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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black">👉👉👉</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span style="color:black">Please send your abstracts to <a href="mailto:s.desabbata@le.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style="color:#022B53">s.desabbata@le.ac.uk</span></a> by
Monday!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black">😊</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">(apologies for cross-posting)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<span style="color:black">This is the final call for papers for the session for the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.rgs.org/research/annual-international-conference/" title="https://www.rgs.org/research/annual-international-conference/"><span style="color:#044A91">Annual
International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://geoinfo.science/rgs-2022-session-aic-2-deep-learning/"><span style="color:#044A91">Deep
learning applications in geography</span></a>. If you are interested in presenting your work at the RGS AIC this year (Newcastle University, from Tuesday 30 August to Friday 2 September 2022), please do<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><u>submit
your 250-word abstract to me by Monday March 21<sup>st</sup>5pm GMT</u></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black">Abstract<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Deep learning approaches are becoming an integral part of the GIScience toolbox. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2021.1912347">Li <i>et al</i>. 2021</a> combined graph convolutional networks and recurrent
neural networks to model human activity intensity including interactions in physical and social space. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2020.101583">Liu and De Sabbata 2021</a> developed a graph-based semi-supervised approach to classify social
media posts based on their text, image and spatio-temporal information. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84572-4">Palmer <i>et al</i>. 2021</a> applied computer vision approaches to the Liverpool 360º Street View dataset to explore the exposure
to fast food, gambling and alcohol advertisements. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.12869">Zheng and Sieber 2022</a> explore the interaction between artificial intelligence and human intervention in the development of smart cities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Following up on last year’s successful session on deep learning approaches in GIScience, this year we aim to continue to explore the application of these new tools in geography. Sitting at the crossroads between
geographical enquiry and scientific and technological development in information and computer science, GIScience has always been a forum for both the application of new technologies in geography and the geographical critique of those same tools. Continuing
this tradition, this session aims to bring together contributions that showcase the applications of deep learning tools in any form of geographic and cartographic enquiry, contributions that demonstrate novel spatially-aware deep learning approaches and contributions
that aim to critically enquire the implications of the use of these new tools in geography.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="color:black">Organisers<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Dr <a href="https://sdesabbata.github.io/">Stefano De Sabbata</a>, <i>University of Leicester</i><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Dr <a href="https://aballatore.space/">Andrea Ballatore</a>, <i>King’s College London</i><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Dr <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/schoolforcross-facultystudies/igsd/about/people/gyeboah/">Godwin Yeboah</a>, <i>University of Warwick</i><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black">Instructions for Authors<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please submit abstracts of no more than 250 words for 15 minutes presentations to <a href="mailto:s.desabbata@le.ac.uk">s.desabbata@le.ac.uk</a> <b><u>by Monday March 21<sup>st</sup>5pm GMT</u></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">“It’s </span><span style="color:black">all going to be alright in the end, and if it's not alright, it's not the end</span></i><span style="color:black">”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">(by Ol Parker, via Wittertainment)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Dr Stefano De Sabbata (they/them)</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Associate Professor of Geographical Information Science</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">School of Geography, Geology and the Environment,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#570B00">t: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">+44 (0)116 252 3812</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#570B00">w: </span></b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#000039"><a href="https://sdesabbata.github.io/" target="_blank" title="https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/stefano-de-sabbata/"><span style="color:#00003E">sdesabbata.github.io</span></a></span></u><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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