Another Astro-related Talk at the Science Centre

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Just passing the info here at the request of the Science Centre...
From what I see, its not on actual stars and galaxies but more on applications to business ops. ..

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ANNOUNCEMENT

A Public Lecture by
Professor Graeme WILKINSON
Dean of Applied Computing Sciences
University of Lincoln

on

SPACE AGE TECHNIQUES CAN HELP BUSINESSES

at
7pm June 14th, 2004
in
Maxwell Auditorium
Singapore Science Centre
15 Science Centre Road
Singapore 609081


Brought to you by :
University of Lincoln Alumni Singapore

Programme for the Evening
7:00pm Congregation
7:30pm Introduction by Facilitator
Professor Wilkinson's Presentation
8.15pm Q&A
8:30pm Refreshment
9.00pm End of Programme

RSVP to <mailto:space@science.edu.sg> space@science.edu.sg
or fax 65659533 (Attn: KT PANG)
Before June 11th, 2004

SYNOPSIS

SPACE AGE TECHNIQUES CAN HELP BUSINESSES
Professor Graeme G WILKINSON, Dean of Applied Computing Sciences at the University of Lincoln, has been researching satellite surveillance
techniques for over 20 years. He believes that businesses in
Lincolnshire and elsewhere can use satellite images from space to
improve their performance. He encourages businesses (farmers in
particular) to investigate the potential uses of environmental
monitoring from space with the large number of satellites now orbiting
above. Professor Wilkinson will talk about techniques for using satellite
photographs to make maps of landscapes. While already achieving
impressive results, more research on (some of) the methods used in
enhancing and exploiting satellite pictures is needed.

OUR DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER
Professor Graeme G WILKINSON
Dean of Faculty & Graduate School
Department of Computing & Informatics
Faculty of Applied Computing Sciences
University of Lincoln
<mailto:gwilkinson@lincoln.ac.uk> gwilkinson@lincoln.ac.uk

His Research Interests
o Satellite image classification, particularly using neural
networks
o Application of these techniques in land-use, monitoring and
planning.

His Latest Papers & Presentations

D. R. Greenhill, L. T. Ripke, A. P. Hitchman, G. A. Jones, and G. G.
Wilkinson (2003): Characterization of suburban areas for land use
planning using landscape ecological indicators derived from Ikonos-2
multispectral satellite imagery, IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote
Sensing, 41, 9, 2015-2021.

G. G. Wilkinson (2003): Are remotely sensed image classification
techniques improving ? Results of a long term trend analysis, Proc. IEEE
Workshop on Advances in Techniques for Analysis of Remotely Sensed Data,
held at NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland, 27-28 October 2003.

D. Greenhill, L. T. Ripke, A. P. Hitchman, G. A. Jones, and G. G.
Wilkinson (2003): Use of lacunarity index to characterize sub-urban
areas for land use plannning using IKONOS-2 imagery, Proceedings IEEE
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society/International Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Joint Workshop, 22-23 May, pp.
294-298.