Conferences
STIS 2002 Conference
BioMedware held our first conference on Space-Time Information Systems (STIS) Friday and Saturday January 11 & 12, 2002. Our second STIS conference was held in January of 2003. At this meeting, we learned from experts about developments in space-time visualization and analysis and we received their feedback on the STIS software prototype. This conference was a part of the Arsenic, Atlas, and STroodle projects.
Goals
At this meeting, participants will:
- learn about existing techniques for handling time in GIS
- learn about a new approach, STIS, and its advantages over existing approaches
- brainstorm on how STIS might benefit their work
- create a wish list of features that they would need from a STIS
- develop applications for the software
By the end of this meeting:
- STIS project staff will gain a clearer understanding of how STIS will benefit researchers in change detection and exposure assessment
- participants will have outlined requirements for a STIS
- participants will have fleshed out potential applications of the STIS.
Agenda
January 11, 2002—Expert Presentations
Welcome and Introductions, Geoffrey Jacquez (GMJ)
Definition of problem: Why do we need a STIS? Overview of problems and potential solutions in grant proposals slide presentation (pdf), GMJ
Object-based models
Spatio-temporal epidemiology, Mark Wilson
The STroodle space time object model and queries, Andrew M. Kaufmann
Estimating arsenic exposure from drinking water with a STIS, Jaymie Meliker (proposal pdf, slide presentation pdf)
Change detection thresholds (slide presentation (pdf), Peter Rogerson
Field-based models
Landscape-level change detection (slide presentation pdf), Dan Brown
Change detection in agricultural landscapes, Elisabeth Addink
Integration of object- and field-based models
Space-time interpolation (slide presentation pdf), Pierre Goovaerts
Leukemia and space-time fields (slide presentation pdf), Dan Wartenberg
Visualization
Analytical color use in visualization (slide presentation pdf), Cynthia Brewer
Applications in Space-Time Analysis
DynESDA and exploratory space-time analysis (slide presentation pdf), Luc Anselin
BioMedware prototypes: STIS phase I, NCI Cancer Atlas Viewer, GMJ & Bob Rommel
Wrap up, GMJ
January 12, 2002—Brainstorming
Introduction to day 2, assignment to 4 working groups: NCI Cancer Atlas visualization, Arsenic project, landscape change detection, exposure assessment.
Reconvene big group and present working group findings
Open discussion of similarities and differences among groups
Ranking wish lists, meeting wrap-up
Participants
Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D., P.I. and President, BioMedware, Inc.
Elisabeth Addink, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Environmental Spatial Analysis Lab
Luc Anselin, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Cynthia Brewer, Ph.D., Penn State University, Department of Geography
Dan Brown, Ph.D., University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources & Environment and Director of the Environmental Spatial Analysis Lab
Eve Do, BioMedware, Inc.
Leah Estberg, DVM, Ph.D., BioMedware, Inc.
Pierre Goovaerts, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dunrie Greiling, Ph.D., BioMedware, Inc.
Nicholas Jacquez, MBA, TerraSeer, Inc.
Andrew Kaufmann, M.S., BioMedware, Inc.
MaryAnn Labant, M.S. MBA, TerraSeer, Inc.
Jaymie Meliker, University of Michigan, School of Public Health
Peter Rogerson, Ph.D., SUNY, Buffalo, Department of Geography
Bob Rommel, BioMedware, Inc.
Dan Wartenberg, Ph.D., Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, Department of Environmental and Community Medicine
Mark Wilson, Sc.D.,University of Michigan, School of Public Health and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology