Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 52°North announces this year's Student Innovation Prize
Great initiative. But not a single woman amongst nine jury members isn't really an encouragement for the 50+% of femal students out there. On 2011-03-03, at 14:53 , Ann Hitchcock wrote: > Innovation in use - > Idea – concept – implementation - application > > 52°North Student Innovation Prize for Geoinformatics > > Innovation is a driving force for the development of our economy. Innovation > is based on innovative ideas, on applicable and implementable concepts, > generating new technologies and applications. However, a novel idea becomes > an innovation only if it meets certain demands and unfolds its use in > practice. > > The 52°North Student Innovation Prize encourages students to contribute to > innovation in the field of Geoinformatics. The prize will acknowledge and > financially reward outstanding innovative and trendsetting concepts and > announce them to a greater audience. > > 52°North invites all students of Geoinformatics and related fields, who have > not yet completed a Master’s Degree or Diploma in either Geoinformatics, > Informatics or a related field, to submit a paper outlining their innovative > concept. In addition, the paper must emphasize the innovative quality of the > concept and convincingly describe its feasibility and practical use. > > Students may apply as individuals or in small teams (2 - 3 members). Each > applicant (each member of a team) must submit a written declaration and a > tabular CV along with his or her application. An appropriate form is > available here [http://52north.org/52nprize]. The paper should be 3500 – 5000 > words long and written in English. All application documents must be > submitted in digital form per email. > > Members of the jury are: > - Prof. Dr. Edzer Pebesma, Institute for Geoinformatics, University of > Muenster > - Dr. Ir. Rob Lemmens, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth > Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente > - Karl Wiesmann, con terra GmbH > - Prof. Dr. Gerd Buziek, ESRI Deutschland GmbH > - Prof. Dr. Ulrich Streit 52°North > - Dr. Andreas Wytzisk, 52°North > - Günther Pichler, ESRI Inc. > - Prof. Dr. Antonio Krüger, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche > Intelligenz > - Prof. Dr. Lars Bernard, Fakultät Forst-, Geo- und Hydrowissenschaften, > Technische Universität Dresden > The winning concepts will be presented at the opening ceremony of the > “GEOINFORMATIK 2011 – GEOCHANGE” on June 15, 2011 inMünster, Germany. > According to the quality of the submissions, the jury will award the > following prizes: > • First Prize: 1.500 EUR, plus reimbursement of expenses for presenting > a paper at a Geoinformatics conference in 2011/2012 (travel, accommodation, > fees) up to 1.000 EUR. > • Second and Third Prize: reimbursement of expenses for presenting a > paper at a Geoinformatics conference in 2011/2012 (travel, accommodation, > fees) up to 500 EUR. > 52°North offers an internship to all prize winners to foster the practical > realization of innovative ideas. In an inspiring environment, the winners > receive academic and technical support for implementing their technical ideas > as a proof of concept. > > The deadline for submitting digital applications is May 1, 2011. The > winner(s) will be notified by May 31, 2011 and publicized and awarded at the > Geoinformatik 2011. > > Please send your application to: > > 52°North Initiative > Ms. Ann Hitchcock > 52npr...@52north.org > > > The innovation prize is sponsored by 52°North GmbH, con terra GmbH, ESRI > Deutschland GmbH, the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth > Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente and the Institute for > Geoinformatics at the University of Muenster. These institutions work > together under the banner of the 52°North Open Source Initiative to promote > research and education in the field of Geoinformatics. A central part of > 52°North’s activities is the constant exchange of research ideas and > innovative developments between academia and business. Based in Muenster, the > 52°North Initiative possesses a level of potential which is unique throughout > Europe when it comes to the development of innovative solutions in the field > of geoinformation as a whole, as well as in its constituent applications. > > > -- > Ann Hitchcock > 52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH > Martin-Luther-King-Weg 24 > 48155 Muenster, Germany > > tel. +49 (0)251 396371 -0 > fax: +49 (0)251 396371 -11 > > a.hitchc...@52north.org > http://52north.org > > General Managers: > Dr. Albert Remke, Dr. Andreas Wytzisk > Local Court Muenster HRB 10849 > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mai
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Next 5 years for OSGeo
In my opinion, a major challenge is to extend OSGeo beyond it's present topical range. Presently, OSGeo deals mainly with "classical" GIS, webmapping, and underlying technologies (generalised). I think this is also captured in this thread where references to and comparison with commercial GIS packages are common, and votes refer to GIS functionality (analytical functions, cartography). But geospatial is more than that. Investigating and describing the planet Earth in three (or four) dimensions is a necessity in Earth Sciences and related industry, in engineering (sciences) and societal planning (amongst others). This includes data acquisition, processing, interpretation and storage in three dimensions (from geological field work, drilling, geophysical experiments, in-situ and lab-experiments). Often commercial software packages are used for these purposes, but also opensource tools are available (OpenDTect, Seismic Unix, GMT, ...). The potential user base is broad and numerous, and the potential to attract developers high - many researchers, and maybe also companies, are used to develop their own tools. I think it's a challenge in the two meanings of the word. It's necessary to do justice to the meaning of geospatial. And I think it is difficult to put in practice without a major project as a "catalyst". Henning ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Distributed Computing
Hi all, Mateusz's email about his unused MacPro brought another question to my mind (again): Is there interest in a distributed computing infrastructure for OSGeo. For us Mac users it's rather straight forward with XGrid if someone can host the server in an environment that allows for it (see OpenMacGrid at MacResearch.org), for other unices one would need a person with a good understanding of these things. So lets collect some basic information (reply to this thread if the answer on a question below is yes): - Would you like to contribute your "waste CPU cycles" to a grid aimed for OSGeo purposes? (what hardware, operating system) - Would you utilise such a grid for OSGeo purposes? (what operationg system requirements do you have) I myself have lot's of spare CPU cycles on my MacPro (now used by OpenMacGrid) that I can contribute, but I won't become a user. Cheers, Henning -- Henning Lorenz Research scientist (Arctic tectonics) The Swedish Deep Drilling Program (http://www.sddp.se; Scientific coordinator) Uppsala University Department of Earth Sciences Villavägen 16 752 36 Uppsala Sweden phone: +46 (0)18 471 23 24 mobile: +46 (0)733 622 655 fax:+46 (0)18 50 11 10 e-mail: henning.lor...@geo.uu.se http://www.geofys.uu.se/?q=view/home/63 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/daoane GnuPG-key: http://blackhole.pca.dfn.de:11371/pks/lookup?op=index&search=Henning+Lorenz On 2009-08-21, at 13:43 , Mateusz Loskot wrote: Folks, I have a pretty powerful workstation that I'd like to connect to OSGeo infrastructure, somehow. It is: Mac Pro with 2 x Intel Xeon 2.66GHz (5150, "Woodcrest", dual core) 5 GB RAM 1.5 TB HDD If I'll manage to find a new home for my machine, I want to extent RAM to 16 GB and get one or more TB of HDD. I'm looking for possibility of collocation my machine somewhere in UK (not necessarily in London), so it can be permanently connected to OSGeo infrastructure. Unfortunately, I am not able to connect this machine from home and keep connected 24/7. I would be delighted to make it available for OSGeo projects and their development purposes like Buildbot, scheduled builds, software testing, etc. The only personal use of this machine I would like to be able to do is...development and software testing of OSGeo software I work with plus I'd like to keep some personal backups there (disks are getting cheap, so it shouldn't be a problem to extent to tens of TB in near future). OS X Leopard and license for Parallels VM software is included. When I was working in Poland, I was successfully running 3-4 systems on that Mac (ie. unstable Debian, stable Ubuntu and 2 x Windows) to crunch scheduled builds. I tried to find collocation service in Poland or UK but prices like ~100 GBP/month are too high to pay for the purposes I'd like to dedicate my machine to. So, if anyone knows a data centre in UK that would be interested in "rescuing" the wasted CPU cycles of my machine resting in the box please let me know. I think providing collocation could be a nice way to sponsor OSGeo by contributing some nice hardware option :-) Currently, the machine rests in box in my flat in Poland (I live in London, UK). If I find a place for it, I'll ship it from PL to UK. A few pictures of the machiewne: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mloskot/sets/72157602734463745/ Best regards, Mateusz p.s. I cross-posted this message to both, discuss@lists.osgeo.org and u...@lists.osgeo.org. -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] GFOSS symposium at IGC, please contribute now!
Dear all! The session IEI-20, "Free and open-source geospatial software: applications in Earth Sciences and recent development" (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_at_IGC2008 ) at the 33rd IGC, 6th - 14th August 2008 in Oslo (http://www. 33igc.org), did not yet recieve the required number of abstract submissions. The abstract deadline has been extended to Friday this week. Please help us to save the GFOSS session and submit an abstract to the session in case you are going to attend the congress. Please tell also your (GFOSS-)friends and colleagues about this session. Thank you very much! With best wishes, Henning -- Henning Lorenz Research scientist (Arctic tectonics) The Swedish Deep Drilling Program (http://www.sddp.se; Scientific coordinator) Uppsala University Department of Earth Sciences Villavägen 16 752 36 Uppsala Sweden phone: +46 (0)18 471 23 24 mobile: +46 (0)733 622 655 fax:+46 (0)18 50 11 10 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.geofys.uu.se/?q=view/home/63 GnuPG-key: http://blackhole.pca.dfn.de:11371/pks/lookup?op=index&search=Henning+Lorenz ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4Geo session at the Geosciences World Congress (33rd IGC 2008 in Oslo)
FOSS4Geo related science and development is represented at the Geosciences World Congress in Oslo with an own session (see copy of earlier announcement below). This is an unique possibility to present FOSS solutions and science to a new audience. However, two weeks before the extended abstract deadline the session is in lack of contributions. Please participate in the session and submit your abstract before the 29 February 2008 via the IGC homepage (http://www.33igc.org) and forward this announcement to people who are going to attend the IGC. Cheers, Henning Dear all! Again I want to draw your attention to the Foss4Geo session at the 33rd IGC. The deadline for abstract submission has been extended and is now the 29 February 2008. The 33rd IGC (International Geological Congress - Geosciences World Congress) will take place from 6th to 14th August 2008 in Oslo. It will host a Geoscience Information Super-Session which includes the FOSS4Geo session. To make this session to a success and get much attention for our case we need YOUR contribution. For more information about the 33rd IGC visit http://www.33igc.org For more information about the FOSS4Geo session visit http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OSGeo_at_IGC2008 (session 4.3: Free and open-source geospatial software: applications in Earth Sciences and recent development.) Best wishes, Henning Lorenz and Markus Neteler ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4Geo session at the Geosciences World Congress (33rd IGC 2008 in Oslo)
Dear all! Again I want to draw your attention to the Foss4Geo session at the 33rd IGC. The deadline for abstract submission has been extended and is now the 29 February 2008. The 33rd IGC (International Geological Congress - Geosciences World Congress) will take place from 6th to 14th August 2008 in Oslo. It will host a Geoscience Information Super-Session which includes the FOSS4Geo session. To make this session to a success and get much attention for our case we need YOUR contribution. For more information about the 33rd IGC visit http://www.33igc.org For more information about the FOSS4Geo session visit http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OSGeo_at_IGC2008 (session 4.3: Free and open-source geospatial software: applications in Earth Sciences and recent development.) Best wishes, Henning Lorenz and Markus Neteler ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4Geo session at the Geosciences World Congress (33rd IGC 2008 in Oslo)
Dear all! The 33rd IGC (International Geological Congress - Geosciences World Congress) will take place from 6th to 14th August 2008 in Oslo. It will host a Geoscience Information Super-Session which includes a FOSS4Geo session. To make this session to a success and get much attention for our case we need YOUR contribution. For more information about the 33rd IGC visit http://www.33igc.org For more information about the FOSS4Geo session visit http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OSGeo_at_IGC2008 (session 4.3: Free and open-source geospatial software: applications in Earth Sciences and recent development.) Best wishes, Henning Lorenz and Markus Neteler ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Advocacy
Hi Arnulf! What a great resource! This is exactly what is needed to allow everyone who is interested in OSGeo to promote its case. I'm grateful for the collection of definitions and concepts because I was asked to give a seminar on FOSS software during a local conference here in Uppsala. Why I, a simple FOSS user was asked? Well, that's related to the "Use cases for FOSS-GIS in universities" thread - there are simply no other people around who use FOSS software in GIS. Cheers, Henning PS: I suggest "consolidate" instead of "bundle" in 1. under Education and long term outreach. Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) wrote: > Hi All, > I have started a new page in a tentative try at defining Advocacy for OSGeo. > http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Advocacy > > Please feel free to add, remove, discuss at will. > > I imagine something like: http://www.freebsd.org/advocacy/ with links and > general information, gallery, etc. As we do not want to start yet another > workgroup we do this in the Visibility and Promotion Committee (who the > f*** gave it this name?) in short VisCom. > > We (VisCom) will try to pick up a few threads that have been started in > the past and looked promising but then have been abandoned due to pending > "real" work. I would be very interested in getting a little unreal again > and actively position OSGeo mission and brand in the market. We have > already done a good job by just being there but this could be done more > actively. > * http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/WebCom_OSGeo_Site_Focus > * http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Open_Source_Training_Providers > etc. many more > > Be prepared to do things if you suggest them (this is a try a preventing > more great ideas spring into life and then wither away because "OSGeo" did > not pick them up). > > If you are interested please consider joining the VisCom mailing list: > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/viscom-dev > > Best regards, > > > -- Henning Lorenz Uppsala University Department of Earth Sciences Villavägen 16 752 36 Uppsala Sweden phone: +46 (0)18 471 23 24 mobile: +46 (0)733 622 655 fax:+46 (0)18 50 11 10 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG-key: http://blackhole.pca.dfn.de:11371/pks/lookup?op=index&search=Henning+Lorenz ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
