1st Summer School on Geospatial Data Acquisition: from Robotics to Satellite

The 1st Summer School on Geospatial Data Acquisition: from Robotics to Satellite is an international training event hosted by the Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra (ISEC), Coimbra, designed for MSc and PhD students, early-career researchers, engineers, and professionals working at the intersection of robotics, remote sensing, geospatial intelligence, and digital twin technologies.

Modern geospatial systems increasingly depend on the ability to combine data from multiple platforms, scales, and sensing modalities. Ground robots, UAVs, terrestrial and airborne sensors, and satellite Earth Observation systems each provide a partial view of complex environments. The challenge is no longer only to acquire data, but to transform heterogeneous observations into reliable, reusable, and decision-ready geospatial information.

This summer school addresses that challenge by offering an end-to-end perspective on geospatial data acquisition and processing workflows. Participants will be introduced to the full pipeline: from robotic and UAV-based data capture, through 3D reconstruction and point cloud processing, to remote sensing products, AI-supported interpretation, and digital twin-oriented applications.

The programme will combine lectures, demonstrations, and guided hands-on laboratories, with contributions expected around topics such as robotic sensing, ROS2-based acquisition, photogrammetry, LiDAR and image-based mapping, semantic enrichment of geospatial data, multispectral/hyperspectral and SAR Earth Observation, geospatial AI, FAIR data principles, cybersecurity, and reproducible research practices.

A key goal of the school is to bridge communities that often work in parallel: robotics and autonomous systems, geomatics and photogrammetry, Earth Observation, AI, environmental monitoring, and digital twins. Participants will therefore gain technical exposure to selected tools and methods, as well as a broader understanding of how to integrate different data sources and processing layers into scalable geospatial workflows.

The summer school is supported by the Horizon Europe I-DEAL and WildBotics projects and the CRIARTE project (Portugal 2030), promoting collaboration among academia, research centres, public-sector stakeholders, and industry partners working on trustworthy, data-driven technologies for environmental monitoring, territorial management, construction, and resilience-oriented applications.

The event will follow a limited-capacity format, combining expert-led sessions with practical interaction between participants and tutors.

 

 

Data de Publicação 2026-05-13