AGSS 2014 - Agro-geoinformatics Summer School in China

Agro-geoinformatics Summer School in China
Offered by George Mason University (GMU) and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
Time: August 4-15, 2014
Place: Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning (IARRP) and Graduate School, CAAS, Beijing, China
Pre-requisites: None
Description: The summer school will cover the fundamental concepts, methodologies, and recent advances in agro-geoinformatics, as well as the agro-geoinformatics research and applications in China. Major aspects of the science and technology for handling digital agro-geoinformation, such as collecting, processing, storing, archiving, preserving, retrieving, visualizing, analyzing, disseminating, and using agro-geoinformation will be discussed. The summer school will include both classroom lectures and field trips. The lectures will be given by both U.S. and Chinese scientists. Several renowned Chinese scientists have been invited to give lectures at the summer school. Field trips will visit agro-geoinformatics research facilities and some Chinese cultural and historic sites. The lectures will be given in English or with English translations. In addition to students from U.S. universities, the school will include students from Chinese institutions. The summer school will be held in conjunction with the Third International Conference on Agro-Geoinformatics (Agro-Geoinformatics 2014) on August 11-14, 2014. All summer school students from US institutions will receive a free registration (valued at least $295) to attend the conference as a part of the summer school activities. The summer school is open to senior undergraduate students, graduate students and junior faculty members.
Cost: $600 mandatory fee to cover room and board (double occupancy at dorms for 8/3-8/16 and meal at student dining halls) in China and the transportation for the field trips. The students are responsible for transportations between home and the summer school site. Extra stays in the dorms are possible with extra fees. If the attendees want to receive 3 course credits from GMU, tuition and additional fees will be applied. For details on the course selection and tuitions, please visit http://globaled.gmu.edu/programs/facultyled/summer...
Scholarship: Multiple $1,000 or more scholarships are available to the summer school students from US institutions on competitive bases. To apply for the scholarship, please send your CV (or resume) and a personal statement of no more than one page explaining why you want to attend the summer school by email to Dr. Ruixin Yang at ryang-AT-gmu.edu and Dr. Zhengwei Yang at zhengwei.yang-AT-nass.usda.gov before April 15, 2014. One field trip site is at 116?35’9’’E longitude and 39?35’58’’N latitude. You may use that information to enhance your statement for the scholarship. The scholarship will be paid to winners after successfully finishing the program.
Registration: To register the summer school, please access the following page: http://www2.csiss.gmu.edu/agrogeoinfo2014/summer_s.... The registration remains open until all seats are filled.
For detail and updated information about the summer school, please visit http://agro-geoinformatics2014.org/school.html.
Questions: For questions, please contact: Prof. Ruixin Yang at ryang-AT-gmu.edu or 703-993-3615.