CSIS DAYS 2021: Annual Meeting of Inter-University Research Activities
Abstract Submission Guidelines
Center for Spatial Information Science (CSIS) will hold its annual meeting. This is an open meeting
and we publicly invite presentations. Please note that your abstract will be preliminarily reviewed toassure that it meets these requirements: the content is not too commercial, and the research is related
to spatial information science. For this review and preparation of research abstracts collection,
applicants need to submit an abstract including tables and figures by the deadline. If you wish to makea presentation, read the following guide carefully and submit your abstract.
【Notes】• If the format of submitted manuscript substantially differs from the specified format, somemodifications will be required. Also, we may make some minor modifications to the format ifnecessary. Submitted manuscripts will be published in the research abstracts collection and on
CSIS’s website.
• To increase efficiency of your editorial work, prepare your manuscript by overwriting thefollowing manuscript sample.
http://www.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/blog/research/csis-days-2021/【Schedule/Venue】• Abstract Submission Deadline: (Fri) September 10th , 2021
• CSIS DAYS 2021： (Fri) 19th – (Sat) 20th November, 2021
In view of the situation of the new coronavirus infection, the conference will be held in an
online format using Zoom.
There will not be an on-site presentation venue, so presenters are requested to prepare their own
presentation equipment and communication environment.
This year we will have an international session on Saturday afternoon, so the session structure
may be different from previous years.
【Format】
File format must be MS-WORD (.docx).
• File name must be the name of representative in alphabet.
*Be sure to make the file name in this order: Family name + Given nameExample: KashiwaTaro.doc• All figures in the manuscript must have a resolution of at least 400dpi.
• If you insert an Excel table into your manuscript, paste it as a picture (Enhanced Metafile).
• Please also submit a PDF file for confirmation.
The MS-WORD settings should be as follows.
• Number and Size of Pages: One page, A4• Margin Setting: Top: 25mm，Bottom: 18mm，Left: 20mm，Right: 20mm
• Column Setting：o Title, author name, affiliation, contact information, and web must be in single column.
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o Body text must be in double column.
o Figures may be in either single column or double column (single column is preferable).
Note: Affiliation includes department, university, or organizational affiliation (company, government offices,or municipality).

• Horizontal Writing• Font:o Title: Times New Roman, 12pt
o Captions for figures and tables: Times New Roman, 9pt
o Except for Title, Figure and Table: Times New Roman, 10pt
• Use comma (,) and period (.) for punctuation.
• To increase efficiency of your editorial work, prepare your manuscript by overwriting thefollowing manuscript sample.
http://www.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/blog/research/csis-days-2021/• Purpose of Research Abstracts:
Please consider research abstracts as leaflets to introduce your research. You can prepare an abstractby simplifying your past presentation or you can develop your research abstract into an academic
paper for a conference. The content of research abstracts must be easily understandable and interest
new students and the general public. For that purpose, prepare your manuscript in consideration ofthe following points.
(1) Abstracts should be visually understandable. Be sure to insert at least one map or figure(graph, schematic illustration, etc.). Since the abstract will be printed on an A4 paper, if you use
more than one map or figure, please take account of their size.
(2) Captions for maps or figures should be easily understandable.
• Basically, the title of each section in the abstract must be chosen from the following (slightdifference is acceptable).
(1) Objective, Motivation, Purpose, etc.
(2) Approach，Methods, etc.
(3) Significance, Novelty, Utility, Originality, etc.
*If you made a presentation in CSIS DAYS before, please clarify the point developed from theprevious presentation.
(4) Characteristics(5) Results* If you made a presentation in CSIS DAYS before, please clarify the point developed from theprevious presentation.
(6) Data(7) Software(8) Acknowledgements
If you use the spatial datasets provided by CSIS, please make sure to mention that in thissection as the following instruction.

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If the author has made a related presentation in the past and has the literature, pleasemention that as a related literature (not compulsory). Citation of the related literature in thebody text is not required.
(9) References
The literature cited in the body text must be listed as a reference.
Please follow the format of the template as much as possible when writing your references.
• Section number and title must be described in bold font as " (1) aaa: ".
• Manuscripts must be written in Japanese or English.
• Captions for figures must be described as "Figure 1: aaa" or "Figure 1(a): bbb".
• Prepare your figures taking into consideration that the research abstracts collection will be
published and posted on the website in color.
• If you use the spatial datasets provided by CSIS, please make sure to mention that in the section ofacknowledgement.
Example: This research was the result of the joint research with CSIS, the University of Tokyo(No. 000).

*Please refer to the online research abstracts collection of CSIS DAYS 2005-2020.
http://www.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/blog/research/symposiums/*If a speaker is not the first author, put “○” before the name of speaker.
Example: Takashi Oguchi，○Kaoru Sezaki，Takaaki Takahashi【How to Submit an Abstract】*Please make sure to check your manuscript against the “checklist” before submission.
We use EasyChair for our online abstracts submission system.
Instructions for submitting abstracts to CSIS DAYS 2021
1. Access CSIS DAYS 2021 EasyChair site below.
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=csisdays2021*If you do not have an EasyChair account, click "create an account".
2. Enter your user name and password，then click "Log in"．

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4. Enter all authors’ information in English. Check "corresponding author" for the representative.
And check "speaker" for the speaker. If there is insufficient entry field, click "Click here to add
more authors".

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5. Enter the title of your abstract in English (or Japanese) in the ”Title” field. Then, enter at least
three keywords in the ”Keywords” field. Please put each keyword on a new line.

6. Upload your abstract in MS-WORD format (and PDF format). It is not necessary to upload yourpresentation slide at the time of submission.

7. After checking the entry, click "Submit"．
8. You can upload or replace your abstract until the submission deadline (Friday, September 10th,2021). Login to EasyChair system and click "Abstract <research abstract number>" in the upper
menu, then click "Submit a new version" to upload and replace your abstract. The submission
procedure has now been completed.
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□ We will check the following points and let you know if it is acceptable to make a presentation inCSIS DAYS 2021.
o Is the research related to spatial information science?
o Is the content not commercial-oriented?
o Is it consistent with the purpose of this meeting?
o Is it prepared in the specified format?
o Is the content not almost the same with the past presentation in CSIS DAYS?
o Is there any novelty?
□ If the number of submitted abstracts exceeds the limit, we will comprehensively evaluate theabstracts and some abstracts may be rejected.
□ The accepted abstracts will be published on the website of CSIS DAYS 2021 as online research
abstracts collection.
□ In order to publish the research abstracts collection, some modifications may be made to theabstract except its content without author’s consent: the layout of tables and figures, the format
including linefeed, page margins, and typographical errors and omissions, etc.
□ Presentation Styleo Oral presentation：5 minutes (about 15 presentations per session)
Poster presentation: 45 minutes (1 session)o All presenters must make both oral and poster presentations.
o Detailed explanation and a time for discussion will be provided in the poster presentations
scheduled after the oral presentations.
□ Joint Research Presentation Excellence Award / Research Encouragement Awardo We will comprehensively evaluate the content, presentation, and poster of the abstract and give
the Joint Research Presentation Excellence Award to excellent joint researches using JoRAS.
o We will also evaluate the scientific novelty and significance for spatial information science andgive the Research Encouragement Award to excellent researches among all the presentations.

【Contact】
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