National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” (ISKPI)
Brief Description
ISKPI is the world-level technical university of research type, which provides training of highly skilled professionals able to produce modern scientific knowledge and innovative technologies. The mission of ISKPI is to make a significant contribution to sustainable development of society through integration of education, research and innovations. Every year ISKPI graduates more than 100 specialists and carries out research in energy saving and environmental protection technologies.
ISKPI (the Department of Mathematical Modelling and Data Analysis — MMDA) has the research directions which are closely related to international projects and to information processing are R&D of methods and information technologies, and delivery of corresponding services in the Earth Observation domain. MMDA Experts have been involved and led national and international projects on the use of space technologies targeting agriculture, food security, and environmental monitoring on the basis of AI methods. They are actively participating in international collaborative activities contributing to the GEOSS (GEO-GLAM, JECAM, Disaster WG, AIP), and received grants from Google, CRDF, HORIZON Europe.
Role in the U_CAN Project
Under U-CAN project ISKPI contributes to capacity building and localized peer-to-peer exchange activities in Ukraine. We aim to carry out training and technical capacity building for various target groups. Our key contributions include developing and delivering ad-hoc training programs. Our resources encompass highly qualified teachers specialized in environmental protection technologies, energy saving and energy management, specialized laboratories to acquire practical skills by stakeholders.
On the basis of different kind of satellite observations and products MMDA experts participate in synergy building towards climate goals and responsible for assessment the Ukrainian Territory Suitability for Solar Power Station Placement (Work Package 3). For the Kyiv city pilot (Work Package 4) MMDA provides the number of geospatial products, particularly Urban Atlas for Kyiv for 2020-2022, maps of changes in land use, pollution and temperature fields of the districts of the city of Kyiv.
