Science, Environmental Science, Biology, Forestry, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geographic Information Science (GISc), and more. If you interested, application and more information is available online at http://www.geotree.uni.edu/REU/

Summer Stipend: $4,000 for eight weeks (May 21-July 13, 2012). In addition, the program will cover the cost of housing, a meal plan, lab supplies, and up to $750 for follow up activities.

Contact: Ramanathan Sugumaran, sugu at uni dot edu

NASA DEVELOP Program now accepting summer and fall applications

Are you a looking for hands-on remote sensing experience and an opportunity to grow professionally? Would you enjoy the chance to work with NASA using remote sensing to study important environmental issues that affect policy and management decision-making? Do you enjoy working in small teams to tackle tough technical challenges? If the answer to any of those questions is “yes,” then you may be a competitive candidate for a paid internship with NASA’s DEVELOP National Program. DEVELOP is a NASA Applied Sciences Program training and development internship where students utilize NASA and partner agency satellite data to conduct applied Earth Science research. Mentored by scientists from NASA and partner agencies, students conduct research projects that demonstrate to community leaders the application and importance of NASA science measurements and predictions in addressing policy issues. Typical internships last from eight to ten weeks. DEVELOP offices are located at several NASA facilities as well as regional and academic office locations across the United States. The NASA center locations are based at Langley Research Center (Virginia), Goddard Space Flight Center (Maryland), Marshall Space Flight Center (Alabama), Stennis Space Center (Mississippi), Ames Research Center (California), and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California). The regional and academic offices are located at the Fort Collins Science Center (Colorado), Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (Illinois), Mobile County Health Department (Alabama), Wise County and City of Norton Clerk of Court’s Office (Virginia), and Saint Louis University (Missouri). There is also an international team located at Monterrey Tech University in Monterrey, Mexico.

In order to apply to one of the DEVELOP centers at a NASA location, you must be a U.S. citizen, but U.S. citizenship is not an eligibility requirement at the regional or academic office locations. In order to apply for a DEVELOP internship, you must be a current high school, college, or graduate school student; possess at least a 3.0 GPA (cumulative or most recent semester); be at least 16 years of age; and have reliable transportation to and from the DEVELOP location. Internship stipends vary based upon current education level and classification in school. To learn more about the program, view abstracts of recent projects, or download a mail-in application, please visit http://develop.larc.nasa.gov.

Important Dates:

Summer 2012 Internship
Application Deadline: January 30th
Internship dates: June 4, 2012 through August 10, 2012
*A second start date will be June 18, 2012 (for an 8-week internship) for quarter system and high school students.

Fall 2012 Internship
Application Deadline: July 23rd
Internship dates: September 10, 2012 through November 16, 2012