COM.Geo Conference focuses on the latest computing technologies for multidisciplinary research and development that enables the exploration in geospatial areas.  The conference provides a forum for researchers, decision-makers, developers, and application users to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences and concerns in both computing and geospatial fields. Read more...

Dr. David Luebke
Director, NVIDIA Research


Computer graphics and image processing are among the most important tools for geospatial applications, so it is no surprise that graphics algorithms and hardware have long played a vital role in geospatial computing. However, modern GPUs have outgrown their graphics heritage in many ways to emerge as the world's most successful parallel computing architecture. Dr. Luebke will discuss some of the technological and business imperatives driving modern parallel computing, and close with some examples of GPU parallel computing in geospatial processing. Read more...

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Suggested topics include all computing, geospatial, and related research and applications. >>

GPUs have been widely used for computer graphics and visualization applications in geospatial fields for years. But today's GPUs are powerful for general purpose computing -- General Purpose Computing on the Graphics Processing Unit (GPGPU). GPGPU leverages the microprocessors that power many modern graphics cards. GPGPU has great promise for bringing the distributing processes to the geospatial research and application, such as point clouds based LiDAR data processing and large remote sensing image processing, etc. >>

Sensors Everywhere! An increasing number of pervasive and connected sensors are intelligently monitoring our daily lives. Sensors are gathering and reporting data on a variety of areas including transportation, energy, security, medical, general consumer and industrial manufacturing. This sensor revolution is creating a new layer of the Internet -- "Internet of Things".
What will be a world characterized by sensors everywhere? How to handle sensor data explosion in such a world? At COM.Geo 2011, the workshop, Expanding Geoweb to An Internet of Things, was introduced. This year, COM.Geo 2012 will further bring more new thoughts to explore sensor computing for geospatial research and application. >>

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