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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Register now for COSIT’07:
Eighth International Conference on Spatial Information Theory
19-23 September 2007
Mt Eliza, Melbourne, Australia
http://www.cosit.info
General Chairs: Stephan Winter (U Melbourne), Benjamin Kuipers (U Texas)
Local Co-Chairs: Matt Duckham (U Melbourne) and Lars Kulik (U Melbourne)
Chair of Doctoral Colloquium: Alexander Klippel (Penn State U)
KEY DATES
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COSIT’07 Workshops 19 September 2007
COSIT’07 Technical Sessions 20-22 September 2007
COSIT’07 Doctoral Colloquium 23 September 2007
Early bird registration deadline 22 June 2007
TOPIC AND TARGET GROUP
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COSIT’07 is concerned with theoretical aspects of space, time, and
spatial information. Of special interest are spaces of geographic and
environmental scales in which humans make decisions and carry out
actions. Spatial information theory also deals with the formal and
natural description of processes and events in spatial environments,
thus providing a foundation for the design and construction of
geographic information systems (GIS) and for spatial information in
general. Empirical investigations, formal models, and the use of spatial
information technologies reveal a large number of interesting research
questions which require an interdisciplinary approach for their solution.
COSIT’07 will bring together researchers from many disciplines and
topics, in particular:
* Cognitive, Perceptual, and Environmental Psychology
* Geography and Geoinformation Science
* Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Cognitive Science
* Engineering and Human Factors
* Cognitive Anthropology, Psycholinguistics and Linguistics
* Ontology of the Geospatial Domain
* Architecture, Planning, and Environmental Design
CONFERENCE STYLE AND PROGRAM
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COSIT’s trademark is a single track conference with extensive exchange
and interaction during and beyond the presentations. Staying together at
a secluded location is one of the key factors to achieve this atmosphere.
Papers are selected through a rigorous review of full paper
contributions by internationally renowned reviewers. An acceptance rate
of 27% in 2007 promises a stimulating and exciting event. The
proceedings are published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer
Science series. The day before the conference, international workshops
on topics relevant to the conference are offered. A Doctoral Colloquium,
facilitated by a small panel of experienced researchers, will conclude
the conference. It is intended as a forum where PhD students can meet,
present their research, and hold discussions with others at a similar
stage in their careers.
REGISTRATION
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Prospective participants can now register at http://www.cosit.info.
Don’t miss the early bird rates valid through 22 June 2007.
KEYNOTES
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* Deborah McGuinness (Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Stanford
University) is a leading expert in knowledge representation and
reasoning languages and systems and has worked in ontology creation and
evolution environments for over 20 years. Most recently, Deborah is best
known for her leadership role in semantic web research, and for her work
on explanation, trust, and applications of semantic web technology,
particularly for scientific applications.
* Kim Marriott (Information Technology, Monash University) is
interested in the formalization of understanding and reasoning with
diagrammatic notations such as finite state diagrams or house plans, in
particular, grammatical and logical approaches to the specification and
recognition of such visual languages.
* Mandyam Srinivasan (Queensland Brain Institute, University of
Queensland) is Australian Federation Fellow, elected to the Australian
Academy of Science in 1995 and to the Royal Society of London in 2001.
“Srini cracked the code of vision in the world of bees, demonstrating
that the motion of the passing landscape provides the bee with a third
dimension to vision. This is how bees regulate their flight and ensure a
safe landing” (from a laudation on the occasion of the 2006 Prime
Minister’s Prize for Sciene).
WORKSHOPS
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The following international workshops will be held in conjunction with
COSIT’07:
Workshop on Semantic Similarity Measurement and Geospatial Applications
Chairs: Krzysztof Janowicz (Münster, D), Angela Schwering (Osnabrück,
D), Martin Raubal (UCSB, USA), Werner Kuhn (Münster, D)
http://musil.uni-muenster.de/similarity
Spatial Cognition in Architectural Design
Chairs: Thomas Barkowsky (Bremen), Zafer Bilda (Sydney), Christoph
Hölscher (Freiburg), Georg Vrachliotis (Zürich)
http://www.sfbtr8.uni-bremen.de/SCAD/
Joint Workshop on Distributed Geoinformatics and Sensing, Ubiquity, and
Mobility (DG/SUM'07)
DG'07 Chairs: Matt Duckham (Melbourne, AU), Arie Croitoru (Alberta,
Canada), Peggy Agouris (GMU, USA)
SUM'07 Chairs: Lars Kulik and Egemen Tanin (Melbourne, AU)
http://www.geosensor.net/dgsum/
International Workshop on Social Space and Geographic Space (SGS 2007)
Chairs: Stephan Winter and Garry Robins (both Melbourne, AU)
http://www.geosensor.net/cosit/content/view/60/82/
CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Pragya Agarwal, UK
Thomas Barkowsky, Germany
John Bateman, Germany
Brandon Bennett, UK
Michela Bertolotto, Ireland
Thomas Bittner, Germany
Mark Blades, UK
Gilberto Camara, Brazil
Roberto Casati, France
Christophe Claramunt, France
Eliseo Clementini, Italy
Anthony G. Cohn, UK
Helen Couclelis, USA
Matteo Cristani, Italy
Leila de Floriani, Italy
Michel Denis, France
Maureen Donnelly, USA
Geoffrey Edwards, Canada
Max Egenhofer, USA
Carola Eschenbach, Germany
Sara Fabrikant, USA
Andrew Frank, Austria
Christian Freksa, Germany
Mark Gahegan, USA
Antony Galton, UK
Christopher Gold, UK
Reg Golledge, USA
Mary Hegarty, USA
Stephen Hirtle, USA
Hartwig H. Hochmair, USA
Kathleen Hornsby, USA
Christopher B. Jones, UK
Marinos Kavouras, Greece
Alexander Klippel, USA
Barry J. Kronenfeld, USA
Markus Knauff, Germany
Werner Kuhn, Germany
Michael Lutz, Germany
David M. Mark, USA
Harvey Miller, USA
Daniel Montello, USA
Bernard Moulin, Canada
Reinhard Moratz, Germany
Bernhard Nebel, Germany
Dimitris Papadias, Hong Kong, China
Juval Portugali, Israel
Jonathan Raper, UK
Martin Raubal, USA
Jochen Renz, Australia
Thomas Roefer, Germany
Andrea Rodriguez, Chile
Christoph Schlieder, Germany
Michel Scholl, France
Barry Smith, USA
John Stell, UK
Holly Taylor, USA
Sabine Timpf, Switzerland
Andrew Turk, Australia
Barbara Tversky, USA
David Uttal, USA
Laure Vieu, France
Robert Weibel, Switzerland
Michael Worboys, USA
Wai-Kiang Yeap, New Zealand
May Yuan, USA
CONFERENCE LOCATION
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The conference will be held at the Melbourne Business School in Mt
Eliza, Melbourne, Australia. The conference venue is located above the
cliffs of Port Phillip Bay, with wonderful views, an English park
landscape, and a private beach. Mount Eliza is about one and a half
hour's drive from Melbourne's international airport Tullamarine (MEL). A
shuttle service will operate from the airport to the conference site at
Mt Eliza. Melbourne is well-connected, with direct flights from major
cities around the world. September is low season for traveling to
Australia and several airlines offer budget tickets. The latest travel
and conference information will appear on the COSIT'07 web site
http://www.cosit.info as it becomes available.
RELATED
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The SSI offers its members 12 CPD points for participation at COSIT’07.
FURTHER INFORMATION
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Please address all correspondence about the conference to:
Stephan Winter
Department of Geomatics
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Australia
phone +61 3 8344 7875
fax +61 3 9347 2916
email [log in to unmask]
url http://www.geom.unimelb.edu.au
url http://www.geom.unimelb.edu.au/winter
COSIT SPONSORS
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* ESRI, USA (primary sponsor)
* Google, USA (doctoral colloquium sponsor)
* Ordnance Survey, UK (key sponsor)
* Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development,
Victoria (key sponsor)
* Shell, NL (poster session sponsor)
* PSMA, Australia (scholarship sponsor)
* Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (travel support)
* Spatial Science Institute (CPD)
* Dept. of Computer Science and Software Engineering, The
University of Melbourne
* Dept. of Geomatics, The University of Melbourne
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