We are excited to announce the 19th edition of Geodesy Campfire – Share Your Research in April. The Geodesy EGU Campfire Events “Share Your Research” give (early career) researchers the chance to talk about their work. We have two exciting talks by our guest speakers, Yuting Cheng and Hamed Izadgoshasb. Below, you can find the details of the topics awaiting us. We will have time to network after the presentations.
Please join us on Zoom on 18th June 2026 from 14:00 to 16:00 (CEST). Register for this webinar here.
Yuting Cheng @Royal Observatory of Belgium:
VLBI single station experiment with ASO304 data in preparation for the Genesis mission.
Yuting Cheng is currently a postdoc researcher at the Royal Observatory of Belgium, working on the Genesis project of ESA. Genesis is a geodetic satellite hosting all four geodetic techniques for the first time, among which a VLBI transmitter is being developed in Belgium. The current research focus of Yuting is exploring and quantifying challenging aspects of the PRN signal processing of the VLBI transmitter, helping to build the baseline of expected performance of VLBI satellite observations, and assessing the transmitter’s potential to contribute to the ITRF as a space-tie.
Hamed Izadgoshasb @GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences / Sapienza University of Rome:
Explainable AI and GNSS Reflectometry for global soil moisture retrieval.
Hamed is an AI and Earth Observation researcher with a PhD from Sapienza University of Rome, where his doctoral work focused on spaceborne GNSS Reflectometry for soil moisture retrieval, from physics-based modelling to hybrid deep learning. He is currently working at GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, Germany, developing machine learning and deep learning workflows for large-scale satellite and environmental datasets. His research focuses on GNSS Reflectometry, global soil moisture estimation, satellite data processing pipelines, and explainable AI for Earth observation. He has contributed to ESA’s HydroGNSS mission processor and CYGNSS-based soil moisture studies, with a broader interest in robust, reproducible AI systems for environmental monitoring.
Image credit Baptiste Gombert (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Time to connect!
After the presentations, we invite everyone in the audience to turn on their camera and microphones, if possible. Participation via the chat is of course also possible. We will start with a short introduction round to get an idea of who is in the room. So if you like to, you can already think about how to summarise your research in a few words so that mortals can also understand it! We’re also open to hear about your favourite dinosaur, your latest burnout, or the 4th element on your tasks list today. Just be there and be talking, we guarantee for the awkwardness.
We are always looking for speakers for upcoming Geodesy EGU Campfire Events “Share Your Research”. Are you interested in giving a talk? Then, please express your interest by filling out this form.
If you have any questions about the Geodesy EGU Campfire Event, please contact the Geodesy ECS Team via ecs-g@egu.eu.
We look forward to seeing you at the Campfire!
