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4) IEEE Technical Lecture on Video and Image Processing
** Speaker: Prof. Ananda Shankar Chowdhury, Department of the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
** Date of visit: 9 October 2018
** Number of attendees: 30
** Location: Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata.
In addition, three Distinguished Lecturer Programs were
undertaken:
1) Statistical Information Theory and Geometry for SAR
Image Analysis
** Speaker: Prof. A.C. Frery, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil
** Date: 13 February 2018
** Number of attendees: 30
** Location: Center for Soft Computing Research, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
2) Statistical Information Theory and Geometry for SAR
Image Analysis
** Speaker: Prof. A.C. Frery, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil
** Date: 14 February 2018
** Number of attendees: 50
** Location: Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata
3) Overview of the NASA Tropics CubeSat Constellation
Mission
** Speaker: W. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Lab
** Date of visit: 30 October 2018
** Number of attendees: 50
** Location: Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
The GRSS Kolkata Chapter conducted two workshops during 2018:

1) Workshop on Remotely Sensed Big Data Analysis and
Mining (Figure 8)
** Dates: 23-24 January 2018
** Number of participants: 23
** Location: Center for Soft Computing Research, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
2) Workshop on Digital Geometric Algorithms, Applications, and Prospective Future Directions
** Dates: 28-30 October 2018
** Number of participants: 55
** Location: Indian Institute of Information Technology,
Kalyani.
To promote the Society, some education and outreach programs were also organized. The International School on
Deep Learning in SAR and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing was conducted 29 October-2 November 2018 at the
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Eminent speakers
like Avik Bhattacharya (Indian Institute of Technology,
Mumbai), Ashish Ghosh (Indian Statistical Institute,
Kolkata), B.S. Dayasagar (Indian Statistical Institute,
Bangalore), Saurabh Das (Indian Institute of Technology,
Indore), Sonali Agarwal (Indian Institute of Information
Technology, Allahabad), and W. Blackwell (MIT Lincoln
Lab) shared their valuable knowledge with the 50 attendees who participated in the event. An educational visit
to the Doppler Weather Radar Regional Meteorological
Centre, Kolkata, was conducted on 1 October 2018 with
15 participants.
The Chapter was formed with a goal to empower students
interested in geosciences and remote sensing in India with the
knowledge and awareness of technology and practices. The
GRSS Kolkata Chapter is trying to help young Indian researchers stay informed about the latest innovations in geosciences

FIGURE 8. A social event at the Workshop on Remotely Sensed Big Data Analysis and Mining, 2018.

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