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Greetings from President Ban

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Dear KAGES members,

It was 2009 that I first became the KAGES member as a student. Since then I have witnessed the continuous growth of KAGES while working as a KAGES member. KAGES has provided a field of communication among students and scholars in disciplines related to geospatial and environmental sciences since 2008 when it was established. Especially, KAGES has run scholarships for its student members and more recently it started to publish IJGER, the International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research and has contributed to academic exchange among related disciplines. As the president of KAGES, I believe that all of the achievements were possible because of the efforts by previous presidents, board members, and general members of KAGES.

Following decisions from recent KAGES board meetings, I would like to focus on the following missions during my term: (1) enrich the academic exchange with topics related to East Asian regions, (2) support further development of IJGER by the academic exchange, and (3) promote communication among general members and board members of KAGES. I believe that your enthusiasm and participation to KAGES are the most important keys to move them forward. I look forward to your interest and suggestions. Any ideas for KAGES are welcomed (please email to hyowon.ban@csulb.edu).

Sincerely, Hyowon Ban,

September 2016

 

안녕하십니까, KAGES 8 대 회장을 맡은 반효원입니다. 저는 2009 년 상반기 학생으로서 처음 KAGES 회원이 되었습니다. 그 이후 KAGES 에서 일하며, 저는 해가 지날 수록 KAGES 가 더욱 훌륭한 협회로 발전하는 것을 보아왔습니다. KAGES 는 2008 년 설립 당시부터 지리∙환경과학 분야에서 활동하고 있는 학생과 학자가 교류하고 소통할 수 있는 장을 마련해왔습니다. 특히 KAGES 학생 회원을 대상으로 하는 장학금 제도를 매년 운영해왔으며, 최근에는 학술지 IJGER (International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research) 을 발간하여 관련 학문간 학술교류에도 힘을 기울이고 있습니다. 이는 모두 KAGES 전임회장단과 이사진, 그리고 많은 일반 회원의 노고가 있었기에 가능한 일이었습니다.

저는 올 한 해 저의 임기 동안 최근 KAGES 이사회의에서 의결한 바에 따라, 1) 동아시아 지역에 관련되는 연구 주제의 학술 교류를 활성화하고, 2) 이 학술 교류의 결과가 IJGER 의 발전으로 이어지게 하며, 3) KAGES 일반회원 및 이사진 간 소통을 더욱 원활히 하는 데 주력하고자 합니다.

이를 추진해가는데 KAGES 회원 여러분들의 관심과 참여가 절실히 필요합니다. 앞으로 여러분들의 많은 응원과 조언 부탁 드립니다. KAGES 의 발전에 관련한 어떠한 의견이라도 제게 보내주시면 대단히 감사하겠습니다 (제 이메일 주소는 hyowon.ban@csulb.edu 입니다). 감사합니다.

2016 년 9 월 반효원 드림

2016 KAGES Sim Student Travel Award

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  1. Overview

Dr. Sim, Sun Hui is currently a faculty member in the Geography Department at the University of North Alabama. Through her generous sponsorship, “Sim Student Travel Award” was established in 2010 to provide financial assistance to graduate students in the research field of Geography, Geospatial Technologies and Environmental Sciences.  This scholarship is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to the Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers. This award is for supporting the work of students who implement GIS/RS/Geospatial techniques into his/her research.

  1. Eligibility
    • KAGES membership
    • Scholarship is open to South Koreans and Korean-Americans.
    • Applicants must be full-time graduate or undergraduate students in colleges/universities in North America.
    • Applicants must present his/her research at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers.
    • Former Sim Student Travel Award recipients may re-apply if they did not apply in the past two rounds while maintaining membership.
    • Recipients should be present at the annual KAGES meeting to receive awards.
  1. Scholarship Award
    • Amount: $500 (USD)
    • Number of awardees per year: Two
    • Field of Study: Geography, Geospatial Technologies and Environmental Sciences
  1. Application material
    • 1-page cover letter (e.g., statement of professional goals, need for financial support, how this award will benefit the student’s studies)
    • Application form
    • 1-page curriculum vitae
    • Transcript from currently-attending school (a scanned image or a PDF file directly printed off from the Web)
    • Proof of conference presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (a scanned image from the AAG site).
    • A brief letter/email indicating support from your department (e.g. Department Chair, Advisor)
  1. Submission: All materials should be submitted via email (support@kages.org).

2016_KAGES_StudentTravelAward_Application

  1. Application deadline: December 9, 2015.

KAGES will inform scholarship recipients by January 18, 2016. Further information is available at KAGES website (www.kages.org).

Call for Papers: Special issue on “Big Data and Geographic Information”

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The International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research (IJGER, Editor Dr. Changjoo Kim) is an open-access, peer-reviewed international journal published on behalf of Korea-America Association for Geospatial and Environmental Sciences. IJGER provides a forum for discussion among researchers in all fields of geography, both human and physical, and environmental research that has an explicit spatial dimension (http://dc.uwm.edu/ijger/). It places particular emphasis on development and applications of geospatial technologies, such as geographic information system, remote sensing, and spatial analysis.

 

The Editors invite submission of papers that can be considered for inclusion in the special issue of IJGER, which is scheduled to be published by May 2016.

 

Recently, Big Data opened up for new insights on geographic information and technologies. We invite original research papers on theoretical developments and applications demonstrating the use of Big Data as well as tools and technologies of Big Data services.

 

The potential research topics for this special issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Theoretical developments and knowledge discovery with Big Data
  • Big Data in geospatial and environmental sciences
  • Measurement, analysis and methodological questions of Big Data
  • Big Data infrastructure
  • Institutional issues, organization and networks dealing with Big Data
  • Application of Big Data
  • Use of Big Data technologies
  • Scientific Visualization of Big Data
  • Data Mining
  • Volunteered Geographic Information
  • Big Data and education in geospatial and environmental sciences

Time-line

October 10, 2015: First solicitation of submissions

 

December 31, 2015: Abstract submission deadline (not more than 250 words; email to ijger.si3@gmail.com)

January 15, 2016: Email notification of abstract review results

March 31, 2016: Submission of manuscripts (submit at http://dc.uwm.edu/ijger)

May 31, 2016: Editorial decision sent to authors

July 31, 2016: Final revised paper submission deadline

August 15, 2016: Final editorial decision sent to authors

August 31, 2016: Manuscript published online

 

Inquiries should be directed to: Assistant Editor Dr. Sunhui Sim (ssim@una.edu)