Kolkata, June 10, 2020: A second Webinar of Geo-informatics series titled “Application of Artificial Intelligence on Geospatial Data” was organized by the Department of Information Technology of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal (MAKAUT, WB)on 6th June, 2020. The focus was on application of Artificial Intelligence and High Performance Computing approaches for Extreme Events Detection and Monitoring using Earth Observation Data. The focus of the webinar were lecture on techniques to enhance spectral and spatial resolutions of satellite data for better identification and classification of land cover areas with higher accuracy.
The event was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof.(Dr.) Saikat Maitra in which he encouraged researchers and students to learn about the use and applications of Geo-informatics, which is a revolution and has disrupted many industries.
It was a privilege to have two distinguished researchers and experts’ field of Remote Sensing and Geo-spatial Data Analysis: Prof. Jun Li, Professor in the School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat Sen University, China and Prof. Surya Durbha, Professor in the Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India.
Prof. Durbha discussed about Big Crisis Data in crisis situations such as natural calamities Cyclones, Earthquakes, Floods, Tsunamis etc and the challenges faced in collecting training data during these disasters. He explained how Artificial Intelligence can help fill up the data gaps and the role of Graphical Processing Units in processing huge repository of Geo-spatial Data.
Prof. Jun Li talked about the importance of jointly considering Spatial and Spectral Information for Classification of Hyperspectral Data. She also discussed about application of Deep Learning in classification of remotely sensed data.
The Webinar was coordinated by Dr. Somdatta Chakravortty, Head of Information Technology, MAKAUT, WB.
A very fruitful discussion session followed the deliberations and interesting questions were posted by the participants. A discussion blog has been created in which participants are positing their queries even after the webinar, thus taking the discussion forward. The webinar ended successfully with a short quiz for the participants after which the certificates were distributed.
The third webinar of the Geo-informatics series is scheduled on 13thJune, 2020.
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