International Lecture
The 9th ISDE International Lectures, with the theme of “Scientific Model Sharing for the Digital Earth”, was given on March 27, 2024, 9:00 - 10:30 am (CET). The audience engaged in presentations delivered by three distinguished speakers. They delved into big earth data analytics in the Digital Earth, shedding light on a paradigm for open model sharing and scientific models sharing facilities.
Theme: Scientific Model Sharing for the Digital Earth
Date & Time: March 27, 2024, 9:00 - 10:30 pm (CET)
Organized by: International Society for Digital Earth
Supported by: International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals
International Journal of Digital Earth
Big Earth Data
Invited Speakers:
Stefano Nativi (National Research Council of Italy)
Paolo Mazzetti (National Research Council of Italy)
Mattia Santoro (National Research Council of Italy)
Moderator:
Paolo Mazzetti (National Research Council of Italy)
Programme:
9:00-9:05 | Welcome and Introduction |
9:05-9:25 | Topic: Big Earth Data Analytics in Digital Earth Speaker: Stefano Nativi (National Research Council of Italy) |
9:25-9:45 | Topic: Model-as-a-Resource: A Paradigm for Open Model Sharing Speaker: Paolo Mazzetti (National Research Council of Italy) |
9:45-10:05 | Topic: Facilitating Scientific Models Sharing: Architectures and Technologies for Enabling Access and Use of MaaR Speaker: Mattia Santoro (National Research Council of Italy) |
10:05-10:30 | Group Photo Q&A |
Short Bio of Invited Speakers:
Stefano Nativi
National Research Council of Italy
Stefano Nativi works for the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), where he was head of a research unit on geospatial information science, for over 10 years. He is currently seconded to the Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Union, in Brussels (Belgium), as scientific attaché for digital and cybersecurity dossiers. He was “Big Data Lead Scientist” at the European Commission's Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (JRC) for 5 years. He is Vice-Chair of the International Advisory Board of International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS) and a member of International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE). He created and chaired the Earth and Space Sciences Informatics Division of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), for 5 years. He is editor-in-chief of the journal Big Earth Data and co-editor of the “AI section” of the journal Remote Sensing. He has received the Ian McHarg Medal of the EGU, the Geospatial Innovation Award of the Geospatial World Forum (GWF) and the Meritorious Service Medal of the IEEE Committee on Earth Observations (ICEO). He has taught at the universities of Padua and Florence, Italy, and Friedrich Schiller in Jena, Germany. He holds a master's degree in Telecommunications Engineering and a PhD in “Methods and Systems for Environmental Monitoring”.
Paolo Mazzetti
National Research Council of Italy
Paolo Mazzetti is Acting Director of CNR-IIA. He holds a degree in Electronic Engineering and a degree in Philosophy of Science. He taught “Telematics” at the University of Florence at Prato for a degree in Information Engineering for seven years. His research activities focus on the integration of information science and technologies with Earth and environmental sciences for the generation of actionable knowledge from Big Earth Data. He has more than fifteen years of experience in the design and development of infrastructures and services for geo-spatial data sharing and processing in the context of national, European (FP7, CIP, H2020, HORIZON) and global initiatives. He has been Principal Representative of Italy in the GEO Programme Board. He is the co-chair of the GEOSS Platform Operation Team (GPOT) and member of the GEOSS Infrastructure Development Task Team (GIDTT). He has been a member of the GEO Secretariat Expert Advisory Group (EAG) and of the GEO Institutions Development Implementation Board (IDIB). He is Coordinator of the LIFE NewLife4Drylands project and member of the National Working Group on Land Degradation Neutrality.
Mattia Santoro
National Research Council of Italy
Mattia Santoro is researcher at the Division of Florence of CNR-IIA. He has a Ph.D. in Methods and Technologies for Environmental Monitoring at the University of Basilicata, Italy. He obtained a degree in computer science at the University of Florence, Italy. He has been working at the Earth and Space Science Informatics Laboratory (ESSI-lab) of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) since 2007. His research interests deal with multidisciplinary interoperability, designing and developing infrastructures and services for geo-spatial resources, with particular focus on semantic discovery and environmental models interoperability. He coordinates the Geospatial Artificial Intelligence and Information Sharing (GAINS) Working Group of the CNR-IIA. He participated in several research projects and initiatives funded by EC (FP7, H2020), US NSF, and National R&I frameworks. He coordinates the design and development of the VLab framework. He is responsible for the GEO Discovery and Access Broker (GEO DAB) operational environment, and is a member of GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI) Operations Foundational Task GEOSS Platform Operations Team and of the GEOSS Infrastructure Development Task Team.
