Geomorphometry 2013

Geomorphometry 2013:  Conference + Workshops

October 16-20, 2013 (Wednesday to Sunday)

Xianlin Campus, Nanjing Normal University

URL: http://geomorphometry.org/2013

THEMES

Themes include but not limited:

• Creation of DEM, such as LiDAR DEM, bathymetry DEM, Aster G-DEM etc.
• Terrain attributes and objects extraction & mapping.
• Scaling effect and uncertainty quantification analysis in terrain analysis.
• Terrain visualization.
• High performance computation and big data in terrain analysis.
• Terrain analysis for land-cover modeling, hydrological modeling, soil-landscape modeling, environment modeling and other landform modeling.
• Other fundamental issues of geomorphometry.

PROGRAM CHAIRS

1. Tang Guoan [2], Nanjing Normal University, China
2. Zhou Qiming [3], Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China
3. Helena Mitasova [4], North Carolina State University, NC, USA
4. Tomislav Hengl [5], ISRIC / Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands

Conference secretariat:

Dr. Li Fayuan, 
Conference secretary
School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University
No.1 Wenyuan road, Nanjing, 210023, P.R. China
Mobile: 0086 13776626973
Email: lifayuan@njnu.edu.cn [7]

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

[8]	Ian Evans [8], Durham University, UK
[9]	Michael Hutchinson [9], Fenner School of Environment and Society Canberra, Australia
[10]	Chenghu [11]Zhou [11], Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources, CAS, China
[12]	Peter Guth [12], US Naval Academy, USA

INVITED SPEAKERS

[13]	Helena Mitasova [13], North Carolina State University, USA
[14]	Josef Strobl [14], Salzburg University, Austria
[15]	Qinke Yang [15], Northwest University, China
[16]	Alexander Brenning [16], University of Waterloo, Canada
[17]	Benjamin Bräutigam [17], Microwaves and Radar Institute, Germany

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KEY DATES

• Workshop proposals due: 1 April 2013
• Extended abstracts due: 1 April 2013 (one time extension)
• Notification of acceptance (revisions): 30 April 2013
• Final camera-ready digital manuscripts due: 31 July 2013
• Early registration deadline: 1st of June 2013
• Late registration deadline: at the conference (+$90 additional fee)
• Conference date: October 16-20, 2013 (Wednesday to Sunday)

DAILY PROGRAMME (WORKING)

• Site Registration time: October 16, 2013
• Opening Ceremony, Keynote Speeches: October 17, 2013
• Keynote Speeches, Invited speeches: October 17-18, 2013
• Workshops or training courses: Oct 19, 2013
• Excursion: October 20, 2013

AIMS AND SCOPE

The aim of Geomorphometry 2013 is to create a platform for better communications and scholarly exchange among researchers in the fields of terrain analysis, geomorphometry, environmental modeling and geographical information sciences. It is the intention of the conference organizer to allow sufficient discussion and exchange of ideas during the conference sessions, so that the conference will be run in the single session format with sufficient time for each paper presentation and follow-up discussion.

Conference language: English

SUBMISSIONS

Prospective authors are invited to submit extended abstracts of up to 4 pages (ca 2000 words) and at least 2 pages by 1st of April 2013. Extended abstracts must be original works by the authors, not be currently under review in the same form by another outlet and not submitted elsewhere prior to the notification date.

• Author guidelines [18]

After the conference, a number of authors will be invited to submission a full article for the special issue on Geomorphometry 2013 (under preparation).

REGISTRATIONS

Regular registration fees:

• ￥1800 or $280 (before 1st June 2013)
• ￥2300 or $370 (after 1st June 2013)

The registration fees will cover all sessions of the conference, proceedings, meals, welcome banquet and coffee breaks.

Students registration fees:  

• ￥900 or $140 (before 1st June 2013),
• ￥1150 or $235 (after 1st June 2013).

The registration fees will cover all sessions of the conference, proceedings, meals, welcome banquet and coffee breaks.

LOGISTICS

• Xian Lin Hotel [19], Xian Lin Campus, Nanjing Normal University.
• Address: No.1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing
• Tel: (0086) 25 85845888
• Fax: (0086) 25 85845766

Nanjing Normal University, Xian Lin Hotel [19] was founded in 2005, located in Xian Lin Campus of Nanjing Normal University. Xian Lin Hotel is an accommodation, dining, academic exchanges, meeting and a modern tourist resort place for three-star hotel.

There are over 150 rooms available for at least 250 people. It takes about 10 minutes walk to Jinwen library and about 10 minutes walk to K3/K4 buildings.

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Local transportation:

From SHANGHAI Pudong International Airport

• Option 1: Airport bus to Najing Railway Station; taxi to the Xian Lin Campus. 
• Option 2: Train from SHANGHAI Pudong International Airport to SHANGHAI Railway Station takes about one hour and 30 minutes using the metro line; then two hours by high-speed rail from SHANGHAI Railway Station to Nanjing South Railway Station; taxi to the Xian Lin Campus.

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From Nanjing Lukou International Airport

• Option 1: Taxi from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Nanjing Normal University (Xian Lin Campus) takes about 40 minutes and costs about 140RMB.

• Option 2: There is also an airport bus that drives directly to Nanjing Railway Station.

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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE (active reviewers)

1. Alexander Brenning [22], University of Waterloo, Canada
2. Mark Bishop [23], University of South Australia, Australia
3. Lucian Dragut [24], West University of Timisoara, Romania
4. Yongxin Deng [25], Western Illinois University, USA
5. Ian Evans [26], Durham University, UK
6. Igor V. Florinsky [27], Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology, Russia
7. John Gallant [28], CSIRO, Australia
8. Carlos H. Grohmann [29], University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
9. Peter Guth [30], US Naval Academy, USA
10. Michael Hutchinson [31], Fenner School of Environment and Society Canberra, Australia
11. Steve Kopp [32], ESRI, USA
12. Robert A. MacMillan [33], ISRIC, the Netherlands
13. Li Manchun [34], Nanjing University, China
14. Jozef Minár [35], Comenious University, Slovakia
15. Helena Mitasova [36], North Carolina State University, USA
16. Brian Lees [37], University of New South Wales, Australia
17. Wu Lun [38], Peking University, China
18. Allan James [39], University of South Carolina, USA
19. Takashi Oguchi [40], University of Tokyo, Japan
20. Scott Peckham [41], Rivix, USA
21. Hannes I. Reuter [42], ISRIC, the Netherlands
22. Sebastiano Trevisani [43], University Iuav of Venice, Italy
23. Thomas Stepinski [44], Lunar and Planetary Institute, USA
24. Lynn Usery [45], USGS Center for Excellence for GIS, USA
25. John P. Wilson [46], University of Southern California, USA
26. Liu Xuejun [47], Nanjing Normal University, China
27. Chenghu Zhou [11], Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources, CAS, China
28. Qiming Zhou [48], Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
29. A-Xing Zhu [49], Nanjing Normal University

SPONSORS

• Geographical Society of China
• National Natural Science Foundation of China
• Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographical Environment, Ministry of Education
• Nanjing Normal University

Nanjing Normal University, located in Nanjing--an old ancient capital city of Six Dynasties, which is a key university of Jiangsu Province. The history of Nanjing Normal University can be traced back to Sanjiang Normal Institute, which was established by Zhang Zhidong, Governor-General of Jiangsu and Jiangxi, in 1902. It has three campuses including Xianlin, Suiyuan and Zijin, of which Suiyuan is a key historical site under state protection and has been praised as "the most beautiful campus of the east". The university covers a total area of 2,199,575 m² and the built-up area is 1,064,103m²; it has 24 colleges with 2 independent ones added. The number of the faculty is 3293, 482 of them with Senior Title and 842 with the Vice-senior. 16,213 undergraduates (without the consideration of independent colleges), 6681 masters and 963 doctors are pursuing knowledge of various fields, as well as 1725 on-the-job graduates working for the master degrees and more than 5000 adults for the higher and further education.