Agenda
Meeting begins 8:30 a.m. on Monday, December 9 and concludes at noon on Wednesday, December 11.
UCSB Center for Spatial Studies
Meeting begins 8:30 a.m. on Monday, December 9 and concludes at noon on Wednesday, December 11.
Our annual specialist meetings bring experts from academia and industry together to discuss a specific topic in depth. The proceedings of each event, including presentations and position papers, are made available online and stored in the Spatial Archives.
Name | Affiliation | |
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Benjamin Adams | Department of Geography University of Canterbury | Bio/Perspective |
Sean Ahearn | Department of Geography Center for Analysis and Research of Spatial Information Hunter College-CUNY | Bio/Perspective |
Clio Andris | City and Regional Planning Interactive Computing Georgia Tech | Bio/Perspective |
Thomas Blaschke | Geoinformatics University of Salzburg | Bio/Perspective |
Justine Blanford | Department of Geography Penn State | Bio/Perspective |
Geoff Boeing | Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis University of Southern California | Bio/Perspective |
Ling Cai (student organizer) | STKO Lab Department of Geography University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Ekaterina Egorova | Swiss National Science Foundation | Bio/Perspective |
Somayeh Dodge | Department of Geography University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Christian Freksa | Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics University of Bremen | Bio/Perspective |
Mark Gahegan | Computer Science, Director Centre for eResearch University of Auckland, New Zealand | Bio/Perspective |
Jing Gao | Assistant Professor of Geospatial Data Science University of Delaware | Bio/Perspective |
Song Gao | Department of Geography University of Wisconsin, Madison | Bio/Perspective |
Rina Ghose | Geography, Urban Studies University. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee | Bio/Perspective |
Konstadinos Goulias | Transportation, Department of Geography University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Francis Harvey | Visual Communication in Geography University of Leipzig | Bio/Perspective |
Brent Hecht | Northwestern University and Microsoft Research | Bio/Perspective |
Yingjie Hu | Department of Geography University at Buffalo | Bio/Perspective |
Krzysztof Janowicz(organizing committee) | Department of Geography and Center for Spatial Studies University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Karen Kemp | Emerita of the Practice of Spatial Sciences David Dornsife College of Letters University of Southern California | Bio/Perspective |
Yekaterina Kharitonova (invited speaker) | Department of Computer Science UCSB | |
Carsten Kessler | Department of Planning Aalborg University Copenhagen | Bio/Perspective |
Werner Kuhn (organizing committee) | Department of Geography and Center for Spatial Studies University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Wenwen Li | Cyberinfrastructure and Computational Intelligence Lab (CICI) School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning Arizona State University | Bio/Perspective |
Alan MacEachren | GeoVISTA Center Department of Geography Penn State University | Bio/Perspective |
Gengchen Mai | STKO Lab Department of Geography University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Bruno Martins | Computer Science and Engineering University of Lisbon | Bio/Perspective |
Grant McKenzie | Department of Geography McGill University | Bio/Perspective |
Atsushi Nara | San Diego State University | Bio/Perspective |
Shawn Newsam | Electrical Engineering, Computer Science UC Merced | Bio/Perspective |
Martin Raubal | Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation ETH Zurich | Bio/Perspective |
Shih-Lung Shaw | Department of Geography University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Bio/Perspective |
Shashi Shekhar | Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Minnesota | Bio/Perspective |
Josef Strobl | Interfaculty Department of Geoinformatics University of Salzburg | Bio/Perspective |
Behzad Vahedi | Center for Spatial Studies, Department of Geography University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Dalia Varanka | Research Physical Science U.S. Geological Survey | Bio/Perspective |
Judith Verstegen | Geoinformatics University of Münster | Bio/Perspective |
Monica Wachowicz | Cisco Innovation Chair in Big Data Analytics, NSERC/Cisco IRC in Mobility Analytics New Brunswick | Bio/Perspective |
Dawn Wright | Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) | Bio/Perspective |
Yihong Yuan | Department of Geography Texas State University | Bio/Perspective |
Wei Zhai | Urban and Regional Planning University of Florida | Bio/Perspective |
Rui Zhu | Department of Geography University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Alexander Zipf | Department of Geography University of Heidelberg | Bio/Perspective |
We have arranged for a block of rooms at discounted rates at the Upham Hotel, and we will pay for three nights in a standard single room. However, if you would like an upgraded room or would like to extend your stay for an early arrival or late departure, we will ask you to assume the extra cost.
Upham Hotel (www.uphamhotel.com)
1404 De La Vina St.
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 962-0058
(800) 727-0876
If you plan to stay at the Upham Hotel, please let Karen Doehner (kdoehner@spatial.ucsb.edu) know what your travel dates/times are and if you require an upgraded room. She will provide the hotel with a rooming list, and will need your request for lodging no later than Friday, November 15. At check-in, simply reference “spatial.”
There is no need for you to call the hotel, it only duplicates their records and gets confusing.
All participants are expected to book their own round-trip travel to Santa Barbara and, upon arrival, to submit their receipts for reimbursement. Suggested travel dates are Sunday, December 8 and Wednesday afternoon, December 11.
The Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) is about 8 miles from the hotel and is served by commuter affiliates of most major airlines. Airlines with flights to Santa Barbara are:
American Airlines | 1 (800) 433-7300 |
Alaska Airlines | 1 (800) 252-7522 |
Delta Airlines | 1 (800) 221-1212 |
United Airlines | 1 (800) 864-8331 |
US Airways | 1 (800) 428-4322 |
The best way from the airport to the Upham is by taxi. If you do not fly directly into Santa Barbara, ground travel is available from LAX to Santa Barbara through the Santa Barbara Airbus (http://www.sbairbus.com/). Fares are cheaper when booked early, and discounted fares are offered if you are traveling with a companion. Reservations can be made online or by calling their toll-free number, +1 (800) 423-1618. If arriving on the Airbus, get off at the Santa Barbara stop (the Hyatt Hotel, 1111 E. Cabrillo Blvd.) and take a taxi to the Upham from there.
We will be arranging for your lunches and possibly one dinner during the meeting days; breakfast is included in the hotel rate and is available in the hotel lobby. Please let Karen know if you are vegetarian or have any dietary preferences or restrictions that we should take into consideration when arranging for the meals.
We offer support for your trip ($700 for domestic, $1200 for international travel), as well as lodging for three nights at the Upham Hotel. Please confirm your acceptance of this invitation by Friday, September 20. Please be aware that the University of California travel reimbursement policy requires that all travel be done by economy class on U.S. carriers (unless not available), and that full documentation of travel itinerary and payment be provided. Please be prepared to present these documents, as well as your boarding passes. Reimbursements will be processed upon receiving the required documentation from you. Karen Doehner can accept your documents during the meetings, or if you prefer to mail them later, please mail to: Karen Doehner Department of Geography-4060 University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4060
December 9–11, 2019
Upham Hotel (https://www.uphamhotel.com/)
Santa Barbara, California
Motivation
Space and time matter not only for the obvious reason that everything happens somewhere and at some time, but because knowing where and when things happen is critical to understanding why and how they happened or will happen. Spatial data science is concerned with the representation, modeling, and simulation of spatial processes, as well as with the publication, retrieval, reuse, integration, and analysis of spatial data. It generalizes and unifies research from fields such as geographic information science, geoinformatics, geo/spatial statistics, remote sensing, and transportation studies, and fosters the application of methods developed in these fields to outside disciplines ranging from the social to the physical sciences. In doing so, research on spatial data science must address a variety of new challenges that relate to the diversity of the utilized data and the underlying conceptual models from various domains, the opportunistic reuse of existing data, the scalability of its methods, the support of users not familiar with the language and methods of traditional geographic information systems, the reproducibility of its results that are often generated by complex chains of methods, the uncertainty arising from the use of its methods and data, the visualization of complex spatiotemporal processes and data about them, and, finally, the data collection, analysis, and visualization playing out in near real-time. Spatial data science does not only utilize advanced techniques from fields such as machine learning or big data storage and retrieval, but it also contributes back to them. Recent work, for instance, has shown that spatially-explicit machine learning methods substantially outperform more general data when applied to spatial data even though this spatial component may seem of secondary importance at first glance.
Co-sponsored by Esri, the Center for Spatial Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara is hosting a symposium entitled “Setting the Spatial Data Science Agenda.” The meeting will bring together academic and industry representatives from fields such as geographic information science, geoinformatics, geo/spatial statistics, remote sensing, and transportation studies, with interest in setting an interdisciplinary research agenda to advance spatial data science methods and practice, both from scientific and engineering viewpoints. We also invite experts from related fields and those that are producers or users of spatial data in the social and physical sciences.
Goals
Instead of being restricted by a historically grown partition into small and overlapping communities that deal with spatial data in one way or the other, the overarching goal of this symposium is to put spatial data science at the forefront of a unified field that explores the current research and application landscape to define an agenda for spatial data science for the next 10 years.
Means
About 35 invited and funded experts from academia and industry will convene to share and develop visions, insights, and best practices. Plenary presentations and intense exchanges in small breakout discussion groups offer opportunities for knowledge transfer.
Call for Applications
To apply, please submit a one-page, paragraph-style bio with a photograph and a short two-page position paper (in PDF format), discussing your perspective on the subject by August 23, 2019. Participants will be selected by the organizing committee and notified of their acceptance by September 9. Our goal is to achieve a balance of participants from a variety of disciplines and from different career levels. Hence, we especially encourage early-career (including graduate students) participants from both the industry and academia to apply. We will cover the full expense of accommodations and reimburse travel expenses up to $1,200 for international participants and $700 for domestic.
The meeting will be held at the Upham Hotel in downtown Santa Barbara on Dec. 9–11; suggested travel days are Dec. 8 and the afternoon of Dec. 11.
Please see http://spatial.ucsb.edu for more information.
Submit your application directly to Karen Doehner <kdoehner@spatial.ucsb.edu>.
Please feel free to contact Krzysztof Janowicz <janowicz@ucsb.edu> if you have questions about the event or the call for applications.
All position papers and bios [pdf]
Name | Affiliation | |
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Kristin Antelman | University Library University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Chris Barnett | Tufts University | Bio/Perspective |
Wade Bishop | School of Information Sciences University of Tennessee | Bio/Perspective |
Tom Brittnacher | Geospatial Data Curation, Library University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Julien Brun | National Center for Ecological Synthesis and Analysis (NCEAS) University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Susan Burtner | Department of Geography University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Swati Chattopadhyay | Department of History of Art and Architecture University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Thomas Crimmel | Department of Geography University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Daniel Fenton | ArcGIS Hub ESRI | Bio/Perspective |
Marcel Fortin | Map and Data Library University of Toronto | Bio/Perspective |
Niklas Griessbaum | Bren School of Environmental Science & Management University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Karl Grossner | World History Center University of Pittsburgh | Bio/Perspective |
Katherine Hart | Geography and Map Division Reading Room Library of Congress | Bio/Perspective |
Marten Hogeweg | ESRI | Bio/Perspective |
Jon Jablonski | Map & Imagery Library University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Krzysztof Janowicz | Department of Geography University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Michael Johnson | Department of Geography University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Tomi Kauppinen | Aalto Online Learning Aalto University | Bio/Perspective |
Werner Kuhn (organizing committee) | Department of Geography Center for Spatial Studies University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Sara Lafia | Center for Spatial Studies University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Christina Last | University of Bristol | Bio/Perspective |
Gengchen Mai | STKO Lab Department of Geography University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Bruno Martins | Computer Science and Engineering Department University of Lisbon | Bio/Perspective |
Erin Mutch | University Library University of California, Merced | Bio/Perspective |
Nathan Piekielek | Technological Innovations and Digital Services Library Pennsylvania State University | Bio/Perspective |
Susan Powell | GIS and Map Library UC Berkeley | Bio/Perspective |
Chrissy Rissmeyer | University of California, Santa Barbara | |
Mark Schildhauer | National Center for Ecological Synthesis and Analysis (NCEAS) University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
Katja Seltmann | Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER) University of California, Santa Barbara | Bio/Perspective |
André Skupin | Center for Information Convergence and Strategy San Diego State University | Bio/Perspective |
Julie Sweetkind-Singer | Geographic and Cartographic Services Banner Earth Sciences Library and Map Collections Stanford University | Bio/Perspective |
Joshua Wells | Indiana University South Bend | Bio/Perspective |
Amy Work | University Library UC San Diego | Bio/Perspective |
Meeting begins 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 1 and concludes about 1 p.m. on Friday, May 3.
Discovery III, the third and final specialist meeting on the topic of spatial discovery, marks the culmination of research and prototyping efforts to make research data discoverable by location. The meeting will expand discussions from the prior meeting held in May 2017, with the substantial new turn toward discovery in topic spaces. Recent developments at UCSB include experimentation with the expansion of visualization in ArcGIS Online to topic spaces and the propelling of research data curation efforts on campus through an NSF-supported pilot project. In addition to sharing and discussing research and development, the meeting seeks to discuss future prospects for enabling spatial discovery in a university library setting. Building on the productive disciplinary mixes of the 2015 and 2017 meetings, librarians will again meet with GIS and information retrieval experts.
For more information, please contact Karen Doehner (kdoehner@spatial.ucsb.edu)