EAGLE students webpage is now online

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December 20, 2016

Our EAGLE students setup their own webpage at http://students.eagle-science.org! Read about their background, motivation and expectations concerning the EAGLE M.Sc. study program. Moreover, the EAGLE students will post news about ongoing social as well as scientific activities, excursions, internships or coding experiences. Please visit their webpage and contact them if you like to know more about the EAGLE students.

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Easter Egg detection? No – UAV and satellite imagery derived grainsize estimates!

No, this is not our latest UAV based Easter egg detection system even though it would fit the season. This is a snapshot of the Master thesis of EAGLE student Leonie Sonntag who is using high resolution UAV imagery of gravel bars at the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan to...

New Publication: Evaluating LUCAS in-situ and Sentinel data for grass height and vigour of vegetation in Europe

New publication led by our EORC team member Daniel Gruschwitz, together with colleagues from the European Commission (Joint Research Centre (JRC) and Agriculture & Rural Development (DG AGRI)) in the journal "Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment"....

NetCDA Extended for Three More Years: A Strong Commitment to Sustainable Climate Research and Capacity Building in West Africa

Our project NetCDA – European Academic Network for Capacity Development in Climate Change Adaptations in Africa project led by Dr. Michael Thiel has been extended for an additional three years! Over the past two years, NetCDA has demonstrated an impactful close...

Successful MSc Defense: Developing a Farmland Habitat Biodiversity Indicator for Bavaria

On March 31, 2026, Suriya Elango successfully defended his Master’s thesis at the Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC), University of Würzburg. His work addressed a question that is becoming increasingly important across Europe: how can biodiversity in...

Informatics student project: Enhancing deep learning techniques to detect animal paths in UAV imagery

When animals roam the savanna, e.g. to find resources, they leave distinctive paths in the landscape. The resulting path networks show how animals differentiate and interact with their environment. Information on the animals' space use at great spatial detail is...

EAGLE social ski retreat

To recharge their batteries after an intense semester, some EAGLE students went skiing together in the Austrian Alps, taking the opportunity to experience cold-region environments themselves. Beyond the thrill of the slopes, the trip allowed students to observe snow...