About the CSISS

Introduction

Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS) is affiliated with College of Science at George Mason University, Fairfax VA, 22030, U.S.A. CSISS currently operates Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards (LAITS)

CSISS is a member of National Committee on Information Technology Standards Technical Committee L1, and a member of Open GIS Consortium (OGC).

CSISS Misson:
* To conduct world-class research in spatial information science and system.
* To provide the state-of-art research training to post-doctoral fellows, Ph.D. and Master students in the field.

CSISS Research Focus:
* Theory and methodology of spatial information science;
* Standards and Interoperability of spatial data, information, knowledge and systems;
* Architecture and prototype of widely distributed large spatial information systems, such as NSDI, GSDI, and GEOSS, as well as service-based spatial knowledge and decision-making systems;
* Exploration of new information technologies that have potential applications in Spatial Information Science (SIS);
* The applications of SIS in the society sectors having either national interests or major commercial values, such as renewable energy, location-based mobile services, intelligent transportation, and homeland security.

Personnel

Careers at the Center
CSISS is an open center for all GMU researchers who share similar research interests. Researchers have total freedom to decide if they want to join or withdraw from the center. Researchers at CSISS also have total freedom to associate with other centers of GMU. CSISS welcomes GMU faculty members to join the center as faculty associates. All researchers at CSISS will have equal opportunites to access CSISS facility and resources.

CSISS Foundation
CISSS Foundation Inc is a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit charity.
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Contact Information
Please contact Prof.Liping Di, Director of CSISS:
* E-mail: ldi@gmu.edu
* Phone: 301-982-0795
* Fax: 301-345-5492
* Address: 6301 Ivy Ln, STE 620, Greenbelt MD, 20770, USA