Luizmar de Paiva

The complete video recordings of my Geographic Software Design course are now accessible on YouTube! 33 videos with a total duration of 24 hours. You'll learn how to develop open-source #geospatial Python packages like #geemap 🌎and #leafmap🌿, starting from scratch. 🛠️🔥 📺 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=… 🎓 Course website: sites.google.com/utk.edu/geog-5…

Interested in #lidar and #forestinventory? Find out what's happening in Canada's forests. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

The new trailer for the live-action ‘AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER’ series has been released. Releasing February 22 on Netflix.

We are searching for a postdoc for @NSERC_CRSNG project to build or adapt laser induced fluorescence LiDAR for forest ecosystems with potential research visits to Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. Please share: remotesensing-mcmaster.org/join/

New #Silva21 paper!📢 Predicting net growth rates in #BorealForests using #Landsat time series & PSP data 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/forest… 📙 @Forestry_OUP ✍️ Morin-Bernard, Coops, @Joanne_C_White, @AlexisAchim 💰 @NSERC_CRSNG #Silva21 #ForestManagement #Lidar #RemoteSensing

📣Our next free & online seminar will take place on November 21st (1700 CET) with Joanne White. She will talk about using remote sensing to characterizing post-disturbance recovery of boreal forests. Register here: tree-mortality.net/seminars/ @Joanne_C_White @iufro @IUFROdivision7

Research proposal flowchart #research #academia

#altmetric #remotesensing 📢Individual Tree-Crown Detection and Species Identification in Heterogeneous Forests Using #Aerial #RGB Imagery and #DeepLearning by Mirela Beloiu, Lucca Heinzmann, Nataliia Rehush, Arthur Gessler 👉Read the full article: mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/5…

“August was nearly over - the month of apples and falling stars, the last care-free month for the school children. The days were not hot, but sunny and limpidly clear - the first sign of advancing autumn.” - Victor Nekrasov 📌 Rattray Marsh Conservation Area #MondayMood

📢Lidar-plots to extend #forest structure estimates over large areas (eg. height, biomass, & volume). #lidarplots #Landsat ➡️Coops et al. Modelling #lidar-derived estimates of forest attributes over space & time: A #review of approaches & future trends. 🔗sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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Incredibly excited to share my first paper! We characterized riparian and upland vegetation using ALS data, created probability maps of riparian vegetation extent, and compared the extents with current BC riparian buffer guidelines. Link: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Forest composition influences how seasonal climate variables affect white spruce 🌲 Work from my MSc at @UNBC lnkd.in/gAJkVNTj

As a professor, pursue the careers of your PhD students and postdocs instead of pursuing your own. I know it may sound strange and even provocative. But in fact it is how it’s supposed to be. Unfortunately, a personal gain is the biggest motivation for many professors. More publications, more awards, more invited talks… Why? In addition to personal recognition, it can result in more funding and higher salaries (especially in the U.S.). Many PIs say that their personal growth also helps their students get a better visibility. Plus, more funding brings in more students, which is (kind of) “great” for those students. Others will say that their “tenure requirements are too demanding” and if they stop focusing on personal gain, they will be denied tenure. In either case, I want you to think about the following: 1. When we focus on personal achievements, we lose track of the wellbeing and personal preferences of team members. Although it often feels like we still track it, in fact we become far less efficient at it. Students' progress and personal development are impeded. Their career opportunities become less diverse or even missed. 2. Concentrating too much funding in one big lab is NOT a good idea because it leads to PhD students receiving far less mentorship and research advising (than in smaller labs). 3. Tenure requirements often look intimidating to young professors. However, in reality, very few professors are denied tenure. Why? First, because any university invest big resources into TT professors and don’t want get rid of them without a big reason. Second, because departments often exaggerate the tenure challenges to ensure their young hires are “hard-working faculties”. Many PIs think I am too idealistic and propose unrealistic ideas. And a lot of people will never agree with this post. Even myself, I can easily come up with bitter criticism over it. However, idealism is among the biggest driving forces. It can drive you through challenging times and help improve. In either case, I want you to think about the following: 1. When we focus on personal achievements, we lose track of the wellbeing and personal preferences of team members. Although it often feels like we still track it, in fact we become far less efficient at it. Students' progress and personal development are impeded. Their career opportunities become less diverse or even missed. 2. Concentrating too much funding in one big lab is NOT a good idea because it leads to PhD students receiving far less mentorship and research advising (than in smaller labs). 3. Tenure requirements often look intimidating to young professors. However, in reality, very few professors are denied tenure. Why? First, because any university invest big resources into TT professors and don’t want get rid of them without a big reason. Second, because departments often exaggerate the tenure challenges to ensure their young hires are “hard-working faculties”. My message is: If we all pursue the careers of your students/postdocs in the first place, this shift in priorities will make academia a much better world to live in. I see an increasing number of faculties trying to genuinely care for their team members, in all countries and academic environments. It is all possible. Just do it. Make science better. Oh, and don’t forget:  Growth of your team members = Growth of yourself. #AcademicTwitter #research #phdlife

This is my first web map. UFRRJ street trees. The data was collected during my undergrad with the help of many incredible people. A special thanks to @ChavesCardoso_J ! Arborizacao da Rural @UFRRJ luizmardeab.github.io/Urban_trees_UF…

Thread by @mikewulder: The best-available-pixel (BAP) tool you have been waiting for! Implemented on #GoogleEarthEngine (#GEE). #Landsat In #GEEBAP can tune composite parameters, create a #timeseries, set area of i...… threadreaderapp.com/thread/1387829…

More than half of Canada's forest biomass is inside this circle. 🤯

Looking forward to hearing more about this!

No episódio de hoje, relembramos que bala da polícia, ainda que de borracha, é só pra preto, pobre ou professor.

@guilherme_amado Pra mim, o que essa galera tem que perder é o dinheiro, o capilé, a bufunfa… eles tem que ser exonerados e presos sem direito a salário pelo Estado. Não há como uma pessoa se prestar a um golpe de estado e continuar recebendo salário federal. Tem que perder TUDO!