2010 AAG ANNUAL MEETING

Call for Papers on "High Performance Computing for Geographic Sciences Session"

Sponsored by: Cyberinfrastructure Specialty Group, GISSG, SAM SG

Abstract Deadline: October 25, 2009

Many geographic problems pose computational challenges originate from three
aspects which include a) large volume of distributed datasets, b) complex
analysis methods, and c) fast response needed by end-users. High Performance
Computing is able to integrate enormous heterogeneous parallel and distributed
computational resources and can therefore provide various potential solutions to
the computing demands. However before geographic science problems can be solved
by effectively and efficiently harnessing the heterogeneous and distributed
computing resources, parallel and distributed processing strategies must be
developed based on adequately assessing computational intensity to handle
problems associated with communication, memory management, synchronization, and
load balancing. In particular, domain decomposition and task scheduling are two
primary strategies. Conventional high performance computing approaches to GIS
and spatial analysis focus directly on decomposing spatial data structures and
operations and utilizing them in specific parallel computer architectural
implementations. There is an urgent need to investigate how HPC can be better
utilized to address geographic science problems regionally and globally.

The High Performance Computing for Geographic Science session is to capture
innovation in HPC technology to resolve geographic science problems and to
promote advances in modeling methodologies and simulation. Topics of particular
interest are, but are not restricted to:

   1. Grid Computing & Cloud Computing
   2. Large Scale Simulation/Prediction
   3. Modeling of Geographic Science applications supported by HPC
   4. Spatial analysis and processing supported by HPC
   5. 3D or 4D Visualization supported by HPC
   6. Parallel algorithms and methodologies
   7. Load balancing, Middleware and task scheduling  method leveraged for earth
   science applications
   8. High Performance Software Tools 

To present a paper in the session:

1. Register and submit your abstract online
   (http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/).

2. Email your presenter identification number (PIN), paper title, and abstract
   to qhuang1@gmu.edu, shaowen@ad.uiuc.edu, qguan2@unlnotes.unl.edu by October
   25, 2009.

Organizers:

Qunying Huang
Joint Center for Intelligent Spatial Computing
George Mason University
Email: qhuang1@gmu.edu

Shaowen Wang
Founding Director, CIGI
Senior Research Scientist, NCSA
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Email: shaowen@ad.uiuc.edu

Qingfeng Guan
Assistant Professor
Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies
School of Natural Resources
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Email: qguan2@unlnotes.unl.edu