Welcome!

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

Next Meeting

No meetings scheduled during the Summer. Meetings will resume in the Fall.

2008-2009 Meetings

October 9, 2008

"Physics-based Target Detection: Analysis and Validation on an Airborne Hyperspectral Data Set"
Stefania Matteoli, Rochester Institute of Technology and University of Pisa
6 pm, Carlson Building, RIT Campus. Click here for directions.
This meeting is joint with the Signal Processing Society.

Click here for an online recording of this presentation. Please note the presentation starts after about 4 minutes of a barely audible business meeting and introduction. You can move the slider at the bottom of the recording to skip ahead.

December 5, 2008

"Observing Geohazards with Space Geodesy: Tsunamis, Sand Dues and Sea Ice"
Dr. Alexander Braun, Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary
12 pm Refreshments, 12:30 Lecture, 435 Cooke Hall, North Campus, University at Buffalo, SUNY. Click here for directions.
This meeting is joint with the UB Center for Geohazards Studies.

January 16, 2009

"Imaging Active Tectonic Deformation on Earth with Remote Sensing Methods"
Prof. Cynthia Ebinger, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester
3 pm, Teichert Room (Room 229), Hutchison Hall, University of Rochester.
This meeting is joint with the U of R Deparment of Earth and Environmental Sciences

March 12, 2009 - CANCELLED

"Touching Humanity through Space Technology: Indian Perspectives"
Dr. YVN Krishna Murthy, Director, Regional Remote Sensing Service Centres
Indian Space Research Organization, Bangalore, India
7 pm, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
Pizza and refreshments will be available at 6:30 pm
Click here for a map with directions.
This meeting is joint with the Center for Electronic Imaging Systems (CEIS)

April 29, 2009

"High Performance Multiband Airborne Remote Sensing System"
Donald McKeown, Distinguished Researcher, Laboratory for Imaging Algorithms and Systems
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
6 pm, Building 76, Room 1275, Rochester Institute of Technology
Pizza and refreshments will be available at 5:30 pm
Click here for a map with directions.

Additional meetings will be announced in the near future.

Links to Meetings from Previous Years

2007-2008