13th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2017)
13th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2017)
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第十三届空间信息理论国际会议(COSIT 2017)
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2017
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Ballatore Andrea
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C. Eliseo;D. Maureen;Y. May;K. Christian;F. Paolo;Ballatore Andrea
COSIT 2017是空间信息理论系列会议的最新版本，该会议已经汇集了该领域的领先研究人员超过20年。在其穿越时空的轨迹上，会议又回到了它开始的地方：意大利。今年，它在意大利中部阿布鲁佐地区的首府拉奎拉举行。该城市和该地区的美丽与所选论文的多样性和质量相匹配。我们总共收到了51份提交的材料，然后由至少三名项目委员会成员进行了审查。根据这些评论，选择了22篇论文在主要会议上提出，并列入本卷。
快速浏览一下目录就足以了解会议记录中所列条款所涵盖主题的广度和多样性。除了已经确立的主题，如定性推理，空间语义和寻路，解决众包空间信息固有的基本理论问题的趋势继续从以前的COSIT会议。正如COSIT所发生的那样，有一些非典型的话题正在讨论中，比如有趣的量子理论应用于地理领域。总体而言，该计划为空间信息理论的关键子领域的研究人员提供了丰富的贡献，同时扩展了该领域的科学范围。
与往年一样，主要的单轨计划由卫星活动补充。首先，密集的海报会议为年轻研究人员提供了在指定会议上向社区展示其工作的机会。在单轨计划之前，COSIT 2017提供了五个研讨会，涵盖空间信息理论中的热门和新兴主题，如“重新思考寻路支持系统”和“地理空间自然语言研究的未来方向”。此外，还提供了两个教程以及博士讨论会。卫星活动的记录作为一份单独的出版物提供。三个主题演讲补充了技术计划：Sang Ah Lee关于神经科学家对空间认知的观点，Stefano Borgo关于人工智能体空间环境的形式化，以及Bin Jiang关于地理空间的缩放和秩序。最后但并非最不重要的是，COSIT 2017还举办了一些促进非正式交流的社交活动。只有在许多人的帮助和承诺下，才有可能组织COSIT这样的活动并取得成功。节目委员会在确保节目质量方面发挥着关键作用，我们要感谢所有评审员的时间和他们制作的全面审查。我们要感谢主办这次会议的拉奎拉大学，它提供了地点、技术和后勤支持，并提供了财政捐助。今年COSIT首次成为IFIP（国际信息处理联合会）支持的会议和AICA（意大利信息学和自动微积分协会）支持的会议，IFIP和AICA没有财务参与。最后，我们要感谢所有参加COSIT 2017的人介绍他们的工作，讨论在会议上和以后展示的工作，并推进空间信息理论领域的最新技术。
COSIT 2017 is the latest edition of the conference series on spatial information theory that has been bringing together leading researchers of the field for more than twenty years now. On its trajectory through time and space, the conference has returned to where it started: Italy. This year, it is held at L’Aquila, the capital city of the Abruzzo region, in Central Italy. The beauty of the city and the region is matched by the diversity and quality of the paper selected for presentation. In total, we received 51 submissions that were then reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. Based on the reviews, 22 papers were selected to be presented at the main conference and are included in this volume.
A quick look at the table of contents is enough to appreciate the breadth and diversity of the topics covered by the articles included in the proceedings. In addition to well-established topics, such as qualitative reasoning, spatial semantics, and wayfinding, the trend towards tackling the fundamental theoretical issues inherent to crowd-sourced spatial information continues from previous COSIT conferences. As it happens at COSIT, there are atypical topics being discussed, such as the interesting foray into a quantum theory applied to geographic fields. Overall, the program provides rich contributions for researchers in the key sub-domains of spatial information theory while at the same time extending the scientific scope of the field.
As in previous years, the main single-track program is complemented by satellite events. First of all, an intensive poster session gives the opportunity especially to young researchers to present their work to the community in a designated session. Preceding the single-track program, COSIT 2017 offers five workshops covering hot and emerging topics in spatial information theory, such as ‘rethinking wayfinding support systems’ and ‘future directions in geospatial natural language research’. In addition, two tutorials are offered as well as the doctoral colloquium. The proceedings of the satellite events are available as a separate publication. Three keynotes complement the technical program: by Sang Ah Lee on a neuroscientist point of view on spatial cognition, by Stefano Borgo on the formalization of spatial environments of artificial agents, and by Bin Jiang on scaling and order in geographic space. Last but not least, COSIT 2017 also hosts several social events facilitating informal exchanges. Organizing an event such as COSIT and making it a success is only possible with the help and commitment of many people. The program committee plays a pivotal role in ensuring a quality program, and we would like to thank all reviewers for their time and for the thorough reviews they produced. We would like to thank the University of L’Aquila that hosts the conference, offering the location and technical and logistic support, in addition to a financial contribution. For the first time, this year COSIT is an IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) supported conference and an AICA (Italian Association for Informatics and Automatic Calculus) supported conference with no financial involvement of IFIP and AICA. Finally, we would like to thank all who attended COSIT 2017 to present their work, to discuss the work showcased at the conference and beyond, and to advance the state of the art in the field of spatial information theory.