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>Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 07:56:44 +0200 (METDST)
>From: Robert Laurini <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: acm gis 97
5th ACM WORKSHOP ON=20
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA=20
November 13-14, 1997
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Scope of the conference: The scope of this conference will be to regroup=20
all people carrying out researches in novel systems based on spatial data=
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and knowledge. The emphasis will be essentially targeted to the developme=
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of generic principles and systems in computing based on those application=
s.
For cross-fertilizations and synergies between several applications can=20
help to develop new computing knowledge. It is organized within ACM CIKM'=
97,
the Sixth ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge=20
Management
Location: Monte Carlo Hotel, 3770 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas,=20
Nevada 89109 USA; Phone: (702) 730-7777
Preliminary Program
November 13, 1997
9.00-9.30 Opening ceremony; Chair: Robert Laurini
9.30-10.30 Key note speaker 1
10.30-10.45 Break
10.45-12.15 Session 1: Query Processing 1; Chair:=20
- Relation-Based Similarity, Dimitris Papadias (Hong Kong), Vasilis Delis=
(Greece)
- Using B+- Trees in a Two Disk-Single Processor Architecture to Efficien=
tly Process=20
Inclusion Spatial Queries, Mario Nascimento (Brazil), Margaret Dunham (US=
A)=09
- Dynamic Map Synthesis Utilizing Extended Thesauruses and Reuse of Query=
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Generation Process, Kenichi Horikawa Masatoshi Arikawa, Hiroki Takakura,=20
Yachiko Kambayashi (Japan)
12.15-2.00pm Lunch
2.00-3.30 Session 2: Terrain Modeling and Visualization; Chair: Silvia Go=
rdillo
- VARIANT - Processing and Visualizing Terrains at Variable Resolution=20
Leila De Floriani, Paola Magillo, Enrico Puppo (Italy)
- A Triangle-Based Surface Model for 3D-GIS J. Mark Ware, Christopher B. =
Jones (UK)
- Progessive TINs: Algorithms and Applications Anil Maheshwari,=20
Pat Morin, Jorg-Rudiger Sack (Canada)
3.30-4.00 Break
4.00-5.30 Session 3: Spatial Modeling; Chair:=20
- Generating the Architecture of GIS Applications with Design Patterns=20
Silvia Gordillo, F. Balaguer, F. Das Neves (Argentina)
- A Spatial Data Mining Method by Delaunay Triangulation In-Soo Kang,=20
Taewan Kim, Ki-Joune Li (Korea)
- Provably Correct and Complete Transaction Rules for GIS Gerhard Gr=F6ge=
r,=20
Lutz Pl=FCmer (Germany)
November 14, 1997
9.00-10.00 Key note speaker 2; Chair: Patrick Bergougnoux
10.00-10.30 Break
10.30-12.00 Session 3: Query Processing 2; Chair: Patrice Boursier
- Transaction Synchronization in Structures for Point Data,=20
Eleanna Kafeza, Thanasis Hadzilacos (Greece)
- Parallelizing the Refinement-Step of Spatial-Join, Sivakumar Ravada,=20
Shashi Shekhar (USA)
- Speeding up Bulk-Loading of Quadtrees, Gisli Hjaltason, Hanan Samet,=20
Yoram Sussmann (USA)
12.00-1.45pm Lunch
1.45-2.45 Session 4: Raster-based GIS; Chair :
- Towards Comprehensive Database Support for Geoscientific Raster Data,=20
N. Widmann, P. Baumann (Germany)
- Geographical Image Classification and Retrieval, G. Sheikoleslami,=20
A. Zhang, L. Bian (USA)
2.45-3.00 Break
3.00-4.45 Session 5: Data Integration and Applications; Chair : Ki Joune =
Li
- A Practical Solution to the Geospatial Data Barrier Problem,=20
Christian Larouche, Gilles Cl=E9ment, Denis Goin, Paul Morin (Canada)
- Distributed Land-Cover Change Simulation Using PVM and MPI, MW Berry,=20
KS Minser (USA)
- Map Integration Judith van Putten, Frank van Wijngaarden,=20
Peter van Oosterom, Harry Uitemark (The Netherlands)
4.30-4.45 Break
4.45-5.30 Panel: GIS and the Web, Ki Joune Li (Korea), Robert Laurini=20
(France), Niki Pissinou (USA)
5.30 Closing ceremony
Organization
General Chairs
Nikki Pissinou, The University of Southwestern Louisiana, USA
Kia Makki, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Patrick Bergougnoux, The University of Toulouse, France
Program Chairs
Robert Laurini, University of Lyon, France
William Campbell, NASA, Greenbelt, USA
Program Committe Members
Marc P. Armstrong, The University of Iowa, USA
Antonio Morais Arnaud, New University of Lisbon, Portugal=20
Kirsi Artimo, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Azzedine Boulmakoul, Mohammedia Hassan II Univ., Morocco
Patrice Boursier, University of Paris-Sud, France=20
John V. Carlis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
SK Chang, University of Pittsburgh, USA=20
Nicholas Chrisman, University of Washington, Seattle USA
Bianca Falcidieno, IMA-CNR, Genua, Italy
Chris Gold, Laval University, Quebec, Canada=20
Michael F. Goodchild, NCGIA, Santa Barbara, CA, USA =20
Silvia Gordillo, La Plata University, Buenos Aires, Argentina=20
Oliver G=FCnther, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Andreas Henrich, University of Siegen, Germany
John R. Herring, Oracle Corporation, Virginia, USA=20
Erlang Jungert, FOA, Linkoping, Sweden
Hannu Kangassalo, University of Tampere, Finland
Werner Kuhn, University of M=FCnster, Germany
Jacqueline Le Moigne, NASA, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Ki-Joune Li, Pusan National University, South Korea
Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle Univ., Thessaloniki, Greece=20
Claudia Bauzer Medeiros, University of Campinas, Brazil=20
Christine Parent, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Lutz Pl=FCmer, University of Bonn, Germany
Elke A. Rundensteiner, Worcester Polyt. Inst. MA, USA=20
Hanan Samet, University of Maryland, USA=20
Michel Scholl, CNAM, Paris, France
Shashi Shekhar, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA=20
Timos Sellis, National Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece
Sylvie Servigne, INSA, Lyon, France
Terence R. Smith, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA, USA=20
Nectaria Tryfona, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA=20
Kyu-Young Whang, KAIST, South Korea =20
Michael F Worboys, Keele University, UK=20
If you have any questions contact appropriate person:=20
on registrations (Dr. Park: [log in to unmask]); on technical=20
programs (Program Chair: Dr. Robert Laurini at [log in to unmask]
n.fr);=20
on other conference and GIS97 related matters (General Chair:=20
Dr. Kia Makki at [log in to unmask]).
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ACM CIKM'97 and Workshops Registration Form (For GIS'97)
Sixth International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management
November 10 - 14, 1997, Monte Carlo Hotel, Las Vegas Nevada, USA
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* TUTORIALS:
Half Day Tutorials (Monday, Nov. 10, 1997):
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T1. Models in Information Retrieval (Morning, Nov. 10)
Fredric C. Gey, Ph. D., University of California
T2. New Trends in Information Discovery on the Web (Morning, Nov. 10)
Chaitanya Baru, Ph. D. Richard Marciano, Ph. D. San Diego Supercom=
puter Center
T3. Data Warehousing and OLAP for Decision Support: Foundations and Tech=
niques
(Afternoon, Nov. 10) Laks V. S. Lakshmanan, Associate Professor, Con=
cordia University
Raymond Ng, Professor, Univ. British Columbia
T4. Software Agents For Information Retrieval (Afternoon, Nov. 10)
T. Finin, C. Nicholas and J. Mayfield, UMBC
One Day (Two Half Day) Tutorials (Monday, Nov. 10, 1997):
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T5. Multimedia Database Systems
V. S. Subrahmanian, Prof., University of Maryland
Half Day Tutorials (Thursday, Nov. 13, 1997):
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T6. Information Security (Morning, Nov 13)
F. Golshani, Prof. Arizona State University
One Day (Two Half Day) Tutorials (Thursday, Nov. 13, 1997):
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T7. OLAP and Statistical Databases (CANCELED !!!!!!!!!!!!!)
F. Olken, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Half Day Tutorials (Friday, Nov. 14, 1997):
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T8. Coordination Technology and Workflow Management (Morning, Nov. 14)
Frank von Martial, T-Mobil, Germany
T9. Object-oriented Enterprise Frameworks (Afternoon, Nov. 14)
Mohamed E. Fayad, University of Nevada
* WORKSHOPS:
W1: GIS'97 - Advances in Geographic Information Systems
W2: NPIVM'97 - New Paradigms in Information Visualization and Manipula=
tion
** GIS'97 will be a two-day workshop (on Nov. 13 - 14, 1997).=20
NPIVM'97 will be one-day workshops (on Nov. 14, 1997).
* (FOR AUTHORS ONLY): =20
Primary Author is responsible/liable for full registration fees for the=
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accepted paper and at least one author per accepted paper (if not the p=
rimary
author) must register by the camera-ready paper deadline set by the Pro=
gram
Chair, (or the paper will be excluded from the proceedings) and this is=
not=20
refundable at any cases and the registered author, one per paper, must =
come=20
and give presentation. The proceedings will be published by ACM and wil=
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/shipping/mailing charges of $200.00 if it needs to be mailed to any pa=
id=20
registrants with "no show").=20
AUTHORS must return camera-ready paper along with ACM copyright form to=
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m
Chair. The REGISTRATION FORM with payment, one per accepted paper, must=
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mailed to GIS'97 Treasurer, Dr. EK Park (see below for address) by the =
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The maximum length is 4 pages for each accepted paper with a registrati=
on.
Authors can buy up to 2 extra pages at a cost of U.S. $150.00 per extra=
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nd make=20
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Re: ACM CIKM97 and GIS'97
Computer Science Telecommunications
University of Missouri - Kansas City
4747 Troost Ave., Room 207
Kansas City, MO 64110 USA
(816)235-1497; (816)235-5159(fax); [log in to unmask]
* (FOR ALL):
The conference registration fee covers a copy of proceedings, conferenc=
e
reception, refreshments during the conference, and the dinner banquet.=20
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l and
workshop registration fee is indicated above and can be registered with=
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to
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D.
ACM CIKM97/Tutorials/Workshops will be held at:=20
Monte Carlo Hotel
3770 Las Vegas Boulevard, South
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 USA
Phone: (702) 730-7777
Room Rate: $69.00. All room rates are net per room, per night, single o=
r=20
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you=20
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and it is $99.00.
Individuals to make their own reservations by calling 1-800-311-8999 (o=
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charges. All reservations must be made prior to the Cut-off date of=20
October 11, 1997. All reservations must be guaranteed for late arrival =
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pping
/mailing charges of $200.00 if it needs to be mailed to any paid regist=
rants=20
with "no show").=20
Refund Policy: Paid registrants who cannot attend, and do not send a=20
substitute, are entitled to a refund of paid fees (less a US$200.00=20
processing fee) if a request is received in writing on or before Octobe=
r 13,=20
1997. Registrants are liable for their full fees after that date (i.e.,=
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NO Refund will be made !!). All no-show registrations will be billed in=
full.
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If you have any questions contact appropriate person: on registrations=20
(Dr. Park: [log in to unmask]); on technical programs (Program Chair:=
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Dr. Robert Laurini at [log in to unmask]); on other confere=
nce=20
and GIS97 related matters (General Chair: Dr. Kia Makki at [log in to unmask]
edu).
Please visit our WWW site for up-to-date CIKM97 program information and=
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