[AISWorld] Pre-ICIS 2016, Workshop: Location Analytics, Big Data

[Daniel Farkas]

AIS Members and ICIS 2016 Attendees,

Consider attending the SIGGIS Pre-ICIS Workshop on Location Analytics,
Spatial Decision Making and Big Data.

   - Separate registration to the Pre-Conference Workshop is possible.
   - Further information is available at SIGGIS.wikispaces.com

LOCATIONAL ANALYTICS, SPATIAL DECISION MAKING
AND BIG DATA: RESEARCH AND TEACHING

Shannon Room, Marker Hotel
Grand Canal Square, Docklands

Dublin, Ireland
Sunday, December 11, 2016, 8:30am – 2:30pm

This workshop focuses on locational analytics, spatial decision-making, and
big data, starting with fundamentals and emphasizing emerging technology
topics including locational big data, 3-D modeling, space-time trend
analysis, geo-enabled smart phones, LIDAR, visualization, geo-design, and
applications. The keynote talk by a leader in GIS in Europe highlights the
emerging area of spatial analysis and decision-making in the European
context.  In the afternoon part of the workshop, contributed papers will be
presented on a variety of topics in GIS in business and government.

Sponsored by AIS’s Special Interest Group in Geographic Information Systems.

ORGANIZERS AND PRESENTERS.
Brian Hilton, Claremont Graduate University
Peter Keenan, University College Dubline
Namchul Shin, Pace University
Dan Farkas, Pace University
James Pick, University of Redlands

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:  Professor Zorica Nedovic-Budic, University College
Dublin, on topic of Locational Analytics and GIS to Enhance Planning by
European Governments

*INDUSTY KEYNOTE TALK*: Dr. Michael Gould, Global Education Manager, Esri
on topic of GIS and Location Analytics in Universities: Growth and
Opportunities.

WORKSHOP REFEREED PROCEEDINGS TO BE AVAILABLE AT:
www.siggis.wikispaces.com

CONTACT FOR WORKSHOP INFORMATION:
        James Pick, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, USA
        james_pick at redlands.edu
            949 697-7381
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PROGRAM OF PRE-ICIS WORKSHOP

8-8:30am
     PRE-WORKSHOP COFFEE/TEA

8:30-8:40am (James Pick)
     Introductions,
     Introduction to Workshop, Acknowledgments

8:40-9:25am
     Overview of Spatial Big Data and Analytics

9:25-9:45am (Peter Kenan)
      Spatial Data and Decision Making

9:45-9:55am
     Coffee/Tea Break
     SCONES AND MUFFINS

9:55-10:15am (James Pick, Namchul Shin)
     Research Opportunities in Location Analytics, Spatial Decision
     Making, and GIS for IS/IT Researchers.  Includes findings from a
     new AIS-based survey on current state of research

10:15-10:40am   Breakout into Discussion Groups

10:40-11:30am   Keynote Talk.
     Professor Zorica Nedovic-Budic, University College Dublin
     Locational Analytics and GIS to Enhance Planning by European
     Governments

11:30-11:40                        Break

11:45-12:55pm (Dan Farkas, Chair of Session)
     Contributed Peer-Reviewed Research Papers Session (up to 8
     papers in 1 or 2 tracks. Papers will be published online by
     SIGGIS/AIS)

12:55-1:20pm    Industry Keynote.
    Michael Gould, Global Education Manager, Esri -
          “Gis and Locational Analytics in Universities: Growth and
Opportunities"

1:15-:20
     Workshop Summary

1:20-2:20pm     Lunch at Informal Local Restaurant
(included in fee)


-- 
Dan Farkas, PhD
Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems
Pace University
Pleasantville, NY,  10570 USA
http://www.pace.edu/seidenberg/

Visiting Professor of Computing, Glyndwr University, Wrexham, Wales, UK
http://www.glyndwr.ac.uk/