In collaboration with ACM SIGSPATIAL, we are pleased to announce the call for papers for GeoWildLife 2023, a workshop dedicated to bridging the gap between AI-enabled spatio-temporal data analytics and wildlife conservation.

The primary objective of this workshop is to advance the state-of-the-art in AI-driven spatio-temporal data analysis for wildlife conservation. By connecting computer scientists, geospatial scientists, ecologists, and conservation practitioners, the workshop seeks to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and drive real-world impact. Through a series of keynote presentations, panel discussions, and interactive sessions, participants will explore various topics including remote sensing technologies, predictive modeling, movement ecology, species distribution modeling, habitat quality assessment, and mitigating human-wildlife conflict. Special focus will be given to ethically and responsibly harnessing AI to ensure the sustainability of conservation efforts.

Submission Guidelines

We welcome different kinds of papers, such as, but not limited to:

• Novel research papers
• Demo papers
• Dataset and Challenge papers
• Work-in-progress papers
• Visionary papers (white papers)
• Review paper (Relevant work that has been previously published)

Authors should clearly indicate in their abstracts the kinds of submissions that the papers belong to, to help reviewers better understand their contributions. We also encourage authors to submit papers based on their previously submitted or recently published work (within the last year) for consideration in the poster session. This provides an opportunity to familiarize the community with noteworthy research that may not be entirely new and subsequently brainstorm new ideas.

All papers will be peer reviewed, single-blinded. Submissions must be in PDF, no more than 8 pages (long/ full) or 4 pages (short) or 2 pages (abstract/ poster) — and formatted according to the ACM camera-ready templates available at https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template

Authors whose papers are accepted to the workshop will have the opportunity to participate in a spotlight and poster session, and some set will also be chosen for oral presentation.

Accepted papers will be included in the workshop proceedings, which will be published in the ACM Digital Library. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the workshop and present the paper. We also offer authors the option to opt out of the proceedings. Such papers will be published on the workshop’s website and will not be considered archival for resubmission purposes.

Committees

Program Committee

• Sanjay Chawla, Research Director of QCRI’s Data Analytics department
• Dan Morris, Research Scientist, Google AI for Nature and Society
• Bing Pan, Professor of Commercial Recreation and Tourism, The Pennsylvania State University
• Lily Xu, Ph.D. Student, Harvard University, USA
• Saptarshi Sengupta, Ph.D. Student, College of IST, Pennsylvania State University, USA
• Fei Fang, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
• Emmanuel Dufourq, AIMS-Canada Junior Research Chair
• Johnson Kinyua, Associate Teaching Professor, College of IST, Pennsylvania State University, USA
• Brendan Derrick Taff, Associate Professor, Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
• Edwin Sabuhoro, Assistant Professor,Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
• Gileard Minja, Mwenge Catholic University Tanzania
• Derek Lee, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
• Andrew Perrault, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, USA
• Titus Enock Adhola, Lecturer, University of Nairobi, Kenya
• Randall Boone, Assistant Professor, Colorado State University, USA
• Lorène Jeantet, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Stellenbosch, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - AIMS South Africa

Organizing committee

• Prasenjit Mitra, Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, USA and Visiting Professor, Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany
• Bistra Dilkina, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Co-Director, Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society (CAIS), University of Southern California, USA
• Thomas Müller, Professor for Movement Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation, Goethe University and Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany
• Shreya Ghosh, Postdoctoral Scholar, The Pennsylvania State University, USAPerson 1

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to shreya@psu.edu