Bhubaneswar (25/01/2024): The
Valedictory Ceremony of the 3-day workshop on ‘Data Science and Machine Learning for Remote Sensing’ was held at IIIT
Bhubaneswar on Thursday.
The National Workshop was
jointly organised by IEEE GRSS Kolkata Chapter and IEEE AP-S.
The event saw participation by over 50
students and resource persons affiliated to many premiere institutes across the country.
The three-day event comprised stimulating lectures and discussion sessions on various topics associated
with Big Data, Image Processing, Remote Sensing, Spatial Data and Risk Analysis.
Certain sessions also
included a discussion on the hands-on tools for tackling the urgent problems of climate crisis and disaster
management.
All three days of the workshop included multiple lecture sessions by academics, researchers and
industry experts from various organisations.
This was followed by enthusiastic presentations from the
participants who discussed their own novel insights and ongoing research on these themes.
The workshop
provided an enabling platform for students, researchers and faculties for connecting with each other over
possibilities of collaboration and future technical endeavours.
The welcome address during the valedictory ceremony was delivered by Prof.Ashish Ghosh (Director,
IIIT Bhubaneswar) who conveyed his warm wishes for the successful completion of the workshop.
To grace the
occasion as Chief Guest, Dr.Ramanuj Narayan (Director, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar) was present.
He
delivered an inspiring address emphasising the significance of such research initiatives in our current times.
The
closing session also witnessed other eminent Guests of Honour including Prof.Pradipta Kumar Nanda (VC,
SOA Deemed University) and Pradeep Kumar Mishra (Senior Director, DELL).
Dr.Lipika Das anchored the
closing ceremony and Dr.Sanjeev Kumar Mishra (Convener) of IIIT Bhubaneswar delivered the vote of thanks.
The national workshop turned out to be another fruitful initiative in a series of vibrant academic events being
held lately at IIIT Bhubaneswar.