status: Recognised & Endorsed
Chair (s): Peter Baumann, Seraphim Alvanides, Andrea Perego, Chris Pettit
Group Email: [group_email]
Secretariat Liaison:
The Geospatial Interest Group is a domain oriented interest group to coordinate and build synergies on topics related to geospatial data. Though there has been lot of developments and advances in geo data collection through mobile communications, sensor platforms, spatial search, and pervasive computing but still, the inter-disciplinary research needed to transform raw data into useful intelligence, to improve the planet's environmental, economic and societal well being, remains constrained by a range of barriers - disciplinary, organisational, historical, and a non-existent or non-rigorous approach to quantifying uncertainty in collected datasets.
Posts
08
June
2023
Article on AI and Silicon Valley
Came across this article on AI and Silicon Valley. Details at https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/artificial-intelligence-silico... Best wishes Suchith0 | Add new comment
07
June
2023
Please support the Open Letter requesting the UK Government to reform the UK Higher Education system and to implement the right to quality education opportunities for all
Dear colleagues, This excellent article on call for change to university governance structures in Australia might be of interest. Details at https://theconversation.com/universities-are-not-corporations-600-austra...0 | Add new comment
05
June
2023
OSMScience 2023: Call for Abstracts
Dear All, We are happy to announce that the 2023 edition of OSMScience [0] - i.e. the Academic Track at State of the Map - will be held as part of the State of the Map Europe 2023 conference [1], taking place on November 10-12 in Antwerpen (Belgium) and online simultaneously. A full day of sessions will be dedicated to scientific research about, and with, OpenStreetMap (see past editions [2-6]). The Call for Abstracts is now open. The submission deadline is 1 August 2023. Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts using0 | Add new comment
05
June
2023
UK AI Regulation Whitepaper - Information needed
Dear colleagues, I came across these articles in The Guardian and Financial Times on UK Government working on developing AI Regulation. Details athttps://www.ft.com/content/6cc8a0f3-f2fc-4470-a881-8763451b47ea https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/31/uk-should-play-leadin...0 | Add new comment
04
June
2023
Successful Launch to the Campaign for Data Ethics in Education
Dear colleagues I have some ethical queries and appreciate your advice and guidance. What is the impact of Data Colonialism for African countries and for the people of Africa? Who owns Africa Geo Portals? What are the costs to be payed per year to the GIS Vendor Owners by African countries and citizens in a few years' time for accessingEarth Observation data and insights? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/geoethics-awareness-dialogues-speaking-tr...0 | Add new comment
26
May
2023
Successful Launch to the Campaign for Data Ethics in Education
Dear colleagues, The African Association of Universities (a University Association counting over 400 Universities across the African Continent), the University of Nottingham and the Ethical Data Initiative launched the Campaign for Data Ethics in Education with a successful online event this week.0 | Add new comment
26
May
2023
AI: UNESCO mobilizes education ministers from around the world for a co-ordinated response to ChatGPT
Dear colleagues, This information from UNESCO might be of interest. Details below0 | Add new comment
22
May
2023
Support our campaign for the inclusion of Data Ethics in Data Science education
Dear colleagues, Please join the webinar on 23rd May 2023 at 10:00 am (UK Time) and support our campaign for the inclusion of Data Ethics in Data Science education on a global scale. Details at https://ethicaldatainitiative.org/2023/05/12/data-ethics-policy-in-highe... Best wishes Suchith From: Suchith Anand Sent: 19 May 2023 11:10 Subject: Data Ethics in Higher Education Dear colleagues,0 | Add new comment
21
May
2023
Open Letter requesting the UK Government to reform the UK Higher Education system and to implement the right to quality education opportunities for all
Dear colleagues, I came across this article in The Guardian on 21st May 2023 “The restoration of some form of maintenance grant would help ease the costs of attending university for poorer students, but Labour is waiting until closer to the general election before allocating funds to election pledges. Some believe the party’s next manifesto could simply contain a fudge on the issue of university funding, including a pledge to overhaul the current system.”0 | Add new comment
19
May
2023
Data Ethics in Higher Education
Dear colleagues, The African Association of Universities (a University Association counting over 400 Universities across the African Continent), together with the University of Nottingham and the Ethical Data Initiative, are launching a campaign for the inclusion of Data Ethics in Data Science education on a global scale. Please join the webinar on 23rd May 2023 and support our Campaign for Data Ethics in Higher Education.0 | Add new comment