H.R.F.I -'Basic Research Project

''GEONE''  Advanced geostatistical modelling for natural resources evaluation

The project's primary objective is to develop novel tools for the modeling of natural resources data by exploring modern covariance functions employing Euclidean and non-Euclidean spaces.

Technical University of Crete - Environmental Mining and Sustainable Development Research Unit

Contact Details                                                                                             

School of Mineral Resources Engineering

Technical University of Crete

Assistant Professor: Emmanouil Varouchakis

Tel: 00302821037642

Email: evarouchakis@tuc.gr

www.envi-stat.tuc.gr/en/home


News

28/4-3/5/2025  GEONE in  EGU 2025

9-11/10/2024  GEONE in Sustain Istanbul 2024

19-21/6/2024  GEONE in  geoENV2024

14-19/4/2024  GEONE in  EGU 2024

15/5/2024 Mid-term meeting

11/1/2024 Kick Off Meeting of GEONE Research Program

8/1/2024 Welcome to GEONE Website

 

Project Objectives

  • Gaussian anamorphosis of asymmetrically distributed natural resources data

  • Investigation of Euclidean and non-Euclidean distance metrics

  • Exploration of novel covariance functions

  • Investigation of modelling uni-multi-variate natural resources data

  • Case study applications

 

Work Packages

  • WP1 Title: Project Management
  • WP2 Title: Development of covariance models for univariate and multivariate random fields
  • WP3 Title: Development of anamorphosis models
  • WP4 Title: Development of applications and cases studies in natural resources modeling
  • WP5 Title: Dissemination and Communication Management


Team Members

Technical University of Crete (BENEFICIARY)

Assistant Professor Emmanouil Varouchakis, PhD, School of Mineral Resources Engineering

Professor Dionissios Christopulos, PhD, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Dr. Andreas Pavlidis, Mineral Resources Engineer, Postdoc Researcher, Geostatistics

Maria Koltsidopoulou, Electrical and Electronic Engineer, PhD candidate

Dr. Katerina Spanoudaki, Chmical Engineer

Antonis Lyronis, Electrical and Electronic Engineer, MSc

Maria Chrysanthi, Mineral Resources Engineer, MSc candidate

 

COLLABORATING ORGANISATIONS (NON-BENEFICIARIES)

Nazarbayev University,  School of Mining and Geosciences

CERENA/DER, Pavilhão deMinas, Instituto Superior Técnico

Universidad Católica del Norte Chile, Department of Metallurgical and Mining Engineering

Politecnico di Milano  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIPORE 

 


Funding

The research project is implemented in the framework of H.F.R.I call “Basic research Financing (Horizontal support of all Sciences)” under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan “Greece 2.0” funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU (H.F.R.I. Project Number: 16537).