New Research Directions for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: Workshop Report (2010)
Chapter: APPENDIX D WORKSHOP AGENDA
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WORKSHOP AGENDA
Workshop on New Research Directions for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Keck Center 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. May 17-19, 2010 |
Agenda
Monday, May 17, Room 201
8:15 | Plenary session I: Overview |
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| Goals and scope of the workshop | Keith Clarke, UC Santa Barbara |
| Overview of the first day |
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8:30 | National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency | Greg Smith, NGA |
| • Overview of the agency and its challenges |
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| • Motivation for the workshop and how the results will be used |
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9:00 | Plenary Session II: Future directions in NGA’s core areas (20 minute talks) |
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| Photogrammetry: “Spatial Information Extraction from Imagery: Recent Trends in Geomatics” | Clive Fraser, U. Melbourne |
| Remote sensing: “Advanced Sensors and Information Extraction: Synergies for Optical Sensing” | Melba Crawford, Purdue |
10:00 | Instructions to the working groups and break | Keith Clarke |
| • Other ideas not raised in the presentations |
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| • Key challenges and opportunities for NGA in each core area |
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10:30 | Working groups on photogrammetry and remote sensing |
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| Working group 1, Room 201 |
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| Carolyn Merry (chair) and Douglas Lemon (vice chair) |
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| Working group 2, Room 202 |
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| Luc Anselin (chair) and Melba Crawford (vice chair) |
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| Working group 3, Room 204 |
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| Annette Krygiel (chair) and Russell Congalton (vice chair) |
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| Working group 4, Room 206 |
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| Scott Sandgathe (chair) and Clive Fraser (vice chair) |
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| Working group 5, Room 213 |
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| James Thomas (chair) and Ayman Habib (vice chair) |
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12:00 | Working lunch |
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1:00 | Plenary session III: Future directions in NGA’s core areas (20 minute talks) | |
| Cartography: “Cartographic Research in the United States: Current Trends and Future Directions” | Robert McMaster, U. Minnesota |
| Geodesy: “An Optimist’s 20-Year Look-ahead at Geodesy and Geophysics” | Dru Smith, NOAA NGS |
| GIS and geospatial analysis: “GIS as Geospatial Inspiration” | May Yuan, U. Oklahoma |
2:30 | Instructions to the working groups | Keith Clarke |
| • Other ideas not raised in the presentations |
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| • Key challenges and opportunities for NGA in each core area |
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| Working groups on cartography, geodesy, and GIS and geospatial analysis |
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| Working group 6, Room 201 |
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| Carolyn Merry (chair) and Michael Peterson (vice chair) |
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| Working group 7, Room 202 |
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| Luc Anselin (chair) and Chris Rizos (vice chair) |
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| Working group 8, Room 204 |
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| Annette Krygiel (chair) and Alan MacEachren (vice chair) |
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| Working group 9, Room 206 |
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| Scott Sandgathe (chair) and Alfred Leick (vice chair) |
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| Working group 10, Room 213 |
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| James Thomas (chair) and Alan Murray (vice chair) |
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4:00 | Working groups prepare reports |
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4:30 | Plenary session IV: Working group reports (5 minutes each) |
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| Photogrammetry and remote sensing |
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| Working group 1 | Douglas Lemon |
| Working group 2 | Melba Crawford |
| Working group 3 | Russell Congalton |
| Working group 4 | Clive Fraser |
| Working group 5 | Ayman Habib |
| Cartography, geodesy, and GIS and geospatial analysis |
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| Working group 6 | Michael Peterson |
| Working group 7 | Chris Rizos |
| Working group 8 | Alan MacEachren |
| Working group 9 | Alfred Leick |
| Working group 10 | Alan Murray |
| Discussion | All |
5:30 | Workshop adjourns for the day |
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Tuesday, May 18, Room 109
8:30 | Overview of plans for the day | Keith Clarke |
| Plenary session V: Cross cutting themes (20 minutes each) |
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| Forecasting: “Technosocial Predictive Analysis: Bridging the Gap between Human Judgment and Machine Reasoning” | Antonio Sanfillipo, PNNL |
| Participatory sensing: “Participatory Urban Data Collection: Planning and Optimization” | Cyrus Shahabi, U. Southern California |
| Visual Analytics: “Proactive and Predictive Visual Analytics” | David Ebert, Purdue |
10:00 | Instructions to the working groups and break | Keith Clarke |
| • Other ideas not raised in the presentations |
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| • How do advances in the cross-cutting themes shape the 5 core areas? |
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10:30 | Working groups on forecasting, participatory sensing, and visual analytics |
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| Working group 1, Room 109 |
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| Carolyn Merry (chair) and Michael Zyda (vice chair) |
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| Working group 2, Room 202 |
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| Luc Anselin (chair) and William Ribarsky (vice chair) |
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| Working group 3, Room 208 |
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| Mani Srivastava (chair) and Amitabh Varshney (vice chair) |
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| Working group 4, Room 213 |
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| Scott Sandgathe (chair) and Mike Jackson (vice chair) |
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| Working group 5, Room 600 |
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| James Thomas (chair) and Michael Zink (vice chair) |
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12:00 | Working lunch |
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1:00 | Plenary session VI: Cross cutting themes (20 minutes each) |
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| Beyond fusion: “Data and Visual Analytics for Information Fusion” | Haesun Park, Georgia Tech |
| Human terrain: “Geospatially Enabled Network Analysis” | Kathleen Carley, Carnegie Mellon |
2:00 | Instructions to the working groups | Keith Clarke |
| • Other ideas not raised in the presentations |
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| • How do advances in the cross-cutting themes shape the 5 core areas? |
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| Working groups on beyond fusion and human terrain |
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| Working group 1, Room 109 |
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| Carolyn Merry (chair) and Huan Liu (vice chair) |
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| Working group 2, Room 202 |
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| Luc Anselin (chair) and May Yuan (vice chair) |
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| Working group 3, Room 208 |
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| Mani Srivastava (chair) and James Llinas (vice chair) |
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| Working group 4, Room 213 |
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| Scott Sandgathe (chair) and Mahendra Mallick (vice chair) |
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| Working group 5, Room 600 |
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| James Thomas (chair) and Joseph Young (vice chair) |
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3:30 | Working groups prepare reports |
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4:00 | Plenary session VII: Working group reports (5 minutes each) |
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| Forecasting, participatory sensing, and visual analytics |
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| Working group 1 | Michael Zyda |
| Working group 2 | William Ribarsky |
| Working group 3 | Amitabh Varshney |
| Working group 4 | Mike Jackson |
| Working group 5 | Michael Zink |
| Beyond fusion and human terrain |
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| Working group 6 | Huan Liu |
| Working group 7 | May Yuan |
| Working group 8 | James Llinas |
| Working group 9 | Mahendra Mallick |
| Working group 10 | Joseph Young |
| Discussion | All |
5:00 | Workshop adjourns for the day |
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Wednesday, May 19, Room 109
8:30 | Overview of plans for the day | Keith Clarke |
| Instructions to the working groups |
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| • Synthesize the results of the 10 breakout reports |
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| • Identify implications of implementing the results for the scientific infrastructure |
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8:45 | Working groups on new research directions for the NGA |
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| Working group 1, Room 109 |
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| Carolyn Merry (chair) and Alan MacEachren (vice chair) |
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| Working group 2, Room 202 |
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| Luc Anselin (chair) and Ayman Habib (vice chair) |
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| Working group 3, Room 204 |
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| Mani Srivastava (chair) and Joseph Young (vice chair) |
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| Working group 4, Room 205 |
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| Annette Krygiel (chair) and Chris Rizos (vice chair) |
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| Working group 5, Room 213 |
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| James Thomas (chair) and Mike Jackson (vice chair) |
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10:30 | Working groups prepare reports |
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11:00 | Plenary session VIII: Working group reports (10 minutes each) |
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| Working group 1 | Alan MacEachren |
| Working group 2 | Ayman Habib |
| Working group 3 | Joseph Young |
| Working group 4 | Chris Rizos |
| Working group 5 | Mike Jackson |
| Discussion | All |
12:00 | Wrap up and next steps | Keith Clarke |
12:15 | Workshop adjourns |
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