The 12th German GeoForum takes place November 7 -8, 2024 in Berlin. DDGI celebrates its 30th anniversay and invites paper submission for the following topics:
52°North Student Innovation Prize – Proposal chosen for implementation
52°North is committed to fostering innovation in the field of geoinformatics, focusing on the application of cutting-edge technologies to address real-world challenges. To encourage students and research software engineers pursuing a PhD to develop and apply creative ideas in the geospatial field, the 52°North Student Innovation Prize for Geoinformatics was established.
In this year’s iteration, 52°North has decided to fund the work of Simeon Wetzel, a PhD student at the Chair of Geoinformatics at the TU Dresden. Simeon will work on a novel approach to geospatial data search and discovery in the context of Research Data Infrastructures. His strong proposal identified three major problems with current search functionality in data platforms: 1) semantics of queries are not considered, 2) high quality metadata is a key factor for good search experience, 3) the complex structure of spatio-temporal data is not considered, especially in full-text search approaches.
Simeon will design an architecture that overcomes these limitations by considering Large Language Models as well as AI/ML patterns. The concept will also include sophisticated tools for automatically deriving meaningful metadata from data sets.
The conceptual phase of the project has just kicked off. Over the coming months, Simeon will work on the concept and on an implementation that can be integrated with existing Research Data Infrastructure solutions.
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Innovating Climate Services through integrating Scientific and Local Knowledge
The latest newsletter is available! Check out what the partners have been up to in the EU-funded I-CISK project and the inspiring events that took place between November 2023 – April 2024.
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Members of the AquaINFRA consortium recently met in Copenhagen for a Joint Case Study Meeting. Focusing on the four 4 case study regions: The Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and Pan-European, they demonstrated real-world applications and worked on how to proceed and enable synergies. 52°North’s Markus Konkol presented the first version of the AquaINFRA Interaction Platform (AIP), followed by a guided exercise to enhance practical understanding and application.