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INFORMATION REGARDING REGISTRATION OR OBTAINING A COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS SHOULD BE DIRECTED to eun@usna.navy.mil ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPTICIPATION 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, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the University of Toulouse 1, CERISS Lab., France ____________________ | | THEME: | WORKSHOP CHAIR | | | GIS'94 will serve as a forum for disseminating research | T. Ozsoyoglu | 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| setting future research directions in this area. | | Since the workshop will be held in conjunction with CIKM, | H. Samet | participants will be able to maximize their interchange |Univ. of Maryland | of experiences and knowledge among researchers and | | practioners across the entire field of knowledge and |PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS | 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 | * 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 | |Humboldt Un.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 | Intergraph | trend. This format should provide a forum for potential | | collaborations to develop among members of the community | S. Hirtle | of researchers and practitioners. | Univ. Pitsburg | | | | 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 | Intergraph | 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 | | SUNY Buffalo | | | Proposals for panels that examine emerging, innovative, | M. Mineter | or otherwise provocative geographic information issues | Edinburgh Univ. | are encouraged as well. Panel proposals should include | | a 1-2 page summary of the topic and the names and | M. Ozsoyoglu | 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. Sarjakoski | | FGI Helsinki | | | Dr. Niki Pissinou | T. Sellis | | Univ. of Athens | c/o ACM Workshop on Advances in GIS | | | C. Schaefer | The Center For Advanced Computer Studies | NASA headquarters| | | The University of Southwestern Louisiana | J. Sibert | |George Wash. Univ.| 2 Rex Street | | P.O. Box 44330 | R. Subramanian | Lafayette, LA 70504 | Univ. of Alaska | e-mail: gis94@cacs.usl.edu | | tel : (318) 231-6604 | J. Tsai | fax : (318) 231-5791 |Univ. of Illinois | | | | K. Vadaparty | | Case Western Res.| | | | 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 | | | | A. Wilscht | For further information, please send e-mail to: | Univ. of Twente | | | gis94@cacs.usl.edu | TREASURER | | | | E.K. Park | This message can also be obtained via anonymous ftp | USNA | to cacs.usl.edu (/pub/GIS94) or World Wide Web | | server to http://www.cacs.usl.edu | PUBLICITY CHAIR | | | | P. Bergougnoux | | Univ. Toulouse 1 | | | IMPORTANT DATES: | 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 Registration form for the 2nd ACM Workshop on Advances in Geographic Information Systems: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TENTATIVE PROGRAM Thursday, Dec. 1, 1994 9:00 - 9:10 Opening Session : Niki Pissinou 9:10 - 10:10 Keynote Addresss: Annette Krygiel 10:10- 10:25 Break 10:25- 11:25 Session 1: Task Specific Requirements Chair : Max Egenhofer 1. Toward the Development of a Conceptual Framework for GIS Based Collaborative Spatial Decision Making Amstrong and Densham 2. Models for Updating Real-Time Spatial Systems Langran Kucera 3. Computing Visibility Maps on Hierarchical Terrain Models Magillo and Floriani 11:25- 11:45 Session 2: Architectural Models Chair : 1. A Multilayer Approach to the Open GIS Design Problem Voisard and Schweppe 11:45-12:00 Group discussion 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1:00 -2:20 Session 3: Spatial Data Models Chair : Niki Pissinou 1. A model to cultivate objects and manipulate fields Camara, Freitas, Souza, Casanova, Hemerly, Medeiros 2. Towards a representation for Spatial Objects in Diverse Geometries Stell and Worboys 3. An intersection based formalism for representing orientation relations in a geographic database Abdelmoty and Geresy 4. Spatial Regions with Indetermined Boundaries Cohn and Gotts 2:20-2:35 Group discussion on Spatial Data Models 2:35-2:50 Break 2:50-3:50 Session 4: Spatial Access Structures Chair : Meral Ozsoyouglou 1. A Cost Model for Query Optimization Using R-Trees Aref and Samet 2. An Evaluation of Access Methods for Spatial Networks Shekhar, Liu, and Coyle 3. Query Processing with Spatio-temporal Index on Object Oriented Databases Huang and Luk 3:50 - 4:05 Group discussion on Spatial Access Structures 4:05 - 4:20 Break 4:20 - 5:30 Panel: The role of AI and Multi-Media in GIS Chair: Nick Bourbakis Bill Campell Michael Gennert Meral Ozsoyouglou 6:30 Workshops Dinner Friday, Dec. 2, 1994 9:00- 10:00 Keynote Address: The Open Geodata Interoperability Specification Challenges and Opportunities John Herring, Intergraph Corp. 10:00 - 10:15 Break 10:15 - 11:15 Session 5: Domain Specific Requirements Chair: Christos Faloutsos 1. Landscape-Dynamical Scenarios simulation for GIS Isachenko and Reznikov 2. Estimating cloud formation evolution from sequences of METEOSAT Images Bolla, Marchese, Nobile, Zappatore 3. A Prototype Astronomical Database Ramaiyer, Brunner, Szalay, Connolly and Lypton 11:15 - 11:30 Group discussion 11:30 - 11:45 Break 11:45 - 12:25 Session 6: Data Quality Chair: Patrick Bergoughoux 1. GeoQual: A Data Model for Handling the Quality of Geographic Information Faiz and Boursier 2. Dealings with Uncertainty in categorical coverage maps: Definining, visualizing and managing errors Ehlschlaeger and Goodchild 12:25- 12:35 Group discussion 12:35- 1:30 Lunch 1:30 -2:30 Session 7: Spatial Reasoning Chair : John Sibert 1. Modeling Interactive Cartographic Communication with Formal Logic and Prolog Sarjakoski and Lindholm 2. Qualitive Reasoning about Imprecise Spatial Information T. Topaloglou 3. Fusion of information and reasoning in a GIS based decision making system using a Pearl Bayes Network Stassopoulou, Petrou and Kittler 2:30 - 2:45 Group discussion 2:45 - 3:00 Break 3:00 - 4:00 Session 8: Algorithms Chair: Kia Makki 1. A Distance Scan Algorithm for spatial Access Structures Henrich 2. A Semi-Materialized View Approach for Route Maintenance in Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems Huang, Jing and Rundensteiner 3. An Efficient Representation for Pyramidal Terrain Models Bertolotto et. al 4:00 - 4:15 Group discussion 4:15 - 4:30 Break 4:30 - 5:30 Panel: GIS Research: Where Does Computer Science Fit In? Max Egenhofer Mark Andrew Mike Goodchild 5:30 - 5:45 Closing Session ------------------------------- cut here -------------------------------------- ^L REGISTRATION FORM GIS94 will be held at NIST and if you need information on directions, please contact CIKM Local Arrangement Chair: Elizabeth Fong at NIST, (301) 975-3250, fong@speckle.ncsl.nist.gov We have arranged a block of rooms at the Gaithersburg Hilton Hotel, 620 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, (301) 977-8900, or 1-800-599-5111. Please make your hotel reservation early. To obtain special conference rate (rate is U.S. $70.00 per night for Single or Double), you must tell them you are attending the CIKM'94 conference in November/December 1994. Cut-off date for guaranteed guest room reservations is November 1, 1994. If you have any questions on registration (eun@usna.navy.mil), workshops (program chair of each workshop) (gis94@cacs.usl.edu), please send e-mail to appropriate person above or to cikm94@adam.rutgers.edu. ------------------------------- cut here -------------------------------------- GIS'94 WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM Please complete this form (TYPE or PRINT), and return with your payment. Your paper title, if any:_____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Paper authors:___________________________________________________________ First Name:_________________________ Last Name:_______________________________ Title (Dr/Mr/MS/Prof.):_____________ Position:________________________________ Company/Univ.:_______________________________ Dept.:__________________________ Address:______________________________________________________________________ City:_________________________ State:_____________ Zip/Postal Code:___________ Country:_______________________________ Phone:________________________________ Fax:_________________________________ E-mail:_________________________________ Payment in U.S. dollars ONLY (check drawn on a U.S. bank or International Money Order) is enclosed for the following (Please Check). 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