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                Proceedings of the 3rd AGILE PhD School 2015


Preface
The AGILE (Association of Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe1) with its more than 80 member
laboratories seeks to promote the academic teaching and research on Geographic Information Systems. To
support the scientific work of young researchers, the AGILE Council decided to initiate a PhD School that is
focused specifically on PhD candidates so as to prepare the next generation of research leader in our very
dynamic scientific field. Following first editions in Wernigerode, Germany, in 2012, in Frauenwörth on the
“Fraueninsel”, Germany, in 2013, the 3rd AGILE PhD School was run from September 15th – 18th at Champs
sur Marne (Paris), France. It was hosted by IGN at the ENSG (National School for Geographic Information
Science, Cité Descartes).

Major goals of the PhD-School are to bring together PhD students from different countries to exchange ideas and
develop their own networks. The PhD topics discussed during the 3rd edition covered a wide spectrum of
scientific fields with respect to geoinformatics and GI science, like for example image geocoding, distributed
process modelling, big data analysis, usability assessment, visualization, user generated content management,
spatio-temporal modelling, semiotics. Application domains were especially rich : climate change, ecosystem
services, road regulation, vulnerability of maritime territory, informal settlements, urban corridors, health care,
addressing. It was hence an opportunity for PhD students to gain insight about the nature of GI science domain
and to be exposed to the diversity of fields and common features of our domain. Two contributions from senior
researchers were also in the programme : from Danny Vandenbroucke on the GI-Need2Know/Body Of
Knowledge and from Professor Arnaud Banos on “Modeling complex spatial systems: new challenges for
geography and GI science”.

Another goal of the PhD-School is to learn about the phd process itself. Several sessions organized by Professor
Lex Comber were devoted to the process of doing a PhD itself : identifying and then telling a good story,
developing writing styles, and realizing that they become the ‘experts’ at some point in the supervision process.

The organizers would like to thank the participants who submitted in a first step position papers, provided
valuable input in the discussions of the PhD School, who worked hard during the phd School to improve their
presentation of their work and afterwards issued papers that are now composing these proceedings.

The PhD school has been financed by AGILE and some participants received a subsidiary from AGILE to
alleviate their costs.

March 2016

                                                                       Stefan Ivanovic
                                                                       Lex Comber
                                                                       Bénédicte Bucher

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