[Gfgi] CfP: Summer School on Gamifying Spatial Collaboration 2014

[Christian Knoth]

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*Call for participation: Summer School on Gamifying Spatial Collaboration
2014*



To mark the occasion of its 20th anniversary, the *Institute for
Geoinformatics* (IfGI) at the University of Münster is organizing a summer
school to be held from the *11th to the 17th of June 2014*, subsequent to
the anniversary event itself (June 10th to 11th). The scientific symposium
of the anniversary, which will be held on the 11th at the Münster Palace,
is also the first day of the summer school. The goals of the summer school
will be to explore both the theory and practice of gamification and spatial
collaboration in geoinformatics, and how we can move towards applying
gamification to enhance collaborative data acquisition in geoinformatics.



*Course content *

The summer school will take a close look at the opportunities and
challenges that arise through combining geoinformatic technology with
gamification for spatial collaboration. Two particular questions addressed
during the school will be: How can gamification improve geoinformation
technology? and, What are the opportunities offered by gamification to
enhance collaborative data acquisition and the gathering of feedback? The
summer school will consist of a 6-day program at the intersection of
spatial collaboration, gamification and geoinformation technology. It will
be held in the stimulating and creative environment of the Institute for
Geoinformatics. The school is aimed primarily at graduate students, and we
anticipate around 30 attendees.




*Course program *The six days of the course will comprise two full-day
tutorials, one on gamification and one on spatial collaboration; a social
event; a hackathon and field work day; a tutorial day on combining
gamification and spatial collaboration tools; and an interactive session on
future developments. All tutorials will be given in English. Days will
finish with social events including a tour of the city, a summer school
dinner, a party, and a bar game. The sequence of the six days will be:



1.       (June 12th): Spatial collaboration

2.      (June 13th): Gamification

3.      (June 14th): Social event

4.      (June 15th): Field work and hackathon

5.      (June 16th): Gamifying spatial collaboration

6.      (June 17th): Future perspectives

*Lecturers*

Prof. Dr. Barbara Grüter <http://www.informatik.hs-bremen.de/grueter/>, Gangs
of Bremen <http://www.gangs-of-bremen.de/>, Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science, University of Applied Sciences, Bremen



Dr. Peter Kiefer <http://n.ethz.ch/~pekiefer/>, Geoinformation Engineering,
ETH Zurich

Kate Chapman <http://hot.openstreetmap.org/>, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap
Team (H.O.T.), Washington D.C.



*Venue, Accommodation and Registration*

The summer school will take place in the lecture rooms of the new GEO 1
building, Heisenbergstraße 2, D-48149 Münster (
http://www.uni-muenster.de/Geoinformatics/en/). Fees including catering,
lunch, a gala dinner and participation amount to *200 EURO* per student.
Accommodation
needs to be paid separately. We strongly recommend renting a bike from the
Radstation Münster (http://www.radstation-ms.de/), located directly in
front of the main station, in order to facilitate mobility between various
summer school events. In case you need any help, please contact us.



*Application process*

Interested people should submit a *statement of motivation of about 500
words*, briefly describing how the summer school might contribute to or
enrich their own work.

Application deadline: *15th of March*

Notification of acceptance: *31st of March*



After the notification of acceptance, participants will be contacted with
registration details. Attendees will be asked to present their own work or
an idea related to the summer school in the form of a *poster* at the end
of the symposium on the 11th of June.





*Please register online and submit application at:*

http://www.uni-muenster.de/Geoinformatics/en/anniversary/summerschool/



*Contact*

ifgi.summerschool at uni-muenster.de

-- 
Christian Knoth
Research Associate
Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster

Heisenbergstraße 2
D-48149 Muenster
Germany

Phone: +49 251 83-33056
Fax: +49 251 83-39763
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