News & Events

The use of quadrocopter platforms in the management of territories

30.08.2018

The staff of the Laboratory for GIS of the World Data Center for Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development conducted a series of pilot flights to obtain the data for monitoring the state and improving the management of urban areas.

The first meeting of the National nomination committee of Ukraine on the Nobel Sustainability Trust

23.04.2018

The National nomination committee of Ukraine for the Nobel Sustainability Trust was created on the basis of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. This, as well as it's tasks, was discussed at the first meeting that took place in the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on April 23, 2018. The meeting was hosted by academician Boris Paton, President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Attention! Competition of our partners

09.04.2018

Patent Bureau "Dr. Emil Benatov and Partners" announced a competition for the award of Dr. Emil Benatov for the inventors from Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.

International conference "Formation of the National Geospatial Data Infrastructure in the Context of Building a Digital Society"

16.02.2018

World Data Center for Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development Igor Sikorsky KPI held an international conference "Formation of the National Geospatial Data Infrastructure in the Context of Building a Digital Society" on February 16, 2018, within the framework of the joint project of Vancouver Island University (Canada), Igor Sikorsky KPI and Taras Shevchenko KNU. "Laying the Foundation for a Spatial Data Infrastructure: Building Capacity within the Ukrainian Government to Support Sustainable Economic Growth."

Free access to IBM Cloud

21.12.2017

As a result of the cooperation between IBM Cognitive Class, Integrated Technology Laboratory LLC. (INTELA) and World Data Center for Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development of NTUU "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" and for capacity building in the use of data mining technologies:

Trainings by Intela and IBM at Igor Sikorsky KPI

12.09.2017

From 12 to 19 August 2017 in the Igor Sikorsky KPI a series of trainings "Data Science Bootcamp" was organized by the American company Integrated Technology Laboratory LLC (Intela) for the improvement of the qualification of teachers and scientists of Ukrainian universities in the field of intellectual data analysis.

Release «Spatial Modeling and Applications for SDI» course of postgraduate students

27.06.2017

On June 27, 2017, in ESC «World Data Center for Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development» release «Spatial Modeling and Applications for SDI» course of postgraduate students from state authorities was issued, which was delivered within the framework of the Canadian-Ukrainian educational project "Laying the Foundation for a Spatial Data Infrastructure: Building Capacity within the Ukrainian Government to Support Sustainable Economic Growth", which is being implemented in Ukraine with the support of Vancouver Island University and its Ukrainian partners.

Nanosatellite created by a team of KPI released on his own orbit and made contact with the developers

26.05.2017

Tonight, at 23.30 on May 26, a team from Igor Sikorsky Polytechnic Institute established connection and began setting up individual subsystems NANOSATELLITE PolyITAN-2. He came to his own orbit of the International Space Station (ISS), where he was sent from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, delivered missile ATLAS-5.

Ukraine rose 18 positions in the global Open Data Barometer ranking released by the World Wide Web Foundation

23.05.2017

Over the past year, Ukraine has significantly improved its performance by taking 44th place among 115 countries and making the most positive "leap" in the rating along with Georgia.

Nano-satellite «PolyITAN-2-SAU»: Space Odyssey started!

22.04.2017

In April, 18 at 11.11 local time carrier rocket of American consortium United Launch Alliance «Atlas V» was launched from cosmodrome on Cape Canaveral (USA) with transport ship "Cygnus". It's mission is to deliver 7600 pounds of live load to International space station.

Presentation of Doctrine of sustainable development of Ukraine "Ukraine 2030"

20.04.2017

In April, 20, the presentation of Doctrine of sustainable development of Ukraine "Ukraine 2030" that was delivered by people's deputy of Ukraine, famous politician and businessman Sergii Taruta took place in Center of innovative entrepreneurship of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute.

Visit of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Korea

14.04.2017

In April, 14 Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Ukraine, Lee Young-Gu visited Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute. He was accompanied by consul of the Republic of Korea Shin Ku Ho and power and economic analyst Cho Hyun Young.

Congratulations to laureates of State Prize of Ukraine in the field of science and technology 2016!

07.04.2017

According to the decree of President of Ukraine dated April, 7, 2017, №101/2017 «On conferring state prize of Ukraine in the field of science and technology 2016”, our colleague Kasianov Pavlo Olegovych became its laureate.

Series of modern textbooks for Geoinformatics in Igor Sikorsky KPI

27.03.2017

The development of modern information technology requires constant updating courses and programs. In particular, the direction of spatial data infrastructure and geographic information technologies in Ukraine are not enough equipped with modern Ukrainian-speaking educational literature. Therefore, prepared of two textbooks in the field of geographic information technologies in ESC "World Data Center for Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development" is an important event not only for Igor Sikorsky KPI, but all Ukrainian scientific and educational community in this area. Preparations of textbooks was carried out jointly by Canadian and Ukrainian experts as part of project of the technical support "Laying the foundations spatial data infrastructure: ensuring the base in the Ukrainian government to support sustainable economic growth". Both textbooks have received Methodological Council recommendation and Academic Council neck of Igor Sikorsky KPI.

Greetings of professor Dr. Krzysztof Ostrowski

27.02.2017

World Data Center for Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development congratulates professor Dr. Krzysztof Ostrowski, Prorector for Foreign Affairs of Pultusk Academy of Humanities, with his election as President of the Local - Global Relations Committee of International Political Science Association.