{"id":99,"date":"2020-01-19T09:08:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T14:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloud.csiss.gmu.edu\/center\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2022-11-10T15:22:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T20:22:38","slug":"about-the-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cloud.csiss.gmu.edu\/center\/about-the-center\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cloud.csiss.gmu.edu\/center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/frontpage_gmu_csiss.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"472\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS) is an interdisciplinary research center chartered by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/provost.gmu.edu\/index.php\">the provost<\/a>&nbsp;and affiliated with&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/cos.gmu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">the College of Science<\/a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gmu.edu\/\">George Mason University<\/a>, Fairfax VA, 22030, U.S.A.<br>CSISS currently operates&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/laits.gmu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards (LAITS)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CSISS is a member of the National Committee on Information Technology Standards Technical Committee L1 and a member of Open GIS Consortium (OGC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CSISS Misson:<\/strong><br>* To conduct world-class research in spatial information science and system.<br>* To provide state-of-art research training to post-doctoral fellows, Ph.D. and Master students in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CSISS Research Focus:<\/strong><br>* Theory and methodology of spatial information science;<br>* Standards and Interoperability of spatial data, information, knowledge, and systems;<br>* 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;<br>* Exploration of new information technologies that have potential applications in Spatial Information Science (SIS);<br>* The applications of SIS in the social sectors having either national interests or major commercial values, such as renewable energy, location-based mobile services, intelligent transportation, and homeland security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact Information<\/strong><br>Please contact Prof. Liping Di, Director of CSISS: <br>* E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:ldi@gmu.edu\">ldi@gmu.edu<\/a><br>* Phone: 703-993-6114    <br>* Fax: 703-993-6127    <br>* Conference room: 703-993-6128 <br>* Mailing Address: 4400 University Drive, MSN 6E1, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030  <br>* Physical Address: 4087 University Drive Suite 3100, Fairfax, VA 22030<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS) is an interdisciplinary research center chartered by&nbsp;the provost&nbsp;and affiliated with&nbsp;the College of Science&nbsp;at&nbsp;George Mason University, Fairfax VA, 22030, U.S.A.CSISS currently operates&nbsp;Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloud.csiss.gmu.edu\/center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloud.csiss.gmu.edu\/center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloud.csiss.gmu.edu\/center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloud.csiss.gmu.edu\/center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloud.csiss.gmu.edu\/center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cloud.csiss.gmu.edu\/center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":575,"href":"https:\/\/cloud.csiss.gmu.edu\/center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions\/575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloud.csiss.gmu.edu\/center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}