[Swarm-GIS] GeoComputation 2005 First Announcement

[Rick Riolo]

See the attached announcement for the GeoComputation conference to be
held in Ann Arbor, MI August 1-3, 2005, and more details at

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GeoComputation 2005

8th International Conference on GeoComputation


Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 1-3 August 2005

Jointly Hosted by : The School of Natural Resources and Environment
(SNRE), University of Michigan and the Institute for Geospatial Research
and Education (IGRE), Eastern Michigan University

Website: http://igre.emich.edu/geocomputation2005


Conference Announcement

We are delighted to announce the 8th International Conference on
GeoComputation from 1-3 August 2005 in Ann Arbor on the campus of the
University of Michigan. The conference continues a successful series of
meetings held in the UK, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States.
Housing options are available on or near the campus, and events will be
within walking distance of restaurants, pubs, and cultural centers.  The
conference timing allows international visitors to combine
GeoComputation with the ESRI International User Conference from July
25-29, 2005 in San Diego, California.

Papers are invited on all themes within the general field of
GeoComputation, especially in the areas of:

   * New GeoComputational algorithms and architectures
   * Complexity theory and methods applied in ecological,
     environmental, geographical, and urban studies
   * Techniques for knowledge discovery and data mining in
     spatio-temporal databases
   * Spatial modeling of discrete entities and events
   * Simulation in spatial- and geo-statistical analysis
   * Distributed and parallel designs and implementations for
     GeoComputation
   * Evolutionary and neural computing for spatial applications
   * Agent-based modeling of geographical systems
   * Cellular automata (CA) for spatial modeling
   * Space-Time Information Systems
   * Spatial network modeling and analysis
   * Accuracy, uncertainty, calibration, and validation issues of
     GeoComputational models
   * Urban spatial simulation
   * Theories of spatial information
   * Demographic and socioeconomic modeling
   * Environmental and ecological informatics
   * Health and medical informatics

Potential contributors are invited to submit extended abstracts (maximum
1500 words), which will be reviewed for inclusion in the conference
program. Authors of accepted contributions will be invited to submit
full papers for publication in a conference proceedings volume to be
published on CD. The organizers are investigating the possibility of
dedicated publications in book and journal forms for selected papers.
The selected papers for dedicated publications include three categories:

·original and unpublished basic research in GeoComputation

· reports of innovative GeoComputation applications in
ecological, environmental, geographic, public health, socioeconomic, and
urban studies,

· reports of GeoComputational algorithms and architectures in
new problem domains.


Important Dates

Deadline for receipt of abstracts - Jan. 15, 2005

Notification of paper acceptance - Feb. 15, 2005

Pre-registration deadline - May 31, 2005

Deadline for receipt of papers for inclusion in proceedings - May 31, 2005

Conference - Aug. 1-3, 2005