Distinguished Lecturer Program [Chapters]

he IEEE GRSS Distinguished Lecturer Program provides GRSS Chapters with talks by experts on topics of interest and importance to the Geoscience and Remote Sensing community. The purpose of the program is to provide our members with an opportunity to learn about the work being done in our discipline and to meet some of the prominent members of our Society. Information about the speakers and how to take advantage of the program, including an application from, are available at the GRSS website (look for "Distinguished Lecturer" under the "Education" tab). Further information including a manual with instructions can be obtained by e-mailing the program chair, David Le Vine at d.levine@ieee.com. The program has been structured so that Chapters will incur no cost in making use of this program. Briefly a chapter contacts a lecturer from the list of available speakers, and once the initial details of the visit have been worked out (e.g. date and a rough budget) the chapter fills out the application form. The Lecturer travels on his/her own expense with reimbursement made directly by IEEE to the Distinguished Lecturer. Abstracts for the talks and background information for each Lecturer are given here and are available on the GRSS website at www.grss-ieee.org.