I am a fourth year doctoral student in the Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering at the University of Maine under the guidance of advisor Dr. Michael Worboys. See my bio, publications, or research pages for further details.

SenseME Project

SenseME is a collaboration between SIE, Global Relief Technologies, and the Maine National Guard whose goals are to provide Critical Infrastructure Sensor Integration and Logistical Asset Tracking during disasters by using sensor technology to

Work towards a common operating picture (COP) to develop real-time information on Maine's critical infrastructure for civil and military emergency management officials and responders
Manage Maine's key logistical assets throughout their complete lifecycles to support MENG's core mission to procure and move supplies and commodities throughout the state during emergencies

Indoor Spatial Awareness Project

Indoor Spatial Awareness (ISA) is a multi-national R&D project whose vision is to provide a basis for Indoor Spatial Theory and Systems to meet the growing need for indoor spatial awareness in hospitals, convention centers, and other ubiquitous computing environments. The goal is to develop a computing technology to:

Establish a basis for indoor spatial theory and data modeling
Develop systems for building and managing indoor spatial databases
Prepare a test bed for ISA project and develop pilot application systems

We are developoing an Indoor Spatial Theory as part of the Data Management and Modeling team.

Related Research

Most recent publication:

Walton, L. and M. Worboys. (2009). An Algebraic Approach to Image Schemas for Geographic Space. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT), France, September 2009. pp. 357-370, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 5756, ISBN 978-3-642-03831-0, Springer. (pdf)

Locus enim est principum generationis rerum (For place is the origin of things) - Roger Bacon

Contact Information

Lisa Walton
Graduate Research Assistant (Advisor: Dr. Michael Worboys)
Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering
University of Maine, Orono, ME. 04469
lisa DOT walton AT spatial DOT maine DOT edu

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