Prof. Nico Van de Weghe
Ghent University - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Geography
Geomatics - Geographical Information Science & Systems
Belgium - 9000 Ghent - Krijgslaan 281 (S8)
Tel.: +32 (0)9 264 47 12
Fax.: +32 (0)9 264 49 85
Email: nico.vandeweghe@ugent.be

Last updated: 15/02/08

Bogaert, P., Vanneuville, W., Van de Weghe, N., De Maeyer, P., and Maeghe, K., 2004, Zijn enkel mooie plaatjes belangrijk?, Geo-Info, 1 (4), p.158-163.

Van de Weghe, N. and De Maeyer, P., 2003, Visualisatie van tijd via GIS, AM-FM News, (26), p.19-21.

Van de Weghe, N. and De Maeyer, P., 2003, Tijdruimtelijk model als basis of a tijdruimtelijk dataformaat, Geodesia, 45 (9), p.324-331.

Van de Weghe, N. and De Maeyer, P., 2002, Le cartographe face aux modèles temporels de l'information spatiale, Le Monde des Cartes, (172), p.30-33.

Van de Weghe N., 2002, Complexiteit overschaduwt bijhoudingsproces in GIS, AM-FM News, (22), p.19-20.

Van de Weghe N., 2001, Geografische analyse van de reisbureausector' in Belgium met toepassing op het Gentse Stadsgewest, De Aardrijkskunde.

De Maeyer, P. and Van de Weghe, N.
Inleiding geomatica,
Gent, Academia Press,
356 pp.

Van de Weghe, N., Bogaert, P., and De Maeyer, P.,
Proceedings of the International Workshop ‘Talking about and Perceiving Moving Objects Exploring the Bridge between Natural Language, Perception and Formal Ontologies of Space',
in conjunction with Spatial Cognition,
Bremen, Germany.

Bogaert, P.

Cohn, A.G.

Delafontaine, M.

De Maeyer, P.

De Temmerman, L.

De Tré, G.,

Docter, R.

Fack, V.

Kuijpers, B.

Maddens, R.

Moelans, B.

Neutens, T.

Rodriguez, A.

Witlox, F.

Van de Weghe, N., Bogaert, P., Cohn, A.G., Delafontaine, M., De Temmerman, L., Neutens, T., De Maeyer, Ph., and Witlox, F.,
2007,
How to handle incomplete knowledge concerning moving objects,
In: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Behaviour Monitoring and Interpretation,
in conjunction with the 30th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence ( KI ),
Osnabrück, Duitsland,
p. 91-101.

Dogru, A.O., Van de Weghe, N., Ulugtekin, N. and De Maeyer, P.,
2007,
Classification of road junctions based on multiple representations: adding value by introducing algorithmic and cartographic approaches,
In: Proceedings of 23rd International Cartographic Conference,
Moscow, Russia.

Neutens, T., Van de Weghe, N., Bogaert, P. and De Maeyer, P.,
2007,
Analysing and visualising human activities from a time-geographic perspective,
In: Proceedings of 23rd International Cartographic Conference,
Moscow, Russia.

De Temmerman, L., Van de Weghe, N. and De Maeyer, P.,
2007,
Mapping wayfinding strategies for emergency services,
In: Proceedings of 23rd International Cartographic Conference,
Moscow, Russia.

Neutens, T., Witlox, F., Van de Weghe, N., and De Maeyer, P.,
2007,
Human interaction under uncertainty,
In: 86th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board of the National Academies (TRB),
Washington D.C., USA.

Kuijpers, B., Moelans, B., and Van de Weghe, N.,
2006,
Qualitative polyline similarity testing with applications to query-by-sketch, indexing and classificatin,
In: De By, R. and Nittel, S. (Eds.),
Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM-GIS),
Arlington , USA,
p.11-18.

Bogaert, P., Van de Weghe, N., and De Maeyer, P.,
2006,
Answering qualitative questions about continuously moving objects on networks,
In: De Maeyer, P., Bogaert, P. en en Godfroid, D. (Eds.),
Proceedings of the Studiedag ‘Cartografie en GIS: Jonge Onderzoekers aan het Woord over Geomatica',
Ghent, Belgium,
p.29-40.
(presentation)

Delafontaine, M., Van de Weghe, N., Bogaert, P., and De Maeyer, P.,
2006,
Een kwalitatieve calculus van bewegende objecten in een dynamisch netwerk,
In: De Maeyer, P., Bogaert, P. en en Godfroid, D. (Eds.),
Proceedings of the Studiedag ‘Cartografie en GIS: Jonge Onderzoekers aan het Woord over Geomatica',
Ghent, Belgium,
p.41-47.

Neutens, T., De Maeyer, P., and Van de Weghe, N.,
2006,
The application of geomatics in time-geographic research,
In: De Maeyer, P., Bogaert, P. en en Godfroid, D. (Eds.),
Proceedings of the Studiedag ‘Cartografie en GIS: Jonge Onderzoekers aan het Woord over Geomatica',
Ghent, Belgium,
p.14-26.

Kuijpers, B., Moelans, B., and Van de Weghe, N.,
Accepted at 14/07/2006,
Qualitative polyline similarity testing with applications to query-by-sketch, indexing and classificatin,
In: 14th International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM-GIS),
Arlington, USA.

Van de Weghe, N. and De Maeyer, P.,
2006,
Representing and reasoning about continuously moving objects: a qualitative approach,
In: Van de Weghe, N., Bogaert, P. en De Maeyer, P. (Eds.),
Proceedings of the workshop Talking about and perceiving moving objects: exploring the bridge between natural language, perception and formal ontologies of space,
International Workshop as part of the International Conference on Spatial Cognition,
Bremen, Germany.

Bogaert, P., Van de Weghe, N., Maddens, R., De Temmerman, L., and De Maeyer, P.,
2005,
A new data structure to represent road networks,
In: Witlox, F. and Van Acker, V. (Eds.),
Proceedings of the Tweede Belgische Geografendag – Mobiliteit, Maatschappij en Milieu in Kaart Gebracht,
BEVAS-SOBEG, Ghent, Belgium,
p.371-374.

Bradt, F., Bogaert, P., De Maeyer, P., Van de Weghe, N., and Brondeel, M.,
2005,
Concepten van temporeel GIS toegepast op tweehonderd jaar kadastrale kaarten,
Proceedings of the Studiedag ‘Patrimonale Informatie, een Buitenkans voor de Academische Wereld', Brussel, Belgium.

Bogaert, P., Fack, V., Van de Weghe, N., and De Maeyer, P.,
2005,
On line graphs and road networks, Topology and Spatial Databases Workshop, Glasgow, Schotland,
Published on website: http://homepages.ge.ucl.ac.uk/~clairee/topologyandgis/index_files/page0004.html.

Bogaert, P., Van de Weghe, N., and De Maeyer, P.,
2004,
Description, definition and proof of a qualitative state change of moving objects along a road network,
In: Raubal, M., Sliwinski, A., and Kuhn, W. (Eds.),
Proceedings of the Münster GI Days. Geoinformation and Mobility, from Research to Applications, Münster, Duitsland,
p.239-248.
(presentation)

Van de Weghe, N., Maddens, R., Bogaert, P., Brondeel, M., and De Maeyer, P.,
2004,
Qualitative analysis of polygon shape-changes,
Proceedings of IEEE the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Anchorage, Alaska, USA,
Published on CD-ROM.
(presentation)

Van de Weghe N., Cohn A.G., Bogaert P., and De Maeyer P.,
2004,
Representation of moving objects along a road network,
In: Brandt, A. (Ed.),
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Geoinformatics, Gävle, Zweden, Gävle University Press,
p.187-197.
(presentation)

Van de Weghe, N., Maddens, R., Bogaert, P., De Maeyer, P., and Collard, C.,
2004,
A relative comparison technique to compare shapes of polygons,
In: Lovett, A. (Ed.),
Proceedings of the GIS Research UK 12th Annual Conference (GISRUK), University van East Anglia, Norwich, VK,
p.121-125.
(presentation)

Van de Weghe, N. and Docter, R.,
2004,
Representing diffuse temporal intervals: theory and archaeological applications,
In: De Maeyer, P., De Vliegher, B., and Godfroid, D. (Eds.),
Proceedings van de Studiedag ‘Cartografie en GIS. Nieuwe Technieken ten Dienste van de Archeologie', Ghent, Belgium,
p.50-51.

Van de Weghe, N., Cohn, A.G., and De Maeyer, P.,
2004,
A qualitative representation of trajectory pairs,
In: Lopez de Manteras, R., and Saitta, L. (Eds.),
Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI), Valencia , Spanje,
IOS Press,
p.1103-1104.

Van de Weghe, N. and De Maeyer, P.,
2003,
Development of a data model for spatio-temporal information, Doctoraatssymposium Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium.

Van de Weghe, N. and De Maeyer, P.,
2003,
A two-dimensional temporal model: base of a spatio-temporal model and a spatio-temporal data format, Beyond the Boundaries into the Unknown
Proceedings of the AGI conference at Geosolutions, London, UK,
Published on CD ROM.

Van de Weghe, N. and De Maeyer, P.,
2003,
A two-dimensional temporal model: base of a spatio-temporal model and a spatio-temporal data format,
Proceedings of the 11th GIS Research UK Conference (GISRUK), Londen, UK,
p.106 110.

Van de Weghe N,
2003,
Modelleren van tijd in GIS,
Proceedings van de 1ste Belgische Geografendag, Luik, Belgium,
p.131-135.

Van de Weghe, N. and De Maeyer, P.,
2003,
Mapping time in a 2-D space,
Pre COSIT Workshop on Fundamental Issues in Spatial and Geographical Ontology, Kartause-Itingen, Zwitserland,
Published on website: http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/brandon/cosit03ontology/COSIT_Ontology_Workshop_participants.html.

Van de Weghe, N.,
2003,
Van ruimtelijke topologische relaties naar transities,
Abstract Boek van de 4de Dag van de Jonge Onderzoeker,
Department of Geography, Ghent University, Belgium.

Van de Weghe, N.,
2002,
Ontwikkeling van een tijdruimtelijk model en haar cartografische visualisatie,
Abstract Boek van de 3de Dag van de Jonge Onderzoeker,
Department of Geography, Ghent University, Belgium.

Van de Weghe, N.,
2001,
Ontwikkeling of a gegevensmodel voor digitale tijdruimtelijke informatie en haar cartografische visualisatie, met toepassing op meerdere thema's,
Abstract Boek van de 2de Dag van de Jonge Onderzoeker,
Department of Geography, Ghent University, Belgium.

2007, Points of interest of spatial research at Ghent University, ‘Spatial Data Research in Blegium', EuroSDR-NGI-RMA Seminarie, Brussels, Belgium.

2006, Efficient storage of interactions between multiple moving point objects, 2nd International Workshop on Semantic-Based Geographical Information Systems (SeBGIS), Montpellier, France.

2006, Talking about and perceiving moving objects: exploring the bridge between natural language, perception and formal ontologies of space, International Workshop as part of the International Conference on Spatial Cognition, Bremen, Germany. (Chairman)

2006, 4th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIscience), Münster, Germany.

2004, Simplifying sets of events by selecting temporal relations, 3th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience), Adelphi, USA.

2003, Development of a data model for spatio-temporal information, International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT), Kartause-Itingen, Switserland.

2003, Mapping time in a 2-D space, Workshop on Fundamental Issues in Spatial and Geographic Ontologies (in conjunction with: COSIT), Kartause-Itingen, Switserland.

2003, 8th International Symposium on Advances in Spatial and Temporal Databases (SSTD), Santorini, Greece.

2002, International Workshop on Evolution and Change in Data Management (ECDM), Tampere, Finland;

2002, Development of a conceptual data model for digital spatio-temporal geographical information, 21st International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER), Tampere, Finland.

2002, 9th International Symposium on Temporal Representation and Reasoning (TIME), Manchester, England.

2006, Studiedag ‘Cartografie en GIS: Jonge Onderzoekers aan het Woord over Geomatica', Ghent, Belgium. (Chairman)

2006, Seminarie ‘Ruimte voor Geo-Informatie. Kaarten als Nieuwe Motor voor de Economie', Flagis, Ghent, Belgium.

2004, (together with R. Docter) Representing diffuse temporal intervals: theory and archaeological applications, Studiedag ‘Cartografie en GIS. Nieuwe Technieken ten Dienste van de Archeologie', Subcomité Cartografie en GIS, Ghent, Belgium.

2003, Van Ruimtelijke Topologische Relaties naar Transities, 4de Dag van de Jonge Onderzoeker, Department of Geography, Ghent University, Belgium.

2003, Development af a data model for spatio-temporal information, 2de Doctoraatssymposium van de Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium.

2003, Development of the triangular concept as a basis of a spatio-temporal data format, Research Day ‘GIS & the 4th Dimension', Belgian Committee of Cartography and GIS, Louvain-La-Neuve , Belgium.

2003, A two-dimensional model: base of a spatio-temporal model and a spatio-temporal data format, 11th National Conference on GIS ResearchUK (GISRUK), London, UK.

2003, Modelleren van tijd in GIS, 1ste Belgische Geografendag, Luik, Belgium.

2002, Studiedag ‘Het Kadastraal Plan', Flagis, Brugge, Belgium.

2002, Ontwikkeling of a tijdruimtelijk model en haar cartografische visualisatie, 3de Dag van de Jonge Onderzoeker, Department of Geography, Ghent University, Belgium.

2002, Tijdruimtelijk model als basis voor een tijdruimtelijk dataformaat, Studiedag ‘Kartografische Dataformaten en Conversies', Nederlandse Vereniging voor Kartografie, Wijchen, Holland.

2002, Studienamiddag ‘Geomedia Parcel Manager et Geomedia Transaction Manager', Intergraph, Anderlecht, Belgium.

2002, Studiedag ‘Het Kadastraal Plan', Flagis, Brugge, Belgium.

2001, Ontwikkeling of a gegevensmodel voor digitale tijdruimtelijke informatie en haar cartografische visualisatie, met toepassing op meerdere thema's, 2de Dag van de Jonge Onderzoeker, Department of Geography, Ghent University, Belgium.

2001, Themanamiddag ‘Geo DBMS. De Basis van GIS-Toepassingen', Kvag/AGGN, Delft, Holland.

2001, GIS-conferentie 2001, ESRI Nederland, Rotterdam, Holland.

2001, Studiedag ‘Geschiedegis', Flagis, Ghent, Belgium.

2000, Studiedag ‘Bijhouding', Flagis, Brussels, Belgium.

2000, ESRI Belux User Days, ESRI Belux, Wemmel, Belgium.

2006, Van de Weghe, N., Bogaert, P., De Maeyer, P., Cohn, A.G., Coventry , K., and Krieg-Brueckner, B., Talking about and perceiving moving objects: exploring the bridge between natural language, perception and formal ontologies of space, International Workshop as part of the International Conference on Spatial Cognition, Bremen, Germany.

2008, Member of program committee of the 23rd Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC). Track on Advances in Spatial and Image-based Information Systems (ASIIS).

2007, Member of program committee of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Signal-Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems (SITIS). Track on Information Management & Retrieval Technologies (IMRT).

2007, Member of program committee of the International Workshop on Behaviour Monitoring and Interpretation (in conjunction with the 30th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI )).

2007, Member of program committee of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM).

2007, Special issue PC member deciding about publication of papers presented at 1st IEEE International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM 2006) in Journal of Digital Information Management (JDIM), International Journal of Computational Intelligence Research (IJCIR), and Journal of Information Assurance and Security (JIAS).

2006, Member of program committee of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Signal-Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems (SITIS). Track on Information Management & Retrieval Technologies (IMRT).

2006, Member of program committee of the 3rd International Workshop on Conceptual Modeling for Geographic Information Systems (CoMoGIS).

Title: Use of a GIS for the research of a two-dimensional conceptual temporal space.
Promoter: Nico Van de Weghe
Co-Promoter: Martin Valcke, Philippe De Maeyer
Fin. support: FWO Research project
Begin- and end date: 01/01/2008 – 31/12/2012

Researcher(s): Matthias Delafontaine
Title: The implementation of a Qualitative Trajectory Calculus (QTC) in a Geographical Information System for representing, analysing, querying and simulating data about moving objects
Promoter: Nico Van de Weghe
Fin. Support: FWO Mandate of Aspirant
Begin- and end date: 01/10/2007-30/09/2009

Geoinformatica

Information Sciences

International Journal of Computational Intelligence Research (IJCIR)

Journal of Digital Information Management (JDIM)

Journal of Information Assurance and Security (JIAS)

International Conference on Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems (ACIVS)

International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience)

International Conference on Signal-Image Technology & Internet–Based Systems (SITIS)

International Workshop: Talking about and perceiving moving objects exploring the bridge between natural language, perception and formal ontologies of space (in conjunction with: Spatial Cognition)

International Workshop on Conceptual Modeling for Geographic Information Systems (CoMoGIS)

2006, Cognitive systems (cosy), Informatics, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Duitsland, Spatio-temporal Representing and Reasoning, SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition / IQN Video Conference, (http://www.cosy.informatik.uni-bremen.de/iqn/pdf/NicovandeWeghe_24.03.06.pdf).

2006, Qualitative Spatial Reasoning Group, University of Leeds, Leeds, England, Geographic Information Science.

2006, GIS Research Group, Ecole Navale, Brest, France, Qualitative spatial and temporal reasoning.

2005, Presentation about research in GIScience at the Department of Geography of Ghent University at a group of the ITC (International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation).

2005, Presentation at + organisation (in cooperation with De Maeyer P.) of the visit of the students Cartography and GIS of the University of Orleans (France).

2007 until now, Secretary of IRI (the Institute of Spatial Information Processing).

2007 until now, Member of IRI (the Institute of Spatial Information Processing).

2007 until now, Secretary of the Commission of the Study Programme Geography.

2006 until now, Member of the Commission of the Study Programme Geography.

2004 – 2005, Representative of the Scientific Researchers in the Council of the Department of Geography.

2004, Deputy Member of the Commission of the Study Programme Geography.

2001 – 2004, Deputy Member of the Council of the Department of Geography.

2007, Cooperation at the Day for Abituriënts.

2006, Cooperation at the Extra Information Exhibition for the offer of courses at Ghent University (Bachelor/Master).

2006, Coordination and preparation of participation at GIS-o-polis.

2004, Cooperation SID-IN (Student InformatieDagen), delegate of the group Geography/Land Surveying/Geology.

2001, Cooperation at the Day for Abituriënts.

2000, Cooperation at the Flemish Week of Science.

2006, Cooperation at the Extra Information Exhibition for the offer of courses at Ghent University (Bachelor/Master).

2006, Coordination and preparation of participation at GIS-o-polis.

2004, Cooperation SID-IN (Student InformatieDagen), delegate of the group Geography/Land Surveying/Geology.

2001, Cooperation at the Day for Abituriënts.

2000, Cooperation at the Flemish Week of Science.