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Tim Barker
Queensland Treasury
Tim Barker has been involved in the Spatial Information industry
at varying levels in Australia, Canada, USA and UK for over 25 years.
Tim has a Bachelor of Applied Science from the Queensland Institute
of Technology (QUT) and a Master of Science in Engineering from
the University of New Brunswick (UNB) in Canada. He is currently
working towards a PhD at the QUT, where he has also lectured since
1990.
Over his career, Tim has worked in both the private and public
sectors. He joined Queensland Treasury in 2002 as Director of
the Queensland Spatial Information Office, a position he still
holds as well as now being the Assistant Government Statistician
in Queensland Treasury. Tim was recognised as the APSEA Spatial
Professional of the Year in 2004. Tim was President of the Spatial
Sciences Institute in 2006 and is still a SSI Board member.
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Graciela Metternicht
University of South Australia
Graciela Metternicht has recently joined
the School of Natural and Built Environments of the University of
South Australia, as Head of Discipline and Professor of Geospatial
Information Systems and Environmental Management. Prior to her present
appointment, Graciela was Professor of Geospatial Sciences and Coordinator
of Postgraduate Studies at the Department of Spatial Sciences, Curtin
University of Technology, in Western Australia. During her stay
at Curtin University she engaged in research on applications of
geospatial technologies, with emphasis on remote sensing, to the
mapping, modelling and monitoring of agricultural landscapes; and
environmental processes of land degradation including soil salinization.
In addition to funding received from the Australian Research Council,
she has been recipient of awards and research grants by the Australian
Academy of Science (1999), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1999),
the Science and Technology Agency of Japan (2001), the Rural Industries
Research and Development Corporation (1997), the Netherlands Fellowship
Program (1991-96), the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories
(1993), the European Community (1995) and the American State Organisation
(1989).
Graciela's scholarship has resulted in 131
singly or co-authored publications, with 32 works appearing in
major international journals of remote sensing and geosciences.
Metternicht has developed international standing and professional
leadership resulting in invitations as Guest Professor and visiting
scientist of European, Japanese, Chinese and African Universities
and Research Institutes; membership of editorial boards of international
journals in GeoSpatial Sciences; and the appointment as acting
chair of the commission Mapping from Satellite Imagery of the
International Cartographic Association. She is Fellow of the Spatial
Science Institute of Australia; Chair (acting) of the International
Cartographic Association Commission on Mapping from Satellite
Imagery; and member of: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing, the
American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS),
the Mapping Science Institute of Australia, the Imaging &
Geospatial Information Society; the Remote Sensing Society (UK),
the Latin American Society of Remote Sensing (SELPER), The Spanish
Association of Remote Sensing (AET). Her current research interests
are on: applications of optical, IR and microwave remote sensing
and GIS for mapping and monitoring agricultural landscapes, rangelands,
urban-scapes and land degradation; spatial analysis and modelling
with emphasis on fuzzy logic and fuzzy sets, soft image classifiers.
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