Call for Participation (CfP) The second Algerian Geoscience and Remote Sensing Summer School 2018 (2nd AGR3S 2018)

	Agence Spatiale Algérienne Centre des Techniques Spatiales

Call for Participation (CfP)
The second Algerian Geoscience and Remote Sensing Summer School 2018
(2nd AGR3S 2018)

Preamble:
Co-hosted by the Centre des Techniques Spatiales (CTS)/Agence Spatiale Algérienne (ASAL) and the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing (GRSS) Algeria Chapter, the 2nd Algerian Geoscience and Remote Sensing Summer School (2nd AGR3S 2018) will be held from 8 to 12 July 2018 (5 days), at the CTS in Arzew, Algeria.

During this school, the following topics will be considered: Algerian Earth Observation Program and its products and thematic applications, Pattern Recognition/Machine Learning/Deep Learning in Remote Sensing, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, and Radar Remote Sensing.

Objectives:
The 2nd AGR3S 2018 will offer an opportunity to highlight the Algerian Earth Observation Program (handled by the ASAL and its operational entities) and its products and thematic applications. Also, this school will offer a great occasion to gain an education, at the most Algerian research center in geoscience and remote sensing (GRS) fields, in a wide range of advanced GRS signal and image processing techniques and their applications.

Audience:
The target audience (30~40 participants) for this school is: students (PhD, under-graduate and graduate), engineers/researchers/teachers, and professionals attracted in GRS in both academic and industrial fields.

Committees:
Honor Chair: Dr. Habib Mahi (CTS/ASAL, Arzew, Algeria)
General Chair: Dr. Moussa Sofiane Karoui (CTS/ASAL, Arzew, Algeria)
General Co-Chair: Dr. Boularbah Souissi (USTHB, Algiers, Algeria)

Scientific committee:
Dr. Habib Mahi (CTS/ASAL, Arzew, Algeria)
Dr. Moussa Sofiane Karoui (CTS/ASAL, Arzew, Algeria)
Dr. Salem Kahlouche (CTS/ASAL, Arzew, Algeria)
Dr. Farah Benharrats (CTS/ASAL, Arzew, Algeria)
Dr. Kamel Hasni (CTS/ASAL, Arzew, Algeria)
Dr. Boularbah Souissi (USTHB, Algiers, Algeria)
Dr. Abdelhamid Daamouche (UMBB, Boumerdes, Algeria)
Dr. Rachid Nourine (INTTIC, Oran, Algeria)
Prof. Salim Chitroub (USTHB, Algiers, Algeria)
Prof. Hadria Fizazi (USTO, Oran, Algeria)

Local organizing committee:
Mr. Khelifa Djerriri (CTS/ASAL, Arzew, Algeria)
Mr. Issam Boukerch (CTS/ASAL, Arzew, Algeria)
Mr. Walid Rabehi (CTS/ASAL, Arzew, Algeria)
Mr. Abderrahmane Fouzi (CTS/ASAL, Arzew, Algeria)
Miss Fatima Zohra Benhalouche (CTS/ASAL, Arzew, Algeria)
Miss Sarah Rabia Cheriguenne (CTS/ASAL, Arzew, Algeria)
Miss Yasmine Kheira Benkouider (CTS/ASAL, Arzew, Algeria)
Miss Asmaa Madina Missoumi (CTS/ASAL, Arzew, Algeria)

Lecturers:
In addition to the CTS/ASAL team, the 2nd AGR3S 2018 school lecturers are prestigious international experts in the GRS fields:

      Dr. Yakoub Bazi (King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA),
      Prof. Yannick Deville (IRAP-UPS, Toulouse, France),
      Dr. Michele Crosetto (CTTC, Barcelona, Spain),
      Dr. Mauro Dalla Mura (GIPSA-Lab, Grenoble, France).

Important dates:
      CV submission deadline: June 3, 2018
      Notification: June 17, 2018
      2nd AGR3S 2018: July 8-12, 2018

 Registration fees:
The registration fees cover accommodation, documentation, coffee breaks and lunches during the school.

*Evidence proving student position must be shown to the organizing committee during the on-site registration.

Contacts:
            Surface mail: CTS, 01 Avenue de la Palestine, BP 13, 31200, Arzew, Algeria.
            Website: https://www.asal.dz/agr3s18.html
            Electronic mail: agr3s18@cts.asal.dz

Sponsors:

Final program:

OC: Opening Ceremony, AEOP: Algeria Earth Observation Program, PS: Poster Session, PR/ML/DL: Pattern Recognition/Machine Learning/Deep Learning, RS: Remote Sensing, HRS: Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, RRS: Radar Remote Sensing, PW: Practical Work, AIP: Algerian Image Products, CC: Closing Ceremony, TT: Touristic Tour.

Interested participants are requested to submit, by email, their CV and the following participation form: participation form file link (with extended abstract “1 page” for PhD students with poster presentation).