Dr. Nazar Kholod is a scientist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute, a collaboration between the University of Maryland and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Dr. Kholod is an energy, environment and climate change professional with more over 20 years of research and policy experience in Ukraine and the United States.
Meeting of the discussion platform “Science for Recovery and Sustainable Development”
We invite you to participate in the next meeting of the discussion platform “Science for Recovery and Sustainable Development”!
The guest speaker is Dr. Inbal Becker-Reshef, Director of the NASA Harvest Program, University of Maryland, USA. Dr. Inbal and the Harvest team promote the use of satellite technologies for assessing agriculture at the country level, which helps to support decision-making on food security.… Continue reading
The first meeting of the discussion platform “Science for Recovery and Sustainable Development” took place
The first meeting of the discussion platform “Science for Recovery and Sustainable Development” took place on January 31, 2025.
During this inaugural session, together with Dr. Garik Gutman, the NASA LCLUC Program Manager, we explored existing multispectral satellite missions for monitoring land cover and land use to study urbanization, forest monitoring, and agricultural dynamics.… Continue reading
Join Us for the Launch of the Discussion Platform: Science for Recovery and Sustainable Development
Our platform is initiated by the University of Maryland (UMD) and NTUU “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” in partnership with leading institutions and projects from the USA and Ukraine, with the support of NASA and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.… Continue reading
Multispectral Satellite Missions for Land-Cover and Land-Use Monitoring: An Overview
The Department of MMDA published a collective monograph
We are pleased to share the results of our research in the field of ecological and economic analysis!
The monograph combines modern approaches of computer vision and deep learning, developed within the framework of national and international projects of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the National Research Foundation and Horizon Europe.… Continue reading
New Horizon Europe FutureFOR project launched
We are pleased to announce that the Institute of Computer Science of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the State Agricultural University of Ukraine, together with NTUU “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, are starting to participate in the Horizon Europe FutureFOR project, which is aimed at creating innovative satellite monitoring tools to support EU legislation.… Continue reading
Participation in the final DigiJED seminar
Professor A.Y. Shelestov and Professor N.M. Kussul took part in the final seminar of the DigiJED project, which was held at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (Germany).
🔍 About the DigiJED project
DigiJED is aimed at supporting the educational process in Ukrainian universities during martial law.… Continue reading
A student of the department, Maksym Skulysh, became the laureate of the scholarship of the President of Ukraine
Congratulations on the achievement!
The Department of MMDA IPT is proud of its student, a freshman of the FI-41 group, Skulysh Maksym, who became the laureate of the scholarship of the President of Ukraine among the winners of the All-Ukrainian Student Olympiads in academic subjects and the winners of the All-Ukrainian competition-defense of scientific and research works of students-members of the Small Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.… Continue reading
The MMDA department team won the “Bronze” in the final stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Programming Olympiad
On November 16-17, 2024, the team of the MMDA department “KPI_IPT_Apes” consisting of Logvynov Dmytro and Skulysh Maksym (FI-11, FI-41) won a bronze award in the final stage of the All-Ukrainian Student Programming Olympiad! 🎉
Among the three KPI teams that reached the final, it was KPI_IPT_Apes that brought our university a bronze medal, worthily representing the alma mater at the highest level!… Continue reading