CALL FOR PAPERS

                        2nd ACM WORKSHOP ON ADVANCES IN

                        GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

           December 1-2, 1994 - NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA

                              Sponsored by ACM

           In Conjunction with the ACM Conference on Information
         and Knowledge Management to be held Nov. 29 - Dec. 2, 1994

        In Cooperation with the Center For Advanced Computer Studies,
        NIST, and the University of Toulouse 1, CERISS Lab, France

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|                  | THEME:
|  WORKSHOP CHAIR  |
|                  | GIS'94 will serve as a forum for disseminating research
|   T. Ozsoyglu    | and experience in the rapidly advancing area of geographic
| Case Western Res.| information systems.  The workshop will bring together
|                  | leading researchers and developers and will strive toward
|ADVISORY COM.CHAIR| toward setting future research directions in this area.
|   H. Samet       | Since the workshop will be held in conjunction with CIKM,
|Univ. of Maryland | participants will be able to maximize their interchange of
|                  | experiences and knowledge among researchers and practioners
|PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS | across the entire field of knowledge and information 
|                  | management.
|   M. Egenhofer   | 
|  Univ. of Maine  | SCOPE:
|                  |
|   N. Pissinou    | The primary focus of the workshop is on new and original
|    CACS/USL      | research results in the areas of theoretical foundations,
|                  | design, implementation and applications of GIS as well as
|  EUROPEAN CHAIR  | experience reports from application specialists and the
|                  | commercial community.  The goal is to exchange research
|  P. Bergougnoux  | ideas and results among participants.  Suggested topics
| Univ. Toulouse 1 | include, but are not limited to, the following AS THEY
|                  | RELATE TO GIS:
|PROGRAM COMMITTEE |
|                  | * Query Processing and Optimization 
|  A. El. Abbadi   | * Electronic geographical data interchange standards
| UC Santa Barbara | * GIS and cooperative work
|                  | * GIS performance modeling and evaluation
|    W. Aref       | * Imprecise spatio-temporal information
|   Matsushita     | * Reasoning with GIS information
|                  | * Parallel and Distributed GIS
|   R. Ashany      | * Spatio-temporal data models and languages
|       NSF        | * Semantics of spatio-temporal data
|                  | * GIS design and development
|   F. Bonfatti    | * Requirements analysis for GIS applications
|Univ. of Modena,It| * Real-time GIS systems
|                  | * User Interfaces for GIS
|   P. Boursier    | * Interoperability among heterogeneous GISs
|  Univ. Paris 11  | * Design of spatio-temporal data structures, spatial
|                  |   indexing and storage
|   B. Campell     | * Knowledge discovery 
|   NASA/GSFC      | * Reports on experience with real applications
|                  | * GIS software tools and environments
|   D. DeWitt      | * Novel applications in scientific and 
|   Wisconsin      |   environmental domains
|                  | * Integration with existing commercial products
|   A.  Frank      | * Multi-media GIS
|   TU Vienna      | * GIS meta data
|                  | * Digital libraries
|   W. Franklin    | 
| Rensselaer Poly  | 
|                  | WORKSHOP FORMAT:
|   O. Guenther    |
|  Univ. Berlin    | The workshop will consist of a single session to be held
|                  | over a two day period.  It will be organized in a manner
|   N. Hachem      | designed to maximize the opportunity for interaction,
| Worcester Poly.  | discussion and exchange of ideas among the participants
|                  | It will be a combination of presentations with subsequent
|   J. Herring     | discussions, and panels on recent developing and emerging
|   Integraph      | trend.  This format should provide a forum for potential 
|                  | collaborations to develop among members of the community
|    S. Hirtle     | of researchers and practitioners.
| Univ. Pittsburg  |
|                  |
|  H.V. Jagadish   |
|  AT&T Bell Labs  | SUBMISSION:
|                  |
|   K. Kolovson    | Authors are invited to submit original research 
|       HP         | contributions or experience reports in english. Papers
|                  | should be double-spaced and no longer than 5000 words.
| G. Langran Kucera| Submissions will be reviewed, and should include
|      MTSGIS      | each author's full name, affiliation, complete address
|                  | telephone number, and if available, fax number and
|    R. Laurini    | internet address.  Submitters should indicate in a cover
|    INSA Lyon     | letter their willingness to attend the workshop and
|                  | present their paper.
|   J. Lemoigne    | 
|    NASA/GSFC     |
|                  | Submitted papers will be refereed by at least three
|    K. Makki      | reviewers for quality, correctness, originality and
|      UNLV        | relevance.  Accepted papers will be presented at the
|                  | workshop and published in proceedings.
|     D. Mark      |
|  SUNNY Buffalo   | 
|                  | Proposals for panels that examine emerging, innovative,
|     M. Mineter   | or otherwise provocative geographic information issues
| Univ. of Endiburg| are encouraged as well.  Panel proposals should include
|                  | a 1-2 page summary of the topic and the names and
|    M. Ozsoyglu   | affiliations of 3-4 panelists who have made a commitment
| Case Western Res.| to participate.
|                  | 
|    E.K. Park     | 
|U.S. Naval Academy| Five copies of a technical paper should be submitted
|                  | by Friday September 30, 1994 to:
|    T. Sellis     | 
| Univ. of Athens  |
|                  |                  Dr. Niki Pissinou
|    C. Schaefer   |
| NASA headquarters|           c/o ACM Workshop on Advances in GIS
|                  |          The Center For Advanced Computer Studies
|    J. Sibert     |        The Center For Advanced Computer Studies
|George Wash. Univ.|        The University of Southwestern Louisiana
|                  |                    2 Rex Street   
|  R. Subramanian  |                    P.O. Box 44330
|  Univ. of Alaska |                 Lafayette, LA 70504 
|                  |               e-mail: gis94@cacs.usl.edu
|   K. Vadaparty   |                 tel: (318) 231-6604
| Case Western Res.|                 fax: (318) 231-5791
|                  |            
|   Y. Yesha       | We encourage submission of papers from both the academic
|   NIST/UMBC      | and industrial spheres.  Due to the large amount of papers
|                  | received last year, we DISCOURAGE electronic submissions
|   G. Zurfluh     | this year.
| Univ. Toulouse 1 |        
|                  |
|    TREASURER     | For further information, please send e-mail to 
|                  |                  gis94@cacs.usl.edu
|    E.K. Park     | This message can also be obtained via anonymous ftp
|      USNA        | to ftp.cacs.usl.edu (/pub/GIS94) or World Wide Web
|                  | server to http://www.cacs.usl.edu
| PUBLICITY CHAIR  |
|                  | IMPORTANT DATES:
|  P. Bergougnoux  |
| Univ. Toulouse 1 |
|                  | 
| LOCAL ARR. CHAIR |
|                  | Paper submission deadline (FIRM) : September 30, 1994
|   Y. Yesha       | Notification of acceptance       : October 21, 1994
|  NIST/UMBC       | Camera ready papers              : November 15, 1994
|__________________| Workshop date                    : December 1-2,  1994