[Geo4All] First NSF Workshop on Conceptualizing a National Geospatial Software Institute

[Dan Bwanika]

Prof. Wang Shaowen

I would be interested to share what East Africa needs in the
development of (National) Geospatial Software Institute (GSI).
Hopefully it would be customised to work  globally.

Best Wishes

Daniel Bwanika



On 12/12/17 3:47 pm, Wang, Shaowen wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> The National Science Foundation has recently funded a project
> (http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/enabling/software/gsi) to conceptualize
> a national Geospatial Software Institute (GSI) as a long-term hub of
> excellence in software infrastructure that can serve diverse research
> and education communities. A suite of community workshops will be
> convened to design the GSI. The first workshop aims to bring together
> thought leaders from diverse science communities to gain in-depth
> understanding of geospatial software challenges and opportunities with
> regard to requirements for the GSI by various science communities.
>
> We are inviting position papers due on December 21, 2017, and look
> forward to your submissions. Your help for spreading the word of the
> attached call for position papers is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks & best,
> -Shaowen
>
> ------------
> Shaowen Wang
>
> Professor and Department Head
>     Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science
> Affiliate Professor
>     Computer Science, Information Sciences, Urban & Regional Planning
> Founding Director
>     CyberGIS Center for Advanced Digital and Spatial Studies
> CyberInfrastructure and Geospatial Information Laboratory
>
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> Room 2046, Natural History Building, 1301 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801
> Email: shaowen at illinois.edu <mailto:shaowen at illinois.edu>; Web:
> https://www.geog.illinois.edu
> Office: +1 (217) 3337608; Skype & Twitter: swuiuc
>
>
>

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