Eftychia Koukouraki

@eftyk
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Geospatial researcher interested in open data and source and in reproducible science.
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We extended the deadline for submitting statement of interest to March 22. If you're considering it, there is still time to apply 🙂

#openpeerreview cheatsheet: There are lots of ways to open up peer review (e.g.,via publish-review-curate) but since I often hear people discuss open peer review, here is a quick reminder of different dimensions of what this refer to: publication, anonymity, or inclusivity

🕶️ The Dark Side of #GeoAI – Workshop @ GeoAI 2026 🌍

Join us in mapping the risks, biases & dangers lurking in AI usage in the Geosciences — from hallucinations & bias to misinformation & ecological impacts — and developing countermeasures together.

📍 In beautiful #Ghent, Belgium 🇧🇪
📅 June 3, 2026 (afternoon)

✨ Open to ALL career stages & disciplines, not just geoscientists

📝 Submit by March 13:
A short statement of interest to [email protected]

Details: https://www.uni-muenster.de/Geoinformatics/en/sitcom/darkside.html

The Dark Side of GeoAI

🎬 GeoMundus 2025 Highlights 🎉

What a beautiful recap capturing the spirit of #GeoMundus2025 💙

GeoMundus has always been about students organizing for students, connecting bright minds from around the world. 🌍✨

As we wrap up this year’s edition in Lisbon, we’re looking ahead to the 18th GeoMundus Conference in Castellón, Spain. See you there in 2026! 🎓

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/geomundusconference/

#GeoMundus #GeoMundus2025 #GeospatialTechnologies #Conference #Innovation #Community #ErasmusMundus #GIS

🧰 Practical GIS Tools

Have you tried the openEO Platform? 🛰️

It’s an open, cloud-based platform that connects you to massive Earth observation datasets and powerful processing tools — all through a unified API. 🌍💻

Whether you’re coding in Python, R, or JavaScript, openEO makes it easier to access, analyze, and visualize satellite data without downloading terabytes to your computer.

🔗 Explore now: https://openeo.cloud/

#GIStools #openEO #RemoteSensing #GIS #Tech #technology

The proceedings of GIScience 2025 🌏 are now available open access from Dagstuhl Publishing: dagstuhl.de/dagpub/978-3-95977-378-2 This volume showcases GIScience research on urban data, semantic place enrichment, knowledge graphs, mobility, geovisualization, spatial analysis, and other applications.
13th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2025)

*We are creating an academic journal and *you* can shape it!*

Make comments and suggest changes to replicationresearch.org 's
- Constitution
- TOP guidelines
- article types
- and reviewer guidelines
until September 5 and be credited as a contributor: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QvxkJuUwgSzAwMjjiVeiNQ7TkCDWhEQ6Y9xhzzJygBI/edit?usp=sharing

The first major version of {mapsf} has arrived on CRAN!

mapsf is a thematic mapping R package. Its goal is to be simple and lightweight while offering all the necessary features to create beautiful statistical maps.

This release includes a revamped theming system, an updated cheat sheet and improved PNG and SVG exports and solves some long-lasting display bugs.

More details in this blog post: https://rcarto.github.io/posts/mapsf_v1.0.0

New website: https://riatelab.github.io/mapsf

#RStats #rspatial #GISChat

🎓 GeoTech Alumni Sharing

Proud of Shahin Huseynli, a graduate of the GeoTech Master’s Program, who continues to make waves in the world of climate tech! 🌍

Shahin is a Manager at Detecterra, one of just 10 global startups selected to pitch at COP29’s Early Customer Pitch Day in 2024! 🚀

📌 Learn more about their work: https://detecterra.az/

#GeoTechAlumni #COP29 #ClimateTech #PrecisionAgriculture #RemoteSensing #GeospatialInnovation #Detecterra #GISForGood #Alumni #GIS #Startups

Replication Research (R2) will be open for submissions from 10-10-2025!
>> Try to reproduce or replicate your favourite findings.
>> Write up your reproduction and replication studies.
>> Share your conceptual expertise or experiences on repetitive research.

https://replicationresearch.org is a researcher-led diamond open access hosted by the Münster Center for Open Science and @FORRT. We have been creating it with a high degree of community involvement. If you want to contribute, join FORRT (https://forrt.org/about/get-involved/) or apply to be a reviewer, reproducibility checker, copy editor, associate editor, ...: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc67JYOvTMLjnyDBVcxwxcQrgxH8mjvDB7QW7y9nDoTA6kp6Q/viewform?usp=dialog

Replication Research

Replication Research is a diamond open-access and researcher-led journal that publishes reproductions, replications, and conceptual articles on repetitive research