[AISWorld] 2nd Call for Paper - GIS @ ISCRAM 2021

[Flavio Horita]

(* Apologies for possible cross-posting)

CALL FOR PAPERS

*18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response
and Management (ISCRAM 2021)*
May 23-26, 2021, Virginia, USA
https://www.drrm.fralinlifesci.vt.edu/iscram2021/

*Track: Geospatial Technologies and Geographic Information Science for
Crisis Management (GIS)*
https://www.drrm.fralinlifesci.vt.edu/iscram2021/files/CFP/ISCRAM2021-Track10-Geospatial_Technologies

Deadline for paper submissions: *December 6, 2020*

* Track Description
With crisis and hazardous events being an “inherently spatial” problem,
geospatial information and technologies have been widely employed for
supporting disaster and crisis management. This was further highlighted
during the response to the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic, which is relying
extensively on spatial analysis for managing  the virus dissemination
pathways and fighting against the virus propagation. Therefore, geospatial
methods and tools - such as Spatial Decision Support Systems (SDSS),
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) architectures, Volunteered Geographic
Information (VGI), spatial databases, spatial-temporal methods, as well as
geovisual analytics technologies -  have a great potential to contribute
to, understand the geospatial characteristics of a crisis, estimate damaged
areas, define evacuation routes, and plan resource distribution.
Collaborative platforms like OpenStreetMap (OSM) have also been employed to
support disaster management (e.g., in near real-time mapping).
Nevertheless, all these geospatial big data pose new challenges for not
only geospatial data visualization, but also data modeling and analysis;
existing technologies, methodologies, and approaches now have to deal with
data shared in various formats, different velocities, and uncertainties.
Furthermore, new issues have been also emerging in urban computing and
smart cities for making communities more resilient against disasters. In
line with this year’s conference theme, the GIS Track particularly welcomes
submissions addressing aspects of geospatial information in disaster risk
and crisis research, and how this geospatial information should embrace the
interdisciplinary nature of crisis situations. This includes exploring
bridges between geospatial data science methods and tools and other related
fields, including (but not limited to): computing disciplines (e.g. AI and
machine learning), social sciences (e.g.  socio-spatial aspects of risk and
resilience, community resilience, participation and governance) and
humanities (e.g. spatial humanities and spatial digital arts).s. We seek
conceptual, theoretical, technological, methodological, empirical
contributions, as well as research papers employing different
methodologies, e.g., design-oriented research, case studies, and action
research. Solid student contributions are welcome.

Track topics are therefore focused on but not limited to the following list.

- Geospatial data analytics for crisis management
- Location-based services and technologies  for crisis management
- Geospatial ontology for crisis management
- Geospatial big data in the context of disaster and crisis management
- Geospatial linked data for crisis management
- Spatially explicit machine learning and Artificial Intelligence for
crisis management
- Urban computing and geospatial aspects of smart cities for crisis
management
- Spatial Decision Support Systems for crisis management
- Individual-centric geospatial information
- Remote sensing for crisis management
- Geospatial intelligence for crisis management
- Spatial data management for crisis management
- Spatial data infrastructure for crisis management
- Geovisual analytics for crisis management
- Spatial-temporal modeling in disaster and crisis context
- Crisis mapping and geovisualization
- Collaborative disaster mapping, citizen participation
- Public policies and governance for geospatial information
- Case studies of geospatial analysis/tools during a pandemic situation
- Empirical case studies

* Important Dates
Full research and insight papers:
– Submission deadline: December 6, 2020
– Decision notification: January 17, 2021

Short (WiPe) papers and Practitioner papers:
– Submission deadline: January 31, 2021
– Decision notification: February 28, 2021

* Paper submission guidelines
https://www.drrm.fralinlifesci.vt.edu/iscram2021/call-papers.php

* Track Chairs
Prof. Dr. João Porto de Albuquerque (primary contact)
University of Warwick, United Kingdom
j.porto at warwick.ac.uk

Prof. Dr. Alexander Zipf
University of Heidelberg, Germany

Dr. Flávio Horita
Federal University of ABC, Brazil‌

Dr. Michael Erskine
Middle Tennessee State University, USA