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COSIT'07 CALL FOR POSTER PROPOSALS
COSIT'07 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM
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COSIT'07
Eighth International Conference on Spatial Information Theory
19-23 September 2007
Mt Eliza, Melbourne, Australia
http://www.cosit.info
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POSTERS
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COSIT’07 is now accepting submissions for poster proposals. These
proposals must be in the form of abstracts of no more than 500 words in
English, and in pdf format. You should submit your proposal by email to
Stephan Winter ([log in to unmask]) by 20 May 2007, using the subject
line "COSIT poster submission".
Proposals will be reviewed, and a notification of acceptance will be
send out by 15 June 2007. Authors of accepted posters will have to
register for the conference before 22 June 2007; details of registration
will follow soon on the COSIT’07 webpage (http://www.cosit.info).
DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM
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COSIT’07 is now accepting applications for the Doctoral Colloquium. To
participate in the Doctoral Colloquium, PhD students are required to
submit a brief summary of their work (no more than 1500 words) in
addition to a brief biography (no more than 300 words). A template is
available at www.cosit.info. Applications should be submitted by email
to Alex Klippel ([log in to unmask]) by 20 May 2007.
A notification of acceptance will be send out by 15 June 2007. Accepted
applicants for the Doctoral Colloquium will have to register for the
conference before 22 June 2007; details of registration will follow soon
on the COSIT’07 webpage (http://www.cosit.info).
POSTER SCHOLARSHIPS
===================
Thanks to the generosity of PSMA Australia Ltd there are some student
scholarships for poster authors available. Additionally the CRCSI
provides a limited number of travel scholarships for CRCSI poster
authors. Details for applications for these scholarships can be found on
the COSIT’07 webpage (http://www.cosit.info). COSIT’07 also acknowledges
the generous poster session sponsoring by Shell.
DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM SCHOLARSHIPS
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Thanks to Google's enthusiasm for young researchers, Google COSIT'07
Student Scholarships are available for participants of the Doctoral
Colloquium: To apply please submit a brief statement (email to
[log in to unmask]) explaining why attendance at COSIT'07 is important to
you. The deadline for applications is jointly with the deadline for
applications for the Doctoral Colloquium. More details for these
scholarships can be found on the COSIT’07 webpage (http://www.cosit.info).
GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION
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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 (PSU)
KEY DATES
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Proposals for posters due 20 May 2007
Applications for Doctoral Colloquium due 20 May 2007
Poster notification 15 June 2007
Doctoral Colloquium notification 15 June 2007
Student scholarship notification 15 June 2007
Author registration deadline 22 June 2007
Early bird registration deadline 22 June 2007
COSIT'07 Workshops (see below) 19 September 2007
COSIT’07 Technical Program 20-22 September 2007
COSIT’07 Doctoral Colloquium 23 September 2007
TOPIC AND TARGET GROUP
======================
The Eighth International Conference on Spatial Information Theory,
COSIT'07, is concerned with theoretical aspects of space, time, and
spatial information. Of special interest are aspects of "large-scale"
space, i.e. spaces too large to be apprehended at once without
technological aid. These include 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 systems (SIS) 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. The COSIT conference series brings 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
An idea of the conference's orientation can be gained from the previous
COSIT proceedings published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer
Science series. The following (non-exclusive) topics (listed
alphabetically) are indicative of the field of interest:
* activity-based models of spatial knowledge
* cognitive structure of spatial knowledge
* cooperative work with spatial information
* events and processes in geographic space
* incomplete or imprecise spatial knowledge
* languages of spatial relations
* naive geography/behavioral geography
* navigation by organisms and robots
* ontology of space
* presentation/communication of spatial information
* quality issues in geographic information
* social and cultural organization of space
* spatial and temporal reasoning
* spatial data integration/interoperability
* spatial decision-support systems
* structure of geographic information
* time in geographic information
* user-interface design/spatialization of interfaces
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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At the conference, results from recent research are presented and
discussions about advanced work in progress take place. The conference
program is established by an international and multidisciplinary program
committee. Papers are selected through a rigorous review of full paper
contributions by internationally renowned reviewers, based on relevance
to the conference, intellectual quality, scientific significance,
novelty, relation to previously published literature, and clarity of
presentation. The proceedings are published by Springer in the Lecture
Notes in Computer Science series before the conference. The day before
the conference, international workshops on topics relevant to the
conference are offered. Topical meetings ("birds-of-a-feather sessions")
can be organized. 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.
KEYNOTES
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* Mandyam Srinivasan, Research School of Biological Sciences,
Australian National University, 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).
* Kim Marriott, Information Technology, Monash University,
Australia. Prof Marriott 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.
* Deborah McGuinness is the acting director and senior research
scientist at Knowledge Systems, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory,
Stanford University. She 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.
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/
1st International Workshop on Social Space and Geographic Space (SGS 2007)
Chairs: Stephan Winter and Garry Robins (both Melbourne, AU)
http://www.geosensor.net/sgs/
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.
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)
* Shell, NL (poster session sponsor)
* PSMA, Australia (scholarship sponsor)
* Dept. of Computer Science and Software Engineering, The
University of Melbourne
* Dept. of Geomatics, The University of Melbourne
Sponsor packages are still available!
--
Dr.-Ing. habil. Stephan Winter
Senior Lecturer
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
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