Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is the delivery of computing services—including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence—over the internet (“the cloud”) to offer faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale.

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EO AFRICA R&D Facility

The EO AFRICA R&D Facility, the flagship of the ESA EO AFRICA initiative, aims at strengthening an African-European research partnerships and support the sustainable adoption of Earth Observation (EO) and space-related technologies across Africa. Its primary focus is to contribute to the continent’s digital transformation by addressing critical challenges and knowledge gaps, particularly in food and water security. To achieve this, the Facility promotes collaborative research and implements a comprehensive, user-driven capacity development program.

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Earth Observation Data Centre for Water Resources Monitoring GmbH

Earth Observation Data Centre for Water Resources Monitoring GmbH (EODC) was established in 2014 as a direct response to the huge increase of satellite data volumes. To tackle the data streams, it has implemented an IT infrastructure and software service that supports storage, processing and re-distribution of EO data. This capability is offered to several Copernicus services, national and international research projects as well as to the private sector.

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Sawaid Abbas

Assistant Professor Smart Sensing for Climate and Development, GIS Centre, University of the Punjab Centre for Geographical Information, University of the Punjab

Sawaid is a spatial data scientist who works at the nexus of earth science, ecology and climate change through leveraging remote sensing, machine learning, and strong domain knowledge. His key work involves forest succession, drought, and rangelands which were accomplished through collaboration with institutions like WWF, ICIMOD, ICRAF, AFCD, and KFBG.