Leandro Rojas Rodríguez described as a “wonderful experience” his participation in the eighth edition of the Spring School in Córdoba (Argentina), which promoted the use of space technologies for Earth observation and analysis of natural resources.
The young man is a Master’s student in Electronic Engineering and a member of the Control, Electronics, Modeling and Simulation Research Group (Cemos), in addition to the UIS Aerospace Rocketry Seedbed (Scua).
“The course brought together experts in the use of space technologies to observe the Earth and analyze data focused on natural resources. I had the opportunity to tour the National Space Activities Commission (Conae) and learn about synthetic aperture radar technology, interferometry, polarimetry, tomography, AI applications, multitemporal change detection, among others,” explained Rojas Rodriguez.
Fifty professionals participated in this academic activity, 35 from Argentina and 15 from other Latin American countries, such as Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, Peru and Bolivia.
“Parallel to the learning I was able to interact with people from other countries, exchange knowledge and I realized that at UIS we have training that allows us to be prepared to adopt high-level topics and compete internationally in the aerospace sector,” added the young man.
The Spring School has been held annually since 2016, and in this 2024 it was framed in the Pumas initiative (Promotion of Mission and Science Utilization and Applications), co-managed between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Conae, with the objective of promoting the development of scientific and technological applications based on satellite products from the SAOCOM and Sentinel-1 missions.
