Plenary session

 9.00  

Prof. Denise Pumain (University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne):
Transferring concepts and sharing models: issues for geographical networks

 9.55 

Dr.Kenneth C.J. Tan,Optimanumerics Ltd. (UK)
Large Scale High Performance Technical and Scientific Computing
Issues, and Challenges: Why does it matter to you?

11:20
13:00

Environmental simulations for sustainable development (1)
Chair: Stefania Bertazzon (University of Calgari)

Title

Authors

1

Comparing Exact and Heuristic Methods for Site Location Based on Multiple Attributes: an Afforestation Application

Pablo Vanegas, Jos Van Orshoven, Dirk Cattrysse
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

2

Renewable energy sources: the case of wind farms analysis

Massimiliano Petri, Silvana Lombardo
University of Pisa

3

Evaluation of Agricultural Land Suitability: Application of Fuzzy Indicators

Allen Torbert, Elena Krueger
USDA-ARS National Soil Dynamics Laboratory, Auburn, Alabama
Dmitry Kurtener
Agrophysical Research Institute, St. Petersburg

4

3D simulations in Environmental Impact Assessment

Maria Danese, Giuseppe Las Casas, Beniamino Murgante
University of Basilicata

5

Influence of model resolution on ozone predictions over Madrid area (Spain)

Marta G. Vivanco, Inmaculada Palomino, Fernando Martín
Atmospheric Pollution Unit, Environmental Department, CIEMAT, Madrid
Oier Azula - Pais VascoUniversity
Mauricio Correa - AntioquiaUniversity

14.20
16.10

Geo-information for urban applications (1)
Chair: Giuseppe Borruso (University of Trieste)

Title

Authors

1

A Software Infrastructure for Multi-Agent Geosimulation Applications

Ivan Blecic, Arnaldo Cecchini, Giuseppe Trunfio
Department of Architecture and Planning - University of Sassari

2

A spatio-Morphological Modelling for Spread Predicting

Christine Voiron-Canicio
University of Nice

3

Working on the Edge of Town. The Periphery as a Spatial Pattern

Valerio Cutini
University of Pisa

4

Urban data visualization with Voronoi Diagrams

Manuel Abellanas
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Belen Palop
Universidad de Valladolid

5

The behavioural rules in Multi Agent Systems: a “not a toy” approach

Massimiliano Petri, Alessandra Lapucci, Diana Poletti
University of Pisa

16.20
18.00

Spatial statistics techniques for socio-economical analysis and policies
Chair: Beniamino Murgante (University of Basilicata)

Title

Authors

1

Homogenous Urban Poverty Clusters within the city of Bari

Francesco Campobasso, Annarita Fanizzi, and Paola Perchinunno
Department of Statistical Sciences “Carlo Cecchi”, University of Bari

2

Alternative Distance Metrics for Enhanced Reliability of Spatial Regression Analysis of Health Data

Stefania Bertazzon, Scott Olson
University of Calgary

3

Socio-economic data analysis with scan statistics and self-organizing maps

Devis Tuia, Mikhail Kanevski
Institute of Geomatics and Analysis of Riske, Univeristy of Lausanne
Christian Kaiser, Antonio da Cunha
Institute of Geography, University of Lausanne

4

Geographical Analysis of Foreign Immigration and Spatial Patterns in Urban Areas. Density Estimation and Spatial Segregation

Giuseppe Borruso
Department of Geographical and Historical Sciences, University of Trieste

5

A multivariate fuzzy analysis for the regeneration of urban poverty areas

Paola Perchinunno
Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Bari
Francesco Rotondo, Carmelo Torre
Department of Architecture and Planning, Polytechnic of Bari

Plenary session

 9.00  

Prof. Gabriele Kotsis (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria):
Next Generation Cooperative Environments – A Quality of Service Perspective

 9.55 

Prof. Jian Jun Zhang, National Centre for Computer Animation,BournemouthUniversity:
Understanding Physics-based Computer Animation

11:20
13:00

Spatial decision support systems for risk prevention and disaster management
Chair: Alex Hagen-Zanker (Urban Planning Group, Eindhoven University of Technology)

Title

Authors

1

Geospatial Modelling of Urban Security: a novel approach with Virtual 3D City Models

Markus Wolff, Hartmut Asche
Department of Geography, University of Potsdam

2

Kernel Density Estimation Methods for a Geostatistical Approach in Seismic Risk Analysis: the Case Study of Potenza Hilltop Town (southern Italy)

Maria Danese, Maurizio Lazzari
Archaeological and monumental heritage institute, National Research Council
Beniamino Murgante
University of Basilicata

3

Detecting alluvial fans using quantitative roughness characterization and fuzzy logic analysis

Andrea Taramelli
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, New York
Laura Melelli
University of Perugia

4

Automated Unsupervised Geomorphometric Classification of Earth Surface for Landslide Susceptibility Assessment

Maria Ioannilli. Alessandro Paregiani
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”

5

The Impact of Climate Change on Future Land-use in a Coastal Zone Planning Context

Henning Sten Hansen
Aalborg University

14.20
16.30

Environmental simulationsfor sustainable development (2)
Chair: Carmelo Torre (Polytechnic of Bari)

Title

Authors

1

A web-based autonomous weather monitoring system of the town of Palermo and its utilization for temperature nowcasting

Giorgio Beccali, Maurizio Cellura, Simona Culotta, Valerio Lo Brano, Antonino Marvuglia
Department of Energy and Environmental Research University of Palermo

2

Evaluation of Ecological Conditions Using Bioindicators: Application of Fuzzy Modeling

Michael Arkhipov
Northwestern Scientific-Methodological Center of RussianAcademy of Agricultural Sciences, St. Petersburg
Elena Krueger, Dmitry Kurtener
Agrophysical Research Institute, St. Petersburg

3

Urban Roughness Parameters Calculation in the City of Rome by Applying Analytical and Simplified Formulations: Comparison of Results

Maria Ioannilli. Enrico Rocchi
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”

4

Sampling optimization trade-offs for long-term monitoring of gamma dose rates

Stephanie J. Melles, Gerard B. M. Heuvelink, Chris J. W. Twenhofel
Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), Environmental Sciences Group
Ulrich Stohlker
Bundesamt fur Strahlenschutz (BfS)

6

Integration of Geographic Information into Multidimensional Models

Sandro Bimonte, Anne Tchounikine
LIRIS (Laboratoire d'InfoRmatique en Images et Systèmes d'information) UMR CNRS 5205
Michela Bertolotto
School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin

Plenary session

 9.00  

Dr.  Isabel Campos Plasencia, Istituto de Fisica de Cantabria (Spain):
The impact of Grid technologies in scientific computing: present status and perspectives

 9.55 

Prof. Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota (USA):
Discovery of Patterns in the Global Climate System using Data Mining

11:20
13:00

Geo-information for urban applications (2)
Chair: Maria Ioannilli (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”)

1

3D LIDAR data application for urban morphogenesis multi-agent vector based geosimulation

Vitor Silva, Corinne Plazanet, Claudio Carneiro, Francois Golay
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)- LASIG lab

2

Temporal variation of urban pattern morphology in southern Italy explored by using Landsat data

Luciano Telesca, Rosa Coluzzi, Rosa Lasaponara
Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, National Research Council

3

High Resolution Analysis of Settlement Structure on Base of Topographical Raster Maps - Method and Implementation

Gotthard Meinel
Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development (IOER)

4

Remote Sensing and Urban Analysis

Alberta Bianchin, Laura Bravin
Planning Department - University IUAV Venice

5

Growths, Urban Transformations, Real Estate Positional Value. Econometric Cellular Automata for the Simulation of the Positional Value

Luca D'Acci
Polytechnic of Turin

14.20
16.10

Geo-information for urban applications (3)
Chair: Ivan Blecic (University of Sassari)

1

Map comparison methods for comprehensive assessment of geosimulation models

Alex Hagen-Zanker
Urban Planning Group, TechnicalUniversity of Eindhoven
Pim Martens
International Centre for Integrated assessment and Sustainable development

2

Hot spot analysis: Improving a local indicator of spatial association for application in traffic safety

Elke Moons, Tom Brijs, Geert Wets
Transportation Research Institute, HasseltUniversity

3

A Mathematical Tool to Extend 2D Spatial Operations to Higher Dimensions

Farid Karimipour
Institute for Geoinformation and Cartography, Vienna University of Technology
Mahmoud R. Delavar
Department of Surveying and Geomatics Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran
Andrew U. Frank
Institute for Geoinformation and Cartography, Vienna University of Technology

4

Geo-spatial Data Analysis, Quality Assessment and Visualization

Yong Ge, Hexiang Bai, Sanping Li
State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System,Institute of Geographic Sciences & Natural Resources,Chinese Academy of Sciences

5

New cycle-lane project: a participative approach

Marco Rotonda, Massimiliano Petri
University of Pisa, Department of Civil Engineering