1. Western New York GRSS Chapter Status and Activities 2017
Emmett Ientilucci, Ph.D., Chapter Chair
Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Lab
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

2. Western New York Chapter History
Officially formed by Dr. John Kerekes of RIT on May 27, 2007
WNY Chapter spans 5 IEEE Sections of Region 1, Area D:
Rochester, NY (Rochester serves as the parent Section)
Binghamton, NY
Buffalo, NY
Ithaca, NY
Syracuse, NY

3. Current Chapter Officers and Membership
Chapter Chair: Emmett Ientilucci, RIT
Chapter Vice-Chair: Sildomar Monteiro, RIT
Chapter Secretary: John Kerekes, RIT
Buffalo Section Coordinator: Bea Csatho, University at Buffalo
Ithaca Section Coordinator: Bill Philpot, Cornell University
Syracuse Section Coordinator: Jay Kyoon Lee, Syracuse University
Binghamton Section Coordinator: Open
Membership and Promotion
20 members current
One person attends the Rochester IEEE Section monthly meeting
An additional venue for advertising our activities (2 pages in RES)
Eases interfacing with the Section Treasurer to access Chapter funds

4. GRSS Sponsored Seminars in 2017
March 1, 2017
Sunnier than a Sunny Day: Recet Advances in Hyperspectral Image Simulation for Partly Cloudy Scenes
Dr. Robert Sundberg, President Spectral Sciences, Inc. Burlington MA October 18, 2017
Candidate Imager Architectures for Sustainable Land Imaging
Jeffery Puschell, Principal Engineering Fellow, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, CA
October 20, 2017
The 2017 STRATUS Workshop
Dr. Emmett Ientilucci, General Chair, RIT
December 6, 2017
Thermal Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging: Instrumentation and Applications
Martin Chamberland, Vice President of Technology, Telops, Inc., Quebec, Canada

5. 2017 IEEE GRSS STRATUS Workshop
Systems and Technologies for Remote Sensing Applications Through Unmanned Aerial Systems
Aim is to facilitate interaction between academic researchers, industry researchers and students working in Remote Sensing utilizing UAS
81 people registered
23 Entities (company, university, etc. Last year 13)
2 Keynote Speakers (Headwall Photonics and RIT)
12 Oral presentations
29 students
2 Days of Sold Out tutorials
Labsphere on Calibration
Pix4D on Photogrammetry and mapping

6. STRATUS 2017 Photos

7. Looking at 2018
March 28, NIST. Hyperspectral Imaging Standards and Alternative Methods of Sensor Evaluation, David Allen, NIST
March 28, MX1: A Nnew Multi-Modal UAS Payload System with High Accuracy GPS and IMU, Timothy Bauch, RIT
September 19, Dr. Michael Gazarik, VP Engineering, Ball Aerospace
October 3, Prof. Joseph Shaw, Montana State University
STRATUS will be Feb Much larger committee.
RIT, Cornell University, Univ. of Buffalo, Syracuse University
Also, Entertaining the Distinguished Lecture Program