General Publications Meetings Awards Student Chapters Invitation International Association for Mathematical Geosciences V. Pawlowsky-Glahn IAMG President — 2008–2012 president@iamg.org A short introduction to the history and the present of IAMG May 2010
General Publications Meetings Awards Student Chapters Invitation Acknowledgements Agterberg, Frits - Past President IAMG, Geological Survey of Canada Bonham-Carter, Graeme - Archivist IAMG, Geological Survey of Canada Burger, Heinz - Freie Universit¨ at Berlin Egozcue, Juan Jos´ e - Universidad Polit´ ecnica de Catalu˜ na Merriam, Dan - Historian IAMG, Kansas Geological Survey Olea, Ricardo A. - United States Geological Survey Ross, Jorgina - Treasurer IAMG; University of Kansas Tetzlaff, Daniel - Secretary General IAMG; Schlumberger Editors of IAMG publications.
General Publications Meetings Awards Student Chapters Invitation International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (www.iamg.org) Associated member of International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) International Statistical Institute (ISI) MISSION To promote, worldwide, the advancement of mathematics, statistics and informatics in the geosciences.
General Publications Meetings Awards Student Chapters Invitation Founded in Prague in 1968 (www.iamg.org) Picture taken from the Hotel Europe, Prague, 21/08/1968, by ‘Bert’ Rowell. Reproduced in: Nemec, V, 1993, Introduction to: Computers in Geology–25 Years of Progress, J. C. Davis and U. C. Hertzfeld, eds., Oxford University Press, New York.
General Publications Meetings Awards Student Chapters Invitation International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (www.iamg.org) Until 2008, International Association for Mathematical Geology 617 members in 56 countries Activities: Publications Africa (10) Congresses North America (261) Central and South America (21) Awards Oriental Asia (67) Australia+New Zeland (27) Special lectures Europe (162) Student chapters FSU (14) Middle Orient (28) Research grants not available (27) and travel support for students Other initiatives: partner of the International Year of Planet Earth and of the Planet Earth Institut (PEI)
General Publications Meetings Awards Student Chapters Invitation Publications Scientific journals: Mathematical Geosciences Computers & Geosciences Natural Resources Research IAMG Monographs: Studies in Mathematical Geosciences (SMG) Other: Newsletter Studies for Students Conference Proceedings Newsletter editor: Harald S. Poelchau
General Publications Meetings Awards Student Chapters Invitation Mathematical Geosciences (Editor: Roussos Dimitrakopoulos) Flagship journal of IAMG. Founded 1968 as “Mathematical Geology”; first issue published 1969. Publishes quantitative methods about geology, natural resources and the environment. Essential reference for those who develop and apply quantitative methods in the earth sciences and in problems of geoengineering. Index of rejections: 52%; impact factor (2008): 0.883; impact factor (5 years): 1.123; 8 issues a year.
General Publications Meetings Awards Student Chapters Invitation Principal subjects in Mathematical Geosciences (period analysed 2000-2009) Subject Observations Frequency Geostatistics 140 Spatial statistics Markov processes, etc. 67 Deterministic models Fluid dynamics; geophysical models 46 Classical statistics Multivariate; tests of hypothesis 45 Compositional data 31 Fractals 30 Stochastic models Deterministic and random combined 23 Artificial intelligence Neural networks; genetic algorithms 22 Time series 16 Mathematical morphology Pattern recognition 14 3D Modelling 7 Directional data 6 Historical 5 Image analysis Filtering, classification 4 Mathematical models 3
General Publications Meetings Awards Student Chapters Invitation Computers & Geosciences (Editor: Eric C. Grunsky) Founded in 1975. Publishes computational methods: spatial analysis, geomathematics, modelling, simulation, statistical methods and artificial intelligence, e-geosciences, geoinformatics, geomatics, geocomputation, image analysis, remote sensing, and GIS.
General Publications Meetings Awards Student Chapters Invitation Computers & Geosciences (Editor: Eric C. Grunsky) The term geosciences is used in a broad sense, referring to the earth sciences: geology, geophysics, geochemistry, oceanography, environmental sciences, atmospheric and planetary sciences, hydrology, physical geography ... . Index of rejections: 65%; impact factor (2008): 1.188; impact factor (5 years): 1.442; 12 issues a year.
General Publications Meetings Awards Student Chapters Invitation Principal subjects in Computers & Geosciences (period analysed 2000-2009) Subject Frequency Geographic Information Systems, GIS 218 Applied geophysics 190 Data structures 190 3D GIS/3D Modelling 140 Artificial intelligence 117 Geostatistics 112 Modelling, simulation 99 Remote sensing 88 E-geoscience, WWW 87 Environmental geology 80 Geoinformatics 67 Geochemistry, general 65 Engineering geology 62 Hydrogeology 45 Compositional data 39 Statistics 33 Mathematical geology 24 Nonlinear dynamics, incl. fractals, multifractals 16 Time series analysis 10
General Publications Meetings Awards Student Chapters Invitation Natural Resources Research (Editor: Keith Long) Founded in 1992; first issue published 1992 under the name Non-Renewable Resources. ISI certification pending. Publishes quantitative studies about natural resources, including environmental, economic and risk aspects. Typical examples: Validation of sampling techniques. Comparison of exploration strategies. Mining development strategies, use and remediation. Important factors for economical and/or technical success. Stochastic and deterministic models.
General Publications Meetings Awards Student Chapters Invitation Studies in Mathematical Geosciences (Editor: JoAnne DeGraffenreid) Richard B. McCammon – Founding Editor This series of studies in mathematical geology provides contributions from the geomathematical community on topics of special interest in the Earth sciences. As far as possible, each volume in the series will be self-contained and will deal with a specific technique of analysis. For the most part, the results of research will be emphasized. An important part of these studies will be an evaluation of the adequacy and the appropriateness of present geomathematical and geostatistical applications. It is hoped the volumes in this series will become valuable working and research tools in all facets of geology. Each volume will be issued under the auspices of the International Association for Mathematical Geology. Published by Oxford University Press.
General Publications Meetings Awards Student Chapters Invitation Studies in Mathematical Geosciences (Editor: JoAnne DeGraffenreid) Use and Abuse of Statistical Methods in the Earth Sciences, Size (Ed.) 1987 1 2 Oil and Gas Forecasting: Reflections of a Petroleum Geologist, Drew, 1990 Geostatistical Glossary and Multilingual Dictionary, Olea (Ed.) 1991 3 Techniques for Determining Probabilities of Geologic Events and Processes: A 4 Review, Hunter & Mann (Eds.) 1992 Computers in Geology: 25 Years of Progress, Davis & Herzfeld (Eds.) 1993 5 Modern Spatiotemporal Geostatistics, Christakos, 2000 - 3rd printing 6 7 Geostatistical Analysis of Compositional Data, Pawlowsky-Glahn & Olea, 2004 Statistical Methods for Estimating Petroleum Resources, Lee, 2007 8
General Publications Meetings Awards Student Chapters Invitation IAMG meetings, IGC and ISI sessions IAMG organizes each year its own conference, except for years of IGC IAMG 2010 - E¨ otv¨ os Lor´ and University; Budapest, Hungary; 1 August 29 – September 2, 2010; http://www.iamg2010-budapest.hu/ IAMG 2011 - Salzburg, Austria; September 5–9, 2011 2 IAMG organizes special sessions at the meetings of the IGC and invited paper meetings at the congresses of the ISI. ISI: 2011 - 21-26 August, Dublin, Ireland 1 IGC: 2012 - 2-10 August, Brisbane, Australia 2
General Publications Meetings Awards Student Chapters Invitation Other meetings and courses IAMG organizes and/or supports other related meetings and courses: CoDaCourse (Course on compositional data analysis), Barcelona, Spain, 5–9 July 2010 International School of Fluid Geochemistry, 21–24 September 2010, Abbadia San Salvatore, Siena, Italy CoDaWork (Compositional Data Workshop), Girona, Spain, 10–13 May 2011 Quantitative image analysis of minerals and rocks, 28–29 August 2010, E¨ otv¨ os Lor´ and University, Budapest, Hungary
General Publications Meetings Awards Student Chapters Invitation Awards (even years) William Christian Krumbein Medal Highest award given by the Association. It is awarded to senior scientists for career achievement, which includes distinction in application of mathematics or informatics in the earth sciences, service to the IAMG, and support to professions involved in the earth sciences. There is no stipulated preference for fields of application within the earth sciences. John Cedric Griffiths Teaching Award Presented to honor outstanding teaching, especially for teaching that involves application of mathematics or informatics to the Earth’s nonrenewable natural resources or to sedimentary geology.
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