<div dir="ltr">FYI<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <br>Date: Wed, May 14, 2014 at 11:53 PM<br>Subject: CfP: Workshop on Geographic Information Science Observatories at GIScience 2014<br>
To: <br><br><br>Workshop on Geographic Information Science Observatories (GIO 2014)<br>
** CALL FOR PAPERS **<br>
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at GIScience 2014; 8th International Conference on Geographic<br>
Information Science<br>
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Vienna, Austria - September, 23-26.<br>
Workshop website: <a href="http://stko.geog.ucsb.edu/gio2014/" target="_blank">http://stko.geog.ucsb.edu/<u></u>gio2014/</a><br>
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Abstract<br>
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Over 20 years since Geographic Information Science was established as a<br>
bona fide scientific field of inquiry and with the subsequent explosion<br>
of spatial data sources from satellites to sensors and mobile devices,<br>
the geographic information universe is rapidly expanding. However, in<br>
many respects the nature and structure of this information universe is<br>
poorly understood. Traditionally, GIScience research has focused on the<br>
relationships between theoretical information models and the geographic<br>
phenomena that they are representing. In the Workshop on Geographic<br>
Information Observatories 2014 (GIO2014) we would like to explore the<br>
idea of expanding GIScience research to empirically examine the<br>
structure of the geographic information universe itself. This will<br>
ideally support better understanding of this universe and give us new<br>
insights into how this information can be utilized. This includes both<br>
observational and experimental approaches to science. The GIO2014<br>
workshop will focus on intensive discussions setting a roadmap towards<br>
future work on geographic information observatories. We call for two<br>
kinds of contributions, full research papers presenting new work in the<br>
indicated areas, as well as statements of interest.<br>
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Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):<br>
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Describing the ecosystem (universe) of geographic information now and in the future.<br>
Social network analysis of geographic information communities: communities identification, expertise, and authority discovery.<br>
Information Retrieval and the role of geospatial science.<br>
Relationships between crowdsourced geographic data and data from authoritative infrastructures; how to integrate data across these different types of sources<br>
Analysis of applicability of geographic laws (e.g., Tobler's law) to learn from Big Data.<br>
Discovery of laws for the information universe.<br>
Discovery of geographic information and knowledge from unstructured data (e.g., social media).<br>
Measuring prediction success of GIScience methods for real-world situations.<br>
Finding correlations / causal relationships between communities / demographic groups of data producers and the types/quality/value of geographic data they generate.<br>
Searching over geographic data networks that are highly heterogeneous and distributed.<br>
Automatic matching of geographic data to fit analysis tasks.<br>
Studying the relationships between how technologies are used and the kinds of geographic information they produce.<br>
Link discovery from Big Data.<br>
Analysis and representation of change and events in observed information feeds.<br>
The dispersion of geographic information (in online communities).<br>
Information Value Theory<br>
Cyber-infrastructure needs for geographic information observatories.<br>
Emerging semantics<br>
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Workshop format<br>
The workshop will focus on intensive discussions setting a roadmap<br>
towards future work on geographic information observatories. The<br>
workshop will accept two kinds of contributions, full research papers<br>
presenting new work in the indicated areas, as well as statements of<br>
interest. While the research papers will be selected based on the review<br>
results adhering to classical scientific quality criteria, the<br>
statements of interest should raise questions, present visions, and<br>
point to the open gaps. However, statements of interest will also be<br>
reviewed to ensure quality and clarity of the presented ideas. The<br>
presentation time per speaker will be restricted to 5 minutes for<br>
statements of interest and 10 minutes for full papers. This ensures that<br>
there is enough time for discussions, interactions, and breakout group<br>
leading to a typical workshop setting instead of a mini-conference.<br>
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Submissions shall be made through easychair at<br>
<a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gio2014" target="_blank">https://www.easychair.org/<u></u>conferences/?conf=gio2014</a> by 6 June 2014.<br>
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To register for the workshop, please visit<br>
<a href="http://www.giscience.org/registration.html" target="_blank">http://www.giscience.org/<u></u>registration.html</a>.<br>
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Important Dates<br>
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Submission due: 6 June 2014<br>
Acceptance Notification: 27 June 2014<br>
Camera-ready Copies: 3 July 2014<br>
Workshop: 23 September 2014<br>
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Organizers<br>
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Krzysztof Janowicz, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA<br>
Ben Adams, The University of Auckland, NZ<br>
Grant McKenzie, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA<br>
Tomi Kauppinen, Aalto University School of Science in Finland, FIN<br>
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Programme Committee<br>
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Justin Cranshaw, Carnegie Mellon University, USA<br>
Sara Fabrikant, University of Zurich, Switzerland<br>
Mark Gahegan, University of Auckland, New Zealand<br>
Mike Goodchild, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA<br>
Mark Graham, University of Oxford, UK<br>
Brent Hecht, University of Minnesota, USA<br>
Peter Kiefer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland<br>
Peter Mooney, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland<br>
Ross Purves, University of Zurich, Switzerland<br>
Simon Scheider, University of Muenster, Germany<br>
Andre Skupin, San Diego State University, USA<br>
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