Triggering and Motion of Landslides 57th Rankine Lecture British Geotechnical Association Dear colleagues, I would like to share with you the keynote lecture by Professor Eduardo Alonso, from the Universitat Politecnica of Catalunya (UPC). Prof. Alonso has always been a leading figure in landslides and slope stability investigation. He has has won several medals, prizes […]
Don’t miss out this summer school in Austria….! 2nd Innsbruck Summer School of Alpine Research on Close-range Sensing in Alpine Terrain The international summer school is jointly organized by the University of Innsbruck, the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, and the Austrian Academy of Sciences. accommodation and food is provided to all participants… […]
Dear colleagues, I have recently received a formal invitation for becoming a member of the editorial board in the “Academic Journal of Geographical Studies”, supported by the “International Association of Scientists and Researchers” (whatever this organization would be…). The email states that the editorial promotes publication of open-access, high standard and peer reviewed research articles […]
Hi, I thought that this information might be interesting to some of you.. Project Position as Researcher – Rockslide mapping / Landslide mapping Application deadline: 2nd March 2017 The Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) is seeking to appoint a highly qualified and motivated geologist in its Geohazard and earth observation team… The work will focus […]
Hello!, I normally do not look at these numbers, but I have some good news to share with you: according to Google Scholar citations database, I’ve surpass 1000 mentions in scientific journals/book chapters during the last five years (2012-2017). I know that research impact is being measured using some other indicators such as the impact […]
I have recently achieved a new milestone: I participated in the publication of 30articles that were published on JCR-Indexed journals (landslides, Rock Mechanics, Remote Sensing, Natural Hazards, etc.). I would like to deeply acknowledge my international research network, including respectful professors, excellent post-docs and vibrant PhD students Several other manuscripts are on their way for […]
I’d like to share this information with all of you interested on an InSAR course: The Centre for Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes Volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET) will be holding a 3-day InSAR training workshop at the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK from 31 October – 02 November, 2016. The workshop, […]
Hi, I have recently obtained a Marie Curie fellowship for carrying out an exciting research project at the Scott Polar Research Institute (University of Cambridge). I will be working here during the next two years, so please, feel free to take a look at my dedicated website here: http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/people/abellan/ I have to recognize that it […]
New approach for discontinuity extraction from 3D point clouds [OPEN SOURCE CODE AVAILABLE AT GITHUB REPOSITORY] COMPUTER AND GEOSCIENCES A. Riquelme, A. Abellán, R. Tomás, M. Jaboyedoff Rock mass characterization requires a deep geometric understanding of the discontinuity sets affecting rock exposures. Recent advances in Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) instrumentation currently allow quick and […]