<div dir="ltr">Dear Geo for All colleagues,<br><br>I am pleased to share with you the <a href="https://2018.stateofthemap.org/academictrack/">call for abstracts</a> for the Academic
Track of the next State of the Map (SotM) conference, that will take
place at Politecnico di Milano in Milan, Italy on July 28-30, 2018.<br><br>Please note that the
submission deadline is <strong>March 4, 2018</strong>. For any question, please feel free to contact me.<br><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div>Marco<br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Marco Minghini, Ph.D.<br></div>GEOlab, Politecnico di Milano - DICA<br></div>Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano (Italy)<br>+39 02 23996409<br></div><div><a href="mailto:marco.minghini@polimi.it" target="_blank">marco.minghini@polimi.it</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/MarcoMinghini" target="_blank">@MarcoMinghini</a></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/MarcoMinghini" target="_blank"><br></a></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/MarcoMinghini" target="_blank"><br></a></div><div><p>In parallel to the standard sessions, this year State of the Map will
run an Academic Track session to showcase the great importance
OpenStreetMap has gained within the scientific and academic communities.
The Academic Track aims to bring together and foster interactions
between OpenStreetMap contributors and scientific researchers from all
over the world. Consequently this will demonstrate both the potential
and maturity of scientific investigations based on OpenStreetMap to the
whole community and stimulate a beneficial discussion among the
attendees. Contributions are expected to address any scientific aspect
related to OpenStreetMap, in particular, but not limited, to the
following:</p>
<ul><li>quality of OpenStreetMap data</li><li>analysis of contribution patterns in OpenStreetMap</li><li>exploitation of OpenStreetMap data to generate new scientifically valuable datasets</li><li>integration of OpenStreetMap data with other datasets to generate new scientifically valuable datasets</li><li>scientific applications of OpenStreetMap</li><li>new approaches to facilitate or improve data collection in
OpenStreetMap (e.g. through gamification or Citizen Science approaches)</li><li>literature reviews on specific aspects of OpenStreetMap</li><li>creating better connections and collaborations between the scientific community and the OpenStreetMap community</li><li>open research problems in OpenStreetMap and challenges for the scientific community</li></ul>
<p>Authors are invited to submit abstracts using <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSej1MWq6IWdqb0R0LnVutDfR3prJ8FjJeaPeQ1dd1ueaw8GPA/viewform">this form</a>. Deadline for submission is <strong>March 4, 2018</strong>.</p>
<p>The maximum length of the abstract is <strong>2500 characters</strong>.
Abstracts must be scientifically rigorous and structured as follows:
introduction/background, where the problem addressed is introduced; main
aim or purpose of the study; brief description of the methodology and
findings achieved; final discussion highlighting the scientific
contribution of the study and its practical benefits/implications.
Abstracts describing the use, analysis and processing of OpenStreetMap
data for new and unconventional applications/disciplines are
particularly encouraged.</p>
<p>Abstracts will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee. Authors of
selected abstracts will be invited to give an oral presentation during
the Academic Track sessions at the conference. In addition, authors of
selected abstracts will be invited to submit a full paper for the
Special Issue <a href="https://opengeospatialdata.springeropen.com/osgs">Open Source Geospatial Software</a> of the journal <a href="https://opengeospatialdata.springeropen.com/">Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Scientific Committee</strong></p>
<ul><li><em>Dr. Marco Minghini</em> - Politecnico di Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Italy</li><li><em>Dr. Peter Mooney</em> - Maynooth University, Department of Computer Science, Ireland</li><li><em>Dr. Vyron Antoniou</em> - Geographic Directorate, Hellenic Army General Staff, Greece</li><li><em>Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli</em> - Politecnico di Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Italy</li><li><em>Dr. Frank Ostermann</em> - University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), The Netherlands</li><li><em>Dr. Amin Mobasheri</em> - GIScience Research Group, Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Germany</li><li><em>Joost Schouppe</em> - OpenStreetMap Belgium, Belgium</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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