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MIRAGE meeting in Bologna and fieldtrip in the Apennines

From 05th to 06th September, the MIRAGE team held a meeting in the University of Bologna to discuss the project results up to date and coordinate future actions. 

Moreover, the team made a fieldtrip to visit one of the project test areas: the Emilia-Romagna Apennines. They visited some examples of the typical landslides of this area that includes rockslides, earthflows and other complex landslides.

The MIRAGE team having a meeting in a room of the University of Bologna
The MIRAGE team visiting a landslide in the Apennines
The MIRAGE team visiting a landslide in the Apennines
The MIRAGE team visiting a landslide in the Apennines

Fieldtrip  of MIRAGE project in Alta Valtellina 

From 30th May to 1st June 2024, all the participants of MIRAGE met in Bormio and surroundings (Upper Valtellina) to visit one of the test area:  the Lombardian Alps.

They visited some paradigmatic examples of mass movements (e.g. Confinale DSGSDs, Ruinon rockslide, Val Pola rockslide / rock avalanche, rock glaciers) and compared their field evidence and InSAR signals, also in relation with their geological, geomorphological and climatic settings.  Moreover, they held a morning meeting to exchange ideas, and coordinate upcoming research activities and new products.   

The MIRAGE team visiting a landslide in Valtellina
The MIRAGE team visiting a landslide in Valtellina
The MIRAGE team having a meeting in a room of Bormio Hostel (Valtellina)

Work meeting at Milano-Bicocca

On 9th May 2024, the UNIMIB team and Alessandro Mondini (CNR team) held a one-day operative meeting at UNIMIB (DISAT) to discuss the generated products (SAR interferograms) and set-up the labeling  procedure required to train the MIRAGE deep learning model under development.  They also involved Boyun Yu, a PhD student from the University of Tokyo, in the project during his 1-month stay at CNR.

Alessandro Mondini, Boyun Yu and Cristina Reyes-Carmona having a meeting on a room in the University of Milano-Bicocca

Kick-off meeting of MIRAGE project

On 28th September 2023, the kick-off meeting for the MIRAGE project took place. It was a morning online event attended by all members of the three research units (UNIMIB, UNIBO and CNR), except for the two project hires who did not join the project until February 2024.

Screenshot of the kick-off MIRAGE meeting's powerpoint
Screenshot of the kick-off MIRAGE meeting's powerpoint