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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recently funded a project (<a href="http://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu">http://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu</a>) to conceptualize a national Geospatial Software Institute (GSI) as a long-term hub of excellence
in geospatial software that can serve diverse research and education communities.
<span style="color:black">We have strong momentum to conceptualize the GSI after the first workshop:
</span><a href="http://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu/workshop/agenda/">http://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu/workshop/agenda/</a>
<span style="color:black">that was a great success. The second workshop will take place in Chicago, IL, USA on July 15-17, 2018. July 15<sup>th</sup> is intended for an ice-breaking event on the evening so that most participants will be ready for the morning
program on July 16<sup>th</sup>. We plan to wrap up the workshop by 1pm on July 17<sup>th</sup>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are inviting position papers: <a href="http://go.illinois.edu/gsi-cfp2">
http://go.illinois.edu/gsi-cfp2</a> due on <b>June 1, 2018</b>, and look forward to your submissions.
<span style="color:#333333;background:white">If your position paper is selected, you will receive NSF travel support to attend the workshop.</span> Your help for spreading the word is greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks & best, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Shaowen<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Shaowen Wang<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Professor and Department Head <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Richard and Margaret Romano Professorial Scholar<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Affiliate Professor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Computer Science, Information Sciences, Urban & Regional Planning
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<p class="MsoNormal">Founding Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> CyberGIS Center for Advanced Digital and Spatial Studies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, <a href="http://www.geog.illinois.edu">
www.geog.illinois.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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