Michael Worboys
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Michael Worboys is Professor of Information Science and Engineering, and works at the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, and Department of Spatial Information Engineering, University of Maine. Geoinformatics: A high technology field focused on issues related to the development of information systems for the collection, management, analysis and presentation of information that has a spatial dimension. Spatial information systems allow individuals, businesses, government and industry to better accomplish daily tasks and strategic decision making that depend on location. Examples of applications include managing information about the environment, transportation and other utility systems, managing an emergency response system, or planning and locating new businesses and facilities. Background: Mike has a background as a mathematician and a computer scientist (PhD in computational algebra). He recently completed two projects, supported by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), to model and build a spatiotemporal information system, and to investigate the role of vagueness, uncertainty and granularity in spatial information systems. He has also been supported by the European Commission to work on the concept of revision and change to geographic information systems (REV!GIS). Research interests: Mike's research concerns the application of advanced techniques from mathematics, computing science, information science and cognitive science in the field of geographic information science. Mike is just beginning a new project, supported by the US National Science Foundation, and collaborative with the psychologist Dr. Holly Taylor, Tufts University, Boston. This project brings formal, computational and cognitive expertise to bear on issues of representation and granularity in multimodal interfaces to geographic information, particularly using small, mobile, limited bandwidth devices. He also works on models of the dynamic world based on the concepts of event, process and action. In 2001, he and Kathleen Hornsby organized an international workshop on ‘Event-oriented Approaches to Geographic Information Science’. With Matt Duckham, Mike has also developed techniques for the integration of information from diverse sources. These methods are automated, and construct integrated ontologies based on the way that concepts from the ontologies are applied to particular instances. Mike has published a large collection of journal and conference papers in the research literature, and is the editor of several conference proceedings. He is on the editorial boards of several international research journals. He has authored a book "GIS: A Computing Perspective>", which sets out the computer science perspective on geographic information systems. The second edition, co-authored by Matt Duckham, is now available. He is a joint editor of the recent book "Foundations of Geographic Information Science". |
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NEW! The 2nd edition of GIS: A Computing Perspective has now been published. Details may be found at GIS: A Computing Perspective
A research assistantship at the PhD level is available to work on an NSF funded project that investigates the integration of ocean sensor data. The project focuses on development of an event-based ontology. Applicants are sought with backgrounds in GI Science, computer science, mathematics, or a related field. Enquire in the first instance to worboys@spatial.maine.edu .
Dr. Michael Worboys
Professor
NCGIA and Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering
Room 327, 5711 Boardman Hall
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5711,USA
phone: (207) 581-3679
fax: (207) 581-2206
Email: worboys@spatial.maine.edu