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GIScience 2016 Workshop on Analysis of Movement Data (AMD2016)
***NOTE***: The submission deadline is extended to 22 May 2016
Workshop website: http://dynamovis.com/amd2016/
Workshop Overview
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Scope. The past 10-15 years have seen a dramatic improvement of positioning technologies, which led to massive volumes of tracking data about
virtually any object that moves, in a multitude of application domains. Consequently, many new methods for these data have been developed, and computational movement analysis has evolved as an important stream of research in GIScience. However, many challenges
remain, such as integration of trajectories with space-time environmental data, multi-sensor data integration, scale-adaptive analysis, integration of analytical and visual methods, modeling and simulation of movement, passing from individual to collective
movement, or linking patterns back to behavioral events and processes.
Objectives. This workshop pursues two objectives. First, to provide a platform to discuss recent trends, and review the current state of the
art in this domain. And second, to identify the key challenges for future research and (re-)define the research agenda. These objectives will be pursued using a mix of short presentations, a panel discussion, and break-out and plenary sessions.
Workshop Themes:
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We invite submissions that describe recent research that fits the general theme of computational movement analysis, including, but not limited
to, the following topics:
- Definition and detection of patterns in individual and collective movement
- Making movement analysis context-aware, considering the static and dynamic environment
- From individuals to collectives: Modeling and analyzing interactions between individuals
- Cross-scale movement analysis and classification
- Integrating different sensors (e.g. different positioning sensors and accelerometer)
- From analysis to modeling: Simulation of movement
- From patterns to processes: Bridging the semantic gap
- Multi-sensor movement analysis
- Real-world applications for movement analysis
We are interested in work dealing with any type of moving object (animals, people, vehicles, goods etc.).
Workshop Format:
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The morning of this full-day workshop will consist of research talks selected from this Call. The afternoon will feature a panel session proposing
future research directions, followed by a break-out session to reflect on some of the key ideas of the panel in more detail. The day will end with a plenary wrap-up session to compile a list of challenges and topics for the future research agenda.
Special Issue:
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A special issue, with the same scope as the workshop, will be published in the International Journal of Geographical Information Science (IJGIS).
Submissions to the special issue may be made by either the workshop participants or others interested in the theme. Participation in the workshop does not guarantee acceptance in the special issue, and all submissions will be submitted to a review process
that follows IJGIS standards. The full papers for the special issue will be due only after the workshop, thus allowing to incorporate feedback and new insights gained at the workshop, and potentially even forming new teams of authors.
Submission Guidelines:
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Submissions of short (1500 words) discussion papers should be emailed in PDF-format to Somayeh Dodge ([log in to unmask]) with the subject
header GIScience 2016 AMD Submission. A template for paper submissions is provided here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B16vzI4vnUaGb3BHZGNpODRoVEE. For more information please see workshop website: http://dynamovis.com/amd2016/.
In the email you send to Somayeh Dodge with your submission, you should furthermore provide answers to the following two questions:
(a) What are the 1 to 3 grand challenges in the research domain of movement analysis?
(b) What are the 1 to 3 key trends in research domain of movement analysis?
Your answers will help us shaping the panel discussion and the break-out sessions.
Important Dates:
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- Deadline for workshop submissions (1500 words): 22 May 2016
- Decisions to authors: 16 June 2016
- Workshop: 27 September 2016
- Full paper submission for special issue: 15 January 2017
- Initial decision on full papers: 15 March 2017
- Final papers due for special issue: 31 May 2017
- Final decisions on full papers: 30 June 2017
- Projected publication date: end of 2017 (papers will go online as soon as accepted)
Workshop Organizers:
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Somayeh Dodge - Assistant Professor of GIScience, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs,
USA.
Patrick Laube - Head of the Geoinformatics research group at the Institute of Natural Resource Sciences, Zurich University of Applied Sciences,
and adjunct faculty for GIScience, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Jed Long - Lecturer in GeoInformatics, School of Geography & Geosciences, University of St Andrews, Scotland UK.
Robert Weibel - Professor of GIScience, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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Dr Jed Long
Lecturer in GeoInformatics
Department of Geography & Sustainable Development
School of Geography & Geosciences
University of St Andrews
St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL
T: +44 (0) 1334 46 4024