8:00- 12:00

Registration

8:15- 8:30

Opening

8:30-10:30

Session 1: Moving Objects

*         Close Pair Queries in Moving Object Databases
P. Zhou, D. Zhang, B. Salzberg, G. Cooperman (Northeastern University), G. Kollios (Boston University)

*         Synthetic Generation of Cellular Network Positioning Data
F. Giannotti, A. Mazzoni, S. Puntoni, C. Renso (ISTI-CNR)

*         Shapes Based Trajectory Queries for Moving Objects
B. Lin, J. Su (University of California at Santa Barbara)

*         Supporting Uncertainty in Moving Objects in Network Databases
V. Teixeira de Almeida, R. H. Güting (Fernuniversität Hagen)

10:45-12:45

Session 2: Sensor Networks

*         In-Network Surface Simplification for Sensor Fields
B. Harrington, Y. Huang (University of North Texas)

*         Monitoring Dynamic Spatial Fields Using Responsive Geosensor Networks
M. Duckham (University of Melbourne), S. Nittel, M. Worboys (University of Maine)

*         Spatial Queries in Sensor Networks
A. Soheili (ESRI), V. Kalogeraki, D. Gunopulos (University of California at Riverside)

*         Error Analysis of Localization Systems for Sensor Networks
H. A. B. F. Oliveira (Federal University of Minas Gerais),
E. F. Nakamura (Federal University of Minas Gerais and FUCAPI),
A. A. F. Loureiro (Federal University of Minas Gerais), A. Boukerche (University of Ottawa)

12:00-13:30
 

Lunch

13:30-15:30

Session 3: Data Integration and Data Mining

*         Extracting Spatial Association Rules from Spatial Transactions
S. Rinzivillo, F. Turini (Università di Pisa)

*         Finding Corresponding Objects when Integrating Several Geo-Spatial Datasets
C. Beeri (The Hebrew University), Y. Doytsher (Technion),
Y. Kanza (University of Toronto), E. Safra (Technion),
Y. Sagiv (The Hebrew University)

*         Quality-Driven Approximate Methods for Integrating GIS Data
R. Hariharan, M. Shmueli-Scheuer, C. Li, S. Mehrotra
(University of California at Irvine)

*         Spatial Bayesian Learning Algorithms for Geographic Information Retrieval
A. R. Walker, B. Pham, M. Moody (Queensland University of Technology)

15:30 – 15:45

Break

15:45 – 17:45

Session 4: Data Structures, Computational Geometry

*         A Spatio-temporal Access Method based on Snapshots and Events
G. A. Gutiérrez (Universidad del Bío-Bío and Universidad de Chile), G. Navarro (Universidad de Chile),
A. Rodríguez (Universidad de Concepción and Universidad de Chile),
A. González, J. Orellana (Universidad del Bío-Bío)

*         Improving the R*-tree with Outlier Handling Techniques
T. Xia, D. Zhang (Northeastern University)

*         Image-Based Change Detection of Areal Objects Using Differential Snakes
S. Gyftakis, P. Agouris, A. Stefanidis (University of Maine)

*         Multi-resolution Out-Of-Core Modeling of Terrain and Geological Data
E. Danovaro, L. De Floriani (Università di Genova, University of Maryland), E. Puppo (Università di Genova),
H. Samet (University of Maryland)

8:00 - 12:00

9:00  - 10:15

Registration

Invited Talk

Installation of a Tsunami Early Warning System in the Indian Ocean

Dr. Jörn Lauterjung (GeoForschungsZentrums Potsdam, Germany)

10:15 – 10:30

Break

10:30 – 12:30

Session 5: Query Processing and Optimization

*         Time Relaxed Spatiotemporal Trajectory Joins
P. Bakalov (University of California at Riverside),
M. Hadjieleftheriou (Boston University),
V. J. Tsotras (University of California at Riverside)

*         Two Ellipse-based Pruning Methods for Group Nearest Neighbor Queries
H. Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences), H. Lu (National University of Singapore), B. Huang (University of Calgary), Z. Huang (National University of Singapore)

*         Efficient Query Processing on Spatial Networks
J. Sankaranarayanan, H. Alborzi, H. Samet (University of Maryland)

*         Adaptive Nearest Neighbor Queries in Travel Time Networks
W.-S. Ku, R. Zimmermann, H. Wang, C.-N. Wan (University of Southern California)

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 15:30

Session 6: Virtual Reality and 3D

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*         3D Trajectory Matching by Pose Normalization
A. Croitoru, P. Agouris, A. Stefanidis (University of Maine)

*         Use of Rational Numbers in the Design of Robust Geometric Primitives for Three Dimensional Spatial Database Systems
B. E. Weinrich, M. Schneider (University of Florida)

*         Continuous Level-of-Detail Modeling of Buildings in 3D City Models
J. Döllner, H. Buchholz (University of Potsdam)

13:30-15:30

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Session 7: Data Modeling - Performance Evaluation

*         Towards Topological Consistency and Similarity of Multiresolution Geographical Maps
A. Belussi (University of Verona), B. Catania, P. Podestà (University of Genoa)

*         ASPEN: An Adaptive Spatial Peer-to-Peer Network
H. Wang, R. Zimmermann, W.-S. Ku (University of Southern California)

*         Dimension-Refined Topological Predicates
M. McKenney, A. Pauly, R. Praing, M. Schneider (University of Florida)

*         Contraflow Network Reconfiguration for Evacuation Planning: A Summary of Results
S. Kim, S. Shekhar (University of Minnesota)

16:00-18:00

Session 8: Image and Shape Analysis - User Interaction

*         A Landform-based Approach for the Representation of Terrain Silhouettes
Y. Chevriaux, E. Saux, C. Claramunt (Naval Academy Research Institute)

*         Automatic Extraction of Road Intersections from Raster Maps
Y.-Y. Chiang, C. A. Knoblock, C.-C. Chen (University of Southern California))

*         Visualizing the Results of Interactive Queries for Geographic Data on Mobile Devices
S. Burigat, L. Chittaro (University of Udine)

*         Implicit Interaction Profiling for Recommending Spatial Content
J. Weakliam, M. Bertolotto (University of College Dublin),
D. Wilson (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)

18:00-18:15

Closing