The 2nd ISDE International Lectures Successfully Held

On February 9th, 2023, the 2nd ISDE International Lectures was held online with fruitful insights into the theme of “The Digital Earth(s) of Citizens”. As a sequel inspired by the 1st Lectures, the 2nd Lectures further expanded the research scope into the citizens’ participation in Digital Earth through monitoring the environment, forming complex social ecosystem, and supporting the law enforcement. Three renowned experts in this field were invited to deliver lectures. Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli from the Politecnico di Milano (PoliMI), Italy, gave a lecture on “Tools for Monitoring the Environment: the SIMILE Project”. She made a lead-in by introducing the practical problem of lake monitoring. To solve this, she shared several strategies such as the coordination of existing monitoring systems with methods like HF Sensors and satellite images, which was further exemplified by the case study of The Simile Project, an ecosystem incorporating sorts of OGC Services and open source software and part of the Interreg Programme. Its mobile APP version in different languages is available for ordinary citizens to upload lake monitoring data as well, which aroused participants’ great interest. She expected that with the help of machine learning or AI, for example the adoption of Chat BOT, the evaluation and correction of citizen-collected information must be more efficient with lots of benefits to come. Dr. Patricia Solís, Executive Director of the Knowledge Exchange for Resilience at Arizona State University, US and the co-founder and director of YouthMappers, made a video lecture on “Perspectives on the Complex Social Ecosystem of Public Participation in Digital Earth”. She first introduced the notion of Citizen Science by sharing the chapter of “Citizen Science in Support of Digital Earth” that she coauthored with other authors in the Manual of Digital Earth. Then, she clued the audience in about the status quo of the public participation in scientific research and Digital Earth at large through the case study of OpenStreetMap and YouthMappers as a community of communities. She consequently empathized the role of students and community members in the mapping and spatial data production and believed that Citizen Science generates a public good in many ways enabling an invested community as integral part of Digital Earth. Dr. Anna Berti Suman, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), Italy, delivered a lecture on “Citizen Science and Civic Monitoring Supporting Law Enforcement: A New Frontier?”. She briefed the legal meaning of Citizen Science and Citizen Sensing and then introduced the project Sensing for Justice (SensJus) hosted by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC). It is an important source of evidence in environmental litigation and helps to mediate the environment conflict. Her lecture elaborated how and why citizen-gathered data are utilized to law enforcement and conflict mediation, as well as the evolution of the civic monitoring right. Through her narration, the history that ordinary people fought against informational monopolies and for legal sensing right unfolds. In the end, she advocated the emotional story-telling to elicit research findings from citizens, especially the less educated people. The 2nd ISDE International Lectures was moderated by Dr. Marisa Ponti, Associate Professor in the Division of Learning, Communication and IT at University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Over 2,300 participants around the world attended the 2nd Lectures through Zoom, ISDE Bilibili platform and other academic streaming platforms. The ISDE International Lectures are organized by the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE) and supported by the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS). It is a series of online events which feature invited lectures by well-known international experts in the field of Digital Earth. The event will invite speakers to give lectures every two months. The purpose of the events is to bring international scholars in the relevant research fields of Digital Earth together to exchange academic perspectives, share research results, and disseminate the most cutting-edge and authoritative concept of Digital Earth. istarshine_translate: 第二届ISDE国际演讲成功举行 2023年2月9日，第二届ISDE国际演讲在网上举行，对“公民数字地球”的主题有富有成果的见解。作为受第一次讲座启发的续集，第二次讲座通过监测环境，形成复杂的社会生态系统并支持执法部门，进一步扩大了研究范围，将研究范围扩大到了公民参与数字地球的参与。该领域的三名著名专家被邀请提供讲座。意大利政治家DI Milano（Polimi）的Maria Antonia Brovelli教授对“监测环境的工具：sibeile项目”进行了演讲。她通过引入湖泊监测的实际问题来实现。为了解决这个问题，她分享了几种策略，例如与HF传感器和卫星图像等方法的现有监视系统的协调，这是Simile Project的案例研究进一步说明的，该案例研究是一个结合了OGC服务和开源软件和开源软件和类型的生态系统InterReg程序的一部分。它的移动应用程序以不同的语言可供普通公民上传湖泊监视数据，这引起了参与者的极大兴趣。她希望，借助机器学习或AI，例如采用聊天机器人，对公民收集的信息的评估和纠正必须更有效，并有很多好处。亚利桑那州立大学知识弹性交流的执行董事帕特里亚·塞利斯（PatriciaSolís）博士，美国联合创始人兼青年董事主任，对“关于公众参与数字地球的复杂社会生态系统的观点”进行了录像。她首先通过分享“支持数字地球的公民科学”一章来介绍公民科学的概念，并在数字地球手册中与其他作者合着。然后，她通过案例研究OpenStreetMap和青年录像带作为社区社区的案例研究，将观众介绍了公众参与科学研究和数字地球的现状。因此，她同情学生和社区成员在映射和空间数据生产中的作用，并认为公民科学在许多方面产生了公共利益，使投资社区成为数字地球不可或缺的一部分。意大利欧盟委员会联合研究中心（JRC）的MarieSkłodowska-Curie研究员Anna Berti Suman博士发表了有关“公民科学和公民监测支持执法部门的讲座：新领域：新的边界？”。她简要介绍了公民科学和公民感知的法律含义，然后介绍了由欧盟委员会，联合研究中心（JRC）主持的司法诉讼（Sensjus）。它是环境诉讼中的重要证据来源，有助于调解环境冲突。她的演讲阐述了如何以及为何将公民聚集的数据用于执法和冲突调解，以及公民监测权的演变。通过她的叙述，普通百姓反对信息垄断和法律感知权的历史。最后，她提倡情感讲故事，以引起公民的研究结果，尤其是受教育程度较低的人。第二届ISDE国际讲座由瑞典哥德堡大学学习，交流及其IT分会的副教授Marisa Ponti博士主持。世界各地的2300多名参与者通过Zoom，ISDE Bilibili平台和其他学术流媒体平台参加了第二次演讲。ISDE国际讲座由国际数字地球学会（ISDE）组织，并得到国际可持续发展目标大数据研究中心（CBA）的支持。这是一系列在线活动，其中包括数字地球领域著名国际专家的邀请演讲。该活动将邀请演讲者每两个月进行一次讲座。事件的目的是将国际学者在相关的数字地球研究领域聚集在一起，以交换学术观点，分享研究结果并传播数字地球的最前沿和权威性概念。