Organizing Committee

General Chair
Liping Di,<br>IEEE Fellow, Director
Liping Di,
IEEE Fellow, Director

CSISS, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

General Chair
Mitch  Goldberg,<br> IEEE Member, Distinguished Research Professor
Mitch Goldberg,
IEEE Member, Distinguished Research Professor

City College of New York for the NOAA Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies (CESSRST), NY, USA

General Chair
Michael Seablom,<br>IEEE Member, Associate Director
Michael Seablom,
IEEE Member, Associate Director

Earth Science Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C., USA

Technical Program Co-Chair
Jenny Q. Du
Jenny Q. Du

Mississippi State University, MS

Technical Program Co-Chair
John Kerekes
John Kerekes

Rochester Institute of Technology, NY

Technical Program Co-Chair
Jeff Piepmeier

Technical Program Co-Chair
 	Jennifer C. Wei
Jennifer C. Wei

AST, Earth Sciences Remote Sensing NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Finance Co-Chair
Liying Guo
Liying Guo

George Mason University, VA

Finance Co-Chair
Ruixin Yang
Ruixin Yang

George Mason University, VA

Local Arrangements Chair
Zhengwei Yang
Zhengwei Yang

Publicity Chair
Sudhir R. Shrestha
Sudhir R. Shrestha

Chief, Satellite Meteorology and Climatology Division (SMCD), NOAA NESDIS Center for Satellites Applications and Research (STAR)

Social Program Chair
Paolo de Matthaeis
Paolo de Matthaeis

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Publications Co-Chair
John Qu
John Qu

George Mason University, VA

Publications Co-Chair
Zhiliang Zhu

Social Media Chair
Zhe Guo
Zhe Guo

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Exhibits Chair
 	Eugene Yu
Eugene Yu

George Mason University, VA

Student Activities Chair
 	Ruixin Yang
Ruixin Yang

George Mason University, VA

Technical Tour Chair
Changyong Cao

TIE Forum Chair
Chen Zhang
Chen Zhang

George Mason University, VA

Government Liaison Chair
Flavio Iturbide-Sanchez
Flavio Iturbide-Sanchez

NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR)

Government Liaison Chair
Upendra Singh
Upendra Singh

NASA Technical Fellow for Sensors and Instrumentation at the NASA Engineering and Safety Center

Private Sector Liaison Chair
  	Barry Tilton
Barry Tilton

Senior Technologist, KBR Inc.

Private Sector Liaison Chair
Frank Avila
Frank Avila

Tutorial Co-Chair

	Katarina Doctor
Katarina Doctor

US Naval Research Laboratory

Tutorial Co-Chair
Christopher Funk
Christopher Funk

Kitware, NY

Tutorial Co-Chair
Feng Gao
Feng Gao

United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory (USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Lab)

Conference Secretary
Liying Guo
Liying Guo

George Mason University, VA

Conference Secretary
 	Ruixin Yang
Ruixin Yang

George Mason University, VA

Conference Secretary
Eugene Yu
Eugene Yu

George Mason University, VA

Conference Secretary
Chen Zhang
Chen Zhang

George Mason University, VA

Summer School Program Co-Chair
Ramesh Singh
Ramesh Singh

Summer School Program Co-Chair
John Qu
John Qu

George Mason University, VA

Promotion Co-chair
Sirish Uprety
Sirish Uprety

Senior Faculty Specialist CISESS/ESSIC, University of Maryland College Park, USA