Dear iEMSs members,
starting from now you will be able to follow the iEMSs also on social media such as Facebook and Twitter. We have created a new page on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/iEMSsociety) and a new account on Twitter (@iEMSs1) which you can follow. All content published on our website will be broadcasted on Facebook and Twitter.
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) and the OpenMI Association announced that they recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate in standards development and promotion of open standards related to computer modelling. A first priority will be the facilitation of OpenMI 2.0 as an open international consensus standard under the OGC process framework.
More available at: http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/pressreleases/1450
Read more: Summer school on HIERARCHICAL MODELING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES, Bolzano, Italy
Environmental Decision Support Systems (EDSS): A Tool for Wastewater Management in the XXI Century"
Place: University of Girona, Girona, Catalunya, Spain.
Dates: 4/07/2011 - 8/07/2011
Description: The course is intended to immerse the participants during one week in the most advanced decision-making support tools and methods for the wastewater management. The course will include some theoretical sessions to present the potential applications of EDSS and how this systems can provide robustness, objectivity and integration of knowledge in the wide range of current challenges in wastewater management. The course is going to combine theoretical sessions in the mornings with practical computer sessions during the afternoons. The last day (Friday 8) a visit to a WWTP operated by an EDSS is scheduled.
Read more: EDSS for wastewater management: Summerschool in Girona
Dear colleagues,
We would like to share very good news with you: the impact factor of the EMS journal has again increased during the last year. Thus, in 2009 the journal's IF is 3.085.
We hope to receive even more interesting and novel submissions from you!