From: dmark@acsu.buffalo.edu (David Mark) Subject: CFP: Conference on Spatio-Temporal Reasoning & GIS, Pisa, Sep 1992 Date: 14 Jan 92 01:00:31 GMT Crossposted from news.announce.conferences. An important one: First Announcement and CALL FOR PAPERS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE GIS From Space to Territory Theories and Methods of Spatio-Temporal Reasoning Pisa (Italy), September 21-23, 1992 Palazzo dei Congressi Critical Dates: Full papers must be received by March 3, 1992 Notified of acceptance May 1, 1992 Camera-ready copy due June 1, 1992 Conference: September 21-23, 1992 Conference Theme and Scope In recent years, Geographic Information Systems (GISs) have evolved significantly, changing from refined cartographic processing tools to a set of scientific methodologies for the representation and analysis of spatial knowledge. Progress made in the spatial and cognitive sciences, as well as the advancement of computer science, artificial intelligence, and database theory, has led to some emerging theoretical developments in GIS. This Conference is dedicated to spatial and temporal reasoning in geographic (or large-scale) space, one of the core issues of science.behind GIS. The conference will concentrate on the following themes: * Modeling of Spatial and Geographic Knowledge * Formal Methods for Representing and Reasoning with Spatial Concepts * Formal and Natural Languages for Describing Geographic Space * Modeling of Spatial and Temporal Reasoning * Experiments and Models from Environmental Psychology * Human-Computer interaction with Spatial and Temporal Data * Interaction between Geographic Theories and GIS Methodologies * Cultural Aspects of the Spatial and Temporal Cognition of Places To make further progress, the scientific disciplines traditionally seen as GIS users must communicate with those that influence software design and development. This includes disciplines in the natural science tradition, which use direct observation of objects in physical space, but must also include the social science tradition, where phenomena are often related to abstract concepts of space and subdivisions of space, i.e. 'territories'. The latter viewpoint is fundamental to the social and political decision processes that lead to the management of spatial resources. The first basic point from which to develop this relationship is to accept the existence of different types of space and the related theoretical and methodological issues. It is necessary to differentiate these concepts of space and describe them individually. A major methodological challenge is posed by the need to combine absolute space with situational and experiential spaces and to develop methods to represent and treat aspects of space as understood through human cognition. Such an integration will be important for research and praxis of planning and management of spatial resources. A second fundamental point is the divergence between the static cartographic representation (and other graphical and image represent- ations) and the dynamics of the spatial processes which structure a territory. Thus, the temporal dimension of the organization of space and its changes is an integral part of the mental representation of space and spatial processes. This requires dealing with time explicitly in the GIS, and creates additional difficulties for human-computer interaction, but resolves the problems encountered today, where time is represented in the GIS as a sequence of fixed images. Consequently, there is the need to clarify the forms and representations of spatial processes and the models of their conceptualization, which enable or hinder the understanding of phenomena for science and the planning and management of spatial resources. The future of GIS will depend on its ability to adequately represent the interactions of phenomena studied by natural and social sciences and communicate the results to the spatial resource managers. It must be assumed that major differences exist between different cultures and that the GIS of the future will take into account the particulars of space and temporal cognition and produce results that are meaningful in the local culture. How this is best achieved is one of the far-reaching questions posed by the Conference. This conference will be conducted under the auspices of: The Commission of the European Communities Universita' degli Studi di Pisa U.S. National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto CNUCE Istituto di Elaborazione dell'Informazione IRPET- Istituto Regionale per la Programmazione Economica della Toscana AICA-Associazione Italiana Calcolo Automatico CISPEL-Confederazione Italiana dei Servizi Pubblici degli Enti Locali Program Co-Chairs: Andrew U. Frank, Technische Universitat, Vienna Carlo Da Pozzo, Universita' di Pisa Mario Pinna, Universita' di Pisa Irene Campari, CNUCE-Cnr, Pisa Scientific Committee Antonio Albano (Universita' di Pisa) Giorgio Ausiello (Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza") Bruno Bara (Universita' Statale di Milano) Flavio Bonfatti (Universita' di Bologna) Roger Brunet (Maison de la Gographie, Univ. de Montpellier) Stefano Ceri (Politecnico di Milano) Helen Couclelis (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara) Mario Di Massa (CISPEL, Roma) Soumitra Dutta (INSEAD, Fontainbleau) Max Egenhofer (NCGIA, University of Maine, Orono) Franco Farinelli (Universita' di Bologna) Antonio Fernandez Perez de Talens (IFC-Cnr, Pisa) Giacomo Ferrari (Universita' di Pisa) Herbert Freeman (Rutgers University) Christian Freksa (Universitat Hamburg) Aldo Gargani (Universita' di Pisa) Reginald Golledge (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara) Mike Goodchild (NCGIA, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara) Georg Gottlob (Technische Universitat, Vienna) Vincenzo Guarrasi (Universita' di Palermo) Remo Job (Universita' di Padova) Milan Konecny (Masaryk University, Brno) Giampiero Maracchi (IATA-Cnr, Firenze) David Mark (NCGIA, University of New York, Buffalo) Armando Montanari (ISEMEM-Cnr, Napoli) Piero Pierotti (Universita' di Pisa) David Rhind (Birkbeck College, London) Mauro Salvemini (AICA) Hanan Samet (Dep. of Computer Science, Univ. of Maryland) Fabio Sforzi (IRPET, Firenze) G. W. Skinner (University of California, Davis) Maurizio Talamo (Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza") Costantino Thanos (IEI-Cnr, Pisa) Maria Tinacci Mossello (Universita' di Firenze) Angelo Turco (Universita' dell'Aquila) Organizing Committee Chair: Ubaldo Formentini (Universita' di Pisa) Irene Campari (CNUCE-Cnr, Pisa) Benedetto Biagi (IEI-Cnr, Pisa) Paolo Ghelardoni (Universita' di Parma) Silvano Bonotto (Universita' di Torino) Giuseppe Pozzana (IRPET, Firenze) Leonardo Leonardini (ETS, Pisa) Alina Potrykowska (Polska Akademia Nauk Warszawa) Nicola Silvestri (Universita' di Pisa) NOTE for AUTHORS Authors are encouraged to submit FULL PAPERS in English, not abstracts, to the program chairs at the addresses listed below. Papers must be received by March 3, 1992. The members of the Program Committee will evaluate papers based on relevance, clarity, originality, and significance. Authors will be notified of acceptance by May 1, 1992. Camera-ready copy following the instructions they will receive will be due June 1, 1992. Proceedings will be distributed at the Conference. The first 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. Dr. Irene Campari Dr. Andrew Frank CNUCE-Cnr NCGIA via Santa Maria 36 University of Maine 56126 Pisa (Italy) Boardman Hall 348 Orono, ME 04469 (USA) FAX 39 50 589354 FAX 207 581 2206 Irene@ICNUCEVM.cnuce.cnr.it Frank@mecan1.maine.edu The official languages of the Conference will be English and Italian. Pre-Registration Form _____ I intend to attend the Conference _____ I intend to submit a paper Tentative title: Name: Affiliation: Address: Country: Telephone FAX E-mail Please return this to: Miss. Sabina Buffoni c/o Engineering Technology Services Via Case Dipinte 17 I - 56127, Pisa Phone 39 50 5406 35 FAX 39 50 5782 98