34.2664, Calls: 16th Conference on Spatial Information Theory

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Subject: 34.2664, Calls: 16th Conference on Spatial Information Theory

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Date: 08-Sep-2023
From: Kristin Stock [k.stock at massey.ac.nz]
Subject: 16th Conference on Spatial Information Theory


Full Title: 16th Conference on Spatial Information Theory
Short Title: COSIT

Date: 17-Sep-2024 - 20-Sep-2024
Location: Québec City, Canada
Contact Person: Grant McKenzie
Meeting Email: grant.mckenzie at mcgill.ca
Web Site: https://cosit.ca/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science;
Computational Linguistics; Semantics; Text/Corpus Linguistics

Call Deadline: 19-May-2024

Meeting Description:

Call for Papers:

We are pleased to announce that the Conference on Spatial Information
Theory (COSIT) will be held in Canada for the first time, the 16th in
this international conference series! Established in 1993, COSIT is
concerned with theoretical aspects of space and spatial information,
aimed at advancing spatial information science and its emerging
research frontiers.

Spatial information theory is the interdisciplinary study of
information about spaces and environments at the scale of human
experience, including its representation and its role in
communication. In particular, spatial information theory studies how
the interpretation of spatial information influences the behavior of
human and artificial agents. It draws together numerous threads
between computational and formal models of space; the mental
representation of space by humans and other animals; and the various
ways human and artificial agents communicate information about space.
Space is thereby studied on various scales, including the space in
geographic maps as well as the space of the human body.

COSIT is an open community that encourages the adoption of
interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary methodologies and theories to
advance knowledge of space and spatial information. For the thirty
years that COSIT has been around, participants have explored spatial
information theory from a multitude of perspectives, showcasing
original and impactful research in spatial language and linguistics,
spatial cognition, neuroscience, spatial reasoning, navigation,
movement analysis, geographic information systems, spatial data
science, semantics, philosophy of space, geostatistics, cartography,
environmental modeling and design, place and space, artificial
intelligence, robotics, location-based systems, and human-computer
interaction, just to name a few! In order to maximize engagement and
dissemination of ideas at the conference, COSIT runs as an intensive,
single-track conference consisting of paper presentations and special
thematic sessions over four days.

Our use of spatial technologies in everyday life has changed
dramatically since the first COSIT. Today, geospatial technologies are
ubiquitous, we are drowning in spatial data, and recently AI tools
that compute over language stand to significantly change how
information
systems communicate spatial information all while being generally
opaque about what spatial knowledge they represent. At the same time
the spatial environments that are represented in information systems
reflect a reality of a world facing a series of complex and
challenging social and environmental issues spanning from urban
planning to climate change. It is with this context that we have
chosen the theme for this year’s COSIT: spatial information theory for
transparent translational research. In addition to original research
papers on spatial information theory from any discipline, we
especially welcome papers that make the link between spatial
information theory and benefits to humanity, the biosphere, and the
planet.

We welcome contributions covering conference-relevant themes, such as
but not limited to:
- activity-based models of spatial knowledge
- cartography and geographic visualization
- causal and statistical models of space
- cognitive aspects of geographic information
- cognitive-behavioral geography, naive geography
- concepts of spatial information, such as fields, objects, events,
networks, and processes
- context awareness in physical and social spaces
- explainable geo-spatial artificial intelligence (geoAI) and
spatially informed AI
- geographic question-answering (geoQA)
- knowledge representation for space and time
- natural (human) language descriptions of space and place
- navigation, wayfinding, and mobility of sentient beings and robots
- ontology of space and time
- place and spatial information theory
- quality and interoperability of spatial data
- security and privacy for spatial data
- semantic spaces
- social and cultural organization of space
- spatial and temporal language
- spatial aspects of social networks, volunteered geographic
information
- spatial cognition and neuroscience
- spatial computing and design
- spatial decision support, impact of model design
- spatial (digital) humanities
- spatial information retrieval and encoding of geographic texts
- spatial learning and knowledge acquisition
- spatial storytelling and interactive narratives
- theory and practice of spatial and temporal reasoning
- user interfaces, virtual spaces, and collaborative spaces
- validity of spatial information methods

Submissions

Full research papers of 12-20 pages: Submissions due 18 Feb 2024.
Short papers of 7 pages (max): Submissions due 7 April 2024.
Journal article / book presentation: The conference will run a special
thematic session dedicated to providing authors of recently published
journal research articles or books on spatial information theory the
opportunity to present and share their work in front of the COSIT
audience. The article or book must have been published during the
years 2022-2024.  Submissions due 19 May.
Doctoral mentoring: The conference offers a dedicated doctoral student
mentoring program for up to 10 PhD students on site.
Thematic Sessions: We invite proposals for thematic sessions that will
take place during the conference. These short sessions should focus on
a specific topic within spatial information theory or tie into the
general conference theme of translational research, and can take on a
range of formats (e.g., lightning talks, panel, discussion, hands-on
activity).



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