FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS COSIT 2009 Ninth International Conference on Spatial Information Theory September 21-25, 2009 Aber Wrac'h, Brittany, France http://www.cosit.info General Chairs Christophe Claramunt (Naval Academy Research Institute, France) Michel Denis (University of Paris-Sud) Program Chairs Kathleen Stewart Hornsby (The University of Iowa) Gιrard Ligozat (University of Paris-Sud) KEY DATES Full papers due 2 March 2009 Notification of acceptance 15 May 2009 Proposals for posters due 22 May 2009 Final camera-ready digital manuscripts due 22 June 2009 Author registration deadline 22 June 2009 Early registration deadline 22 June 2009 COSIT 2009 Workshops 21 September 2009 COSIT 2009 Technical Program 22-24 September 2009 COSIT 2009 Doctoral Colloquium 25 September 2009 TOPIC AND TARGET GROUP The Tenth International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT 2009, is concerned with theoretical aspects of space, time, and spatial information. Of special interest are aspects of "large-scale" space, i.e. spaces too large to be apprehended at once without technological aid. These include spaces of geographic and environmental scales in which humans make decisions and carry out actions. Spatial information theory also deals with the formal and natural description of processes and events in spatial environments, thus providing a foundation for the design and construction of geographic information systems (GIS) and for spatial information systems (SIS) in general. Empirical investigations, formal models, and the use of spatial information technologies reveal a large number of interesting research questions which require an interdisciplinary approach for their solution. The COSIT conference series brings together researchers from many disciplines and topics, in particular: * Cognitive, Perceptual, and Environmental Psychology * Geography and Geoinformation Science * Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Cognitive Science * Engineering and Human Factors * Cognitive Anthropology, Psycholinguistics and Linguistics * Ontology of the Geospatial Domain * Architecture, Planning, and Environmental Design An idea of the conference's orientation can be gained from the previous COSIT proceedings published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. The following (non-exclusive) topics are indicative of the field of interest: activity-based models of spatial knowledge cognitive structure of spatial knowledge cooperative work with spatial information events and processes in geographic space incomplete or imprecise spatial knowledge languages of spatial relations naive geography/behavioral geography navigation by organisms and robots ontology of space presentation/communication of spatial information quality issues in geographic information semantics of geographic information social and cultural organization of space spatial and temporal reasoning spatial and social networks spatial data integration/interoperability spatial decision-support systems structure of geographic information time in geographic information user-interface design/spatialization of interfaces virtual spaces CONFERENCE PROGRAM At the conference, results from recent research are presented and discussions about advanced work in progress take place. An international and multidisciplinary program committee establishes the conference program. Papers are selected through a rigorous review of full paper contributions by internationally renowned reviewers, based on relevance to the conference, intellectual quality, scientific significance, novelty, relation to previously published literature, and clarity of presentation. The proceedings are published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series by the time of conference. COSIT is also intended as a forum where PhD students can meet, present their research, and hold discussions with others at a similar stage in their careers. SUBMISSIONS Prospective authors must submit full papers in PDF format by the deadline above. Papers should be original works by the authors, not be currently under review by another outlet, and not submitted elsewhere prior to the notification date. Papers must be in English, and formatted using the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science style. For formatting instructions, please refer to the information for authors of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (www.springer.com/lncs) by Springer. The total length of the paper must not exceed 18 pages, including figures and bibliography; this is approximately 6000 words. STEERING COMMITTEE Anthony Cohn, University of Leeds Michel Denis, LIMSI-CNRS, Paris Matt Duckham, University of Melbourne Max Egenhofer, University of Maine, Orono Andrew Frank, Technical University Vienna Christian Freksa, University of Bremen Stephen Hirtle, University of Pittsburgh Werner Kuhn, University of Mόnster Benjamin Kuipers, University of Texas, Austin David Mark, SUNY Buffalo Dan Montello, UCSB Barry Smith, SUNY Buffalo Sabine Timpf, University of Zόrich Barbara Tversky, Stanford University Stephan Winter, University of Melbourne Michael Worboys , University of Maine, Orono PROGRAM COMMITTEE Pragya Agarwal, UK Thomas Barkowsky, Germany John Bateman, Germany Brandon Bennett, UK Michela Bertolotto, Ireland Thomas Bittner, USA Mark Blades, UK Gilberto Camara, Brazil Roberto Casati, France Eliseo Clementini, Italy Anthony Cohn, UK Helen Couclelis, USA Clare Davies, UK Leila de Floriani, Italy Matt Duckham, Australia Geoffrey Edwards, Canada Max Egenhofer, USA Carola Eschenbach, Germany Sara Fabrikant, Switzerland Andrew Frank, Austria Christian Freksa, Germany Mark Gahegan, New Zealand Antony Galton, UK Chris Gold, UK Reg Golledge, USA Mary Hegarty, USA Stephen Hirtle, USA Gabriele Janzen, Netherlands Christopher Jones, UK Marinos Kavouras, Greece Alexander Klippel, USA Barry Kronenfeld, USA Markus Knauff, Germany Werner Kuhn, Germany Lars Kulik, Australia Michael Lutz, Italy David Mark, USA Damir Medak, Croatia Harvey Miller, USA Daniel Montello, USA Bernard Moulin, Canada Reinhard Moratz, USA Gerhard Navratil, Austria Matthijs Noordzij, Netherlands Juval Portugali, Israel Jonathan Raper, UK Martin Raubal, USA Jochen Renz, Australia Andrea Rodriguez, Chile Christoph Schlieder, Germany Michel Scholl, France Angela Schwering, Germany Barry Smith, USA John Stell, UK Holly Taylor, USA Sabine Timpf, Germany Andrew Turk, Australia Barbara Tversky, USA David Uttal, USA Nico Van de Weghe, Belgium Robert Weibel, Switzerland Stephan Winter, Australia Michael Worboys, USA May Yuan, USA