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COLumnS &
DEPARtmEntS
3 From the editor
4 President's message
26 sPace agencies
40 technical committees
49 chaPters
52 education
55 distinguished lecturer
Program

56 women in grs
58 grss memBer highlights
60 calendar

editOrial BOard 2016
Dr. Lorenzo Bruzzone
Editor-in-Chief
University of Trento
Department of Information Engineering
and Computer Science
Via Sommarive, 5
I-38123, Trento
Italy
E-mail: lorenzo.bruzzone@ing.unitn.it

Grs Officers
President
Dr. Kamal Sarabandi
University of Michigan
USA

Dr. Paolo Gamba
University of Pavia
Italy
E-mail: paolo.gamba@unipv.it

Vice President of Meetings and Symposia
Dr. David Kunkee
The Aerospace Corp. Environmental
Satellite Systems
USA

Dr. Linda Hayden
Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing
Education and Research
Elizabeth City State University
USA
E-mail: haydenl@mindspring.com

Vice President of Publications
Dr. William Emery
University of Colorado
USA

Dr. Michael Inggs
University of Cape Town
South Africa
E-mail: mikings@gmail.com
Dr. John Kerekes
Cochair, Conference Advisory Committee
Rochester Institute of Technology
USA
E-mail: kerekes@cis.rit.edu

Executive Vice President
Dr. Adriano Camps
Universitat Politecnica de CatalunyaBarcelona Tech
Spain

Vice President of Technical Activities
Dr. Irena Hajnsek
ETH Zürich
Switzerland
Vice President of Professional Activities
Dr. Paolo Gamba
University of Pavia
Italy
Vice President of Information Resources
Dr. Steven C. Reising
Colorado State University
USA

Dr. David M. Le Vine
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
USA
E-mail: David.M.LeVine@nasa.gov

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Laura Ambrosio

Dr. Alberto Moreira
DLR
Germany
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Janet Dudar

Dr. Gail Skofronick Jackson
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
USA
E-mail: Gail.S.Jackson@nasa.gov

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