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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The official call for papers for our new Special Issue of the International Journal of Geographical Information Science on Deep Learning Approaches in Geographical Information Science and Human Geography is
now live.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/deep-learning-approaches-geographical/">https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/deep-learning-approaches-geographical/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Deep neural networks have had a transformative impact across a wide range of fields, gaining significant traction among researchers in academia and industry. Traditional methods in artificial intelligence
and machine learning have long been part of Geographical Information Science (GIScience) and geocomputation, including research both on unsupervised learning approaches to geographic data mining (e.g., geodemographic classification and dimensionality reduction)
and supervised methods of inference (e.g., spatial autocorrelation and geographically weighted regression). However, while deep machine learning has found wide use in remote sensing and earth observation, its application to human geography has been neglected
until recently (Harris et al., 2017). Research works highlight the great potential of deep learning to study geographic phenomena: Xu et al. (2017) proposed the use of deep autoencoders to perform quality assessment of building footprints for OpenStreetMap;
De Sabbata and Liu (2019) explored a geodemographic classification approach based on deep embedding clustering; Palmer et al. (2021) have been exploring the use of street-view data in public health studies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This special issue develops from discussions that emerged at the Deep learning approaches in GIScience session of the Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), but submissions
are open to all interested authors. In particular, we welcome submissions focused on novel spatially-aware deep learning approaches and applying recent approaches to human geography topics in a novel way. Application areas include human geography, demography,
digital geographies, public health, social equity and justice, sustainability and resilience, transport science and urban planning, and the digital humanities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Geographic theory in deep learning approaches<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Spatially-aware deep learning approaches<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Deep learning approaches to analyse geospatial vector data<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Deep learning approaches using quantitative-qualitative mixed-method<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Deep learning approaches to geographic information retrieval and natural language processing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Deep learning approaches in geovisualisation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Deep learning applications with unstructured data or new data sources, including using data from street-view, drone or small low-cost satellites<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Critical analysis of geographic deep learning<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Novel geospatial datasets for geographic deep learning<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Open research problems in applying deep learning methods in GIScience<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Abstracts (no more than 250 words):
<b><u>March 1st, 2022</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Decisions on abstracts: March 15th, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Full manuscripts: August 15th, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Initial editorial decisions: late 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Accepted manuscripts online: 1-2 weeks after final acceptance on each manuscript<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Anticipated publication of the special issue: late 2023<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Special Issue Guest Editors</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Stefano De Sabbata, University of Leicester (<a href="mailto:s.desabbata@le.ac.uk">s.desabbata@le.ac.uk</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Andrea Ballatore, King’s College London (<a href="mailto:andrea.ballatore@kcl.ac.uk">andrea.ballatore@kcl.ac.uk</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Godwin Yeboah, University of Warwick (<a href="mailto:g.yeboah@warwick.ac.uk">g.yeboah@warwick.ac.uk</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Harvey Miller, Ohio State University (<a href="mailto:miller.81@osu.edu">miller.81@osu.edu</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Renee Sieber, McGill University (<a href="mailto:renee.sieber@mcgill.ca">renee.sieber@mcgill.ca</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ivan Tyukin, University of Leicester (<a href="mailto:i.tyukin@leicester.ac.uk">i.tyukin@leicester.ac.uk</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you have any query, please do not hesitate to contact me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Stef.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“It’s </span></i><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">all going to be alright in the end, and if it's not alright, it's not the
end</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">”</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(by Ol Parker, via Wittertainment)</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span></b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Stefano De Sabbata (they/them)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Lecturer in Quantitative Geography</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">School of Geography, Geology and the Environment,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Research Associate at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#730F00;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#730F00;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">t: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">+44 (0)116 252 3812<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#730F00;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">e:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> <a href="mailto:s.desabbata@le.ac.uk" title="mailto:s.desabbata@le.ac.uk"><span style="color:#000051">s.desabbata@le.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#730F00;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">w: </span></b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#00004D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://sdesabbata.github.io/" target="_blank" title="https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/stefano-de-sabbata/"><span style="color:#000051">sdesabbata.github.io</span></a></span></u><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#730F00;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#730F00;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">w: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/geography/people/stefano-de-sabbata" title="http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/geography/people/stefano-de-sabbata"><span style="color:#000051;background:white">le.ac.uk/departments/geography/people/stefano-de-sabbata</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#730F00;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">w: </span></b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#00004D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/stefano-de-sabbata/" target="_blank" title="https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/stefano-de-sabbata/"><span style="color:#000051">oii.ox.ac.uk/people/stefano-de-sabbata</span></a></span></u><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#730F00;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#730F00;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">twitter: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://twitter.com/maps4thought" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000051">@maps4thought</span></a>
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