The four-semester program, “Satellite and Space Data Engineering”, carries an official recommendation from the Polish Space Agency (POLSA) and teaching support from the European Space Agency (ESA), project leader Dr Radosław Zajdel told Gazeta Wrocławska.
Students will master the entire data chain – from acquisition and cleaning to analysis, modelling and visualization – blending computer science, data science and Earth sciences.
“To turn satellite data into a product you must organize, classify, cleanse, process, combine and model it,” said Professor Witold Rohm, head of the university’s Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics.
Industry partners CloudFerro, Spyrosoft, InfoSolutions and the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences will supply lecturers and case studies, giving students hands-on experience.
“Every key sector of the economy, from transport to stock exchanges, depends on satellites, yet we still lack experts able to use space data in practice. This degree aims to change that,” co-founder Professor Krzysztof Sośnica said.
The university has also signed an ESA contract under the Genesis mission to improve the precision of global satellite measurements.
Researchers involved in the course will gauge the mission’s data potential for geodesy, navigation, civil engineering and precision farming.
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Source: Business Insider, Gazeta Wrocławska