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J Geod (2012) 86:305–307DOI 10.1007/s00190-012-0551-x
IAG NEWSLETTER
IAG newsletter
Gyula Tóth
© Springer-Verlag 2012
The IAG Newsletter is under the editorial responsibility of theCommunication and Outreach Branch (COB) of the IAG. Itis an open forum and contributors are welcome to send mate-rial (preferably in electronic form) to the IAG COB ([email protected]). These contributions should complementinformation sent by IAG officials or by IAG symposia orga-nizers (reports and announcements). The IAG Newsletter ispublished monthly. It is available in different formats fromthe IAG new internet site: http://www.iag-aig.org.
Each IAG Newsletter includes several of the followingtopics:
I. general information
II. reports of IAG symposia
III. reports by commissions, special commissions or study
groups
IV. symposia announcements
V. book reviews
VI. fast bibliography
Books for review are the responsibility of:C.C. TscherningUniversity of CopenhagenDepartment of GeophysicsCopenhagen, DenmarkFax: +45 35365357E-mail: [email protected]
G. Tóth (B)IAG Communication and Outreach Branch,MTA-BME Research Group for Physical Geodesyand Geodynamics, Department of Geodesy and Surveying,Budapest University of Technology and Economics,1521 Budapest, Hungarye-mail: [email protected]: http://www.iag-aig.org/
General announcements
IAG monthly news for GIM–IAG page in the GIMInternational January 2012
The IAG become a partner with the magazine GIM Inter-national from the start of 2012. We would join sister geo-spatial organisations such as the FIG, ISPRS, ICA, GSDI& OGC in having a monthly page of news. The first articletitled “What is Geodesy?” for the January 2012 issue of GIMis available from http://www.gim-international.com/issues/articles/id1821-What_is_Geodesy.html.
The IAG Executive Committee, photographed in San Francisco on 5th
December 2011. First row: Harald Schuh, Chris Rizos, Ivan MuellerSecond row: Hermann Drewes, Ruth Neilan, Hansjörg Kutterer Thirdrow: Dorotha Brzezinska, Tonie van Dam, Tom Herring Fourth row:Riccardo Barzaghi, Helmut Hornik, Pascal Willis Fifth row: Urs Marti,Richard Gross, Szabolcs Rózsa
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Invitation for proposals for changes to the IAG statutesand bylaws
Article 16 of IAG’s Statutes specifies that the Associationshall review its Statutes and Bylaws to ensure an up-to-datestructure of its scientific organization every 8 years. Last timesuch a review was initiated about 8 years ago under the presi-dency of Gerard Beutler. It is now therefore time that we againtake a fresh look at our Statutes and Bylaws. To achieve thisgoal, a Review Committee (traditionally called the CassinisCommittee) was appointed in the fall of 2011 by the IAGExecutive. The committee is chaired by Michael Siderisand includes as members Harald Schuh and Ruth Neilan.A proposal with all suggested revisions will be made by theCassinis Committee for consideration by the IAG Execu-tive and possibly the Council at the 2013 Scientific Assem-bly. In this way, we are hoping to get the Council’s reactionand input to the proposed changes before these are final-ized and approved at the next IUGG General Assembly in2015.
With this announcement, the Cassinis Committee isinviting proposals for changes of any article of the Stat-utes and Bylaws. Proposals can be submitted through theIAG website Forum (http://www.iag-aig.org/proposals). Theactual Statutes and By-laws can be found on the IAG web-site. All proposals submitted between February 1, 2012and February 1, 2013 will be considered by the CassinisCommittee.
We are very much looking forward to receiving yourcontributions.
Michael Sideris, Harald Schuh,Ruth Neilan, Yoichi Fukuda
Chris Rizos elected to ION 2012 fellow membership
The Institute of Navigation (ION) announced that Profes-sor Chris Rizos is a recipient of the 2012 Fellow Member-ship during the ION International Technical Meeting (ITM)2012 in Newport Beach, California January 30–February 1,2012.
Election to Fellow membership recognizes the distin-guished contributions of The Institute of Navigation mem-bers to the advancement of the technology, management,practice and teaching the arts and science of navigation;and/or lifetime contributions to the Institute.
Professor Chris Rizos has been elected for sustained con-tributions to the practice and management of satellite navi-gation research; and for leadership representing the satellitenavigation community in Australia.
IAG COB
Reports
PolyU hosts the joint international symposium ondeformation monitoring
2–4 November 2011, Hong Kong, China
About 200 leading experts, researchers, industry practitio-ners and students from 27 countries and regions gatheredat Harbour Grand Kwoloon Hotel during 2–4 November2011 for the Joint International Symposium on DeformationMonitoring (JISDM 2011). The Symposium was organizedby the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics(LSGI) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU),International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Working Group6.1: Deformation Measurement, International Association ofGeodesy (IAG) Sub-Commission 4.2: Applications of Geod-esy in Engineering, IAG Sub-Commission 4.4: Applicationsof Satellite and Airborne Imaging Systems, and the Engi-neering Surveying Sub-Society of the Chinese Society forGeodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography.
The opening ceremony of the 3-day Symposium was offi-ciated by Prof. Judy Tsui, PolyU Vice President (Interna-tional and Executive Education), Mr. Wong Chung Hang,Deputy Director of Lands Department of Hong Kong Spe-cial Administrative Region Government, Professor GethinRoberts, representative of FIG, and Professor Guenther Ret-scher, representative of IAG.
Six prominent international and local experts were invitedto deliver keynote speeches at the Symposium, includingProf. R.F. Hanssen of Delft University of Technology, The
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Netherland, Dr. M. Shimada of Earth Observation ResearchCenter, Japan, Prof. C.K. Shum of Ohio State University,USA, Prof. Y.Q. Chen of Department of Land Surveyingand Geo-Informatics of PolyU, Prof. W. Lienhart of GrazUniversity of Technology, Austria, and Prof. Y.X. Yang ofXian Research Institute of Surveying and Mapping, Chinaand Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In front row, Professor Judy Tsui, PolyU Vice President, Mr. WongChung Hang, Deputy Director of Lands Department, Professor GethinRoberts, Representative of FIG, and Professor Ramon Hanssen, akeynote speaker at the opening ceremony.
Structural failures such as collapses of bridges and build-ings and geohazards caused by events such as landslides,ground subsidence and earthquakes are world-wide problemsthat often lead to significant economic and life losses. It istherefore important to carry out systematic research to bet-ter understand and manage these problems. The symposiumprovided a forum for sharing latest research results, ideasand experiences in monitoring deformations of both naturalphenomena and man-made structures.
The symposium was supported financially by the Facultyof Construction and Environment (FCE) of PolyU and somecorporations.
For more details of the symposium, please visit its officialwebsite: http://dma.lsgi.polyu.edu.hk.
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