EM gSmart project under review

The gSmart project office in Salzburg is welcoming Associate Professor Huaan Fan from KTH in Stockholm as external expert. He is currently monitoring the quality of the project management with a focus on collaboration amongst partners and outcomes, particular referring to mobilities and scholarships of the Erasmus Mundus scholarship mobility project. (>> gSmart project)

UNIGIS professional Certificate for Nagima Alimbekova

Prof Strobl congratulating Nagima Alimbekova,
supported by ACA*GIScience co-director and
Geoinformatics department chair Akylbek Chymyrov

During today's visit to ACA*GIScience at KSUCTA in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Prof Josef Strobl awarded the UNIGIS professional postgraduate certificate to Ms Alimbekova. She has successfully completed all curricular requirements for this distance learning program at the University of Salzburg and now received the title 'Academic Geoinformatics Specialist'.

UNIGIS is offering international, fully accredited and widely recognized qualifications to geospatial professionals around the world. Based on standard curricula and supervised by experienced instructors, the UNIGIS MSc and certificate programs are highly appreciated across the geospatial industries, in academia and public administration. UNIGIS programs offered in Central Asia are coordinated by Dr Ainura Nazarkulova from Salzburg University's Department of Geoinformatics - Z_GIS.

Completing this postgraduate qualification via online distance learning is a particular challenge in not always perfectly well connected countries, and in parallel to full professional activities. We congratulate Nagima Alimbekova to her success and appreciate her view: "I already can fully apply all I have learned with UNIGIS in my new job at the ministry of agriculture, managing the mapping of pastures in Kyrgyzstan's mountains"!

Good Bye Dr. Sabine Hennig!

Dr. Sabine Hennig from Z_GIS, University of Salzburg has finalized her Post-Doc visit at ACA*GIScience in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Her teaching and research activities have been supported by the Erasmus Mundus gSmart project from February to August 2016. During her stay in Kyrgyzstan Dr. Sabine Hennig was teaching GIS classes for undergraduate and postgraduate students, assisted with research work of young scientists and participated in the several international project activities. She has actively contributed to the development and teaching of advanced Geoinformatics courses. 

We express our sincere thanks to  Dr. Sabine Hennig for her contributions to geospatial education and science in Kyrgyzstan as well as for her kind attention to students and young scientists. We wish good health and every success in her academic activities at her home university. Our thanks also extend to the Erasmus Mundus Project "gSmart - Spatial ICT Infrastructures for Smart Places" for the support of international teachers and student mobility! 

Prof.Dr. Geoffrey Hennebry, USA at ACA*GIScience

Prof. Dr. Geoffrey Hennebry from the Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence, Department of Natural Resource Management, South Dakota State University visited  ACA*GIScience on July 21, 2016.

Prof. Hennebry presented his research project "Land Surface Phenologies in Central Asian Mountain Pastures", which is under realization in cooperation with the International University of Kyrgyzstan. This project is built upon very interesting geospatial components, and young scientists of ACA*GIScience @KSUCTA will participate in international research and capacity building activities within this project framework.

Interactive and dynamic maps on gSmart mobilities

Ainura Nazarkulova, now based at the University of Salzburg,  has prepared several maps providing an overview of gSmart applications, grant awards and detailed statistics of Central Asia to Europe mobility within the Erasmus Mundus scholarship mobility project.
These interactive and dynamic maps now have been packaged into an app which is accessible via  >>> http://arcg.is/1sEBB5H

You can get more information on the gSmart project running between July 2013 and July 2017 on the Website!

GI_Forum 2016 Publication online

Free access to GI_Forum and Poster publication!

>> GI_Forum 2016 Publication online

>> GI_Forum Poster online

>> www.gi-forum.org

gSmart scholars presenting research at GI_Forum 2016

Join the GI_Forum in Salzburg to explore the research work of gSmart scholars. Dana Kaziyeva, Jafar Niyazov, and Tahmina Sodatkadamova are presenting their projects in the poster session at the GI_Forum and AGIT. Poster discussion starts on Wednesday July 6, 2016 at 6:30pm.

>> Dana Kaziyeva
>> Jafar Niyazov
>> Tahmina Sodatkadamova

GI_Forum, July 5 - 8, 2016 at the University of Salzburg