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From:         "Andrew U. Frank" <frank@MECAN1.MAINE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: UIGIS conferences in winter 1993-94?

>Is there going to be any GIS user interface conferences held in winter 1993-94?
>
>Mikko Lindholm
>mlindholm@cc.helsinki.fi

there will be the COSIT conference in fall 1993, where there will be a good
place to present and learn about GIS user interface. if anybody volonteers,
there could be a one or two day workshop on GIS user interface organized to
follow the main conference.
i include the call for paper...
andrew frank


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Andrew U. Frank                          email:    frank@mecan1.maine.edu
Geoinformation E127.1                    office:   +43 1 588 01 3786
Technical University Vienna TU           secr.:    +43 1 588 01 3787
Gusshausstrasse 27-29                    fax:      +43 1 504 3535
A-1040 Vienna (Austria)
                       European Conference on
                     SPATIAL INFORMATION THEORY

                      September 19-22, 1993
                Marciana Marina, Elba Island, Italy


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                      First announcement
                             and
                 C A L L  F O R  P A P E R S

Chairs:
Andrew U. Frank (Technical University Vienna)
Irene Campari (CNUCE-CNR, Pisa)

American Co-Chair:
David Mark (NCGIA, New York State University at Buffalo)

Chair of Organizing Committee:
Ubaldo Formentini (University of Pisa)

The COSIT Symposium will concentrates on theoretical aspects of spatial
information and deal with all aspects of 'large scale' or 'geographic'
space and description of objects, processes or events in large scale space.
Spatial information theory is the basis for the construction of GIS but
necessary for other uses of geographic information. The use of the
technology reveals a large number of interesting research questions, which
require an interdisciplinary approach to their solution. COSIT intends to
bring together researchers from different disciplines, e.g.,

        geography
        engineering
        geodesy
        computer science
        cognitive science
        environmental psychology
        artificial intelligence
        administration
        history
        sociology

 The conference organizers welcome all contributions on spatial information
theory. The following list of topics is indicative for the field of
interest and does not intend to exclude other research areas.

        Structure of geographic information
        Languages of spatial relation
        Cognitive structure of space
        Time in geography and geographic information
        Spatial and temporal reasoning in geographic space

        Data quality aspects of geographic information
        Treatment of incomplete or imprecise spatial data

        Computational geography
        Spatial analysis and modeling
        Simulation of processes in geographic space

        User Interface design
        Design of generally useful elements for GIS interfaces
        Metaphors for GIS
        Virtual Reality

        Presentation of spatial information
        Cartographic generalization

        Spatial data integration
        Cooperative work with spatial information


One day of the conference will be devoted to papers discussing aspects of
        CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
in spatial information treatment, which may be found in many  of the above
topics.

The conference program will be selected by an international,
interdisciplinary program committee. Three planned INVITED  LECTURES by
eminent scientists in the field will start each  day of the conference. The
conference is the place to present  results from recent work and discuss
advanced 'work in  progress'. The research contributions will be selected
through rigorous review of full papers and proceedings will  be printed
before the conference.

PANELS will discuss relevance of research questions and  compare possible
approaches. Before the conference, TUTORIALS introducing the topics of the
conference will be organized. They will last from half a day to two days.
One tutorial will discuss the preparation of scientific papers for
conferences and their presentation. After the conference, TOPICAL MEETINGS
("birds of a feather  sessions") can be organized after the research
conference and  proposals from 'convenors' are welcome.  A ROMANCE LANGUAGE
round table will be scheduled.

Note for Authors:

Deadline for submitting papers: MARCH 15, 1993
for papers received later review, and therefore consideration for the
program committee meeting, cannot be guaranteed
Program committee meeting: APRIL 25, 1993
Information on acceptance sent out: MAY 1, 1993
Revised paper in camera-ready form due: JUNE 10, 1993

Authors are requested to submit full papers in English, not abstracts, to
the program chairs. The title page  of the paper should contain the title,
author(s), affiliation(s), the submitting author's mailing address,
telephone number, fax number and e-mail address, and an abstract. Total
length of a paper is expected to be less than 18 pages double spaced (less
than 6000 words) including figures and bibliography. The Program Committee
will evaluate the papers based on scientific significance, relevance to the
conference, novelty, relation to previously published literature, and
clarity of presentation.


Irene Campari                       Andrew Frank
CNUCE-CNR                           Geoinformation
via Santa Maria 36                  Technical University Vienna
56126 Pisa (Italy)                  Gusshausstrasse 27/29
                                    A - 1040 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +39-50-593320                Phone: +43 1 588 01 3786
Fax: +39-50-58935                   Fax: +43 1 5043535

irene@Icnucevm.cnuce.cnr.it         frank@mecan1.maine.edu

The Symposium will be mostly organized using e-mail. We appreciate if you
further distribute this Call for Papers  either by e-mail or by
conventional means. We are  particularly grateful for inclusion of this
text in newsletters etc.

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REGISTRATION
The registration fee is 250.000 L (approx. $200) with a reduction to
230.000 L for registration before April 15,  1993. Registration for
students will be 100.000 L. (approx. $100). Registration includes
proceedings, symposium attendance, special events (ice breaker and dinner).

A Note on the Site
The island of Elba is one of the nicest island in the Mediterranean sea,
and September is the best month to visit it. The weather should still
permit swimming in the clean sea. It is easily reachable by ship from the
port of Piombino, which is well connected by train with Pisa and Rome.
Marciana Marina is a small town on the western end of the island. It offers
a choice of hotels etc. and  should provide ample opportunity for
serendipitous meetings in many small restaurants. There are a considerable
number of  hotels but September is still high season and we suggest to plan
ahead.

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REPLY FORM

If you intend
        to participate,
        present a paper,
        convene a topical meeting (before or after)
        propose a tutorial or
        suggest a panel,

then please inform us at the following addresses:

                        afrank@email.tuwien.ac.at
or by fax to
                        Fax: +43 1 504 3535


COSIT'93
European Conference on Spatial Information Theory
Marciana Marina, Elba, Italy
September 19-22, 1993


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