2nd ACM SIGSPATIAL Workshop on Geospatial Humanities

Co-located with ACM SIGSPATIAL 2018 in Seattle, Washington, USA

Conference Program

The Workshop on Geospatial Humanities will be held on November the 6th, together with ACM SIGSPATIAL 2018, in Seattle, Washington, USA.

The workshop proceedings are available from the ACM Digital Library. The program is as follows:

09:30 - 09:45 - Opening Remarks and Announcements

Session 1

09:45 - 10:10 - Vincent Mack and Tin Seong Kam.
Is There Space for Violence? A Data-driven Approach to the Exploration of Spatial-Temporal Dimensions of Conflict

10:15 - 10:40 - Esko Ikkala, Jouni Tuominen, Jaakko Raunamaa, Tiina Aalto, Terhi Ainiala, Helinä Uusitalo, and Eero Hyvönen.
NameSampo: A Linked Open Data Infrastructure and Workbench for Toponomastic Research

10:45 - 11:15 - Coffee Break

Session 2

11:15 - 11:40 - Björn Barz, Thomas C. Van Dijk, Bert Spaan, and Joachim Denzler.
Putting User Reputation on the Map: Unsupervised Quality Control for Crowdsourced Historical Data

11:45 - 12:10 - Sohrab Rahimi and Mallika Bose.
Social class and taste in the context of US cities: Validating Bourdieu’s theory of distinction using restaurant reviews

12:15 - 12:30 - Closing Remarks