Hi, We can’t write an LOI, since we are an Apache project.
Best, —alex > On 11. Oct 2021, at 17:43, bertty contreras <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > I Forwarded this email to you, to see if we can provide the Letter to her. > I think for us it will be straightforward and it will help us to build a > better community. What do you think about this proposal ? > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > De: Quiane Ruiz, Jorge Anulfo <[email protected]> > Date: lun, 11 oct 2021 a las 16:19 > Subject: Fwd: AGORA-EO & Apache Wayang > To: bertty contreras <[email protected]>, Rodrigo Pardo Meza < > [email protected]> > > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Prof. Dr. Begüm Demir <[email protected]> > *Subject: **AGORA-EO & Apache Wayang* > *Date: *11. October 2021 at 16:02:22 CEST > *To: *<[email protected]> > *Cc: *"'Quiane Ruiz, Jorge Anulfo'" <[email protected]> > > Dear Apache Wayang Team, > > I’m Begum Demir, head of the Remote Sensing Image Analysis Team at TU > Berlin. Together with Dr. Jorge-Arnulfo Quiané-Ruiz, we plan to develop a > content-based satellite image search engine, called AGORA-EO. The AGORA-EO > search engine’s backend will be powered by Apache Wayang to be able to > index and query multiple data sources. For our ideas, we are currently > writing a project proposal to European Research Council. We believe that > our project, if accepted, will significantly contribute to Apache Wayang as > Dr. Quiané has already discussed with some of you. > > In this line, we would like to ask you if you can support our project > proposal by writing a letter of interest? > > Details about our project: > > *Title*: *AGORA-EO: Indexing and Querying Earth from Federated Big Data > Archives * > > *Aim:* The AGORA-EO search engine develops the emerging tools for the > accurate and scalable indexing and querying of satellite images from > massive archives. We plan to bring the AGORA-EO search engine to a higher > maturity level, demonstrating its value, success and technical feasibility > by a prototype. > > *Innovation Potential*: The main innovation in AGORA-EO is the product > innovation as a (content-based) EO data search engine that makes Copernicus > data findable and accessible in operational applications (based on the > complex content of the EO data). This is fully in line with the European > Commission’s strategy in the Digital Europe Programme. AGORA-EO search > engine is the first content-based search engine that comprises advanced > methods (for EO data representation learning, content based EO data > indexing and search together with big data processing and management > approaches) in knowledge discovery from big EO data archives for > global-scale applications. The innovations that are brought with AGORA-EO > complete the missing technological piece in the online platforms where > Copernicus data can be accessed (e.g., five DIAS platforms) and thus > broaden the range of users and applications that are exploiting EO data in > their business processes. While ‘Google Images’ indexes and searches web > images, AGORA-EO indexes Earth and queries by example from massive EO > archives. As a whole, AGORA-EO modernizes access ways to the EO data that > is complementary to the existing tools for keyword/tag-based search. > > Best regards, > Begum Demir > https://rsim.berlin
