BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260212T195024Z UID:E658C6C4-21F5-4AE0-B97E-0D316478C1FE DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T160000 DESCRIPTION:Abstract: In the spring of 2024 the Carlson Center’s Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing (DIRS) Lab began planning for a major data coll ection activity coined RIT Open Community eXperiment (ROCX). The goal of R OCX was to collect remote sensing data together with ground truth for dist ribution to the community for education and research purposes. The plannin g culminated in an intense experiment period September 4 – 18\, 2025 at the RIT Tait Preserve in Penfield\, New York. Significant community intere st resulted in 75 participants from 24 organizations and 6 countries parti cipating on-site at their own expense with 20 ground experiments and 20 da ta collection efforts. During the experiment data were acquired by more th an a dozen ground instruments\, eight UAV platforms\, two airplanes and at least six satellite platforms. Efforts are now underway to collect and cu rate the data for distribution on an open access website for use by the gl obal remote sensing community. This presentation will provide an overview of ROCX and show examples of data collected.\n\n[JK]\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Jo hn Kerekes\n\nAgenda: \nLocation is the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imag ing Science at RIT. First Floor Auditorium.\n\n3:00 PM Talk Starts\, first floor auditorium\n\n4:00 PM Talk Ends\, followed by coffee + snacks outsi de auditorium\n\nRoom: First Floor Auditorium\, Bldg: 76\, 54 Lomb Memoria l Drive\, Rochester\, New York\, United States\, 14526\, Virtual: https:// events.vtools.ieee.org/m/538448 LOCATION:Room: First Floor Auditorium\, Bldg: 76\, 54 Lomb Memorial Drive\, Rochester\, New York\, United States\, 14526\, Virtual: https://events.vt ools.ieee.org/m/538448 ORGANIZER:emmett@cis.rit.edu SEQUENCE:12 SUMMARY:ROCX 2025: An Open Community Remote Sensing Field Experiment URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/538448 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>Abstract</strong>: &nbsp\;In the s pring of 2024 the Carlson Center&rsquo\;s Digital Imaging and Remote Sensi ng (DIRS) Lab began planning for a major data collection activity coined R IT Open Community eXperiment (ROCX). The goal of ROCX was to collect remot e sensing data together with ground truth for distribution to the communit y for education and research purposes. The planning culminated in an inten se experiment period September 4 &ndash\; 18\, 2025 at the RIT Tait Preser ve in Penfield\, New York. Significant community interest resulted in 75 p articipants from 24 organizations and 6 countries participating on-site at their own expense with 20 ground experiments and 20 data collection effor ts. During the experiment data were acquired by more than a dozen ground i nstruments\, eight UAV platforms\, two airplanes and at least six satellit e platforms. Efforts are now underway to collect and curate the data for d istribution on an open access website for use by the global remote sensing community. This presentation will provide an overview of ROCX and show ex amples of data collected.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><img src="https:/ /www.rit.edu/science/sites/rit.edu.science/files/inline-images/John%20Kere kes_Center%20for%20Imaging%20Science%20Seminar%20%282%29.png" alt="JK" wid th="610" height="343"></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>Location is the Che ster F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science at RIT.&nbsp\; First Floor Audi torium.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>3:00 PM </strong>Talk Starts\, first floor auditorium&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>4:00 PM</strong> Talk Ends\, followed by coffee + snacks outside auditorium</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR