Tech Talks / Posters

All accepted high-quality regular 300-word abstracts and 2-page extended abstracts of Posters / Tech Talks will be published by ACM in the conference proceedings and distributed in the ACM Digital Library. Other accepted Posters/Tech Talks are only for presentation and will be included in conference DVD. Each talk will be up to 10 minutes. They are, but not limited to:

  ▪ Broad Talks
    A broad spectrum of presentations on recent achievements, new trends in all relevant areas between computing and geospatial

 ▪ Work in Progress

   Preliminary, partial, and innovative insights that are important but not fully developed. 

  ▪ Late-Breaking Research a & Emerging Technologies
   Some of the most impressive breakthroughs in computing and geospatial happen by considering the gaps and opportunities in the existing landscape - by adapting what we know to what might be

  ▪ Applications or Case Studies
    Applications or Case studies for government, industry, education, and so on.

  ▪ Development Techniques
    Practical ideas and techniques that solve real problems in research, development, and production community

▪ Student Projects
Any creative, innovative, and/or practical students' course projects or research projects in the college or graduate school

Final camera-ready submissions should be: 1) up to 300 words for a regular abstract and adhere to the abstract-only formatting guide, or 2) up to 2 pages for an extended abstract in PDF format and adhere to the ACM style guidelines. A preliminary version of your demo or a preliminary PDF or Powerpoint version of your presentation is an optional for the submission.

The 2-page extended abstract gives an opportunity for the authors to provide more details for the readers as well as reviewers. All the accepted 2-page extended abstracts will be published by prestigious ACM and available at ACM Digital Library. The regular abstract only allows the authors to write up to 300 words.

 

Poster Guidelines

Tech Talk / Poster presenters will be responsible for printing and transporting their own poster if they have posters. They also can participate in Free iExhibit.

If you only participate in the poster session, you may do not need to submit the Demo Talk abstract. The maximum size of the poster is 36" x 48". The sample of the poster is shown in the following figure.

Please check Important Dates for submission and follow this link to submit your work: Submission Site.

 

Final Camera-Ready Tech Talk Submission Instructions

In order for the Tech Talk abstract to be published by ACM and available at ACM Digital Library,

 (I) Camera Ready Paper Submission

The camera ready paper has to be submitted by 30th April 2010. Also note the following important points:

  - Formatting

1) For the regular 300-word abstract, Please follow the abstract-only formatting guide.

2) For the 2-page extended abstract, the number of pages of your abstract has to be within 2 pages and follow the ACM style guideline. Instructions on how to prepare your final manuscript can be found at the following URL:
    http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates

Please leave 3.81 cm (1.5") of blank text box at the bottom of the left column of the first page for the copyright notice.

 - Copyright Form

Accepted authors will be sent the ACM copyright form and complete instructions from ACM automated copyright form collection system prior to four weeks before the conference. You will submit the signed copyright form to ACM directly upon receipt of the email notice from ACM.

 - Submission Website

To upload your final manuscript (PDF), please visit the following site: http://www.com-geo.org and go into your author account, choose "In EDITING" (Paper Review) -> "Director Decision" -> "Upload Author Version".

 (II) Registration

Tech Talk speakers need to register by April 30, 2010. Please visit conference website for the conference rates and the conference registration.