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World Data System Scientific Committee Meeting (Paris, 22-24 March 2010)

24.03.2010

On 22-24 March 2010, in Paris second meeting of World Data System Scientific Committee took place.

Sustainable Development in Ukraine: indices and prognoses

15.12.2009
Sustainable Development in Ukraine: indices and prognoses

One of the most important directions of activity thanks to which NTUU “KPI” is famous in the world is accumulation and analysis of scientific data concerning world sustainable development. The program is realized through Ukrainian World Data Center for geoinformatics and sustainable development.

The meeting of Russian-Ukrainian segment of WDS

08.12.2009
The meeting of Russian-Ukrainian segment of WDS

At the 8th of December 2009 in NTUU “KPI” the meeting of World Data System of International Council for Science was held.

Directors of World Data Centers and other organizations that provide the work of WDC in Russia and Ukraine and also representatives of partner-organizations of Ukrainian Center participated during the meeting.

The Conference of the World Data System Science Committee

25.10.2009
The Conference of the World Data System Science Committee

The scientific head of World Data Center for Geoinformatics and Sustainable development — academic of the National Academy of the Science of Ukraine (NAS) Michael Zgurovsky who is also a member of Scientific Committee of World Data System (WDS) took part in the First meeting of this Committee in Paris (France) from 13th till 14th of October.

The meeting of Russian-Ukrainian segment of WDC in Pereslav-Zalisk

19.06.2009
The meeting of Russian-Ukrainian segment of WDC in Pereslav-Zalisk

On the 5th of September the meeting of the Russian-Ukrainian segment of the World Data Centers (WDC) was held on International conference “The Results of Electronic Geophysical Year” that took place in Pereslav-Zalisk (Russian Federation) from the 3rd till 6th of June 2009.

Representatives of five Russian and one Ukrainian WDC took part in the meeting, and also the head and the secretary of Transition Committee in bringing WDC to the World Data System (WDS) were present.

Meeting of Advisory Council on questions of informatization

30.01.2009
Meeting of Advisory Council on questions of informatization

Joint meeting of Advisory Council on questions of informatization attached to Verkhovna Rada (VR) of Ukraine (the head is academician M. Zgurovsky) and people's deputies that are members of the Committee of VR of Ukraine on questions of science and education took place at 22nd of January 2009 in National Technical University of Ukraine «Kyiv Polytechnic Institute».

The integration of Ukrainian science (Kyiv Polytechnic)

22.01.2009
The integration of Ukrainian science (Kyiv Polytechnic)

Late last year Moscow hosted an international meeting on the cooperation of World Data Center (WDC) of Russia and Ukraine and reorganization Systems World Data Center (World Data Center System) in the global system data (World Data System).

This meeting was the last link to a definitive recognition by the world scientific community Ukrainian World Data Center for Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development (http://wdc.org.ua), and adopted its decision on the organization on the basis of global data centers of our two East European countries regional cluster global system data - an important step towards creating a unified information space for gathering, processing, exchange and use data for research.

Scientific seminar in NTUU KPI

17.12.2008
Scientific seminar in NTUU KPI

A scientific seminar functions at the WDC for geoinformatics and sustainable development.
Seminar is hold at the Science Park Hall (NTUU “KPI”, building #6), at 16 pm.

Science advisory of the seminar — academician Michael Zgurovsky.

29th General Assembly of International Council for Science

01.11.2008
29th General Assembly of International Council for Science

At 29 her to the General Assembly of International Council for Science (ICSU) in Maputo, Mozambique, held in late October 2008, a resolution was adopted on the formation of a new World Data System (WDS) at the International Council for Science (ICSU). This new World Data System (WDS) will replace the existing system of World Data Centers (WDCs) with ICSU and the Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Evaluation Service.

These actions are the result of a priority assessment ICSU scientific data and information and subsequent recommendations of the Strategic Committee of ICSU with information and data.

CODATA-08 session "Emerging Technologies and Opportunities for Global Data Management and Exchange"

09.10.2008
CODATA-08 session Emerging Technologies and Opportunities for Global Data Management and Exchange

In Thursday, at the 7th of October 2008 on a special session «Emerging Technologies and Opportunities for Global Data Management and Exchange» with Professor Jean Bernard Minster at the head (co-chairman of World Data System Transmition Committee) in the scopes of the 21st International CODATA-08 conference «Scientific Information for Society — from Today to the Future» took place on the base of National Technical University of Ukraine «Kyiv Polytechnic Institute» from 5th till 8th of October 2008.

The Ukrainian Department of the World Data Center (UdWDC) was represented.

National atlas of Ukraine

18.09.2008
National atlas of Ukraine

From now one of the achievements of independent Ukraine — the first National Atlas of Ukraine is available at NTUU “KPI”. This gift on behalf of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine made by Rudenko, director of the Institute of Geography Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, on the occasion of 110 anniversary of the KPI.

“Research, information, educational, cultural and other spheres of social life of our country — he said — rich source of unique knowledge about its history, nature and society — National Atlas of Ukraine”.

The International Russian-Ukrainian seminar “Formation of the Global Geoinformatic Area for Urgent Questions of Earth Study”

13.05.2008
The International Russian-Ukrainian seminar Formation of the Global Geoinformatic Area for Urgent Questions of Earth Study

From 23rd till 25th of April 2008 on the base of National Technical University of Ukraine «Kyiv Polytechnic Institute» the international Russian-Ukrainian Seminar of the World Data Centers «Formation of Global Geoinformatic Area for Urgent Questions of Earth Study» took place.

The Start of Ukrainian World Data Center in Partnership with Geophysical Center of Russian Academy of Science

26.11.2006
The Start of Ukrainian World Data Center in Partnership with Geophysical Center of Russian Academy of Science

At the 17th of November 2006 in Kyiv the scientific seminar «Start of Ukrainian World Data Center in Partnership with Geophysical Center Russian Academy of Science» took place.

It was devoted to the discussion of problems, new tasks and plans connected with the National Technical University of Ukraine «Kyiv Polytechnic Institute’s» implementation to the network of the World Data Centers of the International Council of the Science of Ukraine (ICSU).