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This open access book is a consolidation of lessons learnt and experiences gathered from our efforts to utilise Earth observation (EO) science and applications to address environmental challenges in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. It includes a complete package of knowledge on service life cycles including multi-disciplinary topics and practically tested applications for the HKH. It comprises 19 chapters drawing from a decade’s worth of experience gleaned over the course of our implementation of SERVIR-HKH – a joint initiative of NASA, USAID, and ICIMOD – to build capacity on using EO and geospatial technology for effective decision making in the region. The book highlights SERVIR’s approaches to the design and delivery of information services – in agriculture and food security; land cover and land use change, and ecosystems; water resources and hydro-climatic disasters; and weather and climate services. It also touches upon multidisciplinary topics such as service planning; gender integration; user engagement; capacity building; communication; and monitoring, evaluation, and learning. We hope that this book will be a good reference document for professionals and practitioners working in remote sensing, geographic information systems, regional and spatial sciences, climate change, ecosystems, and environmental analysis. Furthermore, we are hopeful that policymakers, academics, and other informed audiences working in sustainable development and evaluation – beyond the wider SERVIR network and well as within it – will greatly benefit from what we share here on our applications, case studies, and documentation across cross-cutting topics.

Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing --- Ecological science, the Biosphere --- Environmental monitoring --- Climate change --- Political economy --- Earth observation --- Geoinformation technology --- Agriculture and food security --- Land use land cover --- Flooding and extreme weather --- Climate services --- Service area planning --- User engagement --- Capacity building --- Disaster risk reduction --- Open Access

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Data Science (DS) is gaining significant importance in the decision process due to a mix of various areas, including Computer Science, Machine Learning, Math and Statistics, domain/business knowledge, software development, and traditional research. In the business field, DS's application allows using scientific methods, processes, algorithms, and systems to extract knowledge and insights from structured and unstructured data to support the decision process. After collecting the data, it is crucial to discover the knowledge. In this step, Knowledge Discovery (KD) tasks are used to create knowledge from structured and unstructured sources (e.g., text, data, and images). The output needs to be in a readable and interpretable format. It must represent knowledge in a manner that facilitates inferencing. KD is applied in several areas, such as education, health, accounting, energy, and public administration. This book includes fourteen excellent articles which discuss this trending topic and present innovative solutions to show the importance of Data Science and Knowledge Discovery to researchers, managers, industry, society, and other communities. The chapters address several topics like Data mining, Deep Learning, Data Visualization and Analytics, Semantic data, Geospatial and Spatio-Temporal Data, Data Augmentation and Text Mining.

Information technology industries --- Computer science --- crisis reporting --- chatbots --- journalists --- news media --- COVID-19 --- textbook research --- digital humanities --- digital infrastructures --- data analysis --- content base image retrieval --- semantic information retrieval --- deep features --- multimedia document retrieval --- data science --- open government data --- governance and social institutions --- economic determinants of open data --- geoinformation technology --- fractal dimension --- territorial road network --- box-counting framework --- script Python --- ArcGIS --- internet of things --- LoRaWAN --- ICT --- The Things Network --- ESP32 microcontroller --- decision systems --- rule based systems --- databases --- rough sets --- prediction by partial matching --- spatio-temporal --- activity recognition --- smart homes --- artificial intelligence --- automation --- e-commerce --- machine learning --- big data --- customer relationship management (CRM) --- distracted driving --- driving behavior --- driving operation area --- data augmentation --- feature extraction --- authorship --- text mining --- attribution --- neural networks --- deep learning --- forensic intelligence --- dashboard --- WebGIS --- data analytics --- SARS-CoV-2 --- Big Data --- Web Intelligence --- media analytics --- social sciences --- humanities --- linked open data --- adaptation process --- interdisciplinary research --- media criticism --- classification --- information systems --- public health --- data mining --- ioCOVID19