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<div><div>Dear colleagues,</div><br>Following the first four successful e<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ditions of the <b>Academic Track</b>
at State of the Map 2018 in Milan [1], 2019 in
Heidelberg [2] and the 2020 [3] and 2021 [4] virtual ones, this Track will be included
again in the program of State of the Map 2022, to be held in Florence, Italy on August 19-21 with the possibility to also attend remotely [5]. The main purpose of the Academic Track
is to
bring together and foster interactions between the OpenStreetMap
community at larg</span>e (contributors, developers, users, etc.) and the
academic/scientific community of researchers from all over the world.<br><br><div>A designated Scientific Committee will b<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">e responsible again for the organization of the
Academic Track, co-chaired by Marco Minghini and Yair Grinberger (on behalf of the OSMF
State of the Map Working Group). We hereby issue a call for applications,
inviting all interested individuals to apply to join the
Scientific Committee</span>.
This team will be in charge of:</div><ul><li>writing and publishing the call for abstracts/papers for the Academic Track at State of the Map 2022</li><li>designing
and managing the review process of the submitted abstracts, deciding
which ones to accept for oral presentation or poster presentation</li><li>defining the Academic Track schedule at State of the Map 2022, by working in close contact with the SotM 2022
Programme Committee
</li><li>planning and managing possible publication outputs, e.g.
conference proceedings and/or or a Special Issue in a scientific journal</li></ul>Thus, we invite applications for <b>researchers or academics</b> to be part of the Academic Track S<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">cientific Committee. The
Academic Track Scientific Committee
will be led by Marco and Yair and will include additional people selected through this open call. The number of additiona</span>l people is not
defined a priori and will depend on the number and quality of
applications received.</div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The call is open to everyone interested. The
selection will be made by the OSMF
State of the Map Working Group, based on the candidates' personal merit
and with the main goal to create a diverse Committee in terms of gender,
age, geographical provenance, and academic experience. We especially
encourage applications from early-stage academics and researchers.</span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Please
note that a high effort and commitment is expected for all members of
the Academic Track Scientific Committee, thus we encourage you to apply
only if you think you will have enough time to dedicate.<br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">In the absence of enough candidates and/or candidates who are meeting the
expectations, the OSMF State of the Map Working Group reserves the right to
nominate additional persons by invitation.</span></div><div><br></div><div> <b>Applications shall be made exclusively by sending an e-mail to the
<span>OSM</span> <span>science</span> mailing list <a href="mailto:science@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank"><span><span>science</span>@openstreetmap.org</span></a> </b>(this requires registering for the list at <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/science&sa=D&ust=1544522705516000&usg=AFQjCNGQpKzLHAff40jmaxWAbSw_j5gQrg" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/<span>science</span></a>), and filling the following template:<br><br><b>Name and Surname</b><br><i>Please enter your name and surname.</i><br><br><b>Affiliation</b><br><i>Please enter your (current) full affiliation.</i><br><br><b>Academic experience, in particular on OpenStreetMap</b><br><i>Please
enter a short description of your main academic interests and
contributions, especially related to OpenStreetMap. A full list of
OpenStreetMap-related publications (or a link to it) is appreciated.
Also, please list your previous experience as a member of scientific or
academic committees.
Place the focus on
OpenStreetMap, when relevant.</i><br><br><b>Editorial experience</b><br><i>Please
enter a short description of your editorial experience, e.g. as a
Member of the Editorial Board of scientific journals, Guest-Editors of
Special Issues, reviewer for scientific journals. Place the focus on
OpenStreetMap, when relevant.</i><br><br>Only applications submitted according to this procedure and only self-nominations will be considered.<br><br>The deadline for applications i<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">s<b> February 27, 2021</b>.<br><br>Best regards,<br></span><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Yair and M</span>arco - on behalf of the OSMF State of the Map Working Group</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[1]<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>See the call for abstracts for 2018 (<a href="https://2018.stateofthemap.org/academictrack" target="_blank">https://2018.stateofthemap.org/academictrack</a>) and the program of the Academic Track on Sunday, 29 July, room S1.3 (<a href="https://2018.stateofthemap.org/program" target="_blank">https://2018.stateofthemap.org/program</a>) <br></div><div>[2]<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span> See the call for abstracts for 2019 (<a href="https://2019.stateofthemap.org/calls/academic" target="_blank">https://2019.stateofthemap.org/calls/academic</a>) and the program of the Academic Track on Sunday, 22 September (<a href="https://2019.stateofthemap.org/academic_programme" target="_blank">https://2019.stateofthemap.org/academic_programme</a>)</div></div><div>[3] See the call for abstracts for 2020 (<a href="https://2020.stateofthemap.org/cfp/academic/" target="_blank">https://2020.stateofthemap.org/cfp/academic/</a>) and the program of the Academic Track on Sunday, 5 July (<a href="https://2020.stateofthemap.org/programme" target="_blank">https://2020.stateofthemap.org/programme</a>)<br></div><div>[4] See the
call for abstracts for 2021 (<a href="https://2021.stateofthemap.org/calls/academic/">https://2021.stateofthemap.org/calls/academic/</a>) and
the program of the Academic Track on Sunday, 11 July (<a href="https://2021.stateofthemap.org/programme">https://2021.stateofthemap.org/programme</a>) <br></div><div>[5] See the conference announcement at <a href="https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2022/02/16/announcing-sotm-2022-firenze-19-21-august-2022">https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2022/02/16/announcing-sotm-2022-firenze-19-21-august-2022</a></div>
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