Cloud Frontiers: A Deep Dive into Serverless Spatial Data and FME
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1. THE STEREO PROGRAMME
Space applications for BE, BRUSSELS â 19 June 2014
Pieter Rottiers and Joost Vandenabeele
2. ď Development of Technology via ESA (since
1975) and bilateral programmes (mainly with
France, since 1979)
⢠SPOT and SPOT Vegetation
⢠PROBA-V
⢠Pleiades
⢠APEX
ď In parallel: Development of Applications â
Support of scientific use of remote sensing
data via national programmes
⢠dedicated RS programmes (e.g. STEREO)
⢠other programmes (e.g. international cooperation)
Remote sensing in Belgium: a dual approach
3. The first Belgian remote sensing programme
⢠Establishment of first Belgian remote sensing
research programme,TELSAT, in 1984
ďObjectives
ď§ Create a national remote sensing research
capacity
ď§ Explore possibilities of SPOT imagery for
agriculture, forestry and cartography
4. ⢠Thirty years of continuity in funding
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Budget national remote sensing programmes
Budget (MâŹ)
From TELSAT I to STEREO III âŚ
5. ⢠Common thread:
ď Support and build Belgian remote sensing expertise
ď Support scientific use of data from âBelgianâ sensors:
SPOT, ERS, VGT, PLEIADES, APEX, PROBA-V
⢠Evolution â increasing emphasis on:
ď International visibility of Belgian research results
ď Training and education
ď Interaction with users
ď Transfer of knowledge to industry and public
administrations
ď Development of applications
⌠30 years of national remote sensing
programmes
6. ⢠By administrations and NGOs: direct support for
pre-operational application possible via STEREO
By industry
ďSupport for industrial research outside
space s.s. is a regional competence
â only indirect support via STEREO
possible
Development of applications on federal level
7. The STEREO III programme
⢠STEREO III = Support to the Exploitation
and Research in Earth Observation
⢠Approved in September 2013
⢠Duration: 2014 â 2020
⢠Budget: 28,6 M EURO
⢠Duration in line with ECâs Horizon 2020
programme
⢠Launch of the first call for proposals in 2013
8. STEREO III: Objectives
⢠Support innovative quality research in the field of
remote sensing
⢠Stimulate the development of new remote sensing
applications
⢠Keep/put Belgium on the map as international centre
of expertise in a number of remote sensing fields
⢠Secure integration of Belgian teams in international
partnerships
⢠Support Belgiumâs RS instruments/platforms
⢠Support of new technologies such as LIDAR, UAV, âŚ
⢠Introduce use of remote sensing in new disciplines
and to new users
⢠Promote remote sensing
9. Thematic focus
In line with GMES/Copernicus (terrestrial and
marine) and STEREO II
1. Global monitoring of vegetation and
evolution of terrestrial ecosystems
2. Management of the environment on a local and
regional scale (water, soil, forest, nature reserves
and biodiversity, agriculture, coastal areas, urban
and peri-urban areas)
3. Interaction between (change in) land cover and
climate change
4. Epidemiology and humanitarian aid
5. Security and risk management
10. Programme Structure
⢠Research
1. Thematic network projects
2. Exploration projects
3. Shared cost projects
⢠Development of applications
⢠Support of research and Belgian
infrastructure and applications
⢠Helpdesk services
CALL 2013
In line with STEREO II
11. Research: Project types
1. Thematic network projects
⢠Duration: 4-5 years
⢠Min. 3 teams
⢠Large multidisciplinary projects: ranging from
fundamental research to development of applications
⢠International partner mandatory
⢠Interaction with potential users of research results
mandatory
⢠Small scale projects: 1-3 years / 1-3 teams
⢠Objectives:
â Test new concepts, technologies and sensors
â Test new research track resulting from previous
BELSPO RS linked research
2. Exploration projects
12. Research: Project types
3. Shared cost projects
⢠Outside call for proposals
⢠Funding of Belgian partners in projects selected for
international, bilateral, national or regional
programmes (e.g. BRAINS.be)
⢠Funding of Belgian participation in transnational
programmes such as ERA-nets
⢠Project subject to the same rules as other research
projects (contract, reports, steering committeesâŚ)
13. Development of applications
⢠Based on verifiable need (request from the user)
⢠Duration max. 3 years
⢠Concerns products, services, software code,
procedures, âŚ
⢠Transfer of technology or knowledge from scientific
partner(s) to company and NGO based in Belgium
or Belgian administration
⢠The beneficiary must coordinate the project
o Administration/NGO can receive max. 25 % of STEREO
budget on the basis of in kind fund matching
o Industry cannot get funding from STEREO but can own the
research results
14. Support of research and Belgian
infrastructure and applications
⢠Support to âBelgianâ RS instruments and
infrastructure, e.g. organisation of
dedicated APEX campaigns, âŚ
⢠Participation to PlÊiades programme
15. Support of research and Belgian
infrastructure and applications
⢠Belgian participation to PlÊiades Programme
⢠2 advantages for authorised Belgian users
o Purchase of PlĂŠiades images at cat-1 prices
o Free access to all PlĂŠiades data already acquired
⢠Joint BE effort: acquisition of entire Belgian coverage.
o National level (BELSPO, NGI)
o Three regions (AGIV, SPW, BRIC)
http://pleiades.belspo.be
16. EODesk services
⢠Acquisition of RS imagery for BELSPO projects
⢠Management of RS information websites
⢠http://eo.belspo.be (scientists)
⢠http://eoedu.belspo.be (wider public)
⢠Development of educational products or contribution
to 3rd party educational products
⢠Promotion of RS and valorisation of research results
of Belgian scientists via posters, workshops and
exhibitions in Belgium and abroad
17. Image acquisition policy
⢠Chargeable to the programme (NOT TO THE
PROJECT)
⢠Budget requested in line with the budget of the
project
⢠Images are the property of BELSPO
⢠Archiving of the images available for other STEREO
projects
⢠Archive data listing:
http://eo.belspo.be/Directory/Data.aspx
18. Programme implementation
⢠External evaluation previous programme phase
o Assess the performance and impact
o Provide recommendations
⢠2013 call in line with on-going STEREO II
priorities and practices (timing issue)
⢠Remainder of programme to be elaborated
during summer 2014 on basis of outcome of
evaluation
o Relative weight of programme elements / project types
o Prioritisation of most promising research fields
o Establishment of calendar of calls
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19. ⢠Written peer review by 3-4 international
independent experts specialized in the topic of
the proposal
Overall score and recommendation (funding Y/N)
⢠Rejection of proposals below threshold score
⢠Oral defense to review panel composed of min. 6
international experts with a broad
complementary background in remote sensing
o Only for proposals that passed first round
Evaluation procedure of proposals
20. Development of Applications
⢠Compliance with the guidelines of this call and the
programme aims
⢠Scientific and technical quality
⢠Need for the application
⢠Feasibility - Maturity of technology and methodology
⢠Quality of the partnership
⢠Business/Implementation plan - Committment of
public/private partner
⢠Exploitation
Evaluation criteria â written evaluation
21. ⢠Programme management
ď Joost Vandenabeele (vdab@belspo.be)
ď Jean-Christophe Schyns (schy@belspo.be)
⢠EODesk
ďMartine StĂŠlandre (stel@belspo.be)
ďPieter Rottiers (ropi@belspo.be)
⢠Programme support
ďChantal Oudaert (ouda@belspo.be)
THE STEREO TEAM