Tempus GE-UZ Textbooks for Uzbek Msc students

Eight textbooks were developed in the frame of Tempus GE-UZ project to support students, participating in MSc course in Geoinformatics in Uzbekistan. Pilot course was launched; textbooks will be reviewed by students and will be refined according to their feedbacks at the end of the academic year.

The 8 modules are:

• Geoinformation Systems and Science
• Remote Sensing
• Spatial Data Structures and Models
• Data Acquisition and Data Integration
• (Geo)- Databases and Distributed Architectures
• Cartography and Geovisualization
• Spatial analysis
• Project Management and Organisation

Kyrgyzstan National Treasures: GIS Day Website

To celebrate GIS Day 2014, ACA*GIScience is offering a new website showcasing outstanding landscapes and features across Kyrgyzstan. You are welcome to visit http://bit.ly/1AOZfyM and explore the highlighted locations. You will experience a fully navigable storymap – the background satellite imagery can be zoomed and panned to discover other interesting places.

You are welcome to propose additional locations, as Kyrgyzstan offers many interesting and unique landscapes to visitors as well as its citizens. All background imagery is provided through ArcGIS Online (http://arcgis.com), a cloud-based geospatial content management system offering solid foundations for educational and research applications.

Wishing everyone a successful and stimulating GIS Day 2014!

EcoCAR Project Delegation visited ACA*GIScience

A delegation of Chinese and German researchers, led by EcoCAR Project Coordinator Prof. Dr. Umut Halik, has visited the ACA*GIScience office in Bishkek on October 25, 2014. This project has been started within the initiative "Between Europe and the Orient – A Focus on Research and Higher Education in Central Asia and the Caucasus" supported by the Volkswagen Foundation in 2014, and aims at the ecosystem assessment and capacity building for sustainable management of flood plains along the Central Asian rivers Tarim and Naryn.

ACA*GIScience is joining this project consortium as a partner to contribute through applications of Remote Sensing and GIS technologies in realization of the project tasks.

Tempus GE-UZ; 2nd review meeting at Obuda University

Currently, partners of the Tempus GE-UZ project are conducting the second review meeting at Obuda University in Budapest. Partners will discuss inter alia, the following aspects: Quality assurance of learning material and sustainability of project activities.

In March 2014, opening ceremonies of Geoinformatics labs took place at Uzbek partner universities. After the successful accreditation of the "GE-UZ" master’s program on Geoinformatics by the Uzbek Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education a new MSc program on Geoinformatics has been started at TIIM, from 2nd September 2014. In order to achieve high-level teaching, qualified Professors and doctors from Uzbek partner universities have been chosen to teach at this new MSc program in Geoinformatics at TIIM. More information for interested students: http://www.geoinformatics.uz/ 

KSUCTA: 'GEM' Geoinformatics MSc Students graduating

Six Geoinformatics MSc Students, admitted into the TEMPUS GEM MSc programme at KSUCTA in the fall of 2012, recently completed and successfully defended their Master Theses on September 8, 2014.

The Chairman of the State Attestation Committee, Dr. Ermek Sharsheev, highlighted the quality and innovative nature of research done by Master students in their theses. Representatives of the University of Salzburg, a TEMPUS partner university which has contributed to the joint development of the GEM MSc programme, also participated in the thesis defence.

gSmart 4th Call for Scholarships

gSmart Call 4 will open on September 15, 2014.
Interested applicants will be able to submit their application until 31.10.2014.

PLEASE read carefully the call announcement - it will provide further guidance and information on available scholarships, please seek assistance with your respective CA national contact!

The main focus of Call 4:
Master Students: Last Chance to apply for full studies in Europe!
PhD & PostDoc applications

We offer a Webinar Training for PhD and PostDoc Applicants: Call 4 Webinar: Oct. 6, 2014:

http://em-gsmart.zgis.net/how-to-apply/calls

gSmart: 2nd project meeting at KSUCTA in Bishkek

Successful start of the second gSmart project meeting in the Conference Hall at Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transport and Architecture in Bishkek.

The meeting was very well prepared by the KSUCTA team under the supervision of Akylbek Chymyrov.
19 partner universities will share their experiences after a very productive and constructive cooperation of the project; the meeting has been dedicated to lessons learned in year one, and to ensure quality assurance of mobility.


>> Call 4 will open on September 15, 2014, you will be able to submit your application until 31.10.2014!
PLEASE read carefully the call announcement - it will provide further guidance and information on available scholarships, please seek assistance with your respective CA national contact!