AI-GEOSTATS: TIES 2004 & ACCURACY 2004:
CALL FOR PAPERS

01 October 2003: Initial Call for Papers
21 November 2003: Abstracts due
15 December 2003: Authors notified of acceptance
01 March 2004: Invited and Contributed manuscripts for publication due

Joint meeting of TIES 2004: The International Environmetrics Society
and ACCURACY 2004: 6th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment

For the first time, the annual TIES conference and the biennial Spatial
Accuracy Symposium will hold a joint meeting reflecting their mutual
interest in the quantification of environmental and natural resources
processes and the uncertainty associated with them. Recent
international meetings have been very successful with TIES meeting in the UK,
the USA, and South Africa and the Spatial Accuracy Symposium meeting in
Canada, the Netherlands, and Australia. The joint meeting will be held June 28
- July 1, 2004, at the Holiday Inn By The Bay in Portland, Maine, USA.

The program will consist of presentations by invited plenary speakers and
invited paper, contributed paper, and poster sessions. The website is
still under construction, but additional meeting details may be found at

http://www.ncrs2.fs.fed.us/4801/meetings/ties/

Abstracts for presentations and posters are solicited on important
quantitative aspects of environmental and natural resources problems
with emphasis on spatial data, spatial analyses, and spatial accuracy
assessments. A detailed list of conference topics appears on the
meeting website. Presentations and posters on these and any aspect of
environmental, natural resources, and spatial assessments will be
considered.

Abstracts of not more than 200 words that include title, 3 to 5
keywords, and names, affiliations, and contact information for the contact
author should be sent via regular mail, fax, or e-mail (preferably) by 21
November 2003 to:

Ronald E. McRoberts Fax: +651-649-5174
North Central Research Station
E-mail: rmcroberts@fs.fed.us
USDA Forest Service
1992 Folwell Avenue
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108 USA

Notification of acceptance and instructions to authors will be sent by 15
December 2003.

A proceedings will be published and distributed at the meeting, although
publication in the proceedings is not a requirement for presentation at the
meeting.

Rigorous adherence will be maintained to the following schedule:

01 October 2003: Initial Call for Papers
21 November 2003: Abstracts due
15 December 2003: Authors notified of acceptance
01 March 2004: Invited and Contributed manuscripts for publication due