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The Spatial Information Science Research Interest
Group at SIS hosted a symposium on "Advances
in Spatial Information Science". This
research symposium was held on May 24 and May 25 at the
School of Information Sciences.
The symposium drew a group of leading scholars in the
area of Spatial Information Science to discuss recent
advances and new directions in this growing field. Spatial
Information Science examines the computational, technical,
and cognitive aspects of acquiring, storing, manipulating,
using and understanding spatial information. The Spatial
Information Science Research Interest Group (SIS-RIG)
and Chair Stephen Hirtle hosted this inaugural symposium. |
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The speakers for the symposium included:
- Gouray Cai, Associate Professor of Information Sciences
and Technology, Pennsylvania State University
- Louise Comfort, Professor of Public and Urban Affairs,
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs,
University of Pittsburgh
- William Harbert, Associate Professor of Geophysics,
University of Pittsburgh
- Alexander Klippel, Assistant Professor of Geographical
Information Science, Pennsylvania State University
- Mei-Po Kwan, Distinguished Professor of Social and
Behavioral Sciences, Ohio State University Ohio State
- Jonathan Raper, Professor, Information Science, School
of Informatics, City University (UK)
- Ken Sochats, Director, Visual Information Systems
Center, University of Pittsburgh
The
speaker for the keynote address was Robert Regan, Research
Professor at the School of Information Sciences. Regan
is the author of two recent books that were created utilizing
GIS and other spatial information systems: “The
Steps of Pittsburgh – Portrait of a City” and “The
Bridges of Pittsburgh”.
Also
attending the symposium were:
- Angela Brunstein, Department of Psychology, Carnegie
Mellon University
- Peter Brusilovsky, School of Information Sciences,
University of Pittsburgh
- Anthony Debons, School of Information Sciences,
University of Pittsburgh
- Misook Heo, School of Education, Duquesne University
- Chris Jursa, School of Information Sciences, University
of Pittsburgh
- Ronald L. Larsen, Dean of School of Information
Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
- Michael Lewis, School of Information Sciences, University
of Pittsburgh
- Paul Munro, School of Information Sciences, University
of Pittsburgh
- Jumpol Polvichai, School of Information Sciences,
University of Pittsburgh
- Carlos Sanchez, School of Arts & Sciences, University
of Pittsburgh
- Samvith Srinivas, School of Information Sciences,
University of Pittsburgh
- Sylva Torsi, School of Information Sciences, University
of Pittsburgh
- Chirayu Wongchokprasitti, School of Information
Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
- Cheng-Chien Wu, School of Information Sciences,
University of Pittsburgh
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