| Topical Area I:
Environmental Information Processing
Environmental Information Systems and Networks
Environment-related databases; systems and methods to evaluate and visualize environmental
information; environmental management information systems; software support for legal
compliance, environmental reporting and ecological efficiency in industrial production and
services; intelligent management of production and recycling networks; public access to
environmental information; national and international environmental information networks;
environmental information in developing countries.
Environmental Decision Support Systems
Methods of environmental data aggregation and valuation; user-adequate presentation of
environmental information; expert systems applications; muliti-agent approches to decision
support.
Telemetry and Remote Sensing; Earth Observation
Environmental monitoring systems; area and satellite image processing; intelligent methods
of telegeomonitoring; integrating different sources of data, information and knowledge in
earth observation.
Spatial Data Processing; Geographic Information
Systems (GIS)
Representing space and time in environmental information systems; integrating GIS and
database technology, integrating GIS and simulation methodology; environmental
applications of the Global Positioning System (GPS).
Integrating Environmental Data across
Organizations, Regions or Disciplines
Representation formats for environmental data and metadata, their harmonization
and standardization; heterogeneous and distributed environmental information; terminology
and thesauri in transdisciplinary or transnational work fields.
Modelling and Simulation of Ecological or
Socio-technical Systems
Methods, tools and applications for analytical or simulation modelling of systems
relevant to the environment; exploration of new modelling paradigms such as multi-agent
approaches.
Intelligent Management of Natural and Man-made
Risks and Environmental Emergencies
Computer-supported risk assessment; real-time simulation and decision support in
emergency situations |
