[OSM-Science] Academic Track at State of the Map 2020 - Call for applications for the Scientific Committee

[Marco Minghini]

Dear colleagues,
after reviewing the applications to join the Academic Track Scientific
Committee at State of the Map 2020, we are pleased to announce that all of
them were positively assessed and accepted. Thus, the members of the
Scientific Committee will be Godwin Yeboah, Peter Mooney, Levente Juhász
and Yair Grinberger, in addition to Serena Coetzee and myself.

The Scientific Committee will soon publish the call for academic
abstracts/papers and this will be also shared through this list. In the
meantime, please note that the general call for participation in State of
the Map 2020 is already open (deadline is February 23, 2020):
https://2020.stateofthemap.org/cfp/

Best regards,
Serena and Marco


Il giorno gio 26 dic 2019 alle ore 22:36 Marco Minghini <
marco.minghini86 at gmail.com> ha scritto:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> Following the first two successful editions of the *Academic Track* at
> State of the Map 2018 in Milan [1] and State of the Map 2019 in Heidelberg
> [2], this Track will be included again in the program of State of the Map
> 2020, to be held in Cape Town on July 3-5, 2020. The main purpose of the
> Academic Track is to bring together and foster interactions between the
> OpenStreetMap community at large (contributors, developers, users, etc.)
> and the academic/scientific community of researchers from all over the
> world.
>
> A designated Scientific Committee will be responsible for the organization
> of the Academic Track, co-chaired by Marco Minghini (on behalf of the OSMF
> State of the Map Working Group) and Serena Coetzee (on behalf of the South
> Africa local team). We hereby issue a call for applications, inviting all
> interested individuals to apply to join the Scientific Committee. This team
> will be in charge of:
>
>    - writing and publishing the call for abstracts/papers for the
>    Academic Track at State of the Map 2020
>    - designing and managing the review process of the submitted
>    abstracts, deciding which ones to accept for oral presentation or poster
>    presentation
>    - defining the Academic Track schedule at State of the Map 2020, by
>    working in close contact with the Programme Committee
>    <https://2020.stateofthemap.org/cfp/#committee>
>    - planning and managing possible publication outputs, e.g. conference
>    proceedings and/or or a Special Issue in a scientific journal
>
> The Academic Track Scientific Committee will be composed by Marco and
> Serena plus additional people that would be selected through this open
> call. The number of additional people is not defined a priori and will
> depend on the number and quality of applications received.
>
> Thus, we invite applications for *researchers or academics* to be part of
> the Academic Track Scientific Committee. The call is open to everyone
> interested. *Applications shall be made exclusively by sending an e-mail
> to this mailing list (science at openstreetmap.org
> <science at openstreetmap.org>)*, and filling the following template:
>
> *Name and Surname*
> *Please enter your name and surname.*
>
> *Affiliation*
> *Please enter your (current) full affiliation.*
>
> *Academic experience, in particular on OpenStreetMap*
> *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.*
>
> *Editorial experience*
> *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.*
>
> *Participation in State of the Map 2020*
> *Although it is not strictly required that all members of the Academic
> Track Scientific Committee participate in the State of the Map 2020
> conference, a sufficient presence is required. Therefore, please inform us
> whether you plan to attend (if selected as a member of the Academic Track
> Scientific Committee).*
>
> Only applications submitted according to this procedure and only
> self-nominations will be considered.
>
> The deadline for applications is *January 8, 2020*.
>
> Applications will be assessed by the OSMF State of the Map Working Group
> and the Cape Town local team. The Academic Track Scientific Committee will
> be formed based on the candidates' personal merit and their chance to
> participate in State of the Map 2020 (assessed from the answers to the
> questions above) and according to the overall goal of forming a diverse and
> interdisciplinary Team. In absence of candidates who are meeting the
> expectations, the OSMF State of the Map Working Group and the Cape Town
> local team reserve the right to nominate additional persons by invitation.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Serena and Marco - on behalf of the OSMF State of the Map Working Group
> and the State of the Map 2020 local team
>
>
> [1] See the call for abstracts for 2018 (
> https://2018.stateofthemap.org/academictrack) and the program of the
> Academic Track on Sunday, 29 July, room S1.3 (
> https://2018.stateofthemap.org/program)
> [2] See the call for abstracts for 2019 (
> https://2019.stateofthemap.org/calls/academic) and the program of the
> Academic Track on Sunday, 22 September (
> https://2019.stateofthemap.org/academic_programme)
>
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