This announcement contains - the Call for Papers and Workshop Proposals, and - the (detailed) Call for Workshop Proposals for ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010. ====================================================================== --------------------------------------------- 18th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010) Call for Papers and Workshop Proposals --------------------------------------------- November 2-5, 2010 San Jose, CA, USA http://acmgis2010.cs.ucsb.edu/ The ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems 2010 (ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010) is the eighteenth event in a series of symposia and workshops that began in 1993 with the aim of bringing together researchers, developers, users, and practitioners carrying out research and development in novel systems based on geo-spatial data and knowledge, and fostering interdisciplinary discussions and research in all aspects of geographic information systems. The conference provides a forum for original research contributions covering all conceptual, design, and implementation aspects of GIS ranging from applications, user interfaces, and visualization to storage management and indexing issues. This conference is the premier annual event of the ACM Special Interest Group on Spatial Information (ACM SIGSPATIAL). Researchers, students, and practitioners are invited to submit their contributions to ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010. Suggested topics include but are not limited to: * Cartography and Geodesy * Computational Geometry * Computer Vision Applications in GIS * Distributed and Parallel algorithms for GIS * Earth Observation * Geographic Information Retrieval * Human Computer Interaction and Visualization * Image and Video Understanding * Location-based Services * Location Privacy, Data Sharing and Security * GIS Performance Evaluation * Photogrammetry * Similarity Searching * Spatial Analysis and Integration * Spatial and Spatio-temporal Data Acquisition * Spatio-temporal Data Analysis * Spatial Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery * Spatial Data Quality and Uncertainty * GPU and Novel Hardware Solutions for GIS * Spatial Data Structures and Algorithms * Spatial Data Warehousing, OLAP, and Decision Support * Spatial Information and Society * Spatial Modeling and Reasoning * Spatial Query Processing and Optimization * Spatio-temporal Data Management * Spatio-temporal Sensor Networks * Spatio-temporal Stream Processing * Spatio-textual Searching * Standardization and Interoperability for GIS * Storage and Indexing * GIS Architectures and Middleware * Traffic Telematics * Transportation * Urban and Environmental Planning * Visual Languages and Querying * Wireless, Web, and Real-time Applications Paper Format: Authors are invited to submit full, original, unpublished research papers that are not being considered for publication in any other forum. Manuscripts should be submitted in PDF format and formatted using the ACM camera-ready templates available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Submission length is limited to 10 pages. In addition to the regular full-length papers, the Program Committee may accept some as poster papers which may be requested to be shortened. All submitted papers will be refereed for quality, originality, and relevance by the Program Committee. Accepted papers will be considered for "Best Paper Award". Ph.D. Dissertation Showcase Paper Format: Ph.D. students are encouraged to submit their Ph.D. research contributions and work-in-progress. Submission length is limited to 6 pages -- Add (Ph.D. Showcase) to the title. Student authors of the accepted papers will be given an opportunity to present a summary of their research at the conference. Successful Ph.D. showcase papers will appear in the ACM SIGSPATIAL Newsletter. Industrial Paper Format: Authors are invited to submit industrial experience papers that describe their original industrial experiences, challenges, and applications to be presented during the conference. Industrial paper submission length is limited to 10 pages -- Add (Industrial Paper) to the title. The accepted industrial experience papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings. Demonstration Paper Format: Authors are invited to submit demo papers that describe their original demonstrations to be presented during the conference. Submission length is limited to 2 pages -- Add (Demo Paper) to the title. The accepted demo papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings. Submission: Submissions should be uploaded through the submission site at: https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/GIS2010/Default.aspx. One author per accepted paper, poster, Ph.D. Dissertation showcase, industrial paper, or demo is required to register and attend the conference and to present the accepted submission. Otherwise, the accepted submission will not appear in the published conference proceedings or in the ACM Digital Library version of the conference proceedings. All questions should be addressed to the Program Committee Chair. IMPORTANT DATES (Research, Ph.D, and Demo papers) Abstract Submission: June 24, 2010 [extended] Full Paper Submission: July 1, 2010 [extended] Notification of Acceptance: Sep. 2, 2010 Camera Ready Copy: Sep. 9, 2010 Conference Date: Nov. 2-5, 2010 WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010 will also hold one day co-located workshops on the day immediately preceding the first day of the conference. Hence, ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010 invites proposals for workshops to be submitted in pdf format to the Workshop Chair, Markus Schneider (mschneid@cise.ufl.edu), by May 15, 2010. The duration of a workshop is one day. Workshops will take place on November 2, 2010, at the location of the conference. The proceedings of the workshops are expected to be published jointly with the conference proceedings and will appear in the ACM Digital Library. For details on how to prepare a workshop proposal and what the workshops entail, see http://acmgis2010.cs.ucsb.edu/workshops, or read the special "Call for Workshop Proposals" at the end of this "Call for Papers and Workshop Proposals". IMPORTANT DATES (Workshops) Proposal Submission Deadline: May 15, 2010 Notification of Acceptance: June 15, 2010 Organization Committee General Chairs Divyakant Agrawal, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA Pusheng Zhang, Microsoft Corporation, USA Program Committee Chairs Amr El Abbadi, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Mohamed Mokbel, University of Minnesota, USA Local Arrangement Co-Chairs Shawn Newsam, University of California, Merced, USA John Krumm, Microsoft Corporation, USA Treasurer Yan Huang, University of North Texas, USA Sponsors Co-Chairs Erik Hoel, ESRI, USA Cyrus Shahabi, University of Southern California, USA Workshop Chair Markus Schneider, University of Florida, USA Registration Chair Chengyang Zhang, University of North Texas, USA Publicity Co-Chairs Wei Ding, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA Chang-Tien Lu, Virginia Tech, USA Proceedings Co-Chairs Peer Kroger, University of Munich, Germany Andrew Danner, Swarthmore College, USA Poster Co-Chairs Mohamed Ali, Microsoft Corporation, USA Jagan Sankaranarayanan, University of Maryland, USA Webmasters Nagender Bandi, Oracle, USA Shiyuan Wang, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA ====================================================================== --------------------------------------------- 18th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010) Call for Workshop Proposals --------------------------------------------- November 2, 2010 San Jose, CA, USA http://acmgis2010.cs.ucsb.edu/workshops The ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS) traditionally holds one day co-located workshops on the day immediately preceding the first day of the conference. ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010 aims to continue this practice and invites proposals for workshops to be submitted in pdf format to the Workshop Chair, Markus Schneider (mschneid@cise.ufl.edu), by May 15, 2010. The duration of a workshop is one day. Workshops will take place on November 2, 2010, at the location of the conference. The proceedings of the workshops are expected to be published jointly with the conference proceedings and will appear in the ACM Digital Library. Workshops will benefit from the registration process of ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010. All workshops will have a common continental breakfast and common morning and afternoon coffee breaks. The workshops focus on particular aspects of our field and are intended to enhance the conference experience for those attending the ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS conference. Thus, all workshop attendees must also register for the main ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS conference. The ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS conference sets the registration fees for the workshops which are the same for each workshop and are set at a minimum level to recover costs of room rental, refreshments, and AV. No complimentary registration is provided to workshop organizers. If workshop organizers wish to have invited speakers, any additional financial support must come from funds that are raised by the workshop organizers. One author per accepted workshop contribution (paper, poster, demo) is required to register for the workshop and the conference as well as attend the workshop to present the accepted submission. Otherwise, the accepted submission will appear neither in the published workshop proceedings nor in the ACM Digital Library version of the workshop proceedings. Each workshop proposal must contain all pertinent information, including the following: * workshop title * short description of the topic and the format of the workshop * explanation of why the proposed workshop is a good match with ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010 * names and contact information of the workshop organizer(s) * names of the members of the program committee (at least 50% must be already known and confirmed at the time of the proposal) * proposal for important dates (paper submission deadline, notification deadline, etc.) * expected number of participants * in case of previous instances of the workshop, the historical numbers of participants * in case of previous instances of the workshop, the historical submission and acceptance counts The decision about acceptance/rejection of workshop proposals will be made by the Workshop Chair in consultation with the SIGSPATIAL Executive Committee and the General Chairs, taking into account venue capacity as well as viability. Evaluation criteria include overall quality and the fit with respect to the expected ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010 program. Note that proposals are especially encouraged on emerging topics that are relevant to spatial information systems and algorithms (including location-based services and geographic information systems). Notification will be given by June 15, 2010. The organizers of successful workshops will be responsible for their own review process. Publicity will be handled jointly with the workshop organizers being responsible for the creation of a workshop website. The local arrangements chairs may require that all workshops adhere to a specific general timetable to facilitate catering. Workshop organizers must inform the Workshop Chair of the numbers of submissions and acceptances as soon as these numbers become available. Workshops with fewer than 20 expected registrants may be canceled at the discretion of the conference organizers. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Proposal Submission Deadline: May 15, 2010 Send proposal to Workshop Chair: Markus Schneider (mschneid@cise.ufl.edu) Notification of Acceptance: June 15, 2010