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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We cordially invite you to attend the 2<sup>nd</sup> international symposium of spatiotemporal computing at Harvard, Aug.7-9, 2017. This symposium draws practical leaders from around the world to discuss one of the most important future
directions of GIScience and geoscience domains. Various important aspects of spatiotemporal computing will be discussed in-depth with an objective to set up a research agenda for the following decade.
<a href="http://sites.cloud.gmu.edu/issc2017/schedule.php">http://sites.cloud.gmu.edu/issc2017/schedule.php</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Symposium registration and a special lodging rate have been arranged with Marriott on the stripe of Harvard and MIT.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to seeing you at the symposium. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chaowei<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">------------------------------------------------<br>
Chaowei Phil Yang, Ph.D.,<br>
Director, NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center; <a href="http://www.stcenter.net/" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">www.stcenter.net</span></a><br>
Co-Director, Center for Intelligent Spatial Computing <a href="http://cisc.gmu.edu/" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">http://cisc.gmu.edu/</span></a><br>
Chair, ISPRS ICWG IV/II: Computing Optimization for SDB and LBS <a href="http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/icwg42.html" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/icwg42.html</span></a><br>
Professor, GGS, GMU, <a href="http://ggs.gmu.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://ggs.gmu.edu/</span></a><br>
<a href="http://cpgis.gmu.edu/homepage/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://cpgis.gmu.edu/homepage/</span></a><br>
Tel: 703-993-4742 (O)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Yang C., Huang Q., Li Z., Liu K., Hu F., 2017. Big Data and Cloud Computing: Innovation Opportunities and Challenges,
International Journal of Digital Earth, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2016.1239771" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2016.1239771</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:middle"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Yang C., Yu M., Hu F., Jiang Y., Li Y., 2017. Utilizing Cloud Computing to Address Big Geospatial Data Challenges,
Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2016.10.010">
<span style="color:blue">http://dx.doi.org/</span><span style="color:blue">10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2016.10.010</span></a></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Yu M. and C. Yang, (2016) A 3D multi-threshold, region-growing algorithm for identifying dust storm features from model simulations, International Journal of Geographical
Information Science. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2016.1250900" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2016.1250900</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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