Young researchers are invited to contemplate and discuss a wide range of VGI-related topics, including but not limited to:
- Trust: metrics of trust for individuals
- Organizational structures: moderators, editors
- Synthesis: techniques for synthesizing disparate VGI
- Issues in time-critical VGI
- Analytic techniques for data of disparate quality
- Long-term maintenence and archiving of VGI
- VGI data types: sources access, mining, etc.
- Analytical tools for very large often fuzzy data sets e.g. in respect to location and semantics
- Appropriate spatio-temporal analytical methods adapted for such data (dynamic data but often small counts making statistical analysis problematic, difficult to estimated expected rates etc.)
- Quality assessment
- Integration with traditional SDI
- Implications for research methods
Period
05-06-2011 - 11-06-2011 (1 weeks)
Target group
University researchers and faculty at all levels. Project managers and researchers in industry and government. Developers of GIS, LBS, SDI, and e-Government solutions.
Course aim
The Summer Institute is aimed at researchers from the university, commercial, and government sectors. It provides an inspiring and productive opportunity for peer-to-peer interaction with leading international experts in the field. Participants will:
- Learn the state of the art in the topic areas
- Understand and explore tomorrow's research and market challenges
- Be challenged to think laterally outside their daily work setting
- Present their own work and ideas to receive feedback and advice
- Get one-on-one access to experts in a relaxed and productive setting
- Improve presentation and team work skills
- Return home refreshed and newly motivated
The Summer Institute format is multi-faceted and will include- Topical presentations and group projects- Analyses of case studies- Discussions and critique of methodology- Skill-development sessions- Opportunities for working ono joint publications in international journalso project proposals to funding agencies or managemento business plans
Credits
0.0 ECTS creditsIf you need credits for the course, please contact the organizers.
Course fee
EUR 900: Fees for Academics
EUR 1200: Fees for Business/other participants
Course leader
Michael Goodchild, Max Craglia, Michael Gould
Scholarships
In case you need financial support to attend, please state your needs in the comments section of the application form.
Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Munster Werner Kuhn
Address: Weseler Straße 253
Postal code: 48151
City: Munster
Country: Germany
Website: http://www.vespucci.org/
E-mail: info@vespucci.org
Phone: +49 (251) 83-33083
Vespucci Summer Institute on Geographic Information Science 2011 - Volunteered Geographic Information
