<div>This announcement contains</div><div>- the Call for Papers for ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010</div><div> (Full Paper Submission Deadline: June 24, 2010)</div><div>- the Call for Workshop Proposals for ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010</div>
<div> (Proposal Submission Deadline: May 15, 2010)</div><div><br></div><div>======================================================================</div><div> ---------------------------------------------</div><div> 18th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference</div>
<div> on Advances in Geographic Information Systems</div><div> (ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010)</div><div><br></div><div> Call for Papers and Workshop Proposals</div><div> ---------------------------------------------</div>
<div><br></div><div> November 2-5, 2010</div><div> San Jose, CA, USA</div><div> <a href="http://acmgis2010.cs.ucsb.edu/">http://acmgis2010.cs.ucsb.edu/</a></div><div><br>
</div><div>The ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic</div><div>Information Systems 2010 (ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010) is the eighteenth</div><div>event in a series of symposia and workshops that began in 1993 with</div>
<div>the aim of bringing together researchers, developers, users, and</div><div>practitioners carrying out research and development in novel systems</div><div>based on geo-spatial data and knowledge, and fostering</div><div>
interdisciplinary discussions and research in all aspects of</div><div>geographic information systems. The conference provides a forum for</div><div>original research contributions covering all conceptual, design, and</div>
<div>implementation aspects of GIS ranging from applications, user</div><div>interfaces, and visualization to storage management and indexing</div><div>issues. This conference is the premier annual event of the ACM</div><div>
Special Interest Group on Spatial Information (ACM SIGSPATIAL).</div><div>Researchers, students, and practitioners are invited to submit their</div><div>contributions to ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010.</div><div><br></div><div>Suggested topics include but are not limited to:</div>
<div><br></div><div>* Cartography and Geodesy</div><div>* Computational Geometry</div><div>* Computer Vision Applications in GIS</div><div>* Distributed and Parallel algorithms for GIS</div><div>* Earth Observation</div><div>
* Geographic Information Retrieval</div><div>* Human Computer Interaction and Visualization</div><div>* Image and Video Understanding</div><div>* Location-based Services</div><div>* Location Privacy, Data Sharing and Security</div>
<div>* GIS Performance Evaluation</div><div>* Photogrammetry</div><div>* Similarity Searching</div><div>* Spatial Analysis and Integration</div><div>* Spatial and Spatio-temporal Data Acquisition</div><div>* Spatio-temporal Data Analysis</div>
<div>* Spatial Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery</div><div>* Spatial Data Quality and Uncertainty</div><div>* GPU and Novel Hardware Solutions for GIS</div><div>* Spatial Data Structures and Algorithms</div><div>* Spatial Data Warehousing, OLAP, and Decision Support</div>
<div>* Spatial Information and Society</div><div>* Spatial Modeling and Reasoning</div><div>* Spatial Query Processing and Optimization</div><div>* Spatio-temporal Data Management</div><div>* Spatio-temporal Sensor Networks</div>
<div>* Spatio-temporal Stream Processing</div><div>* Spatio-textual Searching</div><div>* Standardization and Interoperability for GIS</div><div>* Storage and Indexing</div><div>* GIS Architectures and Middleware</div><div>
* Traffic Telematics</div><div>* Transportation</div><div>* Urban and Environmental Planning</div><div>* Visual Languages and Querying</div><div>* Wireless, Web, and Real-time Applications</div><div><br></div><div>Paper Format: Authors are invited to submit full, original,</div>
<div>unpublished research papers that are not being considered for</div><div>publication in any other forum. Manuscripts should be submitted in</div><div>PDF format and formatted using the ACM camera-ready templates</div>
<div>available at</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html">http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Submission length is limited to 10 pages. In addition to the regular</div>
<div>full-length papers, the Program Committee may accept some as poster</div><div>papers which may be requested to be shortened. All submitted papers</div><div>will be refereed for quality, originality, and relevance by the</div>
<div>Program Committee. Accepted papers will be considered for 'Best Paper</div><div>Award'.</div><div><br></div><div>Ph.D. Dissertation Showcase Paper Format: Ph.D. students are</div><div>encouraged to submit their Ph.D. research contributions and</div>
<div>work-in-progress. Submission length is limited to 6 pages -- Add</div><div>(Ph.D. Showcase) to the title. Student authors of the accepted papers</div><div>will be given an opportunity to present a summary of their research</div>
<div>at the conference. Successful Ph.D. showcase papers will appear in</div><div>the ACM SIGSPATIAL Newsletter.</div><div><br></div><div>Industrial Paper Format: Authors are invited to submit industrial</div><div>experience papers that describe their original industrial</div>
<div>experiences, challenges, and applications to be presented during the</div><div>conference. Industrial paper submission length is limited to 10 pages</div><div>-- Add (Industrial Paper) to the title. The accepted industrial</div>
<div>experience papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings.</div><div><br></div><div>Demonstration Paper Format: Authors are invited to submit demo papers</div><div>that describe their original demonstrations to be presented during</div>
<div>the conference. Submission length is limited to 2 pages -- Add (Demo</div><div>Paper) to the title. The accepted demo papers will appear in the</div><div>Conference Proceedings.</div><div><br></div><div>Submission: Submissions should be uploaded through the submission</div>
<div>site at: <a href="https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/GIS2010/Default.aspx">https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/GIS2010/Default.aspx</a>. One</div><div>author per accepted paper, poster, Ph.D. Dissertation showcase,</div>
<div>industrial paper, or demo is required to register and attend the</div><div>conference and to present the accepted submission. Otherwise, the</div><div>accepted submission will not appear in the published conference</div>
<div>proceedings or in the ACM Digital Library version of the conference</div><div>proceedings. All questions should be addressed to the Program</div><div>Committee Chair.</div><div><br></div><div>IMPORTANT DATES (Research, Ph.D, and Demo papers)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Abstract Submission: June 17, 2010</div><div>Full Paper Submission: June 24, 2010</div><div>Notification of Acceptance: Sep. 2, 2010</div><div>Camera Ready Copy: Sep. 9, 2010</div>
<div>Conference Date: Nov. 2-5, 2010</div><div><br></div><div>WORKSHOP PROPOSALS</div><div><br></div><div>ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010 will also hold one day co-located workshops</div><div>on the day immediately preceding the first day of the conference.</div>
<div>Hence, ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010 invites proposals for workshops to be</div><div>submitted in pdf format to the Workshop Chair, Markus Schneider</div><div>(<a href="mailto:mschneid@cise.ufl.edu">mschneid@cise.ufl.edu</a>), by May 15, 2010. The duration of a workshop</div>
<div>is one day. Workshops will take place on November 2, 2010, at the</div><div>location of the conference. The proceedings of the workshops are</div><div>expected to be published jointly with the conference proceedings and</div>
<div>will appear in the ACM Digital Library. For details on how to prepare</div><div>a workshop proposal and what the workshops entail, see</div><div><a href="http://acmgis2010.cs.ucsb.edu/workshops">http://acmgis2010.cs.ucsb.edu/workshops</a>, or read the 'Call for</div>
<div>Workshop Proposals' at the end of this 'Call for Papers and</div><div>Workshop Proposals'.</div><div><br></div><div>IMPORTANT DATES (Workshops)</div><div><br></div><div>Proposal Submission Deadline: May 15, 2010</div>
<div>Notification of Acceptance: June 15, 2010</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Organization Committee</div><div><br></div><div>General Chairs</div><div>Divyakant Agrawal, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA</div>
<div>Pusheng Zhang, Microsoft Corporation, USA</div><div><br></div><div>Program Committee Chairs</div><div>Amr El Abbadi, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA</div><div>Mohamed Mokbel, University of Minnesota, USA</div>
<div><br></div><div>Local Arrangement Co-Chairs</div><div>Shawn Newsam, University of California, Merced, USA</div><div>John Krumm, Microsoft Corporation, USA</div><div><br></div><div>Treasurer</div><div>Yan Huang, University of North Texas, USA</div>
<div><br></div><div>Sponsors Co-Chairs</div><div>Erik Hoel, ESRI, USA</div><div>Cyrus Shahabi, University of Southern California, USA</div><div><br></div><div>Workshop Chair</div><div>Markus Schneider, University of Florida, USA</div>
<div><br></div><div>Registration Chair</div><div>Chengyang Zhang, University of North Texas, USA</div><div><br></div><div>Publicity Co-Chairs</div><div>Wei Ding, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA</div><div>Chang-Tien Lu, Virginia Tech, USA</div>
<div><br></div><div>Proceedings Co-Chairs</div><div>Peer Kroger, University of Munich, Germany</div><div>Andrew Danner, Swarthmore College, USA</div><div><br></div><div>Poster Co-Chairs</div><div>Mohamed Ali, Microsoft Corporation, USA</div>
<div>Jagan Sankaranarayanan, University of Maryland, USA</div><div><br></div><div>Webmasters</div><div>Nagender Bandi, Oracle, USA</div><div>Shiyuan Wang, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA</div><div><br></div>
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on Advances in Geographic Information Systems</div><div> (ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010)</div><div><br></div><div> Call for Workshop Proposals</div><div> ---------------------------------------------</div>
<div><br></div><div> November 2, 2010</div><div> San Jose, CA, USA</div><div> <a href="http://acmgis2010.cs.ucsb.edu/workshops">http://acmgis2010.cs.ucsb.edu/workshops</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>The ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic</div><div>Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS) traditionally holds one day</div><div>co-located workshops on the day immediately preceding the first day</div>
<div>of the conference. ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010 aims to continue this</div><div>practice and invites proposals for workshops to be submitted in pdf</div><div>format to the Workshop Chair, Markus Schneider</div><div>(<a href="mailto:mschneid@cise.ufl.edu">mschneid@cise.ufl.edu</a>), by May 15, 2010.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The duration of a workshop is one day. Workshops will take place on</div><div>November 2, 2010, at the location of the conference.</div><div><br></div><div>The proceedings of the workshops are expected to be published jointly</div>
<div>with the conference proceedings and will appear in the ACM Digital</div><div>Library.</div><div><br></div><div>Workshops will benefit from the registration process of ACM</div><div>SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010. All workshops will have a common continental</div>
<div>breakfast and common morning and afternoon coffee breaks. The</div><div>workshops focus on particular aspects of our field and are intended</div><div>to enhance the conference experience for those attending the ACM</div>
<div>SIGSPATIAL GIS conference. Thus, all workshop attendees must also</div><div>register for the main ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS conference. The ACM</div><div>SIGSPATIAL GIS conference sets the registration fees for the</div><div>
workshops which are the same for each workshop and are set at a</div><div>minimum level to recover costs of room rental, refreshments, and AV.</div><div>No complimentary registration is provided to workshop organizers. If</div>
<div>workshop organizers wish to have invited speakers, any additional</div><div>financial support must come from funds that are raised by the</div><div>workshop organizers.</div><div><br></div><div>One author per accepted workshop contribution (paper, poster, demo)</div>
<div>is required to register for the workshop and the conference as well</div><div>as attend the workshop to present the accepted submission. Otherwise,</div><div>the accepted submission will appear neither in the published workshop</div>
<div>proceedings nor in the ACM Digital Library version of the workshop</div><div>proceedings.</div><div><br></div><div>Each workshop proposal must contain all pertinent information,</div><div>including the following:</div>
<div><br></div><div> * workshop title</div><div> * short description of the topic and the format of the workshop</div><div> * explanation of why the proposed workshop is a good match with</div><div> ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010</div>
<div> * names and contact information of the workshop organizer(s)</div><div> * names of the members of the program committee (at least 50% must</div><div> be already known and confirmed at the time of the proposal)</div>
<div> * proposal for important dates (paper submission deadline,</div><div> notification deadline, etc.)</div><div> * expected number of participants</div><div> * in case of previous instances of the workshop, the historical</div>
<div> numbers of participants</div><div> * in case of previous instances of the workshop, the historical</div><div> submission and acceptance counts</div><div><br></div><div>The decision about acceptance/rejection of workshop proposals will be</div>
<div>made by the Workshop Chair in consultation with the SIGSPATIAL</div><div>Executive Committee and the General Chairs, taking into account venue</div><div>capacity as well as viability.</div><div><br></div><div>Evaluation criteria include overall quality and the fit with respect</div>
<div>to the expected ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010 program. Note that proposals</div><div>are especially encouraged on emerging topics that are relevant to</div><div>spatial information systems and algorithms (including location-based</div>
<div>services and geographic information systems). Notification will be</div><div>given by June 15, 2010.</div><div><br></div><div>The organizers of successful workshops will be responsible for their</div><div>own review process. Publicity will be handled jointly with the</div>
<div>workshop organizers being responsible for the creation of a workshop</div><div>website. The local arrangements chairs may require that all workshops</div><div>adhere to a specific general timetable to facilitate catering.</div>
<div>Workshop organizers must inform the Workshop Chair of the numbers of</div><div>submissions and acceptances as soon as these numbers become</div><div>available. Workshops with fewer than 20 expected registrants may be</div>
<div>canceled at the discretion of the conference organizers.</div><div><br></div><div>SUBMISSION GUIDELINES</div><div><br></div><div>Proposal Submission Deadline: May 15, 2010</div><div>Send proposal to Workshop Chair: Markus Schneider</div>
<div> (<a href="mailto:mschneid@cise.ufl.edu">mschneid@cise.ufl.edu</a>)</div><div>Notification of Acceptance: June 15, 2010</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
<div>-- </div><div>Wei Ding </div><div>Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department</div><div>University of Massachusetts Boston</div><div>100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125</div><div>(Ph) 617-287-6428 (Fax) 617-287-6433</div>
<div><a href="http://www.cs.umb.edu/~ding">http://www.cs.umb.edu/~ding</a></div><div><br></div>