Conference Program At-A-Glance
Innovative research and application technologies are the brightest spotlights at COM.Geo conference. COM.Geo Conference provides diverse programs to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers, software developers, decision makers, corporate managers, CTOs, CIOs, and IT administrators all over the world.
The programs includes the following sessions and events:
▪ Keynotes notes, technical papers, tech talks,
panels, workshops, tech shows, posters, hot short talks, etc.
▪ Exhibition, demo show, hot short talks, and exhibitor talks
▪ Multiple networking events (Exhibitions, Brainstorm Corner,
Receptions, Banquets,
Tech Museum, etc.)
▪ Special programs for attendee family members (Exhibitions,
Tech Museum,
Tech Summer
Camps, etc.)
Full Conference
Program Available
The current program is subject to change before being finalized.
The finalized program and schedule will be posted closer to the
conference date. 
18:00-20:00
Registration
7:30-16:30
Registration
8:30-12:00
Opening Remarkings / Microsoft TechShow / NASA TechShow
/ MIT TechShow
Club Regent
9:00-9:50
OGC Keynote I
:
OGC Standards and Big Data Analytics
Club Regent
9:50-10:10
Coffee Break (Club Regent Foyer)
10:10-11:00
Microsoft Keynote II:
A Fresh Look
at Mobile Location Sensing
11:00-11:50
IFTF Keynote III:
Unexplored 3D Worlds:
The Futures of Focal Plane GIS
Club Regent
12:00-13:20
Welcome Banquet
13:20-15:00
Full Paper Session I
Short Paper Session I
Brainstorm Corner
Club Regent
Room
Crystal Room
Pagoda
Lounge
* Superpixel Clustering and Planar
Fit Segmentation of 3D LIDAR Point Clouds
* Out-of-core Efficient Blending for
Underwater Georeferenced Textured 3D Maps
* Road Segmentation in Aerial Images
by Exploiting Road Vector Data
* Ground Penetrating Radar Data Classification
Using Hidden Markov Models and Support Vector Machines
* Security
Considerations on Processing of geospatial Information
in the Cloud
* DEM Generation with SAR Interferometry
Based on Weighted Wavelet Phase Unwrapping
* Similarity-Based Compression of GPS
Trajectory Data
* Demonstrating the utility of a new
3D visualization-based cost-benefit analysis tool for
adaptation to sea level rise and storm surge
* Mapping the Internet: Geolocating
Routers by Using Machine Learning
15:00-15:20
Coffee Break (Club
Regent Foyer)
15:20-17:20
Full Paper Session II
Briefing Paper
Session I (with Hot Short Talks)
Brainstorm Corner
Club Regent
Room
Crystal Room
Pagoda
Lounge
* A Benchmarking Framework for Efficient
and Convenient Evaluation of Trajectory Compression
Algorithms
* Geostatistical Approach for Computing
Absolute Vertical Accuracy of Digital Terrain Models
* Generating Bridge Structure Model
Details by Fusing GIS Source Data using Semantic Web
Technology
* The Personality of Venues: Places
and the Five-Factors ('Big Five') Model of Personality
*
Agent Based Modeling of Moving Point Objects in Geospatial
Data
* Detecting Dynamic and Static Geo-Social
Communities
* Monitoring Sensor Measurement Anomalies
of Streaming Environmental Data Using a Local Correlation
Score
* The development of Automatical ITS
facility Arrangement System Using Open S/W
* Storm System Database: A Big Data
Approach to Moving Object Databases
* Complex GIS Query Based on Rule Engine
* You Can Go Your Own Way... But You
Wont: Exploring Highway Utilization in the Bay Area
* WhirlyGlobe-Maply: Open source high
performance geodata display on mobile devices
*Progress report on quantifying existing and
potential floodplain environments for California's
coho salmon using LiDAR technology
*Citation Map: Visualizing the Spread of Scientific
Ideas through Space and Time
*Evaluating a Socio-Ecological Indicator-Based
System for Decision Making Support in Watershed
Management
13:00-17:30
Exhibition, Job Fair, Posters, Networking
8:00-16:00
Registration
8:30-12:00
Microsoft TechShow / NASA TechShow
/ MIT TechShow
Club Regent
9:00-9:50
Microsoft Keynote IV:
To the edge of
the Universe and back again: The evolution of the WorldWide
Telescope and the ideas that inspired GeoFlow
Club Regent
9:50-10:10
Coffee Break (Club Regent Foyer)
10:10-11:00
Google Keynote V:
Big Data Storytelling through Interactive Maps
11:00-12:00
NASA & Intelesense Keynote
VI:
NASA World Wind Infrastructure for
Spatial Data
Club Regent
12:00-13:30
Tech Banquet
13:30-15:00
Plenary
Forum -- Emerging Tech Panel+:
Geospatial Computing: An Eye Towards the Future
Club Regent
15:00-15:20
Coffee Break
(Club Regent Foyer)
15:20-17:20
Full Paper Session III
Short Paper Session II (with Posters)
Brainstorm Corner
Club Regent Room
Crystal Room
Pagoda
Lounge
* Engaging Outdoor User Experience
Based on High Fidelity 3D Terrain Representation on
Mobile Apps
* Geospatial Management and Utilization
of Large-Scale Urban Visual Reconstructions
* Image Based Localization in Indoor
Environments
* Internet of Things as a Methodological
Concept
* Balanced Block Design Architecture
for Parallel Computing in Mobile CPUs/GPUs
* Asking spatial questions to identify
GIS functionality
* CARL: Crash Attribute and Reference
Locator
* Evaluation of Geospatial Settings
for Expanded Motions
* Analysis of Spatial Autocorrelation
for Traffic Accident Data based on
Spatial Decision Tree
* Application of Statistical Methods
in City Economic and Living Standard Study
*Characterization of Moving Point Objects in
Geospatial Data
*Representing Spatiotemporal Context of Public Space
for Urban Design
*Effiecient Online Sharing of Geospatial Big Data
Using NoSQL XML Databases
*3D Geographic Feature Data Collections Applying
LiDAR Remote Sensing for Street and Highway
Maintenance Applications - A Case Study for the New
York State Thruway Authority
*GIS-based gold potential mapping in the Muteh
deposit area, Iran with respect to a new
mineralization concept
*Coupling Simulations of Human Driven Land Use
Change with Natural Vegetation Dynamics
8:30-17:00
Exhibition, Job Fair, Posters, Networking
8:30-11:30
Registration
8:45-12:00
NASA Workshop I
OGC Workshop II
Worldwide
Geospatial Data Collaboration
Location
Based Access Control on Geospatial Data with GeoXACML
Policies
Club Regent
Room
Crystal Room
10:00-10:20
Coffee Break (Club Regent Foyer)
8:30-18:00
Tech Museum of Innovation
-- Spirit of Silicon
Valley
Free Admission for COM.Geo 2013 Attendees
8:30-12:00
Exhibition, Job Fair, Posters, Networking
Tech Museum
of Innovation
Tech Summer Camps for aspiring
scientists, engineers, designers, and makers