Duo receives USGIF Academic Achievement Award

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Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska (CEGE Professor and Department Chair) and Charles Toth (CEGE Professor of Research) recently received the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) Academic Achievement Award.  The Academic Achievement Award commends the achievements of a top graduate of a nationally recognized geospatial intelligence academic program.  This is the second time the duo has received a USGIF award with the first being the 2005 Academic Research Award for research on a personal navigator relevant to national security.

In the past 15 years, professors Brzezinska and Toth have significantly influenced the future of geospatial intelligence by advancing state-of-the-art geospatial data acquisition and processing technologies. Their most significant achievements include pioneering work on high-accuracy, direct sensor georeferencing algorithms and methodology; developing state-of-the-art sensor error models; developing novel compression technology for LiDAR data; and introducing an innovative and automated waveform processing method to support better point cloud generation and land-cover classification.

The USGIF Awards Program annually recognizes the exceptional work of the geospatial intelligence tradecraft’s brightest minds. Highlighting the achievements of those within the community not only recognizes those who deserve it, but also boosts morale, inspires the community, and increases interest in the field.

Article extracted from USGIF website.

Category: Faculty