Annual Seminar on Spatial Information Retrieval, Analysis, Reasoning And Modelling

Date : 18-20 March, 2009
Venue: Indian Statistical Institute-Bangalore, India

Scope and Objectives
Data related to various natural, anthropogenic and socio-economic phenomena are now available in numerous formats, most significant of which is spatial data that facilitate visualization at spatio-temporal intervals. Availability of such data from a wide range of sources in a variety of formats poses challenges to Geographic Information Science (GISci) community. The utility and application of such data could be substantially enhanced through developments in technologies related to.

Retrieval: Retrieval of noise-free information in the forms of themes (layers) from data requires robust image processing, spatial information theory techniques.

Analysis: Once theme-specific layered information is retrieved, techniques are required to analyse themes.

Reasoning: Theme specific layered information need to be integrated via spatial relationships and reasoning. Certain map algebraic concepts are of use.

Modelling: Spatio-temporal behaviour of a phenomenon needs to be visualized


Topics under these four tracks include: scaling and multiscaling, spatial information retrieval, feature detection and distribution, spatial complexity analysis, applications of mathematical morphology, fractal geometry, rough set theory, fuzzy set theory, evolutionary computing, and data mining concepts in spatial analysis, reasoning, theme extraction and classification/segmentation, multiscale convexity analysis for segmentation and spatial complexity analysis, shape description.more details.

Contact
Indian Statistical Institute,
8th Mile,
Mysore Road,
RVCE Post,
Bangalore 560 059
Phone: 91 80 28483002/3/4/5/6
Fax: 91 80 28484265.