1. Distinguished Lecturer Program
David Le Vine
Program Chair
GRSS AdCom Meeting – IGARSS
Beijing, China
July, 2016

2. Distinguished Lecture Program
Objectives:
Support GRSS Chapter Activities
Provide Speakers for Chapter Meetings
Information:
Visit website ( under Education
How to Arrange a Speaker
Select topic and contact Speaker
Work with Speaker to arrange date and rough budget (Speaker will help with budget)
Fill out application form (on website) and seek approval from Program Chair

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Education

7. Distinguished Lecture Program Comments
No Cost to Chapters
Speakers are responsible for their travel expenses
Speakers are reimbursed directly by IEEE/GRSS
Chapters do not have to worry about money
Reasonable Funding Limits
National: $1750 per Visit
International: $3500 per Visit
Contact Program Chair Early
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Ask questions.

8. Distinguished Lecture Program Comments
Further Information
Website:
Program Chair:
Feedback Welcome
Suggestions for topics/speakers
Problems/issues using the program
How to improve

9. Distinguished Lecturers 2016
Lorenzo Bruzzone:
Current Scenario and Challenges in the Analysis of Multitemporal Remote Sensing Images
Gustau Camps-Valls:
Machine learning for Remote Sensing Data Analysis
Melba Crawford:
Advanced Methods for Classification of Hyperspectral Data
Hyperspectral Remotely Sensed Data: Opportunities and Challenges
Alejandro Frery
Statistics and Information Theory in Remote Sensing with SAR
Akira Hirose:
Advanced Neural Adaptive Processing in Interferometric and Polarimetric Radar Imaging
David Long:
Satellite Scatterometry: Winds, Vegetation, and Ice
Eric Pottier:
SAR Polarimetry: From Basics to Applications
H.K. “Rama” Ramapriyan:
Earth Science Informatics: An Overview
Christopher Ruf:
NASA Cyclone Globald Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) Earth Venture Mission
Carlos Scavuzzo
Landscape Epidemiology: A new high social impact area for Space Technology Application
Jiancheng Shi
Microwave Remote Sensing of Land Surface Properties: From Modeling to Observations
Valery Zavorotny
Remote Sensing Using GNSS Bistatic Radar of Opportunity;
  Measurements of Soil Moisture, Snow and Vegetation with GPS Interferometric Reflectometry

10. The DL Program is for the Chapters Please use it Thank you
David Le Vine:
Website:

11. Letter to Chapter Chairs 2016
Dear GRSS Chapter Chair,
I am sending this to remind you of the Distinguished Lecturer Program. This is a free program designed specifically to benefit our Chapters.
The Distinguished Lecturer Program provides GRSS Chapters with talks by experts on topics of interest and importance to the Geoscience and Remote Sensing community. The Chapters can choose from a changing list of topics and from speakers who are interested in coming to Chapter meetings to give a talk. The GRSS covers the cost of the visit. Details can be found at the GRSS website under "Education".
Briefly a chapter contacts a lecturer from the list of available speakers, and once the initial details of the visit have been worked out (e.g. date and a rough budget) the chapter fills out the application form. The lecturer is responsible for the budget and can help with the scheduling. The GRSS will reimburse the Distinguished Lecturers for their travel expenses. Reimbursement is directly to the lecturer from IEEE/GRSS so that the Chapter does not have to worry about financial issues.
Information about the speakers and additional details about how to take advantage of the program are available at the GRSS website (look for Distinguished Lecturer under the “Education” tab). There is a form on the website that should be submitted for approval prior to a visit.
List of Lecturers for 2016 and topics: (omitted here for lack of space)
The Distinguished Lecturers are volunteers who are willing to travel to visit your chapter. Don't hesitate to contact them. And, please feel free to contact me with questions at I will be happy to help you take advantage of this program. There are several speakers available to lecture in languages other than English.
Please take advantage of this program. It is there to help your Chapter. If there are ways we can make it serve you better, please let me know that also.
Thank you.
David Le Vine
Distinguished Lecturer Program Chair