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Objectives
Spatial principles exist widely within a variety of scientific
domains: such as Earth science, bioscience, and environmental
sciences. The cutting-edge research and application
of computing technology in discovering and utilizing
these spatial principles have empowered the human kind
to predict spatial trends, therefore, protect, improve
our life. However, due to the slow growth of research
and education on intelligent spatial computing, many
scientific problems wait to be solved until an increased
supply of an educated/trained work force exists. The
establishment of a Joint Center [CISC] is to respond
to the community needs and is projected to providing
leading research and training on intelligent spatial
computing internationally.
It is planned to achieve the objective from the aspects
of research, development, education, and domestic/international
collaborations: 1) initially, the center will have five
focused research areas in algorithms and architecture
of distributed geospatial information processing, high
performance spatial computing, interoperability, spatial
web portal , and Global Earth Observing System of Systems(GEOSS);
2) the center will target to cultivate next generation
spatial explorer, cutting-edge technology innovator
and developer from an international perspective; 3)
the center is partnering with industrial leaders, such
as Microsoft, Intergraph, ESRI, etc. to expose our students
to the industrial needs, and to host research needs
of practical importance; 4) the center will be working
with our domestic and international partners, such as
NASA, NPS, FGDC, EPA, Peking University, Wuhan University,
and HeiLongJiang Bureau of Surveying and Mapping on
coordinated research, education, and development.
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