The Remote Sensing for Space-time Innovation (RSSI) Lab in the Department of Geography and GIScience at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is seeking highly motivated M.S. and Ph.D. students interested in environmental and quantitative remote sensing beginning Fall, 2018.
Research projects in the lab include (but not limited to) space-time modeling, big data analytics, and environmental models, to understand riparian and agricultural dynamic processes across multiple scales. Students admitted to the lab will be financially supported as research assistants or teaching assistants, contingent on satisfactory performance and funding availability. The successful candidates should have 1) A bachelor or master degree in remote sensing, statistics, computer science, environmental science or a closely related field; 2) Strong programming and computing skills ; 3) Solid background in remote sensing, statistics, and GIS; 4) Proficiency in spoken/written English. Please check the webpage <https://www.geog.illinois.edu/students/grad/apply> of the department for application details. To receive full consideration, qualified applicants should complete their applications by December 9, 2017. Interested students are highly encouraged to contact Dr. Chunyuan Diao ( [email protected]) with CV, copies of transcripts, GRE, TOEFL (if applicable), and a brief statement of research interests. The Department of Geography and GIScience at UIUC offers an extraordinary environment for remote sensing and GIScience research and education. The department is part of the School of Earth, Society & Environment (SESE) which includes three departments (Geography and GIScience; Geology; and Atmospheric Sciences). SESE hosts its own high-performance computing cluster and supports a multidisciplinary program in environmental studies. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications at UIUC provides cutting-edge computing, data storage, and visualization resources. Students working in the lab have excellent opportunities to work in high performance computing environment to advance remote sensing knowledge and innovation. -- Chunyuan Diao Assistant Professor Department of Geography & Geographic Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room 2034 Natural History Building, MC-150 1301 W Green Street Urbana, IL 61801
