Summary of Academic Tracks at FOSS4G Conferences
Last saved by Serena Coetzee on August 25, 2012
As gleaned from the web sites on August 23rd 2012. Its possible I've
missed some of the info or that its been removed since the conference
closed, so absence of something like an AT committee does not imply
there wasn't one.
Denver 2011
24 presentations
== Personnel
Rafael Moreno is listed as ‘Academic Track’ in the conference
committee. There’s no mention of a separate academic panel but that
doesn’t mean one didn’t exist.
== Publication
The website claims 8-10 papers to be published in TGIS, others for the
OSGeo Journal. Papers are in TGIS vol 16, issue 2 (April 2012).
Barcelona 2010
16 presentations
== Personnel
“Submitted papers will be thoroughly reviewed by three members of the
international scientific committee”. The committee consists of 12
Academic Chairs and 42 other members.
== Publication
“High quality submissions will be published in the following journals
according to the journals formatting guidelines: Applied
Geoinformatics, International Journal of Geoinformatics, Geofocus,
Environmental Modelling & Software”
Sydney 2009
12 presentations
== Personnel
No mention of the refereeing committee, and nobody on the organising
committee singled out as academic track rep.
== Publication
“These will be included in a reputed publication” but no more
said. I've found one in the OSGeo Journal and one on dam break
modelling in Natural Hazards, so it seems some found an academic home.
Cape Town 2008
Over 50 papers listed in the “Academic Papers” section, (over 100
in the separate “Presentations” section)
== Personnel
Three of the local committee listed as directors of the academic
papers track. Papers were ‘peer reviewed’ by 25 reviewers. The list is published in the printed proceedings, but not online.
== Publication
The proceedings are available online, see http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008, click 'Presentations' in the right hand side menu, then select 'Academic Papers' in the dropdown.
A selected number of authors were invited to submit a revised paper to the South African Computer Journal (SACJ). Theses revised papers went through the SACJ reviewing process and some of them were published in SACJ Issue 43. Issue 43 can be downloaded from the 2008 conference home page at http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008.
missed some of the info or that its been removed since the conference
closed, so absence of something like an AT committee does not imply
there wasn't one.
Denver 2011
24 presentations
== Personnel
Rafael Moreno is listed as ‘Academic Track’ in the conference
committee. There’s no mention of a separate academic panel but that
doesn’t mean one didn’t exist.
Members of the 2011 FOSS4G Conference Academic Track (in no particular order)
Tyler Erickson
Michigan Tech Research Institute, USA
Serena Coetzee
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Maria Brovelli
Politecnico di Milano campus Como, Italy
Helena Mitasova
North Carolina State University, USA
Thierry Badard
Laval University, Canada
Venkatesh Raghavan
Osaka City University, Japan
Jeff McKenna
Geteway Geomatics, Canada
Songnian Li
Ryerson University, Canada
Rafael Moreno
University of Colorado Denver, USA
== Publication
The website claims 8-10 papers to be published in TGIS, others for the
OSGeo Journal. Papers are in TGIS vol 16, issue 2 (April 2012).
Barcelona 2010
16 presentations
== Personnel
“Submitted papers will be thoroughly reviewed by three members of the
international scientific committee”. The committee consists of 12
Academic Chairs and 42 other members.
== Publication
“High quality submissions will be published in the following journals
according to the journals formatting guidelines: Applied
Geoinformatics, International Journal of Geoinformatics, Geofocus,
Environmental Modelling & Software”
Sydney 2009
12 presentations
== Personnel
No mention of the refereeing committee, and nobody on the organising
committee singled out as academic track rep.
== Publication
“These will be included in a reputed publication” but no more
said. I've found one in the OSGeo Journal and one on dam break
modelling in Natural Hazards, so it seems some found an academic home.
Cape Town 2008
Over 50 papers listed in the “Academic Papers” section, (over 100
in the separate “Presentations” section)
== Personnel
Three of the local committee listed as directors of the academic
papers track. Papers were ‘peer reviewed’ by 25 reviewers. The list is published in the printed proceedings, but not online.
== Publication
The proceedings are available online, see http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008, click 'Presentations' in the right hand side menu, then select 'Academic Papers' in the dropdown.
A selected number of authors were invited to submit a revised paper to the South African Computer Journal (SACJ). Theses revised papers went through the SACJ reviewing process and some of them were published in SACJ Issue 43. Issue 43 can be downloaded from the 2008 conference home page at http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008.