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JORGE L. MÁRQUEZ AND CARLOS MARCELO SCAVUZZO

Activities of the GRSS Argentine Section Chapter

he IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
(GRSS) Argentina Chapter was established by IEEE
Member and Geographic Activities on 23 October 2015.
Its organizer was Dr. Marcelo Scavuzzo. The Chapter was created following two important international
workshops organized by the GRSS in cooperation with
the Argentinean National Commission on Space Activities (CONAE). Currently, the executive committee and
its officers are as follows:
◗ Chair: Prof. Jorge L. Márquez, Communications Laboratory, National University of Mar del Plata/Institute of Scientific and Technological Research
◗ Vice chair: Dr. María Mercedes Salvia, Instituto de
Astronomía y Física del Espacio/National Scientific
and Technical Research Council and Gulich Institute, CONAE-National University of Córdoba
◗ Secretary: Dr. Marcelo Scavuzzo, Gulich Institute
◗ Treasurer: Gastón Pezzuchi, Provincia de Buenos
Aires and Instituto Superior de Formación Técnica y
Docente 213.
CHAPTER ACTIVITIES IN 2016
The main activities during the Chapter's first two years
were the development of workshops and schools for
members and nonmembers, as a way to attract more people and let them know about GRSS activities. In 2016, the
Chapter sponsored or took part in the following activities:
◗ GRSS Colloquium at the Biennial Congress of IEEE Argentina (ARGENCON) 2016: IEEE ARGENCON is the
biennial technical conference organized by the IEEE
Argentina Section. Its third edition was held in Buenos Aires, 15-17 June 2016 (http://www.argencon.org
.ar) (see Figure 1). Within this framework, the Chapter organized its first GRSS Argentina Colloquium on
16-17 June 2016. The colloquium had 30 participants
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and included the presentation of 17 papers by local
young researchers. Free fellowships were awarded to
IEEE and GRSS Student Members to stimulate their
participation in the conference and in Chapter activities. Participation in ARGENCON 2016 was important for the GRSS local Chapter because it was the
first official activity and achieved the goal of giving
visibility to the local Chapter just a few months after
its creation.
◗ Memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed with the
Latin American Society of Remote Sensing Specialists
and Space Information Systems (SELPER): An MOU
was signed in November 2016 with SELPER to provide registration benefits to GRSS Chapter members
and an extended paper presentation deadline to attend the 17th SELPER Symposium, held in Iguazú,
Argentina, on 7-11 November 2016. This MOU was
the first step toward a deeper cooperation between
the two organizations.
◗ Participation in the 17th SELPER Symposium 2016:
GRSS members presented nine papers (four oral
and five posters; see https://selperargentina2016
dotorg.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/programa-finalselper-2016final2.pdf) and paid the same registration fee as SELPER members.
◗ GRSS Spring School 2016: CONAE, through the Gulich
Institute and in conjunction with the Mathematical,
Astronomy, Physics, and Computation Faculty of the
National University of Córdoba, Argentina, and the
GRSS Argentina Chapter, organized the first GRSS
Spring School, held in Córdoba on 19-23 September
2016, with nearly 100 attendees (see Figure 2). The objective was to create a learning space for researchers
in geosciences and optical and radar remote sensing.
Participants were able to learn about current scientific
advances in the field of remote sensing (see http://
www.conae.gov.ar/index.php/espanol/2016/848escuela-de-primavera-ieee).
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