The Interdisciplinary Center for the Development of Ocean Mapping (CIDCO) is offering a Hydrographic Survey Category B Course. The course has been designed to meet the international standards of competence at Category B, as described in the S-5 publication of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO). The course is aimed at an audience of graduates with [...]
You are cordially invited to participate in the Second International Symposium on Cellular Automata Modeling for Urban and Spatial Systems (CAMUSS 2016) that will be held in a beautiful UNESCO World Heritage Site, Quebec City, Canada from September 21st to 23rd, 2016. The Symposium will provide you with an excellent opportunity to meet and exchange [...]
A team of researchers, composed of Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi (director of the Convergence Network), Josée Dallaire (Director of the Centre de géomatique du Québec and member of the Convergence Network), Christian Larouche, Martin Grenon, Jacek Paraszczak and Kamran Esmaeili, just obtained a grant for the project “MinEyes: Development and optimization of mobile LiDAR technologies for [...]
Professors Karem Chokmani and Monique Bernier of INRS’s Eau Terre Environment Centre (and members of the Coonvergence Network) is developing GARI, a new flood risk analysis and management tool. The tool, a geographical information system (GIS) application, will consist of operational cartography and characterization modules for visualizing and analyzing flood risk in preparatory and operational [...]
The Université Laval’s Communications Direction presents a file about games in general and video games in particular. Among the proposed articles, “L’art du jeu vidéo” talks about the work of Sylvie Daniel, member of the Convergence Network, where she explains how geomatics can contribute to the realism of video games. See the complete file Incursion [...]
The OGRS’16 organizing committee is pleased to announce the opening of the Call for short papers for inclusion in the program of the next edition of the Open Source Geospatial Research & Education Symposium (12-14 October 2016, Perugia, Italy). The deadline for the submission of short papers (1000-1500 words) is June 15th, 2016. All the [...]
The Convergence Network is organizing CAMUSS 2016 (Second International Symposium on Cellular Automata Modeling for Urban and Spatial Systems), in collaboration with the Center for Research in Geomatics and the Centre for Urban Policy Studies of the Université of Manchester. You are invited to submit a paper to this international event that will be held [...]
The Convergence Network invites you to submit a short peer-reviewed paper to GIScience 2016, which will be held in Montreal, September 27th – 30th. All the details here.
K2 Geospatial, member of the Convergence Network and Associate Partner of the Smart Cities Council, helps cities to become more “intelligent” with its contribution to the Smart Cities Readiness Guide. This guide is a framework of utmost importance for city managers and planners who want to improve the quality of life of their citizens and [...]
A workshop on airborne LiDAR in forestry will be held at Université Laval, May 4th and 5th, 2016. The workshop is coorganized by Martin Béland (U. Laval) and Antoine Leboeuf (MFFP), and is funded by NSERC and the Forest Inventory Division of the Quebec Department of Forests, Wildlife and Parks (MFFP). For more information and [...]
The Convergence Network, in collaboration with the Center for research in geomatics of Université Laval is pleased to invite you to the next seminar/webinar featuring Mr. Mathieu Rondeau, marine geomatics specialist at the Centre interdisciplinaire de Développement en Cartographie des Océans (CIDCO), Friday March 18th, 12pm, room 1516 Louis-Jacques-Casault Building. Mr. Rondeau will present 3 recent marine geomatics projects: Project 1: Wreck hunter [...]
SensorUp, a company created by Steve Liang, member of the Convergence Network, presents a series of weekly webinars related to the Internet of Things. The series starts March 17th. For more information and for registering: Sensorup.com.
The Semaine du numérique 2016 presents 5 major events, including the business meeting Opportunités digitales and the scientific conference Digital Intelligence 2016. For more information: Semaine du numérique 2016.
Following the success of last year, the UAS CE and its members invite the UAV community to an important meeting regarding the development of commercial and civil UAV industry in Quebec and Canada. Our partner, the Centre de géomatique du Québec, is proud to participate in the organization of this event. This event will be [...]
The Montreal XYZ Challenge is on an entire community of creators, developers and users interested in the ever improving techniques of acquisition, digitalization and exploitation of LiDAR (Light detection and ranging) data. Generating very dense point clouds of extreme precision, the LiDAR surveys lead to the creation of 3D urban environments. The challenge is all [...]
