4th Conference on Geosensor Networks, Melbourne, Australia, 2011
The 4th International Conference on Geosensor Networks will take place in July 2011 in Melbourne, Australia and is organized by Matt Duckham. GSN 2011 is the fourth in a series of international...
View ArticleMax Egenhofer awarded $500,000 NSF grant
Dr. Max Egenhofer has recently received an IIS NSF award for his proposal “A Theory of Topological Relations for Compound Spatial Objects“. Proposal Abstract: Spatial data collections with an...
View ArticleSIE Team wraps up Maine National Guard-funded project “Situational Awareness...
Today, a SIE team consisting of Drs. Beard, Nittel and Worboys and Dr Abedi (ECE) with students Jake Emerson, Ben Maynard, JC Whittier, Lisa Walton and Fred Schwaner wrapped up the Maine National Guard...
View ArticleEfficient Data Collection and Event Boundary Detection in Wireless Sensor...
K. King and S. Nittel, 2010, Efficient Data Collection and Event Boundary Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Tiny Models, International Conference on Geographic Information Science...
View ArticleBen Weber successfully defends thesis on Mobile Map Browsers
Benjamin T. Weber successfully defended his thesis on November 22 on the topic of Mobile Map Browsers: Anticipated User Interaction for Data Pre-fetching Abstract. When browsing a graphical display of...
View ArticleDr. Giudice receives College of Engineering Early Career Research Award
On Friday, Nov. 19, Dr. Nicholas Giudice was honored at the College of Engineering’s 31st Annual Edward T. Bryand Recognition Banquet. Over 150 guests gathered to celebrate the accomplishments of the...
View ArticleMonday Seminar on Visualizing and Exploring Events from Sensor Networks
Title: Visualizing and Exploring Events from Sensor Networks Speaker: Dr. Kate Beard SIE/NCGIA Joint Seminar Series 336 Boardman Hall, University of Maine 4:00pm, Monday, January 31, 2011 Abstract:...
View ArticleProfessor Onsrud Honored by UCGIS
From a nationwide call for nominations, Professor Harlan Onsrud of the University of Maine was among six individuals to be honored as a Fellow by the University Consortium for Geographic Information...
View ArticleLaura Toma Guest Presentation
A guest presentation was made in the regular department seminar by Laura Toma from the Department of Computer Science at Bowdoin College on Monday 14 March 2011. Laura talked about “An Edge Quadtree...
View ArticleGuest Speaker Stu Rich from Penbay Solutions
This week’s guest speaker was Stu Rich from Penbay Solutions who spoke on Extending GIS into the Built Environment: Emerging Trends and Patterns. View the presentation at...
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Nittel invited talk on Advances in Geosensor Networks at Workshop on...
Dr Nittel presented an invited talk on the topic of “Advances in Geosensor Networks” at the Workshop on Geospatial Information for Developing Countries: Science and Technology at IIT Bombay, India,...
View ArticleSpatial learning and navigation using a virtual verbal display
Giudice, N.A., Bakdash, J.Z., Legge, G.E., & Roy, R. (in press). Spatial learning and navigation using a virtual verbal display. ACM Transactions on Applied Perception. Abstract: We report on three...
View ArticleWorboys Selected for National Research Council Advisory Committee
Michael Worboys, chair of the Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering, has been selected to serve on the Mapping Science Committee of the National Research Council, under the auspices...
View ArticleEvidence for amodal representations after bimodal learning: Integration of...
Giudice, N. A., Klatzky, R. L., & Loomis, J. M. (in press). Evidence for amodal representations after bimodal learning: Integration of haptic-visual layouts into a common spatial image. Spatial...
View ArticleJake in the News: UMaine Researchers Study Emergency Responder Technology
Jake Emerson was recently interviewed concerning his development research with emergency response technologies See the video at WLBZ News at...
View ArticleBest Jobs in America
Check out the best jobs in America at http://www.focus.com/images/view/7362 You will find that many of them involve in-depth information technology skills including the top rated job in the nation. The...
View ArticleSpatial Information and Volunteering
Graduate students Guillaume-Hallee and Matt Dube report on the value of their spatial technology skills in aiding others through volunteerism in a short article on Spatial Information and Volunteering
View ArticleOnsrud Speaks at Law and Technology Centers
A frequent invited speaker on law and technology topics, Professor Harlan Onsrud was featured as an invited speaker on March 5 for the opening of the new Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the...
View ArticleEmergency Sensing
UMaine informatics research is helping the Maine National Guard create an improved disaster relief information system. See UMaine Today
View ArticleFour Out of Ten Top Paying Jobs for Women in IT
A recent CNN report indicates that of the top ten paying jobs for women, 4 out of 10 are in IT. (see the article) Combining this with the “Best Jobs in America” previously which assessed job...
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