Ocean Colour Training Iniatives – IOCCG

A number of new training courses/fellowships are available for ocean colour scientists in the coming year:

• Cornell Summer Satellite Remote Sensing Training Course for Biological Oceanographers, 3 - 17 June, 2011 (Cornell University, USA). The course will give participants the practical skills to acquire, analyze and visualize data sets derived from a wide variety of ocean satellite sensors (e.g., SeaWiFS/ MODIS/ MERIS, AVHRR, SeaWinds on QuikSCAT and Topex/ Jason/ ERS1/2).
• Calibration and Validation for Ocean Colour Remote Sensing,
  11 - 29 July, 2011 (University of Maine, Darling Marine Center, USA). Intensive, cross-disciplinary, graduate course with a theme of vicarious calibration of satellite ocean colour radiometers.
• ESA-MOST Dragon 2 Programme - Advanced training course in ocean remote sensing, 24-29 October 2011, East China Normal University, China.
• NOWPAP/PICES/WESTPAC joint training course on Remote Sensing Data Analysis, 8 - 12 October, 2011 (Vladivostok, Russia). This course will contribute to capacity building of countries in the Northwest Pacific in utilizing remote sensing techniques for monitoring and assessment of the marine and coastal environment. Details to be announced shortly.
• POGO-SCOR Visiting Fellowships aimed to promote training and capacity building in developing countries leading towards a global observation scheme for the oceans. POGO Visiting Professorship scheme to promote capacity building in the host institution, leading to enhanced sustained ocean observations to address societal issues of the day.

 Source: http://www.ioccg.org/news/March2011/news.html

8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management – ISCRAM 2011

The 8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management – ISCRAM 2011 - will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, May 8-11, 2011.

ISCRAM2011 organizers invite all researchers and practitioners, from information systems to crisis management areas, to get involved in this event and to contribute to make it a memorable one. The conference will be an unique opportunity to exchange information and knowledge, providing a forum for discussion of new research results and best practices with several cutting edge professionals.

Additionally, Lisbon’s privileged situation near the Tagus river estuary, its cultural and sport attractions will complement the scientific program, ensuring that the participation in ISCRAM 2011 will be both rewarding and unforgettable.

Lisbon and LNEC look forward to welcome you!

Further information on: http://iscram2011.lnec.pt/index.html

GIS Specialist for CASP / Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge

http://naturlink.sapo.pt/article.aspx?menuid=24&cid=32981&bl=1

Remote Sensing Scientist for Chile

We invite applications for a permanent research position in remote sensing to join a group of young international scientists at CEAZA, Center of Advanced Research in Arid Zones, La Serena, Chile.

Job description

Remote sensing expert with specific interest in spatio-temporal analysis and validation of multi-source satellite time series data to study/explain the impact of climate oscillations on semiarid Northern-Central Chile. The successful candidate will contribute to ongoing projects that focus on the use of remote sensing to monitor cryospheric processes and their impact on hydrological and biological variability, but also will be able to develop his/her own research on the use of remote sensing observations to study/explain other biophysical and geophysical processes (e.g., hydrological cycle, snow distribution, glacier variability, biologic productivity, biodiversity, agricultural/aquicultural yield, oceanografic processes, atmospheric variability, etc.) in semiarid Northern-Central Chile. He/She will work in close collaboration with researchers in glaciology, hydrology and climatology to contribute to the development of a regional water observatory, but may also develop innovative research projects with biologists, ecologists, oceanographers or agricultural scientists.

Requirements

a PhD in remote sensing or a related discipline and preferentially have some post-doc experience interest to work in multi-disciplinary research experience in GIS and advanced processing of multi-source satellite imagery in a ENVI-IDL or Matlab environment appropriate skills in the handling of large data sets and satellite database management the ability to publish results in mainstream scientific journals communication skills in English scientific writing/publishing and presentation knowledge of Spanish language is an asset and, will be required/stimulated once in charge 

Conditions of employment

Gross salary: 1 250 000 Chilean pesos per month and can be increased based on additional project participation.

Contract type: Permanent and subject to annual scientific performance reviews

Application
Applications should be written in English or Spanish and include:
A cover letter summarizing experience and motivation for this position
A curriculum vitae including a list of publications
A copy of PhD or Master diploma and other documents showing degrees and former positions relevant for this position
A list of 2 potential referees
Applications should be submitted by email to Dr. Lhermitte Stefaan (lhermitte.stefaan at ceaza.cl)
Review of applications will begin on March 30th, 2011 and will continue until no longer needed. The position is immediately available.

CEAZA

CEAZA (Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas) is a regional research center, established in 2003 dedicated to studying the impact of climatic change and oscillations (e.g. ENSO) upon the hydrological cycle and the biological productivity in the arid zones of Northern-Central Chile. The successful applicant will work as part of the Terrestrial Biology and Hydrology and Modeling group at CEAZA. More information about CEAZA and ongoing projects can be found at http://www.ceaza.cl. Do not hesitate to contact Dr. Stefaan Lhermitte (lhermitte.stefaan at ceaza.cl) for any additional detail.

Plymouth Marine Laboratory Vacancies

Remote Sensing Analysts (2 posts) 

Plymouth, UK • Salary on appointment £20,492  - £27,326 pa

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) is a dynamic, highly innovative, independent and impartial provider of scientific research and advice on the marine environment. 

PML is looking to appoint two enthusiastic and highly motivated technical analysts to work on three key remote sensing projects: the ESA funded Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI) to improve the error characteristics of global ocean colour data for use in climate studies and oceanographic research; the NERC Earth Observation Data Acquisition and Analysis Service (NEODAAS) to provide remote sensing data in support of UK environmental research primarily in the marine area; and the EC funded Europe Africa Marine EO Network (EAMNet) that is providing EO data over Africa via the web and novel Digital Video Broadcast technology.

If successful you will undertake remote sensing data processing and analysis with NEODAAS users (post 1) or with OC-CCI and EAMNet colleagues (post 2). The work ranges from large scale (100s TB) computation through to implementation of experimental algorithms for processing satellite data. The posts will also assist with development and maintenance of the automated data processing systems; assist with remote sensing research; assist with maintenance and development of the group data dissemination tools; and develop software in a Linux environment in a variety of languages appropriate to application, e.g. Python, Java, C, Perl, PHP, Unix scripts. 

You will have a degree, or equivalent level experience, in a numerate or computer based discipline with good experience and skills in computer programming in Python, C, C++, IDL, Java or Perl preferably in a Linux environment. Experience in image processing or remote sensing would be valuable. 

Both appointments are full time, permanent positions. 

The application deadline is 1200hrs on 18 April 2011 

Interviews will be held on Monday 16th May 2011, to start as soon as possible.

For additional information and an application form, please contact: Mrs E Matthews, Human Resources Group, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK 

T: +44 (0)1752 633100 E: vacancies@pml.ac.uk

Quoting reference number: PML35611

Deckhand 

Plymouth, UK • Starting Salary £ 17,546 p.a. plus allowances 

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) is a dynamic, highly innovative, independent and impartial provider of scientific research and advice on the marine environment. 

PML’s research portfolio places particular emphasis on local marine sampling, and operates two research vessels to support local scientific requirements. The vessels are based in Plymouth and mainly operate as day runners for which and are looking for a Deckhand to join the busy team. 

This position requires a practical seaman who has experience in small ship operations. If successful you will principally be involved working on deck alongside scientists and other crew in the deployment of a wide variety of over side equipment, including trawling gear. 

You will need to be medically fit to ENG1 standard and hold basic MCA or RYA qualifications such as Sea Survival, and First Aid at Sea etc. Experience of fishing vessel operations including trawling and dredging methods would be advantageous, along with an element of basic PC skills and engineering maintenance. 

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 13 April 2011. 

Interviews will be held Thursday 28 April 2011, to start as soon as possible. 

For additional information and an application form, please contact: Mrs E Matthews, Human Resources Group, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK 

T: +44 (0)1752 633100 E: vacancies@pml.ac.uk

Collaborative Centre of the Natural Environment Research Council 

Charity No. 1091222 Company No. 4178503

Traineeships, PhD and Post-Doc Fellowships at JRC

Traineeships, PhD and Post-Doc Fellowships at JRC:
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/index.cfm?id=3720

GOCE - Mapping gravity as never before

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GOCE - Mapping gravity as never before

SGS Poster of the Great Tohoku Earthquake (northeast Honshu, Japan) of March 11, 2011 - Magnitude 9.0

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/poster/2011/20110311.php

Post Doctoral fellowship position at Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen

Post Doctoral fellowship position at Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen (Norway)

http://naturlink.sapo.pt/article.aspx?menuid=24&cid=32620&bl=1

MSc, PhD, Post-Doc - PEER Network

Vacancies (MSc, PhD, Post-Doc level) - PEER Network:
http://www.peer.eu/opportunities/vacancies/

IEEE TGRS Call For Papers: Special Issue on Recent Advances in C-band Scatterometry

http://www.grss-ieee.org/ieee-tgrs-call-for-papers-special-issue-on-recent-advances-in-c-band-scatterometry/

CALL FOR PAPERS

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Special Issue on Recent Advances in C-band Scatterometry

Focus

On 19^th October 2006 Europe launched the first satellite in its operational polar EPS system Metop. EPS consists of a series of three satellites which shall provide continuous, long-term data sets in support of operational meteorological and environmental forecasting and global climate monitoring for a minimum of 14 years. Onboard Metop is the advanced scatterometer ASCAT. ASCAT is a C-band real aperture radar which builds on the heritage of the scatterometer instruments flown on-board ERS-1 and ERS-2 since the early 1990s.

The prime objective of ASCAT is to measure wind speed and direction over the oceans. In addition, the instrument proved useful in a variety of additional applications including soil moisture, land freeze/thaw, polar sea ice extent and tropical vegetation monitoring. Apart from the irreplaceable value for operational meteorological and environmental forecasting, C-band scatterometry today also offers a unique tool for long-term climate studies by providing an archive of more then 20 years of continuous global data. Today activities are underway for the definition of Europe’s follow-on polar system Metop-Second Generation (Metop-SG). The system will replace the current satellite system in the 2020 timeframe and ensure the continuation of the European scatterometer programme.

To support this development we would like to invite the scientific community to provide their latest research results and to identify future challenges in C-band scatterometry.  Although the special issue has an emphasis on C-band scatterometry we invite the contribution of the broader scatterometer community. In particular we invite contributions of unpublished original research covering:

• Geophysical parameter retrieval from scatterometer data.
• Calibration, validation and sensor inter-calibration.
• Sensor developments in Europe, the US, China and India.
• Innovative new applications of scatterometry.

Submission Guidelines

Prospective authors should follow the regular guidelines of the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (TGRS), as listed on the inside of the back cover of the Transactions. Authors should submit their manuscripts electronically to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tgrs. Instructions for creating new accounts, if necessary, are available on the login screen. Please indicate in your submission that the paper is intended for the Special Issue by selecting “Recent advances in C-band scatterometry” from the pull-down menu for manuscript type. Questions concerning the submission process should be addressed to tgrs-editor@ieee.org. For this Special Issue, authors are encouraged to contribute to the voluntary page charges.

Guest Editors of the Special Issue are

Hans Bonekamp

European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, EUMETSAT

Klaus Scipal

European Space Agency, ESA

Dieter Klaes

European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, EUMETSAT

Mark Drinkwater

European Space Agency, ESA

Simon Yueh

California Institute of Technology – Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Inquires concerning the Special Issue should be directed to:

Klaus Scipal

European Space Agency

Klaus.Scipal@esa.int

Tel  +31 71 565 5836

Submission Deadline: May 13, 2011, with final publication in the July 2012 issue.

Homepage » Emprego » Emprego Internacional » Post Doctoral Researcher Position in Environmental Remote Sensing and Satellite Image Processing

Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi (Emirados Árabes Unidos)

 

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with strong remote sensing and image processing background to be based at Masdar Institute, Abu Dhabi (UAE). The successful candidate will contribute to the ongoing research projects focusing on the use of multi-source remote sensing data for environmental monitoring and assessment.

Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (www.masdar.ac.ae) is the world's first graduate-level university dedicated to providing real-world solutions to issues of sustainability. The Institute's goal is to become a world-class research-driven graduate-level university, focusing on advanced energy and sustainable technologies. The Institute, which was created in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), integrates theory and practice to incubate a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, working to develop the critical thinkers and leaders of tomorrow. Masdar Institute is situated in Masdar City (www.masdar.ae), an emerging global clean-technology cluster that aims to be one of the world's most sustainable urban developments, powered by renewable energy and providing students and researchers with a unique opportunity to live and learn in a true "living laboratory" environment.

Position Requirements

§        PhD in remote sensing or a related discipline preferably with some postdoctoral experience.

§        Demonstrated expertise/experience in spatio-temporal analysis and validation of multi-source satellite data.

§        Experience in advanced processing of multi-source satellite imagery in Matlab (and/or ENVI-IDL) environment.

§        Appropriate skills in batch processing large data sets and satellite database management.

§        Hands-on experience in using ESRI software ArcGIS Desktop and ability to integrate imagery with other GIS data.

§        Demonstrated ability to publish research findings in peer reviewed journals.

§        Excellent communication skills in English scientific writing/publishing and presentation.

 

The compensation package for this position is very competitive with a tax-exempt net salary ranging between US$ 70k and US$ 90k. Additional benefits include: annual two-way airfare to home country, one-time moving allowance, free comprehensive international medical coverage, professional memberships, conference attendance expenses and other components.

 

The application package should include

§        A cover letter summarizing experience and motivation for this position.
Curriculum Vitae including a list of publications.

§        Sample of relevant published research papers.

§        A list of 3 potential referees.

 

Applications should be submitted by email to Dr. Hosni Ghedira (hghedira@mit.edu). Review of applications will begin on April 1st 2011 and continue until the position is filled. The expected starting date is June 15, 2011.

PhD Position in Regional Climate Research - Austria

PhD Position in Regional Climate Research - Austria:

http://naturlink.sapo.pt/article.aspx?menuid=24&cid=32438&bl=1

Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing - special issue "Terrestrial 3D Modeling"

Contribution of the special issue on "Terrestrial 3D Modeling" on the Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

The Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (P&RS) is the official journal of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). The journal provides a channel of communication for scientists and professionals in all countries working in the many disciplines employing photogrammetry, remote sensing, spatial information systems, computer vision and other related fields.

According to the journal citations reports published by Thomson reuters, the actual impact factor for the P&RS journal is 2.308.

The theme issue seeks research as well as review contributions covering either specific aspects or the full processing pipeline for monitoring, recording, documentation and visualization of sites and objects using terrestrial data acquisition. The emphasis is on automated techniques, which are able to enhance or speed up traditional surveying techniques. Methods and approaches which are capable of handling the large data volume typical for today’s sensors are of particular interest. We also encourage submission of work that demonstrates the potential use of terrestrial models in areas such as facility management, engineering, urban management, museums and others.
Topics suitable for inclusion in the special issue are:

•    Sensor and data fusion
•    Integrated processing of point clouds, image and video
•    Automated 3D modeling pipelines
•    3D modeling of large and complex architectures
•    Benchmarking the quality of 3D models
•    Virtual reality applications
•    Multi-disciplinary applications

Papers must be original contributions, not previously published or submitted to other journals. Papers published or submitted for publication in conference proceedings may be considered, provided that they are considerably extended and improved. Substantive research and relevant-for-practice papers will be preferred. 

Papers must follow the instructions for authors available in the journal website http://www.itc.nl/isprsjournal.

Please submit the full manuscript to http://ees.elsevier.com/photo by April 5th, 2011

Please read also the call for papers available at
http://www.itc.nl/isprsjournal/cfp_terrestrial_3D_modelling.pdf

PhD Position in Regional Climate Research - Austria:
http://naturlink.sapo.pt/article.aspx?menuid=24&cid=32438&bl=1

Researcher in remote sensing and environmental modelling (MSc. Level)

http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jobDetails/33662861

9 PhD positions in GIScience

http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jobDetails/33678927

A new long term GIScience doctoral school was awarded to the University of Salzburg under the prestigious and highly competitive “DK” framework of Austria's National Science Fund (FWF). The program titled "Geographic Information Science. Integrating interdisciplinary concepts and methods" will select an initial set of fully funded PhD candidates in May/June 2011. This DK establishes a formalized doctoral education and research training programme in GIScience at the University at Salzburg by integrating PhD students into focused research clusters. The DK seeks to leverage spatial concepts, to explore scientific, educational, and policy-related uses of Geographic Information in order to elucidate the complex relationships of individuals and society with GIS. It provides a framework for scientific studies of physical as well as social phenomena. Three interconnected, interdisciplinary research clusters are established.

Description

Representations and Data Models is focused on research into the conceptual modelling of space, spatial features and phenomena, and provides a spatial view on various kinds of physical and abstract information objects in order to reveal the full potential of a 'spatial perspective'.

Time and Process research will leverage the increasing availability of real-time sensor data, the importance of process-oriented modelling, and addresses the need for temporal modelling beyond simple discrete time slices.

Spatialization, Media and Society considers user perspectives and utilizes Geographic Information communication as a hypotheses generator for geospatial research: cognitive processes lead to mental mappings which are highly relevant for personal action, which in turn modify physical and societal spaces. Concepts of spatial thinking and spatial theory are the linchpins of this innovative cross-cutting field of research.

The research clusters are logically linked, provide structure and direction for the research topics addressed, and define operational working groups for collaboration across PhD topics.
Supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), the program offers 9 scholarships for doctoral researchers at the Paris Lodron University Salzburg funded by the FWF (www.fwf.ac.at)

Requirements
Required Education level
Degree Master Degree or equivalent
Degree Field Geoinformatics, Geosciences, Computer Science
or any scientific/technical subject in a relevant field
Language English
Language Level Excellent
Contact and Information:
Erika Blaschke
University of Salzburg | Centre for Geoinformatics - Z_GIS
Doctoral College GIScience
Phone: +43 (0)662 8044 5211 | E-mail: giscience@sbg.ac.at

PhD Fellowship at IIASA (Austria)

http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/PE/Jobs/2011-MC%20ITN.html

Analysis of expected changes in ecosystems and land use patterns in relation to climate change and future economic development

A PhD position, financed by the European Community, is available within the European Marie Curie Initial Training Network "CHANGES". The position will be based principally at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) near Vienna, Austria, with short-term secondments to the Climate Change Risk Management Centre (CCRM), United Kingdom, and to the Civil Protection Agency in Fruili-Veneziana Giulia (PC-FVG), northeastern Italy.

Background:

The CHANGES network (Changing Hydro-meteorological Risks—As Analyzed by a New Generation of European Scientists) will develop an advanced understanding of how global changes related to environmental, climate, and socio-economic change will affect the temporal and spatial patterns of hydro-meteorological hazards and associated risks in Europe. It will also look at how these changes can be assessed, modeled, and incorporated into sustainable risk management strategies focused on spatial planning, emergency preparedness, and risk communication.

Research Approach:

The researcher will be expected to draw on existing socio-economic-driven land use change scenarios and to augment and downscale these where necessary, using established methods, for the specific study regions. This research, consisting of literature and methodological review to support GIS-based modeling efforts, will be based at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).

During this time, at a five-month secondment to the Climate Change Risk Management Centre (CCRM) in the United Kingdom, the researcher will identify the marginal effects of climate change on existing risks in the case study regions, drawing on the results of downscaled climate model to identify changes in risk profiles for the case study regions.

The researcher will also interact with stakeholders to identify (a) the anticipated changes in land use planning and management needed to respond to existing risk levels, and (b) the marginal additional effect of changes in risk levels due to climate change on these policy changes. This will take the form of interviews with key stakeholders, principally in the course of an Italian case study at the PC-FVG and also in the context of three other case studies in France, Poland, and Romania.
Interaction with other researchers within the CHANGES project to identify policy scenarios responding to existing risks, and as a basis for conducting conduct additional stakeholder interactions, will also take place.

Location:

The candidate will be based for 36 months at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), an international research organization concentrating on problem-oriented research using systems analysis methods, located near Vienna, Austria. At IIASA, the program on Risk, Policy, and Vulnerability (RPV) examines risk management issues combining quantitative and qualitative empirical social science research methods with quantitative modeling.

Within this period, the candidate will spend five months at the Climate Change Risk Management Centre (CCRM), United Kingdom, an association of experts, based primarily at the universities of Exeter and Oxford that provides consulting services on climate change risks focusing on hydrological and geomorphological impacts of anticipated climate change, as projected by global and regional climate models.

Another secondment period will be spend in Italy with the Civil Protection agency for the Fruili-Veneziana Giulia (PC-FVG), the authority responsible for hydrological and geological monitoring, prediction, and response for the northeastern region of Italy. While a stakeholder group in its own right, PC-FVG also has extensive experience organizing interactions with other stakeholders in the region, including municipal authorities and land use planning agencies.
Several visits will be made to the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, The Netherlands, for discussions with the supervisory team.

Supervision:

The research and the PhD will be supervised by Dr. Dagmar Schröter and Dr. Anthony Patt (IIASA), and Dr. Cees de Bie (Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente). The PhD graduate will be enrolled in the graduate school of the University of Twente.

Requirements:

Recently obtained (less than 5 years ago) Masters degree in the field of Geography, Ecology, or Environmental Science or Studies. Excellent English and at least limited ability in Italian are required. Ability in French, Polish, or Romanian is also desirable. Experience in GIS-based land use change modeling is highly advantageous, as is the ability to interpret the results of climate models o follow established methods to couple these to hydrological models in order to generate new risk maps.
Experience in engaging stakeholders, organizing interviews and focus group, and community meeting interactions is recommended.
It is expected that the candidate will participate in all meetings and workshops organized by the CHANGES research consortium—related additional funding will be available for this. The candidate must also be willing to disseminate the results within the project during the meetings, and also and, in particular, through presentations at conferences and contributions to scientific journals. Frequent interactions with other researchers in the CHANGES network, and for a liking for scientific inter-disciplinary research are important.

Elegibility:

As requested by the EC, the applicant must have resided in Austria for less than 12 months during the last three years. The applicant’s selection will be on a competitive basis.

Appointment Terms:

The contract duration is 36 months. The salary is in accordance with the EU FP7 Marie Curie ITN regulations and will consist of a competitive salary (living allowance), mobility allowance, travel allowance and career exploratory allowance. The salary is exempt from taxation in Austria but subject to the principle of income aggregation.

IIASA offers both an exceptionally beautiful working environment as well as the intellectual excitement of a truly inter-disciplinary, international research organization.

The Institute’s management and staff alike are committed to a working environment that promotes equality, diversity, and tolerance. The Institute encourages applications from all qualified candidates.

Applications:

To apply, please send a cover letter, resume (Please do not include a personal photograph), two recent examples of research work, plus names of two work-related references (including name and title, affiliation, e-mail address and telephone number) via e-mail (Word or PDF files acceptable) to:

Ms. Alia Harrison, Human Resources
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Fax: (+43) 2236 713-13
E-mail: harrison@iiasa.ac.at

Deadline for receipt of applications: 1 April 2011
Starting date: September 2011

Marie Curie Initial Training Network Programme: For more information on the Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN) Programme and Early Stage Researchers (ESR), please consult this Web site: http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions

For more information about this position, please contact Dr. Anthony Patt (patt@iiasa.ac.at).

For general information about IIASA and its research activities, please visit our IIASA Web site.

RAQRS 2002 and 2006 Proceedings books free of charge

-RAQRS 2002: Proceedings book (134 MB)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23102343/RAQRS2002_Book.pdf

-RAQRS 2006: Proceedings book (178MB)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23102343/RAQRS2006_Book.pdf

-RAQRS 2010: Cover
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23102343/RAQRS2010_cover.pdf

Open Source GIS workshops @ ICC 2011

The ICA Working Group on Open Source Geospatial Technologies will be running three Open Source GIS walk-in sessions on 5th, 6th & 7th July 2011. This event is organised as part of ICC 2011 http://www.icc2011.fr/   , the 25th Conference of the International Cartographic Association in Paris by Dr Barend Köbben (ITC, Netherlands), with support from the ICA, the local organisers and the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. 

More details at http://kartoweb.itc.nl/kobben/ICA-OSGEO-workshop/   

Everyone attending ICC 2011 are invited to the Open Source GIS sessions to learn about Open Source tools for GIS and mapping on the Web. This session will help those who are new to open source GIS to learn and use open source GIS. Many thanks to Barend and colleagues at ITC for their organisation of this. 

Spatial Modeller-Ecologist

 CSIRO, Brisbane (Austrália)
Organisation:  CSIRO (Ecosystems Sciences Division) 
Salary:  A$83K - $90K per annum plus up to 15.4% superannuation 
Reference:  2011/70 
Location:  Brisbane 
Hours:  Full Time 
Position type:  Paid 
Contract:  Permanent 
Closing date:  Sat 26 March 11 
Website:  www.csiro.au/careers 

-Are you interested in ecology, population processes and spatially explicit models?
-Would you like to do research with real-world impact?
-Join CSIRO – Australia’s premier science & technology research organisation

The Position:
Join our team in Brisbane to apply your skills in ecological modelling to inform research questions, and explore and extend data dealing with insect populations across space and time, including habitat occupancy, their movement between habitats, colonization rates, and multiple spatial scales.
This position is an opportunity to identify critical features of pest suppressive landscapes and contribute to guidelines on pest management practices that consider the landscape context whether it is through:
1. improving the integration of biodiversity conservation and agriculture, and assisting agricultural landholders to manage native vegetation or change crop rotations to benefit their industry,or
2. designing urban landscapes to achieve vector-safe communities. These projects are part of a national multi-agency collaboration, and require frequent communication, planning and decision making with team members.
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Salary: A$83K – $90K per annum plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Ref No: 2011/70

To be successful you’ll have:
-A PhD in ecological based research, preferably spatially explicit models.
-Demonstrated experience developing spatially explicit models to assist with our understanding of population processes in a landscape context over time.
-Demonstrated potential to think in abstract or lateral terms about research objectives, conceptualizing, creating hypotheses and carrying out investigations requiring originality, creativity and innovation.
-Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication, negotiation and representational skills.

About CSIRO:
Australia is founding its future on science and innovation. Its national science agency, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), is a powerhouse of ideas, technologies and skills for building prosperity, growth, health and sustainability. It serves governments, industries, business and communities.
CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences applies multidisciplinary science to the sustainability of Australia’s agriculture and forestry, built environments and biodiversity communities and industries.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND TO APPLY: Visit www.csiro.au/careers, click on “Positions Vacant”, enter reference number 2011/70, and then click on “Find Jobs Now”.