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Proposal to Create Special Interest Group on Spatial Information
(SIGSpatial)
Jamie Callan
Vice Chair for SIG Development
Back Up 8.1
Organizing Committee andFormation Committee
• Walid G. Aref, Purdue U.
• Omar Boucelma, U. Aix-Marseille
• Rolf De By, ITS, Enschede
• Isabel Cruz, U. Illinois, Chicago
• A. Stewart Fotheringham, NU Ireland
• Ralf Hartmut Guting, U. Hagen
• Erik Hoel, ESRI
• Ibrahim Kamel, U. Sharjah
• Robert Laurini, INSA of Lyon
• Ki Joune Li, Pusan National U.
• Chang-Tien Lu, Virginia Tech U.
• Duane Marble, Ohio State U
• Mohamed Mokbel, U. Minnesota
• Silvia Nittel, U. Maine
• Dieter Pfoser, CTI
• Philippe Rigaux, CNAM
• Hanan Samet, U. Maryland
• Markus Schneider, U. Florida
• Cyrus Shahabi, USC
• Shashi Shekhar, U. Minnesota
• Kentaro Toyama, MSR India
• Agnes Voisard, Fraunhofer ISST and FU Berlin
• Ouri Wolfson, U. Illinois, Chicago
SIGSpatial Prehistory
• The Workshop/Symposium on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) was affiliated with the CIKM conference for 14 years (1993 – 2006)
– Recent acceptance rates: 33% in 2004, 37% in 2005, 31% in 2006
• In 2007 it spun off as an independent conference
– Allowed to use the ACM brand, under a 1-year agreement
– 187 attended, 29% acceptance, 37 papers, 29 posters, sponsors, profitable
• Planning for the 2008 conference is well underway
– Location, organizers, and PC Chairs are all known
– $65K in funds in the bank, another $25K+ promised
SIGSpatial Scope(A Partial Listing)
Acquisition and use of spatial data across a variety of disciplines
• Spatial information acquisition
– Aerial imaging, digitization, geocoding, GPS, positional accuracy, …
• Modeling of spatial data
• Data structures and algorithms
– Computational geometry, geoprocessing, map production algorithms, …
• Analysis, query, and integration
• HCI and visualization
• Systems and architectures
• Applications
– Cartography, environmental monitoring, location-based services, …
• Spatial information and society
Is SIGSpatial Viable?
• An organized research community with a 15-year history exists– It includes senior, reputable people (see the Organizing Committee)– It has a successful and profitable conference– It contributes to the ACM Digital Library– It has a surplus– There is a larger / broader community for it to work with– 40% of conference attendees were from outside academia
• GIS / spatial data probably isn’t a transient topic– Location-awareness is a growing phenomenon
• E.g., Google Maps/Earth, Microsoft Virtual Earth/Live Local– Sensor and other data is increasingly available, and not going away
• Several other SIGs have overlapping interests– But it is not a core topic for any SIG– This SIG might attract people who are on the fringe of other SIGs
Proposed Initial Activities
• Sponsor the annual SIGSpatial conference
– Essentially a rebranded GIS Symposium
• Sponsor affiliated workshops
– Mobile computing, spatiotemporal data mining, …
• Co-sponsor related conferences and workshops
– TBD
• Work towards ACM Transaction on Spatial Information
– Requires approval of Publications Board
• Archive of related PhD dissertations
• Promote student development
– PhD workshop, job bank, …
Proposal
The SGB grants SIG status to SIGSpatial, effective July 1, 2008, contingent upon approval by the SGB Executive Committee of all of the following materials:1. A set of SIGSpatial bylaws,2. A SIGSpatial budget for the ACM fiscal year starting July 1, 2008, and3. A statement of SIGSpatial member benefits.
These materials must be submitted and approved by March 31, 2008.
The SGB also authorizes the SGB Executive committee to:1. Approve the SIGSpatial bylaws, budget, and member benefits on behalf
of the SGB, 2. Appoint the first set of SIGSpatial officers, and3. Set the initial SIGSpatial membership fees.
