Master degree program
Geoinformatics

Geoinformatics

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Engineering Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

1ON – To argue the knowledge of history, evolution, modern theoretical concepts, fundamentals and methodology of geodesy, cartography, aerospace sensing and geoinformatics in research activities to determine the creation of software and programming.
2ON – Identify problems, tasks of scientific research, compile analytical reviews of information and data, methods and technologies accumulated in world science and practice to obtain new reliable results based on geoinformation mapping.
3ON – To identify problems, tasks of scientific research, to compile analytical reviews of information and data accumulated in world science and practice, methods and technologies for obtaining new reliable results based on geoinformation mapping.4ON – Create new types of geoinformation resources, cartographic products, spatial models that allow you to observe, control, analyze, evaluate, predict the development of natural, socio-economic, environmental man-made and other processes, objects and systems.
5ON – Know the legal and regulatory and technical basis for the organization and conduct of topographic, geodetic, cartographic and geoinformation works for obtaining and using remote sensing data.
6ON – To set tasks of high-tech work using modern tools, equipment, software and technologies in solving scientific projects.
7ON – To organize high-tech geoinformation works on the creation of new, original and standard cartographic images, and works (general geographic, thematic, special purpose and others) of various territorial coverage, purpose and content in digital form using geoinformation technologies, modern software and hardware, diverse spatial information.
8ON – To control high-tech geoinformation work on the creation of new, unique databases and data banks, geoinformation systems (including navigation and cadastral), multidimensional models of various territorial coverage, purpose and content using modern software and hardware to obtain remote sensing data.
9ON – Manage high-tech work on the acquisition, digital processing, and use of remote sensing data (different in spatial coverage and spectral resolution). Manage high-tech work on the acquisition, digital processing, and use of remote sensing data (different in spatial coverage and spectral resolution). Manage high-tech work on the acquisition, digital processing, and use of remote sensing data (different in spatial coverage and spectral resolution).
10ON – To set the tasks of multidimensional spatial modeling of natural, socio-economic, ecological, man-made and other processes, objects and systems;
11ON – Develop techniques and implement on the basis of digital technologies the integration of various information resources (ground, remote surveys and observations, satellite positioning, statistical accounting, expedition surveys, stock, archival and other materials) for the creation and maintenance of departmental, industry GIS projects, for geodetic, cartographic and geoinformation support and support of management decisions with using GIS technologies.
12ON – Develop techniques and implement on the basis of digital technologies the integration of various information resources (ground, remote surveys and observations, satellite positioning, statistical accounting, expedition surveys, stock, archival and other materials) for the creation and maintenance of departmental, industry GIS projects, for geodetic, cartographic and geoinformation support and support of management decisions with using GIS technologies.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Geoinformatics
Speciality Code
7M07302
Faculty
Geography and Environmental Sciences

disciplines

Automation of Land Management Design Based on Geoinformation Modeling
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to design and operate automated systems, operations of accumulation, processing and storage of land management information. The discipline is aimed at the preparation of land management information for calculations using application software packages, input and output of information, translation into cartographic form of quantitative information characterizing the structure, dynamics and relationships of economic phenomena and land management processes.

Big Data
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - In the study of the discipline, students will study the following aspects: the Hadoop system and its components and the Apache Spark distributed computing system. As a result of mastering the discipline, the student must: •know the purpose and capabilities of the main components of the big Data technology stack.

Digital Image Processing for Remote Sensing of the Environment
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - In the study of the discipline undergraduates will study the following aspects: the System of the touch platform. Digital image processing. Digitization. Visualization. Image processing using quantitative methods of analysis. Multiband transformations and classification. Soil and land use mapping. Terrain analysis for hydrological and hydraulic modeling. Presentation of simulation results.

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form practical skills in various types of speech activity in a foreign language. The training course builds the ability to perceive, understand and translate information in the modern global space, participate in scientific events to test their own research. The discipline is aimed at improving competencies in accordance with international standards of foreign language education.

GIS in the management of urban areas
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - In the study of the discipline, students will study the following aspects: methods of spatial analysis and modeling of urban areas, methods of GIS and geodatabase design; principles of information support for the processing and analysis of information; the use of spatial information of land databases and the principles of creating electronic maps.

History and Philosophy of Science
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form a holistic systemic understanding of philosophy as a special form of cognition of the world, its main sections, problems and methods of their study in the context of future professional activity. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of research work.

Object Based Programming
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - In the study of the discipline, students will study the following aspects: methods of spatial analysis and modeling of geosystems, developing skills to develop computer models of real, conceptual systems based on the paradigm of component-oriented programming skills with modern hardware and software analysis.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal is to develop the competencies of effective independent research work, its organization and planning among undergraduates. The discipline is focused on the formation of undergraduates' knowledge on the organization of scientific and technological activities in the modern world, the ability to conduct independent research in the subject area, master the skills of scientometrics, writing scientific articles, projects, patenting research results.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research (in English)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form a range of necessary competencies that meet the level of modern development of science during the master's degree by strengthening the skills of writing articles, giving oral presentations, poster presentations, organizing exhibition sections and participating in scientific discussions. While studying the course, to develop in master's students the ability to: apply databases, literature, projects, platforms and other sources to prepare abstracts, review and experimental articles, grant proposals, lectures, presentations, reports; organizing scientific and practical conferences, online events, scientific seminars, participation in international forums and meetings.

Pedagogy of Higher Education
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to teach in universities and colleges based on knowledge of higher school didactics, theory of education and management of education, analysis and self-assessment of teaching activities. The training course is aimed at studying the trends in the development of education and the Bologna process. The course will help you master teaching and curatorial skills, various strategies and methods of teaching and education.

Psychology of Management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: providing scientific training of highly qualified specialists based on the study of fundamental concepts of management psychology, creating prerequisites for theoretical understanding and practical application of the most important aspects of the field of management in the process of professional development. The discipline is aimed at the formation of socio-psychological competence for objective assessment of psychological theories of management, leadership, dynamics of group development, team building, the features of psychology of the masses, crowd, psychological theories of communication, conflict resolution strategies necessary for their professional activities within framework of managerial relationships

Spatial statistical analysis
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - In the study of the discipline, students will study the following aspects: the formation of future specialists ' ability to form the goals and objectives of using statistical analysis and evaluation in the study of geospatial data of geosystems; use information technology to conduct statistical analysis of geosystems; develop new methods of economic and statistical analysis of the behavior of geosystems in the environment; use the skills of identified models, quality assessment and parameters of geosystems in mapping.

Visualization and analysis of GIS data
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Studies the basis of visual representation of data using GIS technology, the basis of the graphical environment and, accordingly, visualization of the GIS database, models of spatial (coordinate) data or raster (cellular) data, methods and algorithms for the collection, storage, processing, analysis and visualization of GIS geospatial data.

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disciplines

Advanced Geographical Quantitative Methods
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: formation of theoretical knowledge about the principles and analytical capabilities of modern GIS software. In the course of studying the course to form students ' abilities:  work with modern geoinformation programs for scientific and practical purposes;  to argue the basic principles of operation and analytical capabilities of modern GIS-technology software;  use software and work in computer networks; create databases and use Internet resources;  apply modern information technology software) for research or expert assessment of the territory and its mapping to solve problems;  to argue theoretical knowledge about the structure of GIS and their components to explain the basic principles of GIS, analytical capabilities of modern GIS. In the study of the discipline, students will study the following aspects: the theoretical foundations of the structure of GIS, their components, the basic principles of functioning and capabilities of modern GIS technologies; methods of obtaining, storing, editing various types of GEODATA, tools and tools of geoprocessing, methods of data analysis and presentation of results for practical application.

Advanced Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - In the study of the discipline, students will study the following aspects: the main characteristics of the data and the principles of construction of remote sensing systems, space remote sensing systems, applied problems solved with the help of remote sensing data, methods and algorithms for processing and interpretation of data, existing systems for processing and analysis of remote sensing data.

Assessment, monitoring and Geospatial analysis
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Principles of monitoring and its place in assessing the quality of geospatial data, the purpose of monitoring and classification of its species; methods of observation, evaluation and control of geosystems data. Formation of theoretical knowledge about the basic provisions of monitoring of geospatial data, obtaining optimal information about their condition, justification and clarification for forecasts and analyses of the geosystem.

Automation of Land Management Design Based on Geoinformation Modeling
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to design and operate automated systems, operations of accumulation, processing and storage of land management information. The discipline is aimed at the preparation of land management information for calculations using application software packages, input and output of information, translation into cartographic form of quantitative information characterizing the structure, dynamics and relationships of economic phenomena and land management processes.

Automation of Monitoring and Evaluation Processes of Geospatial Data Using Artificial Intelligence
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - In the study of the discipline, students will study the following aspects: the use of machine learning and data analysis algorithms for collecting, processing, analyzing and interpreting information about geographical phenomena and processes.

Big Data
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline is to get acquainted with modern achievements in the field of methods of analysis of large data. The course covers the Hadoop system and its components and the Apache Spark distributed computing system. As a result of mastering the discipline, the student must: •know the purpose and capabilities of the main components of the big Data technology stack.

Digital Analysis of Remote–sensed Images
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: formation of knowledge about the improvement of methods of information processing and analysis, forecasting, planning and design of environmental and economic activities for integrated scientific research. In the course of studying the course to form students ' abilities:  demonstrate systematic understanding in the field of studying and solving problems of project mapping using satellite images;  demonstrate the ability to plan and apply the process of research in the field of forecasting of natural and technical geosystems based on different types of satellite images;  create a project based on the terms of reference in the field of modeling of geosystems;  carry out scientific and technical expertise of new methods of analysis and processing of satellite images and geographic information;  develop pre-processing and thematic processing of the main types of satellite images; create databases;  to use remote sensing data when searching for ecological, technological, managerial and other decisions. In the study of the discipline, students will study the following aspects: methods of collection, processing of materials on natural systems to assess the state of natural and anthropogenic systems; promising areas of obtaining and processing space information in monitoring the state of natural and man-made geosystems

Geographic Database Management Systems
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - An automated information system is defined as a set of methods that includes a database. The database is logically structured, i.e. has its own topology, all elements of its content are divided into points, lines and polygons. This division of content gives the opportunity for spatial analysis. Creation of a basic digital plan, from which a single cartographic database is formed. Develop a methodology for the formation and transformation of a single database in different scales of digital maps.

Geographic Database Management Systems
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline "geographic database management Systems" is aimed at developing a methodology for forming, modeling, converting and using a single geographical database for the implementation of an automated information system. Methods of building DBMS analysis and design models are considered. The article deals with the application of design methods and tools in the construction of models, the use of models for analyzing requirements in geoinformation systems.

Geographical Information System for Research and Analysis
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form concepts of fundamental and applied sections of geographical analysis and geospatial modeling include the implementation of multiparameter classifications, construction of physical and abstract surfaces (including geostatistical), interpolation and extrapolation of data, the creation of physical and experimental models of processes, decision support models and forecast. In the course of studying the course to form students ' abilities; - to classify the properties determining the location and optimal placement of data; - conduct an experiment to study the modeling of the structure of geosystems; - to use the new methodology to the modeling of interconnections and modeling of dinamicnih; - apply modern methods in the simulation to ensure the processing of data.

GIS in the management of urban areas
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - In the study of the discipline, students will study the following aspects: methods of spatial analysis and modeling of urban areas, methods of GIS and geodatabase design; principles of information support for the processing and analysis of information; the use of spatial information of land databases and the principles of creating electronic maps.

Integration of artificial intelligence methods into geoinformation mapping
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - In the study of the discipline, students will study the following aspects: improving the analysis and visualization of geographic data. With the help of AI, accurate informative maps are created, the processes of creating cartographic products are automated, and patterns in spatial data are discovered.

Interpretation, Analysis of Remote Sensing Images
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: it consists in the formation of the ability to use tools and methods of display, processing and analysis of remote sensing data for the development of analytical workflows that allow to extract information from remote sensing data. During the study of course, students should be competent in:  process remote sensing data to make them useful in geographic information systems;  extract information from remote sensing data using a variety of manual and automatic methods;  to develop a multi-step workflows of remote sensing to solve problems in a variety of applications;  apply the acquired knowledge and skills of critical thinking to solve the real problem with the help of appropriate remote sensing data and processing methods. In the study of the discipline, students will study the following aspects: Various remote sensing systems. High intensity color infrared (CIR) photography, multispectral scanned images (MSS), airborne images (RADAR – SLAR), and thermal infrared (TIR) imaging. Comparison of the images. Generation of digital elevation models. Radar and radar interferometry. Topographic models. Advanced classification methods. Change detection. Annexes to natural resources and climate change.

Object Based Programming
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline formation of understanding of ideology, key aspects of object-oriented programming, preparation of the application of modern paradigms of programming, computer science, higher education, using modern computer technology. Discipline is aimed at developing skills to develop computer models of real, conceptual systems based on the paradigm of component-oriented programming skills with modern hardware and software analysis.

Software development and programming in GIS
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - During the course of the course, master students will be able to: work with gis databases, classify and analyze gis data, check the correctness of the geometry of spatial objects using the geodata topology, build complex models using tools for graphical macro programming of geoinformation problems.

Software for Open Remote Sensing
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: the point is that access to all the source code of free software makes it possible to modify it. In the course of the study course to develop the students ability:  specifics of remote sensing data processing software;  basic types and methods of digital remote sensing image processing;  to recognize and to decode natural resources; to create maps on the basis of aerospace information;  apply the acquired knowledge to solve practical problems, use reference books, search and exchange information in global and local computer networks;  to create an online map, ZD model, animations with the use of GLONASS/GPS technologies. - to integrate GLONASS/GPS technologies in the creation of modern cartographic images: remote sensing, GPS-shooting, GIS, publishing systems. In the study of the discipline, students will study the following aspects: The main characteristics of data processing of remote sensing of the Earth (ERS), using open source software and principles of construction of remote sensing systems, space remote sensing systems, methods and algorithms for processing and interpretation of remote sensing data, existing systems for processing and analysis of remote sensing data.

Spatial Statistical Analysis
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to give students theoretical knowledge about the modern method of analysis of statistical data, the relationship between geospatial data geosystems. In the course of studying the course to form students ' abilities:  formulate goals and objectives of the use of statistical analysis and evaluation in the study of geospatial data of geosystems;  use information technology for statistical analysis of geosystems;  develop new methods of economic and statistical analysis of geosystems behavior in the environment;  use skills method of identifying the model, evaluating the quality and parameters of geosystems mapping,  compare quantitative and qualitative methods of geospatial geosystem data research and management

Visualization and Analysis of GIS Data
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: presents advanced theories and methods for visualization, modeling and analysis of (large) spatio-temporal data, collection, storage, processing and visualization in GIS GEODATA, the development and updating of digital maps.. In the course of studying the course to form students ' abilities: - determine the types and structure of scale variability; - to substantiate the scientific and methodological basis for the transformation of cartographic projections; - work with modern techniques and methods of digital technology to obtain cartographic information and their composition maps; - changes in the way objects are displayed,including the definition of symbology through attribute values,that is, synchronization of visualization with changes in databases; - understand and distinguish spatial systems of different levels and choose effective ways of their visualization (cartographic modeling); - to use new methods of digital technology in the preparation of three-dimensional modeling.

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INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Formation of practical, educational-methodical skills of conducting lectures, seminars, creatively apply scientific, theoretical knowledge, practical skills in teaching activities, conduct training sessions in the disciplines of the specialty; own modern professional techniques, methods of training, use in practice the latest theoretical, methodological advances, make educational, methodological documentation.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

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