Kelgenbaeva, Kamilya M. – TRANS

Kelgenbaeva, Kamilya M., Tech. Dipl.-Ing.: born 1971 in Kyrgyzstan. 1989 – 1994: studied Hydromelioration at the Kyrgyz Agricultural Institute. Joined the Kyrgyz Research Irrigation Institute, worked in field of soil erosion and land desertification, involved in several international projects of the World Bank (USA), UNDP etc. 1 997 – 1998: participated in United Nations (UN) Course “Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Informational System (GIS)”, Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP), Dehra Dun, India. Master of Technology in RS and GIS by Andhra University (India). Since 2001: guest scientist at the Institute for Cartography (IfC) of the Dresden University of Technology (TUD), Germany. Publications : “Geo-Information Modelling of Soil and Climatic Conditions Evaluation in the Siberian Altai”, 21st International Cartographic Conference & 12th General Assembly of the International Cartographic Association, Durban, South Africa, August 10-16, 2003. ” Cartosemiotic analyses of Atlas of Kyrgyzstan”. Seminar “The selected problems of Theoretical Cartography”, Kiev, Ukraine, 3-4 August, 2004. ” Land Desertification Monitoring and Assessment in Kyrgyzstan using GIS Technologies”. International Symposium “Cartographic Cutting-Edge Technology for Natural Hazard Management”, TU Dresden, Institute for Cartography, Dresden, October 20-22, 2004. ” Agricultural Land Potential – Evaluation with RS and GIS”.Vilnius Seminar on Cartosemiotics “Cartography and socio-cultural research” joint with International Cartographic Association/Commission for Theoretical Cartography, Vilnius University/Centre for Cartography, Lithuanian Cartographic Society, Vilnius, Lithuania, October 28-29 2005 (in press).

Email: kkamila@gmx.de