International Workshop on Foundations and Challenges in Geographic Information Science

Programme on 17 May 2013

May 17, 2013 (Friday) Venue: Room D129, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University
08:30 - 09:00	Registration
*Session Chair: Prof. Lin Liu*
09:00 - 09:20	Welcome Session
09:20 - 10:00	Keynote Speech From GI Systems to GI Science: An Overview of the History of the Field Prof. David Mark Director, Buffalo site of NCGIA
10:00 - 10:20	Tea Break and Photo Taking
*Session Chair: Prof. Lin Liu*
10:20 - 10:50	Space-Time Representation and Analytics Prof. May Yuan Brandt Professor and Kinney Edith Gaylord Presidential Professor at the University of Oklahoma
10:50 - 11:20	Conceptualization, Cultural Differences, and GIScience Prof. David Mark Director, Buffalo site of NCGIA
11:20 - 11:50	Virtual Geographic Environments – Towards the Geo-process Modeling Prof. Hui Lin Director, Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
11:50 - 14:00	Lunch Time
*Session Chair: Prof. Hui Lin*
14:00 - 14:30	Crime Analysis and Simulation Prof. Lin Liu Dean, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University
14:30 - 15:00	Knowledge Transfer for Geographical Simulation and Analysis Prof. Xia Li Director, Center for Remote Sensing and GIS, Sun Yat-sen University
15:00 - 15:30	Spatial Intelligence: An Advance in Geographical Information Science Prof. Bo Huang Associate Director, Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
15:30 - 15:50	Tea Break and Photo Taking
*Session Chair: Prof. Xia Li*
15:50 - 16:20	Geocomputing in the Digital World: A New Paradigm? Prof. Axing Zhu Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison
16:20 - 16:50	Time, Space, and Accessibility: A Look at Urban Dynamics and Healthy Foods Prof. Michael Widener Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati
16:50 - 17:20	Computational Challenges in Spatial Analysis and Modeling Prof. Ningchuan Xiao Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Ohio State University
*Session Chairs: Prof. Lin Liu and Prof. Hui Lin (Co-Chairs)*
17:20 - 17:30	Closing Session

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