Workshops
Three workshops are being run before the start of GISRUK 2010 at UCL:
Workshop 1: Advances in Spatial Analysis & e-Social Science
Workshop 2: Young Researchers forum
Workshop 3: International Workshop on Methods and Techniques of Use, User and Usability Research in Geo-information Processing and Dissemination
Workshop 1: Advances in Spatial Analysis & e-Social Science
This one day conference explores advances in Spatial Analysis and e-Social Science. A full programme of containing abstracts can be downloaded here.
Website is now live: http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/conference/
Location: Wilkins Building, UCL
Timetable
10am – Registration and Coffee
10.30-11.00am – Online exploration of cultural regions, migration and ethnicity using the geography of personal names: Onomap and WorldNames. Paul Longley and Pablo Mateos
11.00-11.30am – Spatial Interaction Models for Higher Education. Alex Singleton and Ollie O’Brien
11.30-12.00pm – The Dynamics of Skyscrapers Scaling, Allometry, and Sustainability. Michael Batty
12.00-12.30pm – Development of an urban growth model using high-resolution historical data. Kiril Stanilov
12.30-2.00pm - Lunch Break [as this is a free event, participants are asked to make their own lunch arrangements]
2.00-2.30pm – The research frontier in urban modelling: the agenda and the challenges. Alan Wilson
2.30-3.00pm – On-line Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Network Data and Road Developments. Tao Cheng
3.00-3.30pm – Twitter Tags and Real-Time Visualisation of Complex Geographic Data with MapTube. Richard Milton
3.30-4.00pm – Coffee Break
4.00-4.30pm – Tales of Things and electronic Memory – Creating and Mapping The Geography of Everything. Andrew Hudson-Smith
4.30-5.30pm – Panel Discussion. Mike Goodchild, Keith Clarke, David Maguire.
5.30pm+ Reception
Workshop 2: Young Researchers forum
The Young Researchers’ Forum is designed to bring together research students and other research workers in their early years of applying GIS in their home disciplines, or who are researching principles which form foundations for GIS, to
- raise awareness of key research topics in GIS;
- encourage and support GIS and applied GIS research;
- improve the quality of dissemination of the results of research and
- offer career guidance and highlight future opportunities for funding and research.
This is achieved through facilitated discussion groups and plenary presentations, covering topics including current research issues, publication, research funding, spatial data issues and career development. Discussion groups are facilitated by mentors of standing in the wider GIS community, including YRF plenary session speakers. In recent years, mentors and speakers have included Nick Chrisman, Pete Fisher, Pip Forer, Chris Gold, David Maguire, Waldo Tobler and Dave Unwin. Some topics have been presented by the non-academic GIS community, for example, by representatives of the Ordnance Survey and John Wiley & Sons (Publishers). Care is taken to ensure that presentations acknowledge the world context in which GIS research is undertaken and the YRF has drawn attendance from many European countries, in addition to Ireland and the UK.
The Young Researchers’ Forum is designed for people beginning research studentships leading to doctoral awards but is also suitable for Masters students considering a research career and for people in industry at a similar stage in their careers. Attendance has been acknowledged as a part of the research student’s training programme by several UK universities.
The YRF generally lasts one day, starting after lunch on the day before GISRUK and finishing with lunch immediately prior to GISRUK itself. It is expected that YRF participants will also be attending GISRUK, and may include some who have had presentations accepted for GISRUK. Registration for the YRF is handled alongside GISRUK registration.
Tuesday 13 April 2010 at University College London
Start: 09:30am
End: 05:30pm
Lunch provided
This workshop is organized by the Commission on Use and User Issues of the International Cartographic Association (ICA). The workshop focuses on the application of a variety of methods and techniques of use, user and usability research in the broad geodomain.
A full, detailed programme (including abstracts) will be available here.
The following topics have been accepted for presentation and will be included in the programme:
- Cognitive walkthrough and heuristic evaluation for Web GIS usability and trust implications
- Usability testing of interactive maps by using eye tracking – a case study
- Experimenting with methods for usability testing of Web and mobile maps for hikers
- Geospatial mobile applications: understanding user perspectives and requirements
- Logging user interactions: conceptual framework and case study
- User and context centred design methodology for location based services
- Concepts-based analysis of surface and structural misfits (CASSM) for Web GIS
- Mixed methods approach in usability research
- Evaluating human-centered approaches for geovisualization
- Combining qualitative methods for assessing geographic information usability
- A series of methodological approaches for 3D geovisualization research
- Usability evaluation of OS Vector Map Local
- Recording eye movements to improve efficiency
- Usability evaluation of navigation maps for visually impaired users
- Interactive Web maps: a functional evaluation
There will be ample time for discussion about the application of research methods and techniques as well as about the contents of the handbook on these topics the Commission on Use and User Issues is currently working on.
