Recent Advances in Geoscience and Remote Sensing : Technologies, Standards and Applications

Hotel Grand Hyatt, Kochi, Kerala, IndiaOctober 17-20, 2019http://www.tencon2019.org/special_sessions.html

Invitation to TNGARSS 2019TENCON is a premier international technical conference of IEEE Region 10. The Theme forTENCON 2019 is Technology, Knowledge, and Society. TENCON 2019 is expected to bringtogether researchers, educators, students, practitioners, technocrats and policymakers fromacross academia, government, industry and non-governmental organizations to discuss, shareand promote current works and recent accomplishments across all aspects of its theme.In Association with the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, IEEE Antennas andPropagation Society and IEEE Kerala Section the TENCON Geoscience and Remote SensingSpecial Session will be held from Thursday October 17th through Sunday 20th October 20th2019 at the Hotel Grand Hyatt, Kochi, Kerala India. The main theme of the conference isRecent Advances in Geoscience and Remote Sensing : Technologies, Standards andApplications.On behalf of IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, IEEE Antennas and PropagationSociety, and IEEE Kerala Section and the TNGARSS Organizing Committee we invite you toparticipate in TNGARSS 19. Hoping to meet you at the conference.

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Special Session Chairs (TNGARSS)Naresh K. Mallenahalli, National Remote Sensing Centre (ISRO), HyderabadChinmoy Saha, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), ThiruvananthapuramTENCON 2019 General ChairsK.R.Suresh Nair, CTO-NeST GroupSameer S.M, NIT,CalicutVice Chairs Prof. B S Daya Sagar, ISI, BangaloreDr. Shiv Mohan, Ahmedabad, IndiaTechnical Program ChairsProf. Ashish Ghosh, ISI, CalcuttaDr. Avik Bhattacharya, IIT, BombayTutorial Chairs Dr. S.S. Ramakrishnan, Anna University, ChennaiDr. Pradipta Kumar Nanda, BhubaneswarPublicity and Sponsorship ChairsProf. Rama Rao, IIST, ThiruvananthapuramShri. Puneeth Mishra, URSC, BangaloreYoung Professionals Activity ChairsDr. Saurabh Das, IIT, IndoreDr. Swaroop Sahoo, IIT Palakkad, KeralaFinance ChairsShri. Munir Mohammad, IEEE IndiaDr. Saroj Meher, ISI, Bangalore

Announcement of CFP : 17 April 2019

Paper Submission Deadline : 30 June 2019

Tutorial Submission Deadline : 30 April 2019

Acceptance Notification : 15 August 2019

Camera Ready : 30 August 2019

Organizing Committee Important Dates

Location Kochi, Kerala

TENCON 2019 - GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SPECIAL SESSION (TNGARSS'19)

Contact us:- nareshm@ieee.org,csaha@ieee.org

National Organizing CommitteeDr. Amit Kumar Patra, NARL, TirupathiProf. Kamla Prasan Ray, DIAT, PuneProf. Jawad Y. Siddiqui, University of CalcuttaProf. Ashik Paul, University of CalcuttaProf. P. N. Vinayachandran, IISC, Bangalore, IndiaDr. V. Bhanumurthy, NRSC, HyderabadDr. MVR Seshasai, NRSC, HyderabadShri. Vinod Bothale, NRSC, HyderabadDr. Balaji Narasimhan, IITM, Chennai, IndiaDr. Sasmal, NRSC, Hyderabad

TNGARSS’19 provides a one stop opportunity for Sensor Developers, Data Analysts and ApplicationScientists to better understand and discuss new developments, future trends in the areas related toRemote Sensing and Geosciences. Also, it promotes exchange of ideas, networking with internationalcommunity working in the areas of interest to Geoscience and Remote Sensing.General ThemeThe conferences encourages submissions in all areas of Geoscience and Remote Sensing pertaining toEarth System including data analytics, Big data, Technologies, Calibration, Standards and Applications.Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:DSS : Use of Remote Sensing in Monitoring, Mitigating Natural Hazards and Decision SupportData Analytics : Advances in Statistical Analysis and use of Computational Intelligence in RemoteSensing ApplicationsGeo. Tech : Geospatial Data Visualization , Geo. Intelligence, Geo.AI, Drones/UAVs, Smart citiesStandards : Recent efforts in Calibration of Sensors and Development of Standards for EarthObservation.Modeling : Mathematical and Statistical Modeling in Image Simulation, Image Understanding,Extreme events, Electromagnetics, retrieval of Geophysical Parameters, Earth System dynamics.Radars : Recent advances in use of High Power Radars studies of Atmosphere and IonosphereGNSS : Advances in GNSS Reflectometry and Radio Occultation Science and ApplicationsAntennas : Improvements in design of Space borne Antennas and other Ground Systems forreceiving Remote Sensing Satellite Data.Ocean Applications: Advances and Challenges in Ocean Remote Sensing applicationsClimate Change : Remote Sensing Indicators for Climate Change and Environmental Monitoring

Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings on IEEE Explore, only if presented at theSession by one of the authors duly registered. A proposal is in progress to invite extended versions ofaccepted papers for possible publication in Special Stream of IEEE Geoscience and Remote SensingLetters and Journal of Earth System Science- Springer

Authors who wish to give a presentation are requested to submit a paper (minimum of 2 pages; maximum of 4 pages) http://www.tencon2019.org/submissions.html

International Advisory Committee Shri. AS Kiran Kumar, ISRO, IndiaProf. Adriano Camps, CommSensLab, SpainProf. Paolo Gamba, Univ. of Pavia, ItalyDr. Paul Rosen, JPL, NASADr. Akira Hirose, University of Tokyo, JapanProf. Jocelyn Chanussot, Grenoble Institute of Technology, FranceProf Jasmeet Judge, Univ. Florida, USAProf. J. Senthilnath, A*STAR, SingaporeProf. Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa, Univ. of ColoradoProf. Alejandro C. Frery, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, BrazilDr. Ramakrishna Nemani, NASA Ames Research Center, CAProf. RR Navalgund, ISRO, IndiaDr. V Jayaraman, ISRO, IndiaDr. VK Dadhwal, IIST, IndiaDr. YVN Krishnamurthy, IIST, IndiaShri. Santanu Chowdhury, NRSC, HyderabadProf. Yahia MM Antar, RMC Canada, Kingston, ON, CanadaProf. Tapan K. Sarkar, Syracuse University, USADr. Goutam Chattopadhyay , JPL, NASADr. Farid Melgani, University of Trento, ItalyProf. D. Nagesh Kumar, IISC, Bangalore, IndiaProf. Prasad Thenkabail, USGS, USAProf. Begüm Demir, Technical University of Berlin, GermanyDr. Mario Montopoli, CNR-ISAC, Italy

Local Organizing CommitteeDr. K.P. Reghunatha Menon, KSREC, IndiaDr. Suresh Francis, KSREC, ThiruvananthapuramDr. Suresh Raju C, SPL, ThiruvananthapuramDr. Deepti K Das, CUSAT, IndiaMr. V. Praveen, FISAT, KeralaMr. Anu Mohamed, GEC, Barton HillDr. Hareef Baba Shaeb K, NRSC, IndiaDr. Naveen Kumar, OsmaniaUniversityDr. Hitendra Sarma, SRIT, Ananthpur

Volunteers for TS-GRSPranav Kumar J. Singh, IIST, TrivandrumGopika, IIST, TrivandrumKeerthipriya, IIST ,TrivandrumMalika Somanath, IIST ,TrivandrumElizabeth George, IIST,TrivandrumAditya Allamraju, IIRS, DeharadunSakshi M, RITW, HyderabadNaraiah Rairala, Osmania Univ., Hyderabad

Dr. P. Balarama Rao, NRSC, HyderabadDr. OPN Calla, ICRS, JodhpurDr. Radhika Ramachandran, SPL, ThiruvananthapuramDr. S Suresh Babu, SPL, ThiruvananthapuramProf. Animesh Maitra, University of Calcutta Shri. Rohit Singh, ESRI, IndiaDr. A. Senthil Kumar, CSSTEAP, Dehra DunProf. NV Chalapathi Rao, BHU, Varanasi, IndiaDr. Haiwen Liu, Jiaotong University, ChinaDr. K.Ajith Joseph, Nansen, Kochi, IndiaDr. Hareesh Kumar, NPOL, Kochi, India

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