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ISGI 2005

International Symposium on
Generalization of Information

Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline March 7, 2005

Notification of acceptance April 4, 2005

Paper for publication July 15, 2005

Printed Proceedings Sept, 1, 2005

Symposium Sept. 14-16, 2005

Contact Symposium Chair

Horst Kremers

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Invitation Program



Wednesday Sept. 14, 2005

14.00 -
15.30
Opening / Session 1


Information-Decision System Aiding Scientists and Engineers
Stanislawa Kluska-Nawarecka, Henryk Polcik, Teresa Wojcik (Dept. of Computer Science, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Kraków, Poland) / Edward Nawarecki (Foundry Research Institute, Kraków, Poland)


Visual Analysis of Search Results Obtained from Very Large Newspaper Article Repository
Wolfgang Kienreich, Michael Granitzer, Vedran Sabol, Werner Klieber, Mattias Lux, Walter Sarka (Know-Center, Competence Center for Knowledge-Based Applications and Systems, Graz, Austria)


Generalization and Uncertainty in Information Extraction
Christopher N. Carlson (IWF Wissen und Medien gGmbH, Germany)

15.30 -
16.00
Coffee Break

16.00 -
17.30
Introductory Roundtable      Moderator: Farah Lenser

17.30 -
19.00
Icebreaker Party at PTB





Thursday Sept. 15, 2005

09.00 -
10.30
Session 2


Metadata Description for Multidomain Systems
Gabriella Salzano (Université de Marne-la-Vallée, France)


A More Comprehensive Modeling and Assessment of Geo-Data Uncertainty
Hansjoerg Kutterer (Institute of Geodesy, Technical University of Hannover, Germany)


Cartographic Generalization of Line Elements Based on Maximum Correlation
Nada Vucetic ,
Nedjeljko Francula (Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb, Croatia) / Svetozar Petrovic (Dept. of Geodesy and Remote Sensing, GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam, Germany)


Information Clustering in the Context of Urban Planning
H. Hagen, Maja Ruby, Inga Scheler (Dept. of Computer Science, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)

10.30 -
11.00
Coffee Break

11.00 -
12.30
Session 3


Modeling Poverty from a System Development Perspective
Felicia O. Akenyemi (Dept. of Cartography, Technical University of Hannover, Germany)


Cartographic Content Management - Scenarios of Application of Highly Generalized Information
Peter Tainz
(Inst. of Geographical Sciences, Section of Cartography, Free University, Berlin, Germany)


Generalization Concepts for Pedestrian Route Information
Katja Kruschel (Inst. of Geography, Section of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany) / Peter Tainz (Inst. of Geographical Sciences, Section of Cartography, Free University, Berlin, Germany)

12.30 -
14.00
Lunch Buffet


14.00 -
15.30
Session 4


Application of Independent Component Analysis (ICA) to Multivariate Biomagnetic Time Series
G. Wübbeler, A. Link, C. Elster, M. Bär (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt PTB, Dept. of Mathematical Modelling and Data Analysis, Berlin, Germany) / M. Burghoff, T. Sander ( PTB Dept. of Biosignals, Berlin, Germany)



Real-Time Data Acquisition and Visualization Framework for Monitoring of Dynamic Systems
David Rehor / Pavel Slavik (Computer Graphics Group, FEE Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic)


Challenges in Biological Data Management
Kingsley Oise Momodu (Dept. of  Restorative Dentistry, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria)

15.30 -
16.00
Coffee Break

16.00 -
17.30
Session 5


Ontology Supported by CLOSi Data SchemaS in the Semantic Web Context
Andrea C. F. Albuquerque (INPA, Manaus, Brazil) / José L. Campos dos Santos (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil)


Cartographic Generalization of Large Scale Maps With AXPAND
Dirk Burghardt / Ingo Petzold / Robert Weibel (Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland) / Matthias Bobzien (Axes Systems AG, Alpnach, Switzerland)




from 19.00
Conference Social Evening



Friday Sept. 16, 2005

09.30 -
10.30
Session 6


Interoperability in Map Generalization Research
Alistair Edwardes / Dirk Burghardt / Moritz Neun (Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland))


GIS-Based Generalization and Multiple Representation of Spatial Data
Paul Hardy , Dan Lee  (ESRI Inc., Redlands, CA. U.S.A.)

10.30 -
11.00
Coffee Break

11.00 -
12.00
Session 7


Generalization Principles in Applied Semiotics
Horst Kremers (
CODATA-Germany, Berlin, Germany)


Granularity, Topicality and Generalization of Information
Heiner Benking  (Berlin, Germany)

12.00 -
13.00
Lunch Buffet

13.00 -
14.00
Session 8


Patterns in Content Propagation in Electronic Environments
Arno Scharl (University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria)


Motive Elicitation for Model Improvement in IT Change Projects
Torben Hansen / Peter Loos (Information Systems and Management, Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany)

14.00 -
15.30
Challenges and Future of Generalization   Roundtable     Moderator: Farah Lenser

15.30 -
16.30
Farewell Reception at PTB




Program may be subject to change


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