The opening session of the workshop will be held on Tuesday, November 18th, from 10:00am to 2:30pm at the Center, and is open to all those interested in attending. This plenary session will provide an overview of the field’s major research topics.

Advance registration is required. Please register on-line at http://www.ucgis.org/Visualization/ by November 11th. There is no fee and lunch is provided. Transportation will be provided from USGS Headquarters in Reston, Virginia. Other travel arrangements are being explored.

Schedule

10:00am—10:30am:  Introduction and Overview
Dr. Barbara Buttenfield
Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder

10:30am—11:05am:  Plenary 1
Geospatial and Spatio-temporal Knowledge Discovery: Overview and Agenda (pdf 645kb)
Dr. Harvey Miller
Professor, Department of Geography
University of Utah

11:05am—11:40am:  Plenary 2
GIS Representation for Visualizing and Mining Geographic Dynamics
(pdf 1743kb)
Dr. May Yuan
Associate Professor, Department of Geography
University of Oklahoma

11:40am—12:00 noon:  Discussion Question and Answer Plenary 1 and 2
Moderator
Dr. Barbara Buttenfield

12:00noon—1:00pm Lunch
National Conference Center Cafeteria (included)

1:00pm—1:35pm Plenary 3
The Integration Of Dynamic Data Within The Georgia Tech Virtual Geographic Information System (GTVGIS) Global Framework
(pdf 11654 kb)
Dr. Nicolas Faust
Image Interpretation and Visualization Branch
Systems Analysis, Test and Simulation Division
Electro-Optics, Environment and Materials Laboratory
Georgia Tech Research Institute

1:35pm—2:10pm Plenary 4
Wearable GIS for Homeland Security Applications:
Accomplishments, Prospects and Research Issues (pdf 2145kb)
Dr. Keith Clarke
Professor and Chair, Department of Geography
University of California at Santa Barbara

2:10pm—2:30pm Discussion Question and Answer Plenary 3 and 4
Moderator
Dr. Lynn Usery