Call for Nominations for the 2008 UCGIS Research Award

Having a Deadline of April 18 - 2008, The University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) Research Award is given to the creator(s) of a particularly outstanding research contribution to Geographic Information Science *recognized in 2008*; but the contribution could have been made at any time prior to and including 2008.

Normally, the Research Award is awarded to author(s) of *an outstanding research work or series of works published in a peer-reviewed medium.* The committee will also consider other modes of expression of research results, including patents, software packages, and non-refereed publications. Note: This award is NOT for life-time achievement, but for a particular publication or product. Examples of past awardees include Mei-Po Kwan for the outstanding contribution of three landmark papers, Fred Fonseca for the impact of two heavily- cited papers, Max Egenhofer for a landmark 1991 paper, and Ron Eastman and the IDRISI group for the 20-year contribution of that product. All researchers worldwide, except for the current members of the Research Award Committee, are eligible for the award. Nominations for the award can only be made by people from UCGIS member institutions (see full list of UCGIS members at http://www.ucgis.org/Membership/members.asp).

The nomination must include a copy of the publication or product upon which the nomination is based, together with a letter explaining why the contribution should be given the UCGIS Research Award. The main criterion for choosing the awardee(s) is impact of the research achievement on the theory and/or practice of GIScience, or on research using GIS, or on Geographic Information Technology, as documented in the letter of nomination and judged by the Research Award Committee. After due consideration of all nominations, the Research Award Committee will recommend an award winner for confirmation by the UCGIS Board of Directors.

The nomination packet for the 2008 UCGIS Research Award should be sent to:
Professor Dawn Wright, Chair of the UCGIS Research Committee,
postmarked no later than 5:00 p.m. PST on Friday, 18th April 2008 by electronic mail (dawn@dusk.geo.orst.edu),

Regular mailing address:
Prof. Dawn Wright
Department of Geosciences,
104 Wilkinson Hall
Oregon State University,
Corvallis, OR 97331-5506)

The award will be presented during the Council Meeting of the 2008 UCGIS Summer Assembly in Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 22-24, 2008.

The Board will appoint a Research Award Committee consisting of a Chair and four other members once the deadline for nominations has passed. Only people from UCGIS membership institutions can serve on the Research Award Committee. The Committee members will be drawn from five different UCGIS member institutions, and will reflect the full range of disciplines in Geographic Information Science. The Research Award Committee may also nominate additional research achievements for the award or choose to recommend that no award be given in a particular year.

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Future of GIScience Workshop at National University of Ireland

Looking at the way the Geographic Information Science (GIScience) is undergoing changes with the transformation in data capture and management systems; there is a need for development of new algorithms, visualization techniques to handle such data. Looking at such aspects, a one day workshop is being organized by National University of Ireland Maynooth under the umbrella of Strategic Research Cluster in Advanced Geotechnologies. This will provide the Irish GIS community with a unique opportunity to listen to and meet these highly acclaimed people.

Brief Programme:

• Applications and Analysis: GeoWeb2.0 and geo collaboration - Paul Longley, University College London
• Representing the Geospatial Future- Michael Goodchild, University of California Santa Barbara
• GIS: the tools of GIScience - David Maguire, ESRI
• Geographic Information Geographic Information – national policy issues and business models policy issues and business models for governments for governments - David Rhind, The City University in London

This is a free to attend workshop, with obligatory registration by email to ncg@nuim.ie. Registration deadline: 15 April 2008.


For more information download the detailed programme in PDF format.

The e-Science Institute Public Lecture - "Dynamizing Spatial Semantics"

Prof. Werner Kuhn's closing talk for the Edinburgh e-Science Institute's theme on Geospatial Semantics is now online. The presentation will give idea on idea of actual challenges in GIScience, and inKnowledge Representation in general.

There is a ondemand webcast available for a limited period. You can View it in the media player below :)






The PDF of the presentation can be downloaded from HERE