Workshop on Remote Sensing Applications and Sciences (RSAS 2016)
#Synthetic
#Aperture
#Radar
#Earth
#and
#Planetary
#Atmosphere
#Remote
#Sensing
#Crop
#Growth
#Estimates
A one day workshop was organized by IEEE GRSS Kolkata Chapter in association with Institute of Radio Physics & Electronics, University of Calcutta on 17 December, 2016 at Indismart Hotel, Salt Lake, Kolkata. The registration for this workshop was open from 5 December to 12 December. About 50 people registered for this event. The total membership group constituted students from various Engineering colleges such as Kalyani Govt. Engineering College, Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology and Narula Institute of Technology, scholars from Institute of Radio Physics & Electronics, University of Calcutta and Indian Statistical Institute, faculty and distinguished lecturers from other Institute and Organizations. The proceedings of the programmed started with an inauguration programme which was graced by Prof. A. Maitra, Chairman, IEEE GRSS Kolkata Chapter, Prof. A. Ghosh, in-charge, Centre for Soft Computing, ISI, Prof. B. Raychaudhuri, Head, Dept. of Physics, Presidency University and Prof. C.K Sirkar, Chairman, IEEE Kolkata Chapter. After that the first lecture was given by Prof. Y.M.M Antar, Royal Military College, Canada and distinguished lecturer of IEEE APMTT section, who demonstrated how SAR can be utilized for detection and sensing of precipitation. Prof. Dharmendra Singh from IIT Roorkee explained how satellite information can be utilized to have an idea about crop growth estimates in the remotest part of the country. Sri Animesh Chanda from IMD explained how DWR can be utilized to quantify characterize and predict tropical cyclone over Bay of Bengal. After lunch, Dr. Kaustav Chakraborty elaborated on the experimental activity running in IITM Pune using multi frequency radar system. Next, Dr. C. Suresh Raju from VSSC, Tribundrum shows the various aspects of earth and planetary atmosphere remote sensing using satellite data. Finally Prof. Animesh Maitra gave a synoptic picture on various remote sensing perspectives of the atmosphere using radars. The workshop finally ended with a vote of thanks from the Convener.
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- Date: 17 Dec 2016
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IndiSmart Hotel, Salt Lake, Kolkata
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KOLKATA, Uttaranchal
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India
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16 December 2016 04:00 AM UTC
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17 December 2016 12:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Prof. Yahia Antar of Royal Military College of Canada
Topic:
Synthetic Aperture Radar
Biography:
Dr. Yahia Antar obtained degrees from the University of Alexandria(BSC) and the University of Manitoba (MSc. ,PhD). He worked at CRC and NRC in Ottawa before joining the staff of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston where he has held the position of professor since 1990.
Dr. Antar is a Fellow of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) and a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (FEIC). He serves as an Associate Editor (Features) of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine and served as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE AWPL. He served on NSERC grants selection and strategic grants committees, Ontario Early Research Awards (ERA) panels, and on review panels for the National Science Foundation.
In May 2002, Dr. Antar was awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Electromagnetic Engineering which was renewed in 2009. In 2003 he was awarded the Royal Military College of Canada “Excellence in Research” Prize and in 2012 the Class of 1965 Teaching Excellence Award. He served on the URSI Board as Vice President, and on the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Administration Committee. On 31 January 2011, Dr Antar was appointed Member of the Canadian Defence Science Advisory Board (DSAB). In October 2012 he received from the Governor General of Canada, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition for his contribution to Canada.
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Address:13 General Crerar Crescent, Kingston, ON K7K 7B4, Canada, , Canada, Canada
Prof. Dharmendra Singh of Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Topic:
Satellite Information for Crop Growth Estimation
Prof. Dharmendra Singh from IIT Roorkee explained how satellite information can be utilized to have an idea about crop growth estimates in the remotest part of the country.
Biography:
Dharmendra Singh was born in Varanasi, U. P., India and he basically belongs to Jaunpur, U.P., India. He received his Ph. D degree in Electronics Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi, Varanasi, U.P., India. He is Senior Member of IEEE. He has more than 22 years of experience of teaching and research. He received various fellowships and awards by the national and international bodies mainly Monbusho Fellowship, Japan, UCAR Fellowship, USA, MERIT Fellowship, European Union, DAAD Fellowship, Germany, TWAS Fellowship, China, IFCAM Fellowship, France, TWAS Fellowship, Brazil and many others. He worked as Visiting Scientist/Post doc Fellow at Information Engineering Department, Niigata University, Japan, German Aerospace Center, Germany, Institute for National Research In Informatics and Automatique, France, Institute of Remote Sensing Application, Beijing, China, Karlsruhe University, Germany, UPC, Barcelona, Spain and visited several other laboratories in other countries. He has visited more than 20 countries for academic purpose and having strong collaborations with many of them. Currently he is working as Professor in Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. He is also the Coordinator of RailTel-IIT Roorkee Center of Excellence in Telecommunication.
He has guided 19 Ph.D students and 12 are pursuing their Ph.d and guided more than 50 M. Tech students. He has published more than 250 research papers in reputed international/national journals and conferences. He has developed a Ground Penetrating Radar and several other products. His main research interests involve ICT application, Image analysis, Image Fusion, Satellite data application, electromagnetic wave interaction with various media, polarimetric and interferometric application of microwave data, microwave imaging like through wall imaging, ground penetrating radar and numerical modeling, radar absorbing materials.
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Address:Roorkee - Haridwar Highway, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, , Roorkee, India, 247667
