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News & Events
U. V. Helava Award 2008 goes to GeomaticsStephan Winter from the Department of Geomatics is recipient of the U. V. Helava Award 2008, jointly with his international collaborators Martin Raubal (UCSB, CA), Sven Tessmann (U Münster, Germany) and Christian Gaisbauer (TU Vienna, Austria). The U. V. Helava Award consists of a plaque and SFr 10,000, and is presented every four years by the ISPRS, Elsevier B.V. and Leica Geosystems GIS & Mapping, LLC to the authors of an outstanding paper in the ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. The awarded paper is Time Geography for Ad-Hoc Shared-Ride Trip Planning in Mobile Geosensor Networks (ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 62(5): 366-381). New President of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure AssociationAssociate Professor Abbas Rajabifard (Department of Geomatics) has been elected as the next President of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI), a leading international association in the development of spatial information and management. Previously, Abbas was Treasurer and a member of the board. This appointment, beginning in 2009, together with his role in the UN sponsored Permanent Committee of GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific will enable him to provide international leadership for the discipline over the next four years. The appointment is also an exciting opportunity for the University of Melbourne and Asia-Pacific region. The GSDI Association is a non-profit, global organisation made up of members from over 80 countries. It provides international cooperation and collaboration in creating local, national and international Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) to assist nations to address social, economic and environmental issues. 2007 Licensed SurveyorsThe Department of Geomatics congratulates the following graduates on becoming licensed surveyors in Victoria:
COSIT'07The Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT'07) was held in Melbourne on 19 - 23 September. The event was a great success with more participants and the most competitive paper selection process than ever before. It attracted participants who engaged in intense discussions, even during the evenings, and feedback from the attendees was described as 'only excitement'. The COSIT conference series has been shaping and leading the interdisciplinary research in theoretical GIScience for years and generally takes place in Europe or the US. COSIT'07 was an unique chance for participants from Australia/Pacific to meet all the distinguished researchers in this field, and this opportunity was taken up by a number of students from our two departments. The proceedings, lecture notes and photos are now available online. BGeomE accredited by Royal Institution of Chartered SurveyorsThe Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has recently accredited the Unversity of Melbourne's Bachelor of Geomatic Engineering for students entering in 2006 & 2007. The Institution is also currently considering the University's new Professional Graduate Degree, the Master of Engineering (Geomatics), for accreditation. The RICS stated: 'This recognition achieved by the Department of Geomatics is highly significant. It will provide recognition and mobility for the Department's
graduates globally - at a time when land, property and construction markets
are now truly international. RICS is the world's largest professional body
for land and property professionals with 130,000 Members working in 120
countries. The Department's graduates will be eligible to qualify as
'Chartered Geomatics' professionals and hold the letters 'MRICS' after their
name. The RICS sets very high standards for its University Partners and I am
delighted that the Dept of Geomatics has met and exceeded these standards.'
Australasian Hydrographic Societies 2006 Education AwardPhD student Nathan Daw Quadros has been awarded the Australasian Hydrographic Societies (AHS) 2006 Education Award. Nathan is undertaking research in an effort to establish a marine cadastre to make the definition and management of areas in the tidal interface a more certain and consistent task.
Inaugural Spatial Industry Careers NightThe Melbourne University Geomatics Students club (MUGS) in association with the RMIT Geospatial Science Student’s Association (GSSA) ran the Inaugural Spatial Industry Careers Night on May 2nd for students of Melbourne University and RMIT who are currently studying Spatial Science Degrees. In all, 34 companies were in attendance, ranging from Surveying; GIS; Software and Hardware sales and development; Cartography; Photogrammetry and Aerial Photography; Local Councils; State Government Departments; Multi-Discipline Organisations and also Federal Services. There were also several professional institutions in attendance: Consulting Surveyors Victoria; Institution of Surveyors Victoria; Mapping Sciences Institute of Australia; RMIT; Spatial Sciences Institute; Surveyors Registration Board of Victoria and the University of Melbourne. This event gave students an opportunity to discuss potential work opportunities – both graduate and vacation – with spatial industry companies; as well as provide industry representatives present on the night with some scope of what interests, ambitions and lifestyles today’s Spatial Science Students are looking at obtaining from their future careers. Around 300 students collectively from Melbourne University and RMIT were in attendance and helped make the night a huge success. A large amount of positive feedback has been provided by students and the industry representatives, who are looking forward to attending the event next year.
2007 Graduation CeremonyThe Department of Geomatics congratulates all its former students who completed their studies in 2006 and received their degrees on Thursday 15 March 2007. A total of 33 bachelors degrees and 3 masters degrees from the Department were awarded at the ceremony.
Degrees award in absentia
Tewksbury Public Lecture: Measuring & Modelling from Digital ImageryProfessor Armin Gruen
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