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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.

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

10th Central Asia GIS Conference - GISCA 2016!

The 10th GIS-in-Central-Asia Conference - GISCA 2016 was held April 28-30 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan! GIS scientists, educators and professionals from Central Asian countries, Europe, China and other regions exchanged ideas and experiences on geospatial education, research and applications. 

GISCA 2016 has been organized by the I.Arabaev Kyrgyz State University and Austria-Central Asia Centre for GIScience (ACA*GIScience) jointly with the Research Centre for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia (RCEECA - Bishkek), the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography CAS, the Institute of Geology NAS KR and the OeAW Commission for GIScience. 

The conference has been supported by Trimble, RCEECA, ESRI and additional sponsors from the Geoinformatics industry. In 2016, GISCA focused on the theme of "Green Spaces: Perspectives and Designs" and a large number of research papers were presented, leading to fruitful discussions and meetings organized throughout the conference.

EPU Delegation at ACA*GIScience

The president of the Eurasia-Pacific Uninet Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dieter Rausch and Prof. Dr. Alfred Pitterle (BOKU, Vienna) have visited the N.Isanov Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transport and Architecture (KSUCTA) on March 30, 2016. The rector of KSUCTA Prof. Dr. Akymbek Abdykalykov expressed his appreciation for the valuable support of EPU facilitating academic mobility of university students and teachers as well as a long term successful cooperation with Austrian universities. Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dieter Rausch highlighted the successful activity of the Austria-Central Asia Centre for GIScience (ACA*GIScience) established at KSUCTA jointly with the Interfaculty Department of GIS (Z_GIS), University of Salzburg in May 2008 with financial support from Eurasia-Pacific Uninet. 

Ongoing activities and future project plans were discussed in the meeting at ACA*GIScience. An extensive overview of the academic and research activities of the Centre was presentated by its co-director Dr. Akylbek Chymyrov. The results of international projects realized within TEMPUS, Erasmus Mundus, Volkswagen Foundation, CRDF and other programs and the upcoming 10th GIS in Central Asia Conference - GISCA 2016 demonstrate the increasing potential of ACA*GIScience in close cooperation with European and Central Asian partner universities. Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dieter Rausch has expressed his ideas on the future support from EPU in order to strenghten international cooperation in Geoinformation sciences. 

Dr. Sabine Hennig now teaching at KSUCTA

The National Erasmus+ Office coordinator Ms. Gulnara Chokusheva has highlighted the importance of Post-Doc mobility of European scientists to the Kyrgyz universities during her meeting with Dr. Sabine Hennig, an EM gSmart project fellow at KSUCTA. Ms. Chokusheva has visited KSUCTA on April 16, 2016 and participated in the kick-off meeting of new Erasmus+ project "KyrMedu". 

Lectures and lab classes during the current semester taught by Dr. Hennig for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as her scientific advice and assistance to young scientists are in high demand. She is offering WebGIS and other advanced GIS courses to students and teachers. Dr. Hennig is encouraging students and trainees to explore new GIS and Remote Sensing methods. New research proposals are currently under discussion in order to develop new project proposals jointly with Z_GIS and other partner universities within the EM gSmart project.

Welcome at ACA*GIScience!

Dr. Sabine Hennig from Z_GIS, University of Salzburg has started her Post-Doc teaching and research mobility at ACA*GIScience supported by the EM gSmart project.

She has planned intensive research activities as well as offering training to undergraduate and graduate students and young scientists at KSUCTA and other Kyrgyz partner universities over the period from February to August 2016. We wish her a successful and enjoyable stay in Kyrgyzstan and look forward to continuing and extending the fruitful academic and research cooperation between Central Asia and Europe!

GISCA 2016 @Bishkek - 2nd Call for Papers

This year's conference is scheduled for April 28-30 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan with all details available from the conference website at http://gisca16.aca-giscience.org.

GISCA in 2016 is focused on the theme of "Green Spaces: Perspectives and Designs" and invites contributions covering basic and applied research, case studies as well as educational topics across the entire domain of Geoinformatics. Please refer to the current Call for Papers!