GI Zeitgeist 2012

GI Zeitgeist 2012 – Young researchers forum on Geographic Information Science to be held in Muenster, on the 16th and 17th of March 2012, will be a conference for young researchers worldwide to get together and present their work in the field of Geographic Information Science. It will be a forum for researchers from diverse disciplines such as computer science, geography, cognitive science, mathematics, environmental science and artificial intelligence working on related topics to interact and find possibilities for collaboration. The event is organized by the students of the International Research Training Group on Semantic Integration of Geospatial Information. We particularly invite master students, PhD students and post-docs, to present their research on innovative concepts, methods and tools for geospatial information modeling and integration. GI Zeitgeist will provide the participants a platform for discussion and exchange related to their latest research activities and give them the opportunity to get feedback on their
work in an interdisciplinary and international atmosphere. We invite you to be part of the up-and-coming generation of geographic information scientists meeting at GI Zeitgeist 2012!

Master students, PhD students and post-docs are encouraged to present their
research on innovative concepts, methods and tools for geospatial information
modeling and integration. Authors are invited to submit short papers to present
visionary ideas and work in progress and/or full papers to present substantial results.
Submissions will be peer-reviewed and full papers will published in the IfGI Prints
series (with ISBN) by the Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft AKA GmbH, Heidelberg.

TOPICS
• Aggregation and generalization of sensor data
• Analysis of spatial and spatio-temporal data
• Applications of qualitative spatial reasoning in GIS
• Development of open standards and services
• Human-computer interaction for geospatial information
• Linked geodata
• Location-based services and ubiquitous computing
• Semantic integration of geospatial information
• Service orchestration and geoprocessing workflows
• Representation of geospatial information
• Spatial cognition
• Spatial data infrastructure
• Spatial reasoning techniques
• Uncertainty and error propagation in geospatial information
• Visualization of geospatial information
• Volunteered geographic information
• Wayfinding and navigation