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Fall 2003 Colloquium Series
John
Richards ![Dr. John Richards [photo]](../images/richards.jpg)
Thematic Mapping from Mixed Spatial Data Types
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Building 8 Auditorium - 11:00AM
(Refreshments at 10:30 AM)
Prof. John Richards will talk about Thematic Mapping
from Mixed Spatial Data Types. One of the current challenges in
remote sensing image classification is to form joint inferences about
what is observed on the earth’s surface using a range of often incommensurate
spatial data types. This talk will review progress in the area. It will
draw attention to a number of practical issues, such as the data types
being available in different places and at different times, and with
quite different mathematical characteristics. It will then discuss how
those issues impact on the analytical procedures to be adopted.
John Richards is professor
of Electrical Engineering at the Australian National University and
will shortly take up appointment as Director of the Research School
of Information Sciences and Engineering.
He was Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President
of the University from October 1998 to October 2003. Previously he worked
for eleven years at the University College, Australian Defence Force
Academy, where he served as Rector (Chief Executive Officer) from July
1996 to September 1998. He was also Head of the School of Electrical
Engineering (June 1987 to July 1996) and Deputy Rector (December 1991
to July 1996).
He graduated from the University of New South
Wales with the degrees of Bachelor of Engineering (Hons 1) and Doctor
of Philosophy, both in Electrical Engineering, in 1968 and 1972 respectively.
He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and
Engineering, and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, N.Y.
He has held sabbatical positions at Purdue University
and the University of California, Santa Barbara.
He is the author of Remote Sensing Digital
Image Analysis, Springer, Berlin (3rd edition co-authored by X.Jia,
1999).
IS&T Colloquium Committee Host: Jacqueline
Le Moigne
Jacqueline.J.LeMoigne-Stewart@nasa.gov
Sign language interpreter upon request: 301-286-8313
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