GIScience 2010: 2nd Call for Papers
GIScience 2010
(http://www.giscience2010.org)
Sixth International Conference on Geographic Information Science
Zurich, Switzerland, September 14-17, 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS

OVERVIEW:
Zurich, Switzerland will be the host city of the sixth international GIScience conference, continuing a highly successful series of biennial conferences that commenced in 2000. GIScience 2010 aims to bring together scientists from academia, industry, and government to discuss the state-of-the-art in geographic information science, and explore emerging research directions. The conference focuses on basic research findings across all sectors of the field and has two refereed submission tracks: full papers and extended abstracts. Pre-conference workshops and tutorials (Sep. 14) and the main conference (Sep. 15-17) will take place at the University of Zurich, Irchel campus, featuring state-of-the-art conference facilities within a park-like setting. The conference site is located only 20 minutes from both downtown and Zurich Airport, and is easily accessible through public transport.

TOPICS AND TRACKS:
Fundamental research findings and emerging topics across all sectors of geographic information science (GIScience) are welcomed. The conference attracts leading researchers from all cognate disciplines to reflect the interdisciplinary breadth of GIScience, including (but not limited to) geography, cognitive science, computer science, engineering, information science, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, social science, and (geo)statistics.
Since GIScience 2010 focuses on advances in the fundamentals of geographic information science, submission of pure application papers is discouraged. To accommodate the variety of publication cultures within an interdisciplinary research community, GIScience 2010 provides two refereed submission tracks: full papers and extended abstracts.
* Full paper track
Publication in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) Full papers, consisting of maximum 14-page manuscripts, will be thoroughly reviewed by at least three members of the international program committee. High-quality submissions will be accepted for presentation at the conference and published in the Springer LNCS (www.springeronline.com/lncs). Manuscripts must describe original work that has neither been previously published, nor is currently under review elsewhere. Papers must be written in English according to the GIScience-specific Springer LNCS formatting guidelines. For detailed guidelines, see http://www.giscience2010.org/XXX.
* Extended abstracts track
Publication in separate Conference Proceedings Volume Extended abstracts of 1500 words, describing work in progress, will be reviewed by at least three members of the international program committee and, if accepted, selected for oral or poster presentation. Extended abstracts must be written in English according to the formatting guidelines to be published on the conference web site.

WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS:
GIScience 2010 pre-conference workshops and tutorials will be held on September 14, 2010 at the University of Zurich, Irchel campus. Workshops and tutorials provide two modes of complementary fora to the main conference. Thus, we specifically encourage tutorials introducing new ideas, and workshops based around small group discussions on emerging topics that facilitate dialogue across disciplinary boundaries. One-day mini-conferences filled only with paper presentations are discouraged.

IMPORTANT DATES
Workshop and Tutorial proposals due January 7, 2010
Workshop and Tutorial notification January 29, 2010
Full papers due January 29, 2010
Full paper notification March 15, 2010
Extended abstracts due April 30, 2010
Extended abstract notification June 15, 2010