{"id":2172,"date":"2023-07-26T23:58:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T23:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences.co.nz\/migars2024\/?page_id=2172"},"modified":"2024-01-30T05:33:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T05:33:09","slug":"organising-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.co.nz\/migars2024\/organising-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Organising Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>General Chairs<\/h1>\n\t<p>MIGARS wishes to acknowledge the below Organising Committee members for their commitment to hosting the 2024 MIGARS Conference at Shed 6, Queens Wharf, Wellington, New Zealand. Thank you for your time and contribution to the community.<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alejandro C. Frery (Victoria University of Wellington)<\/p>\n<p>Gabor Kereszturi (Massey University)<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Wilson (University of Canterbury)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.co.nz\/migars2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alejandro-Frery-Profile.jpg\" alt=\"Alejandro Frery Profile\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"648\" width=\"648\" title=\"Alejandro Frery Profile\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<h3>Alejandro C. Frery<\/h3>\n<p>Alejandro C. Frery received a B.Sc. degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the Universidad de Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina, in 1985, the M.Sc. degree in Applied Mathematics (Statistics) from the Instituto de Matem\u00e1tica Pura e Aplicada, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1990, and the Ph.D. degree in Applied Computing from the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos, Brazil, in 1993. His research interests include statistical computing and stochastic modelling. He is a Statistics and Data Science Professor at Victoria University of Wellington.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.co.nz\/migars2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20180314-WA0003-1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20180314-WA0003\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"957\" width=\"957\" title=\"IMG-20180314-WA0003\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<h3>Gabor Kereszturi<\/h3>\n<p>My research focuses on geospatial mapping and quantifying geological and environmental processes using remote sensing and field-based approaches. In particular, I have shown strong research leadership in developing new remote sensing applications in Earth Science and Agriculture. Currently as a Rutherford Discovery Fellow of the Royal Society Te Ap\u0101rangi, I have been working on understanding volcanic hydrothermal systems using hyperspectral remote sensing.<\/p>\n<p>I hold a MSc in Geography (Geoinformatics) from University of Miskolc, Hungary, and a PhD in Earth Science (Volcanology) from Massey University, New Zealand. Post-PhD, I have completed Research Officer and Senior Lecturer positions, before becoming Associate Professor at the School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.co.nz\/migars2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Matthew-Wilson.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Wilson, Spatial Science, Geography, 25.9.17\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1000\" width=\"900\" title=\"Matt Wilson, Spatial Science, Geography, 25.9.17\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<h3>Matthew Wilson<\/h3>\n<p>Matt Wilson is a Professor in Spatial Information and Director of the Geospatial Research Institute Toi Hangarau at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is a surface water hydrologist and geographical information scientist with specialisations including flood risk, surface water dynamics, water resources and uncertainty, using remote sensing, numerical modelling and machine learning methods. His current research includes leading the uncertainty theme for the NIWA-led national scale flood risk programme, the creation of a digital twin for flood resilience, and the development of machine learning algorithms for processing of novel airborne GNSS reflectometry measurements for the Rongowai remote sensing mission.<\/p>\n\t<h1>Australia-New Zealand Scientific Committee<\/h1>\n\tLi-minn Ang (University of the Sunshine Coast)<br \/>\nBrett Bamsley (MetService)<br \/>\nAlbert Bifet (University of Waikato)<br \/>\nBarbara Bollard (University of Wollongong)<br \/>\nThanh Duc Dang (NIWA)<br \/>\nThomas Dowling (University of Auckland)<br \/>\nYongsheng Gao (Griffith University)<br \/>\nFang Huang (CSIRO)<br \/>\nLaise Harris (Manaaki Whenua &#8211; Landcare Research)<br \/>\nIan Hamling (GNS Science)<br \/>\nBen Jolly (Manaaki Whenua &#8211; Landcare Research)<br \/>\nYuxin Ma (Manaaki Whenua &#8211; Landcare Research)<br \/>\nJames Moloney (CSIRO)<br \/>\nAlvaro Orsi (Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited)<br \/>\nBiswajeet Pradhan (University of Technology Sydney)<br \/>\nReddy Pullanagari (University of Adelaide)<br \/>\nPierre Roudier (Manaaki Whenua &#8211; Landcare Research)<br \/>\nWolfgang Rack (University of Canterbury)<br \/>\nStuart Phinn (University of Queensland)<br \/>\nYizhe Zhan (MetService)\n\t<h1>Technical Programme Committee<\/h1>\n\tMark Bebbington (Massey University)<br \/>\nB. S. Daya Sagar (Indian Statistical Institute)\n\t<h1>Publications Committee<\/h1>\n\tJohn Haywood (Victoria University Wellington)<br \/>\nHitendra Sarma (Vasavi College of Engineering)<br \/>\nMelody Whitehead (Massey University)\n\t<h1>Young Professionals Activities Committee<\/h1>\n\tChair: Nitin Bhatia (Massey AgriFood Digital Lab)<br \/>\nVanessa Brum-Bastos (University of Canterbury)<br \/>\nKatarzyna Sila-Nowicka (GISCience at the University of Auckland)\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.co.nz\/migars2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Nitin-Bhatia.jpg\" alt=\"Nitin Bhatia\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"255\" width=\"210\" title=\"Nitin Bhatia\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<h3>Nitin Bhatia<\/h3>\nNitin Bhatia is experienced with Hyperspectral Remote Sensing and Data Science.<br \/>\nWith over 10 years of experience in leveraging advanced techniques to extract meaningful insights from complex hyperspectral data. Proven track record of designing and implementing innovative data analysis methodologies to solve real-world problems across various industries. Strong background in image processing, spectral analysis, machine learning, and spatial data visualization.\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.co.nz\/migars2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Bastos-04E-WEB_3.jpg\" alt=\"Bastos-04E-WEB_3\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1088\" width=\"1164\" title=\"Bastos-04E-WEB_3\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<h3>Vanessa Brum-Bastos<\/h3>\n<p>Dr Vanessa Brum-Bastos is a lecturer in geographic data science at the University of Canterbury. A geographer by training, she believes that insights from spatial data can help us improve our transportation systems and cities. Her research focuses on the development of new spatiotemporal modelling techniques to use movement data (e.g., location-based services, transactional records, social media, and GPS tracking) to better understand the dynamics of human activities. She is particularly interested in using movement analysis to support more egalitarian and effective transportation planning in collaboration with practitioners and policy makers in New Zealand.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.co.nz\/migars2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sila.jpeg\" alt=\"sila\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1137\" width=\"720\" title=\"sila\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<h3>Katarzyna Sila-Nowicka<\/h3>\nKatarzyna Sila-Nowicka is currently a senior lecturer in GISCience at the University of Auckland where she has been working since 2019. Prior to that she worked for four years as a Research Associate in Urban Methods, Modelling and Simulations in the ESRC-funded Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) at the University of Glasgow, UK. She holds a PhD in Geoinformatics from the University of St Andrews, UK.<br \/>\nHer area of expertise is GIScience and urban analytics where her research interests mainly involve developing spatiotemporal analytics, modelling techniques to study and understand movement and protect privacy of movement data.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Chairs MIGARS wishes to acknowledge the below Organising Committee members for their commitment to hosting the 2024 MIGARS Conference at Shed 6, Queens Wharf, Wellington, New Zealand. Thank you for your time and contribution to the community.\u00a0 &nbsp; Alejandro C. 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