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<div>The National Science Foundation has recently funded a project (<a href="http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/enabling/software/gsi">http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/enabling/software/gsi</a>) to conceptualize a national Geospatial Software Institute (GSI) as a long-term
hub of excellence in software infrastructure that can serve diverse research and education communities. A suite of community workshops will be convened to design the GSI. The first workshop aims to bring together thought leaders from diverse science communities
to gain in-depth understanding of geospatial software challenges and opportunities with regard to requirements for the GSI by various science communities. </div>
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<div>We are inviting position papers due on December 21, 2017, and look forward to your submissions. Your help for spreading the word of the attached call for position papers is greatly appreciated.</div>
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<div>Thanks & best, </div>
<div>-Shaowen</div>
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<div><font face="Courier,monospace">Shaowen Wang</font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier,monospace">Professor and Department Head </font></div>
<div><font face="Courier,monospace"> Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier,monospace">Affiliate Professor</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier,monospace"> Computer Science, Information Sciences, Urban & Regional Planning </font></div>
<div><font face="Courier,monospace">Founding Director</font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier,monospace"> CyberInfrastructure and Geospatial Information Laboratory</font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier,monospace">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier,monospace">Room 2046, Natural History Building, 1301 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801</font></div>
<div><font face="Courier,monospace">Email: <a href="mailto:shaowen@illinois.edu">
shaowen@illinois.edu</a>; Web: <a href="https://www.geog.illinois.edu">https://www.geog.illinois.edu</a> </font></div>
<div><font face="Courier,monospace">Office: +1 (217) 3337608; Skype & Twitter: swuiuc</font></div>
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