Conferences
HSRH Conference
In August of 2000, BioMedware held its first project conference. This meeting opened the High Spatial Resolution Hyperspectral Project, for developing new software tools to use this innovative imagery in exposure assessment studies.
Goals
Section of HSRH remotely sensed imagery from
Yellowstone National Park
During this meeting each participant will develop a clearer understanding of the current uses of remotely sensed imagery in the environmental and health sciences; and will evaluate how HSRH imagery can be used in exposure assessment. We will provide recommendations for a new analysis tool for exposure assessment from HSRH imagery, "Tycho." By the close of the meeting we will have:
- Discussed current applications of lower resolution and HSRH imagery in the environmental and health sciences.
- Identified opportunities and potential problems in the use of HSRH imagery in exposure assessment.
- Revised and accepted the vision statement for the software e.g. "The purpose of the Tycho system is to provide methods for ...."
- Listed the full requirements and uses for the software e.g. "The software will assess environmental exposure through habitat quantification"
- Fill in details for uses to be implemented in the prototype software.
As a team we will brain-storm to develop a brief document summarizing the vision, requirements and use cases for the prototype software system.
Agenda
Wednesday August 16, 2000—Cutting-edge methods for HSRH exposure assessment
Overview of meeting plans, Geoffrey Jacquez
Overview of High Spatial Resolution, Hyperspectral Imagery, W. Andrew Marcus and Richard Aspinall
Exposure Assessment from Remotely Sensed Images
Detecting stream microhabitats using HSR-hyperspectral imagery, W. Andrew Marcus
Risk assessment from remotely sensed images for vector-borne diseases: what level of resolution is necessary? Uriel Kitron
Assessing emerging infectious disease risk: role of hyperspectral and high spatial resolution satellite images , Mark Wilson
Spatial Analysis of Large Images
Analysis in hyperspectral remote sensing—A GIScience perspective , Richard Aspinall
Landscape Ecology and Spatial Pattern Statistics Applied to High Spatial Resolution Imagery at Alpine Treeline, Dan Brown
Modeling spatial dependence in massively large geo-referenced data sets, Dan Griffith
Automatic selection of Markov random fields, Francesco Lagona
Comparison of boundary- and area-focused overlap: Application to stream morphological units in Soda Butte Creek, Montana, using high-resolution hyperspectral imaging, Susan Maruca
HSRH Information Systems
Is there a future for Geostatistics in Remote Sensing and Exposure Assessment? Pierre Goovaerts
Real-time Risk Assessment from Distributed Data, Elaine Florio
Object-Relational DBMSs: Power Tools for Building Large Image Applications, Jignesh Patel
Publication Details, Geoff Jacquez
Thursday August 17, 2000—What should the software be like?
Introduction to approach, Leah Estberg
What is our vision for the software?, Roundtable discussion/synthesis on opportunities/problems from day 1.
Who will use the software? Define the user groups
What will they do with it?
Working groups for each user group (max 4): Each group should identify a "wish list" for the full software system (what should the software do?), including specific methods, unique methods (not available in existing software), and focus on unique opportunities and their solutions
What will they do with it? Return to main group and present working group "wish lists"
Given the opportunities and potential problems, what should be implemented in the software prototype to demonstrate feasibility? Reconcile "wish lists," settle on what goes into the prototype, develop/sketch primary use case including: what data go into the system, how will it be entered, and what will be the graphical views?
Evaluate and prioritize "wish lists" individually
Closing remarks, Geoff Jacquez
Participants
Richard Aspinall, Ph.D., Professor, Director of the Geographic Information and Analysis Center, Montana State University
Dan Brown, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, The University of Michigan
Leah Estberg, DVM, Ph.D. , Senior Scientist, BioMedware, Inc.
Pierre Goovaerts, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the University of Michigan
Dunrie Greiling, Ph.D. , Research Associate, BioMedware, Inc.
Dan Griffith, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Geography, Syracuse University
Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D. , President, BioMedware, Inc.
Uriel Kitron, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Division of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Francesco Lagona, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University Roma Tre, Dept. of Social Sciences
Richard Levenson, M.D. , Technical Director, Biomedical Systems, Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Ltd.
W. Andrew Marcus, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University
Susan Maruca, M.S. , Research Associate, BioMedware, Inc.
Jignesh Patel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Michigan
Mark Wilson, D.Sc., Professor, Departments of Biology and Epidemiology, The University of Michigan
Publications
Many of the papers presented at this workshop were published in a special issue of the Journal of Geographical Systems (JGS), volume 4, issue 1, 2002 (Table of Contents).