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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded a project
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to conceptualize a national Geospatial Software Institute (GSI) as a long-term hub of excellence in software infrastructure for serving diverse research and education communities. To forward the strong momentum gained from two successful workshops, the third
workshop will take place in the Washington DC area on January 27-29, 2019. January 27<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 January 28<sup>th</sup>. Dr. Manish Parashar,
the Director of the NSF’s Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) will give the opening keynote on the morning of January 28<sup>th</sup>. We plan to wrap up the workshop by 1pm, EDT on January 29<sup>th</sup>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We are inviting position papers:</span>
<a href="http://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu/workshop3/">http://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu/workshop3/</a>
<span style="color:black">due on <b>October 31, 2018</b>, and look forward to your submissions.
<span style="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.</span><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">On behalf of the project’s advisory and steering committees<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu/people/">http://gsi.cigi.illinois.edu/people/</a> <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"> <a href="http://www.geog.illinois.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Affiliate Professor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://cs.illinois.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Computer Science</span></a>,
<a href="http://ischool.illinois.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Information Sciences</span></a>,
<a href="http://www.urban.illinois.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Urban & Regional Planning</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Founding Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="http://cybergis.illinois.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">CyberGIS Center for Advanced Digital and Spatial Studies</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.uiuc.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">NHB 2046, MC-150, 1301 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Office: +1 (217) 333-7608; Skype & Twitter: swuiuc</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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