The Western New York Chapter of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society was established in 2007 to serve GRSS members and the general public interested in geoscience and remote sensing in the western New York (USA) region and beyond. See the article about our initial activities in the Chapter's Corner of the December 2007 GRSS Newsletter. Please contact the Chapter Chair or your local Section Coordinator if you would like more information or are interested in presenting a technical seminar at one of our chapter meetings. Our meetings are open to the general public; you do not need to be a member of IEEE/GRSS to present or attend.

The Chapter is joint across five IEEE Region 1 Sections: Rochester (parent), Buffalo, Syracuse, Ithaca and Binghamton. Monthly meetings with technical presentations are held throughout the academic year rotating among various locations across the sections.

Chapter Officers

Chapter Chair: John Kerekes, Rochester Institute of Technology
Buffalo Section Coordinator: Bea Csatho, University at Buffalo
Ithaca Section Coordinator: Bill Philpot, Cornell University
Syracuse Section Coordinator: Jay Kyoon Lee, Syracuse University
Binghamton Section Coordinator: Open

February 23, 2010

"Monitoring Forests with Hyperspectral and Polarimetric Radar Sensors" David Goodenough, University of Victoria 4 pm, 408 Baker Laboratory, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. This meeting is joint with the Central New York Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 pm.

November 4, 2009

"Hyperspectral Eyeing of Heavenly Bodies - a Machine Intelligence Approach" Erzsebet Merenyi, Rice University 4 pm, Carlson Auditorium, Carlson Building, RIT Campus. Click here for directions. This meeting is joint with the Center for Imaging Science Weekly Seminar Series. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 pm.

October 28, 2009

"Imaging Emissions From the Middle Atmosphere" Gary Swenson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Biography here . 4 pm, Carlson Auditorium, Carlson Building, RIT Campus. Click here for directions. This meeting is joint with the Center for Imaging Science Weekly Seminar Series.

Additional meetings will be announced in the near future.