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specific tools for risk related information extraction from
Earth observation data in a computer room.
The itemized programme follows.
Thursday, 23rd:
◗ 9:30 - 10:30 Welcome and introduction (F. Dell'Acqua) The IEEE GRSS and its features (P. Gamba)
◗ 10:30 - 11:00 Health monitoring through remote sensing (A. Marinoni)
◗ 11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break (offered)
◗ 11:15 - 12:45 Radar remote sensing: fundamentals in
Earth observation (C. López-Martínez)
◗ 12:45 - 2:00 pm lunch break
◗ 2:00 - 3:30 Radar remote sensing and geophysical modeling in risk assessment (S. Atzori)
◗ 3:30 - 3:45 coffee break (offered)
◗ 3:45 - 4:30 Copernicus down-streaming and support to
decision process for coastal risk assessment (A. Taramelli)
◗ 4:30 - 5:15 Remote Sensing for Landslide Risk Assessment (F. Zucca)
◗ 5:15 - 5:45 Tools and processes for EO Research (R. Cuccu
- C. Orrú)
Friday, 24th:
◗ 9:30 - 11:00 Multitemporal EO Data Fusion for Damage
Assessment (F. Bovolo)
◗ 11:00 - 11:15 coffee break (offered)
◗ 11:15 - 12:45 The Global Earthquake Model (GEM):
collection of risk-related geospatial information from
diverse sources, and application on seismic risk analysis
(C. Yepes)
◗ 12:45 - 2:00 pm lunch break
◗ 2:00 - 3:00 EO-based tools for risk information collection (D. De Vecchi, M. Harb, G.C. Iannelli)
◗ 3:30 - 3:45 coffee break (offered)
◗ 3:45 - 5:15 Hands-on session
C. LeCturers
Lecturers were selected among the experts in the field and
included the developers of the open-source tools used in
the hands-on session, and professionals from the European
Space Agency (ESA) who integrated such tools into the ESA
grid processing system G-POD. A short introduction to the
teaching body follows:
◗ Prof. Paolo Gamba is a globally acclaimed expert in urban remote sensing. He introduced the IEEE, its GRSS
and their benefits to young researchers who intend to
pursue a scientific or professional career in remote sensing and Earth observation
◗ Dr. Andrea Marinoni is post-Doc at the University of
Pavia, working on hyperspectral remote sensing and
big data issues. He illustrated his work on correlations
between remotely sensed atmospheric parameters and
health risk in a Big Data perspective.
◗ Dr. Carlos López-Martínez is professor of radar remote
sensing at the Politechnic University of Catalonia in
Barcelona, Spain. He contributed a perspective on spaceborne radar remote sensing and its potentials.
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Figure 3. Prof. Paolo Gamba illustrating the benefits of GRSS to
young researchers in geoscience and remote sensing.
◗ Dr. Simone Atzori is Researcher at INGV, the National

Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology based in Rome,
Italy. His talk expanded on radar remote sensing and elaborated on its connections with geophysical modeling.
◗ Dr. Andrea Taramelli is Italian delegate to the Copernicus Committee and associate professor at the Institute
for Advanced Studies (IUSS) in Pavia. He gave a talk on
the overall organization of Copernicus down-streaming, with specific attention and examples in coastal risk
◗ Dr. Francesco Zucca is assistant professor at the University of Pavia. He an acclaimed expert in landslide risk
assessment and monitoring, and he illustrated to the
attendees how remote sensing is beneficial to his work.

Figure 4. The audience attended classes in the lecturing room

with great interest.

Attendees by Country
South Africa
5%

North
America
9%

Other
12%

Italy
55%

Europe
19%
Figure 5. Distribution of attendees by country or geographic area
of their affiliation.

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