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2012 UCGIS Research Award
Call for Nominations - Deadline March 1, 2012
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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 2012;
but the contribution could have been made at any time prior to and including
2012.
Normally, the Research Award is awarded to an author 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 lifetime 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 (a subcommittee of the Research Committee), are
eligible for the award. Nominations for the award can only be made by
affiliates from UCGIS member institutions.
To nominate a researcher for the award, please submit the following to
Chaowei Yang (cyang3@gmu.edu ),
Vice-Chair, UCGIS Research Committee, by March 1, 2012:
- A nominating cover letter (e-mail is acceptable), containing basic
contact and affiliation information for the nominee, and a brief summary
of the nominee's contributions to GIScience education (not to exceed 1
page)
- A document describing and justifying the specific contributions of
the nominee; a complete vita is not necessary, but please provide
citations for published works (2 pages).
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. The Research Award Committee
who will recommend an award winner for confirmation by the UCGIS Board of
Directors, or choose to recommend that no award be given in a particular
year, will review nominations.
The award will be presented during the 2012 UCGIS Symposium in
Washington, DC, May 30 - June 1, 2012.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS TOWARDS RECOGNIZING AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF
OUR COMMUNITY
Past Recipients of the UCGIS Research Award:
2010 -
Michael
Goodchild, UCSB - spatial data accuracy, visualizing error
2009 -
Hanan Samet,
U. of Maryland - spatial data structures
2008 -
Mike Worboys, U. of Maine - object-oriented modeling
2007 -
Ron
Eastman, Clark - IDRISI GIS and image processing software
2006 -
Frederico Fonseca, Penn State - ontologies for GIS
2005 -
Mei-Po
Kwan, Ohio State - space-time algorithms and visualizations
2004 -
David Mark, SUNY-Buffalo - cognitive and linguistic aspects of spatial
relations
2003 -
Max Egenhofer, U. of Maine - mathematical theories underpinning
GIScience
2002 -
Reginald Golledge, UCSB - AAG presidential address on nature of
geographic knowledge