EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY

Intern in the Climate Action, Sustainability and Science Department, WorldCereal System

Job Requisition ID:18995Closing Date:30 November 2024 23:59 CET/CESTPublication:External OnlyType of Contract:InternDate Posted:1 November 2024
- Internship Opportunity in the Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes.Location
Frascati

Our team and mission

This position is based at the ESA Centre for Earth Observation (ESRIN) - Frascati, Italy
The Applications Section (EOP-SGA) is primarily engaged in research and development (R&D;) for Earth observation-based solutions that address both European and global environmental and development agendas. Our projects typically involve key stakeholders throughout the design, development, and validation phases to ensure that the innovative EO-based solutions are effectively integrated into end-users’ operational systems and practices. The EOP-SGA team, based at the ESRIN site of ESA, comprises nine EO experts, each overseeing specific domains where EO data is utilized, including marine, carbon, and agriculture, among others.





Field(s) of activity for the internship

Topic of the internship: Exploring the efficient utilization of ground truth data to enhance image classification in agriculture-The WorldCereal system has an automated upload and harmonization procedure that you will use to add the most promising datasets to the reference database. Since this procedure is new, you will advise on the further development of the module based on your experiences to improve and automate its various steps. A key element is mapping the original crop labels to the WorldCereal crop-type classification. An AI-assisted mapping is currently being developed, and you can also contribute to this effort.
Within the WorldCereal project, we are also developing rules to assess the quality of datasets, and you will assist us in refining these rules, such as extending them to location-specific assessments.

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Result

📌 Intern in The Climate Action, Sustainability and (Frascati)
🏢 European Space Agency
📍 Frascati