(Message inbox:16) Return-Path: Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by MISSING.LINK.CS.CMU.EDU id aa26725; 11 Apr 96 4:31 EDT Received: from hearn.nic.surfnet.nl by CS.CMU.EDU id aa24946; 11 Apr 96 4:30:41 EDT Received: from HEARN.NIC.SURFNET.NL by HEARN.nic.SURFnet.nl (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 5923; Thu, 11 Apr 96 10:28:38 +0200 Received: from NIC.SURFNET.NL (NJE origin LISTSERV@HEARN) by HEARN.NIC.SURFNET.NL (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 5931; Thu, 11 Apr 1996 10:28:28 +0200 Received: from NIC.SURFNET.NL by NIC.SURFNET.NL (LISTSERV release 1.8b) with NJE id 2277 for DMA-LIST@NIC.SURFNET.NL; Thu, 11 Apr 1996 10:28:16 +0200 Received: from HEARN (NJE origin SMTP@HEARN) by HEARN.NIC.SURFNET.NL (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 5921; Thu, 11 Apr 1996 10:28:16 +0200 Received: from utmfu0.math.utwente.nl by HEARN.nic.SURFnet.nl (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Thu, 11 Apr 96 10:28:09 +0200 Received: by utmfu0.math.utwente.nl ($Revision: 1.36.108.11 $/16.2) id AA130151297; Thu, 11 Apr 1996 10:28:17 +0200 Full-Name: DMANET Mailer: Elm [revision: 66.36.1.1] Approved-By: DMANET Message-ID: <199604110828.AA130151297@utmfu0.math.utwente.nl> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 10:28:16 METDST Reply-To: roos@inf.ethz.ch Sender: DMANET From: DMANET Subject: CISM Summerschool on GIS To: Multiple recipients of list DMA-LIST *** Call for Participation *** International Workshop and Summer School on ALGORITHMIC FOUNDATIONS OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS September 16 - 20, 1996 CISM, Udine, Italy <<< http://www.inf.ethz.ch/CISM >>> GENERAL INFORMATION: ==================== Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are penetrating a growing number of application domains, including cartography, urban planning, risk assessment, pollution control, and transport management systems. With the widespread use of continuously growing databases, efficiency emerges as the major bottleneck of today's GIS. Commercially available GIS generally take little advantage of the progress achieved in compu- tational geometry, and use data structures inherited from relational database systems that ignore the special spatial relations (like proximity) on objects embedded in space. Spatial database systems incorporate only a few of the many algorithms that have been and are being developed for efficient operations on geometric objects. This advanced school aims to bring together researchers, in particular Ph.D. and graduate students in the field of geometric algorithms and data structures, and software developers from GIS companies. It consists of: - tutorial survey lectures on the algorithmic foundations of GIS and on GIS requirements; - specialized lectures on recent research results within a particular topic, and on important algorithmic GIS problems; - research sessions working under the supervision of the lecturers. LECTURERS: ========== - Lars Arge, Univ. Aarhus, - Mark de Berg, Univ. Utrecht, - Juerg Nievergelt, ETH Zuerich, - Thomas Roos, ETH Zuerich, - Stefan Schirra, MPI Saarbruecken, - Marc van Kreveld, Univ. Utrecht, - Robert Weibel, Univ. Zuerich, - Peter Widmayer, ETH Zuerich. TOPICS: ======= The following topics will be presented: - introduction to geometric computation; - specific geometric algorithms that are useful for geometric computation; - digital elevation models; - generalization and simplification in maps; - algorithms for problems on terrains, including drainage networks and visualization; - spatial data structures for external memory; - algorithms for data on external memory; - embeddability of graphs into Euclidean space; - Voronoi methods in GIS; - precision and robustness of geometric operations; - designing a computational geometry algorithms library. All lectures will be given in English. Lecture notes will be distributed by CISM to the participants during the school. APPLICATION & ACCOMODATION: =========================== Further informations and application forms are available via WWW under *** http://www.inf.ethz.ch/CISM *** or directly from the CISM secretariat: Centro Internazionale di Scienze Meccaniche (CISM) Palazzo del Torso - Piazza Garibaldi, 18 33100 Udine, Italy Phone: +39 (0)432 - 294989 or 508251 Fax: +39 (0)432 - 501523 The registration fee amounts to 1.000.000 Lire (approx. 630 USD) and 700.000 Lire (approx. 440 USD) for participants of Universities and Academies of Sciences. Participation is limited. Applicants should send their registration at the latest one month before the beginning of the course indicating complete address, qualification and time of arrival/departure. The registration must be accompanied by the check or a copy of the receipt of the payment of the fee of 1.000.000 Lire (700.000 Lire, resp.). A limited number of participants from Universities and Academies who are not supported by their own Institutions can be offered board and/or lodging at the University Residence (or a middle class hotel). For this, they should apply to the Secretariat of CISM by July 16, 1996 and enclose a curriculum and a letter of recommendation by the Dean confirming that the Institute has no funds for financing their participation. Preference will be given to applicants coming from countries which have adhered to CISM and contribute to its operating resources. A list of hotels in Udine will be sent by CISM's Secretariat upon receipt of the registration form, or upon request. A limited number of single rooms are usually available at the Univerisity Residence at the price of approx. 14 US dollars per person and night. Those interested should apply promptly through CISM. -- ****************************************************** Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to DMANET@math.utwente.nl Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The original sender, however, is invited to prepare an update of the replies received and to communicate it via DMANET. DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET)