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<div>Dear colleagues,</div><br>Following the first two successful editions of the <b>Academic Track</b>
at State of the Map 2018 in Milan [1] and State of the Map 2019 in
Heidelberg [2], this Track will be included
again in the program of State of the Map 2020, to be held in Cape Town
on July 3-5, 2020. The main purpose of the Academic Track is to
bring together and foster interactions between the OpenStreetMap
community at large (contributors, developers, users, etc.) and the
academic/scientific community of researchers from all over the world.<br><br><div>A designated Scientific Committee will be responsible for the organization of the
Academic Track, co-chaired by Marco Minghini (on behalf of the OSMF
State of the Map Working Group) and Serena Coetzee (on behalf of the
South Africa local team). We hereby issue a call for applications,
inviting all interested individuals to apply to join the
Scientific Committee.
This team will be in charge of:</div><ul><li>writing and publishing the call for abstracts/papers for the Academic Track at State of the Map 2020</li><li>designing
and managing the review process of the submitted abstracts, deciding
which ones to accept for oral presentation or poster presentation</li><li>defining the Academic Track schedule at State of the Map 2020, by working in close contact with the
<a href="https://2020.stateofthemap.org/cfp/#committee" target="_blank">Programme Committee</a>
</li><li>planning and managing possible publication outputs, e.g.
conference proceedings and/or or a Special Issue in a scientific journal</li></ul><div>The
Academic Track Scientific Committee
will be
composed by Marco and Serena plus additional people that would be
selected through this open call. The number of additional people is not
defined a priori and will depend on the number and quality of
applications received.<br></div><br>Thus, we invite applications for <b>researchers or academics</b> to be part of the Academic Track Scientific Committee. The call is open to everyone interested. <b>Applications shall be made exclusively by sending an e-mail to the
OSM science mailing list <a href="mailto:science@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank"><span>science@openstreetmap.org</span></a> </b>(this requires registering for the list at <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/science&sa=D&ust=1544522705516000&usg=AFQjCNGQpKzLHAff40jmaxWAbSw_j5gQrg" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/science</a>), and filling the following template:<br><br><b>Name and Surname</b><br><i>Please enter your name and surname.</i><br><br><b>Affiliation</b><br><i>Please enter your (current) full affiliation.</i><br><br><b>Academic experience, in particular on OpenStreetMap</b><br><i>Please
enter a short description of your main academic interests and
contributions, especially related to OpenStreetMap. A full list of
OpenStreetMap-related publications (or a link to it) is appreciated.
Also, please list your previous experience as a member of scientific or
academic committees.
Place the focus on
OpenStreetMap, when relevant.</i><br><br><b>Editorial experience</b><br><i>Please
enter a short description of your editorial experience, e.g. as a
Member of the Editorial Board of scientific journals, Guest-Editors of
Special Issues, reviewer for scientific journals. Place the focus on
OpenStreetMap, when relevant.</i><br><br><b>Participation in State of the Map 2020</b><br><div><i>Although
it is not strictly required that all members of the Academic Track
Scientific Committee participate in the State of the Map 2020
conference, a sufficient presence is required. Therefore, please
inform us whether you plan to attend (if selected as a member of the
Academic Track Scientific Committee).</i></div><br>Only applications submitted according to this procedure and only self-nominations will be considered.<br><br>The deadline for applications is <b>January 8, 2020</b>.<br><br>Applications
will be assessed by the OSMF State of the Map Working Group and the
Cape Town local team. The Academic Track Scientific Committee will be
formed based on the candidates' personal merit and their chance to
participate in State of the Map 2020 (assessed from the answers to the
questions above)
and according to the overall goal of forming a diverse and
interdisciplinary Team. In absence of candidates who are meeting the
expectations, the OSMF State of the Map Working Group and the Cape Town
local team reserve the right to
nominate additional persons by invitation.<br><br>Best regards,<br><br><div>Serena and Marco - on behalf of the OSMF State of the Map Working Group and the State of the Map 2020 local team</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[1]<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>See the call for abstracts for 2018 (<a href="https://2018.stateofthemap.org/academictrack" target="_blank">https://2018.stateofthemap.org/academictrack</a>) and the program of the Academic Track on Sunday, 29 July, room S1.3 (<a href="https://2018.stateofthemap.org/program" target="_blank">https://2018.stateofthemap.org/program</a>) <br></div><div>[2]<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span> See the call for abstracts for 2019 (<a href="https://2019.stateofthemap.org/calls/academic" target="_blank">https://2019.stateofthemap.org/calls/academic</a>) and the program of the Academic Track on Sunday, 22 September (<a href="https://2019.stateofthemap.org/academic_programme" target="_blank">https://2019.stateofthemap.org/academic_programme</a>)</div>
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