Abstracts are now due on Wednesday November 18th.
Here's a procrastination video by Johnny Kelly. Of course, if you watch it... you are procrastinating.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Deadline for AAG Abstracts Extended
Scrambling to get your AAG abstract in by the end of the day? Well, it's your lucky day. You can extend your procrastination another two weeks.
Planning to attend the conference? Leave a comment below to let us know!
Planning to attend the conference? Leave a comment below to let us know!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Student Paper Competition: Cartography Specialty Group
Cartography Specialty Group
Student Competitions
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2010 Cartography Specialty Group
Honors Student Paper Competition
Call for Abstracts
The Cartography Specialty Group (CSG) of the Association of American Geographers is pleased to announce the 2010 Honors Student Paper Competition to be presented at the AAG Annual Meeting in Washington DC (April 14-18, 2010). The purpose of this competition is to promote written scholarship and high quality presentation by students in the field of cartography and geovisualization.
We invite students to submit full papers to the competition and present those papers at a special session of the 2010 AAG.
Eligibility:
The competition is open to students at all academic levels. A student must be currently enrolled in an accredited two or four year institution. Applicants must also be a current member of the AAG Cartography Specialty Group (CSG). Any paper authored and presented by a student is eligible for the competition, provided the paper has not already been published or presented somewhere else.
Guidelines for Applications:
To be considered for participation in the CSG paper competition, an extended abstract of approximately 250 words that describes an ongoing or complete research investigation must be submitted electronically as an attachment (Microsoft Word) to Sarah Battersby at battersb@mailbox.sc.edu. An abstract submission must be in Microsoft Word format, with 12-point Times New Roman font, one inch margins with left justification (ragged right), and single-spaced lines. Applicants must clearly indicate that they wish to be considered for the CSG Student Paper Competition.
Applicants must register for the 2010 AAG Annual Meeting before submitting an abstract to the CSG student paper competition. Please submit an AAG participant number which is issued when successfully registering for the AAG meeting with your abstract. For detailed instructions on how to acquire a participant number for the annual meeting, see the AAG web page (http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2010/registration.htm).
The abstract and participant code are due to Sarah Battersby (battersb@mailbox.sc.edu) by October 21, 2009.
Judging:
Abstracts and written papers will be judged by the CSG Awards Committee on several criteria: potential contribution to the field of cartography and geovisualization, originality, appropriate use of methodology, scholarship, organization, and written composition. The oral presentation of papers will be judged on professional delivery, organization, clarity, and appropriate use of graphics. Judging will take into account the academic level of the applicants.
Finalist:
Finalists will be notified of the acceptance of their abstract via e-mail no later than October 27, 2009. Each finalist will be asked to submit a full paper of approximately 6,000 words to be considered for presentation at the 2010 AAG Annual Meeting. The deadline for submission of full papers is March 24, 2010.
Paper Submission:
We especially encourage papers on theoretical, conceptual, and methodological developments in cartography and geovisualization rather than on particular mapping applications. Papers must be written entirely by the applicant. Students who are selected as finalists will be placed in a special session at the annual meeting. The only exception is a student who is also selected as a Nystrom Dissertation Award finalist, in which case, he or she may present in the Nystrom paper session instead.
Papers, including the related bibliography and associated tables and figures, must be submitted in the format used by the Cartography and Geographic Information Society
(for details see
http://www.cartogis.org/publications/document.2006-09-05.7116381016).
A cover page should include the student author's name, academic affiliation, faculty advisor for the paper, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address. The second page should include only the title of the paper and the abstract. The content of the paper should begin on the third page.
The final written paper should be submitted electronically via e-mail to Sarah Battersby (battersb@mailbox.sc.edu) as a Microsoft Word document attachment (12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins with left justification, and double spaced). The content of the paper, including text, references, figures and tables, is limited to about 20 pages in length and should not exceed 6,000 words.
Awards:
Up to five competition finalists will be selected by the CSG Awards Committee on the basis of the quality of their abstracts. Each finalist will be awarded a full student registration to attend the 2010 AAG Annual Meeting in Washington DC. The first place winner will receive a $100 cash prize.
The awards committee reserves the right not to offer such prizes if the papers are not a professional quality. The award will be decided on the basis of the written paper and the oral presentation. The results of the competition will be published in the AAG Newsletter and on the specialty group's web page.
Contact Info:
Sarah Battersby
Department of Geography
University of South Carolina
709 Bull Street, Callcott Building
Columbia, SC 29208
Phone: 803-777-5729
E-mail: battersb@mailbox.sc.edu
Student Competitions
________________________________________
2010 Cartography Specialty Group
Honors Student Paper Competition
Call for Abstracts
The Cartography Specialty Group (CSG) of the Association of American Geographers is pleased to announce the 2010 Honors Student Paper Competition to be presented at the AAG Annual Meeting in Washington DC (April 14-18, 2010). The purpose of this competition is to promote written scholarship and high quality presentation by students in the field of cartography and geovisualization.
We invite students to submit full papers to the competition and present those papers at a special session of the 2010 AAG.
Eligibility:
The competition is open to students at all academic levels. A student must be currently enrolled in an accredited two or four year institution. Applicants must also be a current member of the AAG Cartography Specialty Group (CSG). Any paper authored and presented by a student is eligible for the competition, provided the paper has not already been published or presented somewhere else.
Guidelines for Applications:
To be considered for participation in the CSG paper competition, an extended abstract of approximately 250 words that describes an ongoing or complete research investigation must be submitted electronically as an attachment (Microsoft Word) to Sarah Battersby at battersb@mailbox.sc.edu. An abstract submission must be in Microsoft Word format, with 12-point Times New Roman font, one inch margins with left justification (ragged right), and single-spaced lines. Applicants must clearly indicate that they wish to be considered for the CSG Student Paper Competition.
Applicants must register for the 2010 AAG Annual Meeting before submitting an abstract to the CSG student paper competition. Please submit an AAG participant number which is issued when successfully registering for the AAG meeting with your abstract. For detailed instructions on how to acquire a participant number for the annual meeting, see the AAG web page (http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2010/registration.htm).
The abstract and participant code are due to Sarah Battersby (battersb@mailbox.sc.edu) by October 21, 2009.
Judging:
Abstracts and written papers will be judged by the CSG Awards Committee on several criteria: potential contribution to the field of cartography and geovisualization, originality, appropriate use of methodology, scholarship, organization, and written composition. The oral presentation of papers will be judged on professional delivery, organization, clarity, and appropriate use of graphics. Judging will take into account the academic level of the applicants.
Finalist:
Finalists will be notified of the acceptance of their abstract via e-mail no later than October 27, 2009. Each finalist will be asked to submit a full paper of approximately 6,000 words to be considered for presentation at the 2010 AAG Annual Meeting. The deadline for submission of full papers is March 24, 2010.
Paper Submission:
We especially encourage papers on theoretical, conceptual, and methodological developments in cartography and geovisualization rather than on particular mapping applications. Papers must be written entirely by the applicant. Students who are selected as finalists will be placed in a special session at the annual meeting. The only exception is a student who is also selected as a Nystrom Dissertation Award finalist, in which case, he or she may present in the Nystrom paper session instead.
Papers, including the related bibliography and associated tables and figures, must be submitted in the format used by the Cartography and Geographic Information Society
(for details see
http://www.cartogis.org/publications/document.2006-09-05.7116381016).
A cover page should include the student author's name, academic affiliation, faculty advisor for the paper, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address. The second page should include only the title of the paper and the abstract. The content of the paper should begin on the third page.
The final written paper should be submitted electronically via e-mail to Sarah Battersby (battersb@mailbox.sc.edu) as a Microsoft Word document attachment (12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins with left justification, and double spaced). The content of the paper, including text, references, figures and tables, is limited to about 20 pages in length and should not exceed 6,000 words.
Awards:
Up to five competition finalists will be selected by the CSG Awards Committee on the basis of the quality of their abstracts. Each finalist will be awarded a full student registration to attend the 2010 AAG Annual Meeting in Washington DC. The first place winner will receive a $100 cash prize.
The awards committee reserves the right not to offer such prizes if the papers are not a professional quality. The award will be decided on the basis of the written paper and the oral presentation. The results of the competition will be published in the AAG Newsletter and on the specialty group's web page.
Contact Info:
Sarah Battersby
Department of Geography
University of South Carolina
709 Bull Street, Callcott Building
Columbia, SC 29208
Phone: 803-777-5729
E-mail: battersb@mailbox.sc.edu
Student Paper Competition: Applied Geography Specialty Group
CALL FOR PAPERS
STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Applied Geography Specialty Group
The 2010 Meeting of the AAG, April 14-18 2010, Washington, DC
The Applied Geography Specialty Group is sponsoring a student paper competition this year. The paper and its research should utilize geographic methods, techniques, or analysis applied in service to a real world client, while the subject-matter focus of the paper is open. One prize ($500) will be awarded to the best paper. The student papers can range from a class project or term paper to one that has been given at any professional meeting in the 12 months preceding (and including) the Washington, DC AAG conference.
Participants are required to register and present in the AGSG Interactive Short Paper (ISP) Student Session at the April 14-18, 2010 AAG Annual Meeting.
New this year, the Applied Geography Conference Board will award the student paper winner with a free conference registration to attend the 33rd Annual Applied Geography Conference in October, 2010 and an invitation to submit the winning paper for review and possible publishing in the Annals from that conference.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the Applied Geography Specialty Group student paper competition is: October 28, 2009. To submit an abstract to the AGSG you must first register for the meeting. Registration for the 2010 meeting is now open. Please review AAG guidelines for abstract submission.
Send an abstract of no more than 250 words as an email attachment and your personal identification number (received from the AAG after applying online at www.aag.org), along with a 100 word maximum statement identifying the applied geography components of their paper to Dr. Dawna Cerney at dlcerney@ysu.edu
Written papers (8,000 word maximum) are due on March 1, 2010.
The prize will be awarded based on the written papers and not on the presentations, and the winner will be announced at the conclusion of the interactive session. If any participants would like informal feedback on their presentation, please advise Dr. Cerney in advance.
Both Master’s and Ph.D. students are welcome in the competition. One prize will be awarded in the amount of $500. All authors will be recognized for their participation.
STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Applied Geography Specialty Group
The 2010 Meeting of the AAG, April 14-18 2010, Washington, DC
The Applied Geography Specialty Group is sponsoring a student paper competition this year. The paper and its research should utilize geographic methods, techniques, or analysis applied in service to a real world client, while the subject-matter focus of the paper is open. One prize ($500) will be awarded to the best paper. The student papers can range from a class project or term paper to one that has been given at any professional meeting in the 12 months preceding (and including) the Washington, DC AAG conference.
Participants are required to register and present in the AGSG Interactive Short Paper (ISP) Student Session at the April 14-18, 2010 AAG Annual Meeting.
New this year, the Applied Geography Conference Board will award the student paper winner with a free conference registration to attend the 33rd Annual Applied Geography Conference in October, 2010 and an invitation to submit the winning paper for review and possible publishing in the Annals from that conference.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the Applied Geography Specialty Group student paper competition is: October 28, 2009. To submit an abstract to the AGSG you must first register for the meeting. Registration for the 2010 meeting is now open. Please review AAG guidelines for abstract submission.
Send an abstract of no more than 250 words as an email attachment and your personal identification number (received from the AAG after applying online at www.aag.org), along with a 100 word maximum statement identifying the applied geography components of their paper to Dr. Dawna Cerney at dlcerney@ysu.edu
Written papers (8,000 word maximum) are due on March 1, 2010.
The prize will be awarded based on the written papers and not on the presentations, and the winner will be announced at the conclusion of the interactive session. If any participants would like informal feedback on their presentation, please advise Dr. Cerney in advance.
Both Master’s and Ph.D. students are welcome in the competition. One prize will be awarded in the amount of $500. All authors will be recognized for their participation.
Looking for a session?
This is one of a group of sessions that the Coupled Humans and Natural Systems Network (CHANS-Net) is organizing at AAG—Jack Liu and Bill McConnell at Michigan State are spearheading CHANS-Net (http://www.chans-net.org/).
For those interested in participating, you must register for the meeting and submit an abstract on the AAG website (www.aag.org), then send your abstract ID to the organizers so they can add you to the session. If they get enough papers, they will run a couple of sessions and perhaps a panel discussion.
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Coupled and decoupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) in Urban Environments.
This session seeks a broad array of papers that specifically examine complex interactions and feedbacks among human and natural systems in urban areas. Example human systems can include, but are in no way limited to, urban morphology, urban growth, journey-to-work, mobility, policy development, urban hierarchies, etc. Example natural systems can include, but are in no way limited to, the water cycle, fire, climate change, natural disasters, ecosystem services, etc. Selected works will build on the conceptual framework prepared by Liu et al. (2007), which identifies major features of complex systems, such as: reciprocal effects and feedback loops; non-linearity and thresholds; surprises; legacy effects and time lags; resilience; and heterogeneity.
Organizers:
Claire Jantz (cajant@ship.edu) and Scott Drzyzga (sadrzy@ship.edu)
Shippensburg University.
Liu J et al. (2007) Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems. Science 317: 1513-1516."
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