Analysing and understanding spatial dynamics raises, in the context of historic sciences, a number of open issues, both methodological and technological. The very nature of inputs handled in historical investigations – imperfect raw data, pieces of information, pieces of knowledge - often undermines efforts to produce reasoning, or to implement instruments for analysis.

These issues are naturally primarily raised in disciplines in and around history, where analysts try to depict spatial dynamics that cover long time spans - may they concern anthropic changes or a natural phenomenon. But they in parallel question the biases, formalisms and solutions offered today by informatics and information sciences.

The “Modelling and visualising spatial dynamics” thematic school offers scientists from various communities an opportunity to discuss theoretical and practical approaches that remain today often distributed across independent communities, thereby often invisible to one another.

The event should allow researchers, teachers cum researchers, PhD students and practitioners with the above background to better circumscribe some of the conceptual / technological solutions available today when handling spatial dynamics that cover long time spans, in the context of irreducible uncertainty.

A “thematic school” is originally a continuing education seminar-like event funded by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) for its staff. Yet it is open more widely to all scientists interested by the theme, its aim being to foster close scientific exchanges and transfers of knowledge and know-how.

Discussions will focus on two issues:
- Understanding and modelling the time variable: how can time-related doubts and uncertainty be clarified and instrumented?
- Bridging the gap between spatial dynamics and Information Visualisation: how can insight into dynamics of change be gained, in the specific context of historical sciences, using concepts & means from the Information visualisation & visual analytics communities?

The event’s theme and programme should allow participants to better identify and measure similarities and differences in the way events, processes, and transformations are handled across various disciplines, with various real cases, datasets and research goals. Theoretical approaches, records of experiences, practical classes should shed an interdisciplinary light on how dynamics of change on long time spans, with and multiple heterogeneous uncertainty, can be dealt with.

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The Workshop & tutorials is an interdisciplinary event: it is dedicated to researchers, teachers cum researchers, PhD students and specialists in geosciences, historical sciences and information sciences, or more generally speaking to scientists dealing with processes in which time and space play a central role.

Because the programme focuses both on modelling and visualising spatio-historical dynamics, it should be of interest for a wide range of profiles:
• Archaeology, Architecture, History of art and architecture.
• Cartography, History of cartography, animated cartography, graphic semiology.
• Computer graphics, 2/3D interfaces.
• Databases & Information systems.
• Geographic information science, spatial analysis.
• Information visualisation, Knowledge visualisation
• Knowledge modelling, ontology for space or time-oriented data.
• Multi-scalar spatial data sets and analysis.
• Spatial and spatio-temporal data modelling. and management.
• Techniques for surveying / processing 3D data.
• Topology, Lighting, Reconstruction issues in 3D scenes.
• Urban studies, ethnology, spatial anthropology.
• Uncertainty in spatial or temporal data sets.
• Visual analytics, visual reasoning.
Sessions will be held either in French or in English.

Due to the fact that all invited speakers and participant are hosted on the event’s site, the number of participants is limited. Registration fees :
- Students: 450 €
- Others : 550 €
These registration fees cover a full-board accommodation on the event’s residential facility for the whole duration of the event, as well as access to all sessions, and the didactic material provided to participants (inputs / outcomes, material for the practical classes and the recurrent sessions).

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W. Aigner, .................... IEG, TU Wien, Vienna (AT)
R. Billen, ........................ ULg Université de Liège (BE)
F. Bertoncello, .......... UMR 6130 CEPAM, Nice (FR)
J.Y. Blaise, .................. UMR 3495 MAP CNRS/MCC, Marseille (FR)
S. Chardonnel, .......... UMR 5194 PACTE CNRS/IEP/UPMF/UFJ (FR)
I. Dudek, ......................... UMR 3495 MAP CNRS/MCC, Marseille (FR)
C. Garbay, ...................... UMR 5217 LIG, Grenoble (FR)
L. Kaddouri, ................. UMR 6012 ESPACE, Avignon (FR)
W. Kienreich, ............... Know-Center, Graz (AT)
B. Lefebvre, ................. UMR 5608 TRACES, Toulouse (FR)
J. Ma, ................................ CMS, University of Greenwich (UK)
H. Mathian, .................... UMR 8504 Géographie-Cités, Paris (FR)
D. Meneveaux, ............ UMR 6172 XLIM CNRS/Univ. Poitiers (FR)
P. Ozimek, ..................... Institute of Informatics, TU Krakow (PL)
N. Poirier, ...................... Université de Toulouse II-Le Mirail, (FR)
X. Rodier, ....................... UMR 6173 CITERES / LAT, Tours (FR)
V. Sabol, ......................... Know-Center, Graz (AT)
L. Saligny, ..................... UMS 2739 MSH, Dijon (FR)
M. Van Ruymbecke, ULB, Bruxelles (BE)
E. Zadora-Rio, ............. UMR 6173 CITERES / LAT, Tours (FR)

The event is an initiative of the Modys research group (GDR 3359 MODYS) >

It is Supported by two CNRS institutes:
Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (INSHS) >
Institute for Information Sciences and Technologies (INS2I) >

Also supported by the MAP research unit UMR 3495 MAP >
and by the ISA network >

Scientific responsability : I.Dudek, J.Y Blaise
Organisers : M.Chataignier, I.Dudek, J.Y Blaise, X.Rodier, L.Kaddouri

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Didactic material and outcomes of the interactive tutorials / practical classes will be published for further use on the event’s web site and will contribute to a Wiki dedicated to its research issues.

Participants will be invited to present their own research & interests in a short introduction session, and optionally may propose a paper for publication on the event’s associated online journal. Invited speeches will also be available as papers or presentations in order to foster post-event, mid-term reuses of its inputs and outcomes.

A directory of resources will be available as a result of the event.

Downloads at this stage:

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The event is due to last for five days during which a variety of interventions / interactions are intermingled.
Short working time slots (terminology interactive session for instance) will be inserted every day in between the main formal sessions.



On the first day the event's reason to be and objectives will be presented - but the programme also includes an introductory poster/presentation session (day1) during which each participant will be given time to present his research, so as to quicken contacts, underline common interests, and set the pace for further exchanges.

The next two days will be dedicated for the former to modelling issues and for the latter to visualisation issues. There will be four to six invited talks in full sessions, and then two parallel sessions on records of experiences. Practical classes will conclude those two days.

Practical classes will be resumed during the fourth day, along with group discussions and work sessions (recurrent interactive sessions). In addition, some informal time slots are left open for participants to contribute by other means if they wish (demos for instance), and thereby interact with the organisation.

On the last day recurrent interactive sessions will be analysed, and the event evaluated.

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The MOVE_REAL 2012 Workshop & tutorials combines three types of sessions:

- Invited talks in which theoretical approaches as well as records of experiences will be presented in a classic conference-like format. These talks are distributed as follows: one day dedicated to modelling issues, and another to visualisation issues.

- Recurrent interactive sessions distributed all along the event in which formal and informal workgroups will address issues such as visualising uncertainty, legacies and references that can be shares across disciplines, or understanding one another’s interpretation of some transversal notions like transformation, processes, representation (etc.).

- Practical classes (structured data sets on the event’s site and its history, proposed as test field) helping participants to try and weigh in what visual analytics concepts and methods can help reasoning on long time spans and uncertainty.

The programme also includes an introductory poster/presentation session (day1) during which each participant will be given time to present his research, so as to quicken contacts, underline common interests, and set the pace for further exchanges. In addition, some informal time slots are left open for participants to contribute by other means if they wish (demos for instance), and thereby interact with the organisation.


Social events
A half-day hiking tour to the Dramont semaphore can be organsised on participants demand (programme to be announced).

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Due to the fact that all invited speakers and participant are hosted on the event’s site, the number of participants is limited.
We will announce deadlines as soon as the administrative process allows us to do so.

Meanwhile we invite scientists interested to contact us as soon as possible.

When: 8-12 October 2012
More details will be given as soon as the administrative process allows us to do so.

Where : Villa Clythia > (centre CAES du CNRS), Fréjus, Var
2754 Avenue Henri Giraud, 83600 Fréjus
43°N 26' 42.1" 6° E 46' 5.0"


How to get there: (plane, train, car)

by plane:
• Airport Nice Côte d'Azur >
• Airport Marseille Provence >
(Bruxelles, London, Paris, Munich, …)
• Airport Toulon/Hyères >
(Bruxelles, London, Paris, …)

by train :
• Saint-Raphaël / Valescure (T.G.V.) >

by car :
• Highway - Paris / Lyon (A6) – Lyon / Aix (A7) – Aix / Fréjus (A8)
From Aix exit n° 37 Puget-sur-Argens / Fréjus
From Nice exit n° 38 Fréjus Centre / Saint-Raphaël


MAPS :
• How to get to Villa Clythia by car ? >
• How to get to Villa Clythia from railway station Saint-Raphaël/Valescure? >

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