Preliminary Programme

Wednesday, 11 November 2015

13:00-14:00 Daily Registration
14:00 Welcome
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Müller (Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and
Regional Development, IOER)
14:10 Prof. Dr. Bin Jiang (University of Gävle)
ICA Commission on Geospatial Analysis and Modelling

1st Session:  Towards a better Understanding of Settlements and Infrastructure
Chair: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wende (IOER), Ballsaal

14:15-15:00

Prof. Dr. Denise Pumain (Université Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne):
“From theory to modelling: The Human-Environment as a Complex System”

Prof. Dr. Denise Pumain


15:00-15:30

Coffee-Break

 

Chair: Prof. Dr. Manfred F. Buchroithner (TU Dresden, Institute for Cartography), Ballsaal

15:30-16:00

Prof. Dr. Holger Wallbaum (Chalmers University):
"Multi-Scale Modelling of Urban Building Stocks"

Prof. Dr. Holger Wallbaum
16:00-16:30

Associate Professor Dr. E. Koomen (VU University Amsterdam): "Understanding, simulating and supporting urban development"

Associate Professor Dr. E. Koomen


16:30-17:00

Coffee-Break


17:00-17:30

Dr. Reto Balz Bodenmann (ETH Zürich):
"Land use and transport interactions"

Dr. Reto Balt Bodenmann
17:30-18:00

Prof. Dr. Darren Robinson (University of Nottingham):
“Cities, complexity and sustainability:
towards an integrated modelling and evaluation framework”

Photo Darren Robinson

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Jochen Schanze (Technische Universität Dresden, Chair of Environmental Development and Risk Management and IOER Dresden) and Prof. Dr. Manfred F. Buchroithner  (TU Dresden, Institute for Cartography), Ballsaal

18:00-18:45

Plenary Discussion: “Complex interactions between human/institutional activities and the built environment
Expert demand for scalable, multidimensional investigation models of settlements and infrastructure: " Opportunities and challenges for the Ecological Urban and Regional Development "

18:45 Session closure
20:00

Symposium Icebreaker at "Café 100",
Alaunstraße 100, 01099 Dresden

Thursday, 12 November 2015


2nd Session:  Geographic Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
Chair: Dr. René Jäkel (TU Dresden / ZIH),  Ballsaal

8:00-8:45

Daily Registration

9:00-9:45

Prof. Dr. Harvey J. Miller (Ohio State University):
"Data-driven geography"

Photo: Prof. Dr. Harvey J. Miller
9:45-10:15

Prof. Dr. Alfred Ultsch (Philipps-Universität of Marburg):
"Pitfalls of Data Science in Spatial Planning"

Photo: Dr. A. Ultsch
10:15-10:45

Associate Professor Fernando Bação and Associate Professor Roberto Henriques (Universidade Nova de Lisboa):
"Spatial Clustering with SOM and GeoSOM"

Foto: Fernando Bação
10:45-11:00

Discussion: “Knowledge Discovery in Spatial Planning Data” and Session Closure



11:15

Coffee-Break



3rd Session:  Applications of Geographic Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery I
(Call for Abstracts)

Chair: Prof. Dr. Harvey J. Miller (Ohio State University), Ballsaal

11:45-12:00 Julian Hagenauer and Marco Helbich (Utrecht University)
Spatial Analysis with Self-Organizing Neural Networks: The Application of the SPAWNN Toolkit
12:00-12:15 Tong Wang, Jan Kazak, Qi Han and Bauke de Vries (Einhoven University of Technology):
"Semi-automatic rule extraction for land use change simulation - an application in industrial area redevelopment process"
12:15-12:30 Julien Marquant, Akomeno Orowo, Ralph Evins, Jan Carmeliet (ETH-Zürich / EMPA, Chair of Building Physics):
"Density-based Clustering and Aggregation Method to Facilitate Multi-Scale Urban Energy Systems Modelling"
12:30-12:45 Martin Behnisch (IÖR, Dresden):
"Knowledge Discovery for Land Consumption Data - WIDA"
12:45-13:00

Summary, Discussion and Session Closure

4th Session:Applications of Geographic Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery II
(Call for Abstracts)

Chair: Associate Prof. Fernando Bação (Universidade Lisboa), Erich Kästner Saal

11:45-12:00 Kesari Verma, Sangram Panigrahi, Priyanka Tripathi (National Institute of Technology Raipur, Dept. Computer Applications):
"Land Change Detection Using Neural Network Prediction Approach"
12:00-12:15 Stefan Hahmann (University of Heidelberg, Chair of GIScience):
"Detection of Urban Street Properties Using Georeferenced Images and Interpretation from the Crowd"
12:15-12:30 Ahmed M Mustafa, Ismail Saadi, Mario Cools and Jacques Teller (LEMA, University of Liège):
"Spatial variations of urban development drivers. Comparing an administrative logit approach with a geographically weighted regression model."
12:30-12:45 Robert Hecht (IOER Dresden):
"Application of Machine Learning Techniques for the Classification of Building Footprints from Topographic Data Bases"
12:45-13:00

Summary, Discussion and Session Closure



13:00-14:00

Lunch



5th Session:  Multi-Scale Representation and Analysis
Chair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Burghardt (TU Dresden), Ballsaal

14:00-14:45

Prof. Dr. Bin Jiang (University of Gävle):
"Natural Cities as a New Paradigm for Studying Spatial Structure and Dynamics in the Big Data Era"

Photo: Bin Jiang
14:45-15:15

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Monika Sester (Leibniz Universität Hannover):
"Reclassification and Generalization of Landuse Data from Topographic Information"

Pro. Dr.-Ing. habil. Monika Sester
15:15-15:45

Associate Professor Dr. Stefan Leyk (University of Colorado, Boulder):
"Small Area Estimation Under Uncertainty"

Stefan Leyk
15:45-16:15

Discussion: “Applications of Multi-Scale Representation and Analysis” and Session Closure



16:15-16:45

Coffee-Break



6th Session:  Applications of Multi-Scale Representation and Analysis I (Call for Abstracts)

Chair: Prof. Dr. Bin Jiang (University of Gävle), Ballsaal

16:45-17:00 Guido Riembauer, Simone Naumann, Nils Wolf, Alexander Siegmund (Research Group for Earth Observation, Dep. of Geography, University of Education Heidelberg)
"Monitoring and Modelling a Changing Urban Environment - Approaches towards a Sustainable Urban Planning with Remote Sensing"
17:00-17:15 Gotthard Meinel and Tobias Krüger (IÖR, Dresden):
"Monitoring of land use – Methodological Problems and Solutions"
17:15-17:30 Yohan Sahraoui, Celine Clauzel, Jean-Christophe Foltete (University of Franche - Comté, Dept. ThéMA)
"A Multi-Scale Analysis to Measure Ecological Impact of LUCC in a Built Environment"
17:30-17:45 Hendrik Herold and Robert Hecht (IOER Dresden):
"Multi-Scale and Multi-Temporal Analysis of Settlement Structures – Dealing with High Granularity and Large Extents"
17:45-18:00

Summary, Discussion and Session Closure


7thSession:  Applications of Multi-Scale Representation and Analysis II (Call for Abstracts)

Chair: Associate Professor Dr. Stefan Leyk (University Colorado), Erich Kästner Saal

16:45-17:00 Axel Sauer, Marco Schwarzak, Odette Kretschmer (IOER Dresden), Jochen Schanze (Technische Universität Dresden, Chair of Environmental Development and Risk Management and IOER)
"Scenario-Based Projections of Urban Land Use Considering Demographic Change, Housing Demand and Building Allocation"
17:00-17:15 Federico Amato, Federico Martellozzo, Beniamino Murgante (Laboratory of Urban and Regional Systems Engineering, University of Basilicata):
"Urban growth prediction and land-use change forecast at the country scale through cellular automata"
17:15-17:30 Valerio Cutini (Dept.of Energy,Systems,Territory and Buildings Engineering, University of Pisa):
"Urban space and traffic in conurbations - The Florentine plain and the urban use of motorway A1"
17:30-17:45 Igor Agbossou (Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besancon):
"Semantic Issues About 3D Spatial Data Modelling Using CityGML"
17:45-18:00

Summary, Discussion and Session Closure



20:00

Dinner at "Ball & Brauhaus Watzke"

Ball & Brauhaus, Kötzschenbroder Straße 1, 01139 Dresden



Friday, 13 November 2015

8thSession:  Spatial Modelling, System Dynamics and Geosimulation
Chair: Associate Professor Dr. E. Koomen (VU University Amsterdam), Ballsaal

8:00-8:45 Daily Registration
9:00-9:45

Prof. Dr. Itzhak Benenson (Tel-Aviv University):
"Determinism of parts versus indeterminism of a whole in the era of big data"

Prof. Dr. Itzak Benenson
9:45-10:15

Prof. Dr. Gilberto Câmara (INPE, Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research):
"Multi-scale and multi-paradigm models for environmental applications"

Photo: Gilberto Câmara
10:15-10:45

Prof. Dr. Andreas Koch (Paris-Lodron University Salzburg):
"Dynamic relationships between human decision making and socio-natural systems"

Prof. Dr. Andreas Koch
10:45-11:00 Discussion: "Applications of Spatial Modelling, System Dynamics and Geosimulation" and Session Closure


11:00-11:30

Coffee-Break


9thSession:  Applications of Spatial Modelling, System Dynamics and Geosimulation I
(Call for Abstracts)

Chair: Prof. Dr. Andreas Koch (University of Salzburg), Ballsaal

11:45-12:00 Vasco Diogo and Eric Koomen (SPINlab/Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije University Amsterdam):
"Simulating the adoption of alternative climate adaptation strategies in Dutch arable farming systems under uncertainty and costly land-use reversibility"
12:00-12:15 Rolf Moeckel (National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland):
"Modelling Sustainable Urban Development: An integrated Land-Use/ Transport Model to Analyse Land Use Scenarios"
12:15-12:30 Jana Hoymann (Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development):
"Simulation and Evaluation of Urban Growth for Germany including Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Measures"
12:30-12:45 Jean-Philippe Antoni, Judge Valentine, Vuidel Gilles, Olivier Klein (Laboratoire ThéMA, CNRS et Université de Bourgogne):
"Constraint Cellular Automata for Urban Development simulation. An Application to Strasbourg Cross-border Area"
12:45-13:00

Summary, Discussion and Session Closure

10thSession:  Applications of Spatial Modelling, System Dynamics and Geosimulation II

Chair: Prof. Dr. Gilberto Câmara (INPE, Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research), Erich Kästner Saal

11:45-12:00 Hichem Omrami, Reine-Maria Basse, Jean-Philippe Antoni, Olivier Klien (Urban Development and Mobility Department, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research):
"Investigating Urban Development using Cellular Automata-based Artificial Neural Networks: Application to Luxembourg Cross-Border Area"
12:00-12:15 Noa Ohana-Levi (Remote Sensing Laboratory, Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel):
"Predicting land-cover changes and their effects on runoff response during small rainfall events, in an urbanized catchment in Israel"
12:15-12:30 Konstadinos Goulias, Srinath Ravulaparthy (University of California Santa Barbara, Dept. GeoTrans):
"Business Establishment Dynamics: A Microanalysis of Determinants"
12:30-12:45 Harmen Romeijn, Robert Faggian, Vasco Diogo, Victor Sposito (Deakin University, Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment):
"Evaluation of Deterministic and Complex AHP Methods for Agricultural Land Suitability Analysis in a Changing Climate"
12:45-13:00

Summary, Discussion and Session Closure


13:00-13:30

Closing Ceremony



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