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         -         3rd ACM INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP        -
         =                 ON ADVANCES IN                =
         -         GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS        -
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                      Baltimore, Maryland, USA
                         December 1-2, 1995
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                          Sponsored by ACM
              in cooperation with CACS-USL, UT1-CERISS
            in conjunction with the Fourth International
         Conference on Information and Knowledge Management
                             (CIKM'95)
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In recent years computer processing of  Earth  observations  through
geographic  information  systems  has  attracted  a  great  deal  of
attention from the industrial and  research  world.  The  Third  ACM
International Workshop on Advances in Geographic Information Systems
will provide an  effective  forum  for  disseminating  original  and
fundamental research and experience in the rapidly advancing area of
the use of computer science for spatial studies.
Since the workshop will be  held  in  conjunction  with  the  Fourth
International Conference on Information  and  Knowledge  Management,
(CIKM'95),  participants will be able to maximize their  interchange
of experiences  and  knowledge  among  researchers  and  practioners
across the entire field of knowledge and information management.
ACM-GIS'95 will bring together leading  researchers  and  developers
and will strive toward setting future research  directions  in  this
area.  The primary focus of the workshop  is  on  new  and  original
research results in the  areas  of  theorical  foundations,  design,
implementation and applications of GIS as well as experience reports
from application specialists. The goal is to exchange research ideas
and results among participants.
Therefore the topics that will be addressed  include,  but  are  not
limited to:
     - Query processing and optimization
     - Spatio-temporal data models and languages
     - Requirements analysis for GIS applications
     - GIS performance modeling and evaluation
     - Reasoning with GIS information
     - Imprecise spatio-temporal information
     - Semantics of spatio-temporal data
     - Quality aspects of geographic information
     - Design of spatio-temporal data structures
     - Spatial indexing and storage
     - Knowledge discovery
     - GIS meta data
     - User interfaces for GIS
     - Multi-media GIS
     - Digital libraries for GIS
     - Virtual reality in GIS
     - Interoperability among heterogeneous GIS
     - Electronic geographic data interchange standards
     - Parallel/distributed GIS
     - GIS and internetworking
     - Client-server architecture for GIS
     - GIS and cooperative work
     - Multidatabase GIS
     - Distributed spatial objects
     - Time in GIS
     - Active spatial objects
     - Moving objects in GIS
     - Real-time GIS systems
     - GIS software tools and environments
     - Novel applications in scientific and environmental domains
     - Integration with existing commercial products
     - Reports on experience with real applications
Papers submission:
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Authors  are  invited  to  submit  complete  and  original  research
contributions or experience reports;  submissions should be  written
in english and should include:
     - Title
     - Author(s) informations  (Name, Affiliation, Postal address
                                E-mail address, Phone/Fax numbers)
     - Topic(s)
     - Abstract (up to 200 words)
     - Text (double-spaced and no longer than 5 000 words)
     - References
In case of  multiple  authors,  an indication  of  which  author  is
responsible for correspondence and preparing the camera ready  paper
for the proceedings  should  also  be  included.  Submitters  should
indicate in a cover letter their willingness to attend the  workshop
and present their paper.
All submitted papers will be refereed by at least five reviewers for
quality,  correctness,  originality and relevance.  Accepted  papers
will be  published  in  the  ACM-GIS'95  proceedings.  We  encourage
submissions from both academic and industrial spheres.
Proposals for panels that examine emerging, innovative, or otherwise
provocative geographic information issues are  encouraged  as  well.
Panel proposals should include a summary of the topic and the  names
and affiliations of the panelists who  have  made  a  commitment  to
participate.
Seven copies of the manuscript should be submitted by August 4, 1995
to Dr Patrick Bergougnoux, the ACM-GIS'95 program Co-Chair:
                       Dr Patrick Bergougnoux
                         c/o Michele Cuesta
                    The University of Toulouse 1
                         CERISS  laboratory
                        Place Anatole France
                   31042 Toulouse Cedex -  FRANCE
                     E-mail :  bergougn@irit.fr
                     Phone  :  (33) 61 57 47 89
                     Fax    :  (33) 61 57 94 44
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      Paper submission deadline   :    August        4,   1995
      Notification of acceptance  :    September    29,   1995
      Camera ready paper due      :    October      27,   1995
      ACM-GIS'95 workshop date    :    December    1-2,   1995
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To receive by post-mail the color version of this call for papers or
for any more information about ACM-GIS'95,  please  send  post-mail,
fax or e-mail to Dr Patrick Bergougnoux at the above address.
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                     ACM-GIS'95  Program Committee
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General Chair:
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Niki Pissinou              Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana, CACS
Program Co-Chairs:
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Patrick Bergougnoux        Univ. Toulouse 1, CERISS laboratory
Kia Makki                  Univ. of Nevada, Dpt of Computer Science
Program Committee:
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Z. Ahmed,                  Univ. of California
W.G. Aref,                 Umatsushita Information Technologie Lab.
M.P. Armstrong,            Univ. of Iowa
F. Bonfatti,               Univ. of Modena, Italy
N.G. Bourbakis,            State Univ. of New York, Binghamton
P. Boursier,               Univ. of Paris-Sud, France
S. Busovaca (local arr.),  California State Univ. Sacramento
W. Campbell,               NASA/GSFC
L. De Floriani,            Univ. of Genova, Italy
A. El Abbadi,              UC Santa Barbara
A. Frank,                  Technical Univ. Vienna, Austria
M.F. Goodchild,            Univ. of California
O. Guenther,               Humboldt Univ. of Berlin, Germany
J. Han,                    Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, Canada
D. Helder,                 South Dakoda Sata Univ.
J. Herring,                Intergraph Corporation
P. Hunter,                 NASA IITA
R. Laurini,                Claude Bernard Univ. of Lyon, France
D.M. Mark,                 State Univ. of New York, Buffalo
E.K. Park (treasurer),     US Naval Academy
H. Samet,                  Univ. of Maryland
T. Sarjakoski,             Finnish Geodetic Inst., Helsinki, Finland
P. Scheuermann,            Northwestern Univ., Evanston
M. Scholl,                 CNAM Paris, France
T. Sellis,                 Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
S. Shekhar,                Univ. of Minnesota
S.Y. Shin,                 South Dakoda Sata Univ.
Y. Song,                   Drexel Univ of Philadelphia
J. Thormodsgard,           USGS
J.J.P. Tsai,               Univ. of Illinois
B.W. Wah,                  Univ. of Illinois
F. Waltz,                  USGS
M.F. Worboys,              Keele Univ., UK
G. Zurfluh,                Univ. of Toulouse 1, France