Conferences
STIS 2003 Conference
BioMedware held our second conference on Space-Time Information Systems (STIS) Thursday and Friday January 9 & 10, 2003. Our first STIS conference was held in January of 2002. 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 :
Animation of thyroid cancer
mortality rates
- share information on the theory and methods of STIS, including: geographical analysis, change detection, object morphing, geo-spatial lifelines, space-time fields, space-time semantics, logic, and data models, space-time interpolation, space-time epidemiology, and Space-time LISA statistics.
- learn about recent advances in Space-Time technology such as Space-time Information Systems and the STroodle Software library.
- learn about new applications for the software such as a STIS-based arsenic exposure assessment system, and a STIS for the National Cancer Atlas.
By the end of this meeting:
- participants will have a clearer understanding of the theory, methods, technology, and applications of STIS.
- a publication of the meeting proceedings in a peer-reviewed journal will be planned
Agenda
Thursday January 9—Expert Presentations
Welcome and Introductions (slides pdf), Geoffrey Jacquez (GMJ)
Background of workshop, including a review of last workshop (slides pdf), GMJ
Methods
Stochastic simulation of land cover change using geostatistics and generalized additive models (slides pdf), Dan Brown
A tutorial on color symbolization and data classification for mapping and visualization (slides pdf), Cynthia Brewer
Methods to incorporate effects of human residential mobility into environmental epidemiology research, (slides pdf), David Mark
Spatial surveillance of data consisting of small regional counts, (slides pdf), Peter Rogerson
Some applications of GIS-based spatial methods to chronic disease epidemiology, (slides pdf), Dan Wartenberg
Applications
Understanding spatial variability to enhance arsenic exposure assessment in Michigan (slides pdf), Jaymie Meliker and Melissa Slotnick
Exploration scale-dependent correlation between cancer mortality rates in both space and time using geostatistics (slides pdf), Pierre Goovaerts
rap up, GMJ
Friday January 10—Expert presentations & brainstorming
Introduction to day 2, GMJ
Software
Representations and queries for space-time data, Andrew Kaufmann, Dunrie Greiling (DG), and GMJ
STARS: Space-time analysis of regional systems (slides pdf), Sergio Rey
Cancer Atlas software demonstration (slide pdf), DG
Brainstorm: break into 4 software testing groups (leukemia, bladder, breast and lung) & develop recommendations for improving the Cancer Atlas software
Publication plans
Participants
Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D., P.I. and President, BioMedware, Inc.
Gillian AvRuskin, M.S., BioMedware, Inc.
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
Amy Burnicki, University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources & Environment
Eve Do, BioMedware, Inc.
Heidi Durbeck, M.A., BioMedware, Inc.
Pierre Goovaerts, Ph.D., BioMedware, Inc.
Dunrie Greiling, Ph.D., BioMedware, Inc.
Laura Jacquez, BioMedware, Inc.
Nicholas Jacquez, MBA, TerraSeer, Inc.
Andrew Kaufmann, M.S., BioMedware, Inc.
MaryAnn Labant, M.S., MBA, TerraSeer, Inc.
David Mark, Ph.D., SUNY, Buffalo, Department of Geography
Jaymie Meliker, M.S., University of Michigan, School of Public Health
John Nystuen, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Serge Rey, Ph.D., San Diego State University, Department of Geography
Peter Rogerson, Ph.D., SUNY, Buffalo, Department of Geography
Bob Rommel, BioMedware, Inc.
Marilyn Ruiz, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, College of Veterinary Medicine
Melissa Slotnick, MPH, MESc, University of Michigan, Department of Public Health
Dan Wartenberg, Ph.D., Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, Department of Environmental and Community Medicine
Publications
Journal of Geographical Systems Special Issue
Space-Time Intelligence Systems—Technology, Applications and Methods, first issue of 2005.
Jacquez, G.M., P. Goovaerts, and P. Rogerson, Space-Time Intelligence Systems: Technology, Applications and Methods
Jacquez, G.M., D.A. Greiling, and A.M. Kaufmann, Design and Implementation of a Space-Time Intelligence System for Disease Surveillance
Greiling, D.A., G. M. Jacquez, A. M. Kaufmann, and R G. Rommel, Space time visualization and analysis in the Cancer Atlas Viewer
Meliker, J.R., M.J. Slotnick, G.A. AvRuskin, A. Kaufmann, G.M. Jacquez, J.O. Nriagu, Improving exposure assessment in environmental epidemiology: Application of spatio-temporal visualization tools
Greene, S., M.A. Schmidt, M. Stobierski, M.L. Wilson, Spatio-Temporal Pattern of Viral Meningitis in Michigan, 1993-2001
Rogerson, P., Monitoring Spatial Maxima
Sinha, G., and D M. Mark, Measuring Similarity between Geospatial Lifelines in Studies of Environmental Health
Goovaerts, P. and G.M. Jacquez, Detection of temporal changes in the spatial distribution of cancer rates using the LISA statistics and geostatistically simulated spatial neutral models
Brown, D.G., R. Riolo, D.T. Robinson, M. North, W. Rand, Spatial Process and Data Models: Toward Integration of Agent-Based Models and GIS