Data Challenges in Geospatial Measures of Parks and Ways Forward Speakers: Dr. Katie Burford and Dr. Youngjae Won, Postdoctoral Research Scholars, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, North Carolina State University Hosted by: Dr. Aaron Hipp, Professor and CGA Fellow for Social and Behavioral Science Applications, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, North…

Exploring Urban Landscape Connectivity for Pollinators Using Spatially Explicit Agent-Based Models (A Sabbatical Adventure) Speaker: Dr. Elsa Youngsteadt, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Ecology, and CGA Faculty Fellow, North Carolina State University Introduction by: TBD Summary: TBD About the speaker: Elsa Youngsteadt is an associate professor in the Department of Applied Ecology at NC State…

Urban Heterogeneity Measurements, Forecasts, and Uses Speaker: Dr. Christa Brelsford, Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory Hosted by: Dr. Mollie Gaines, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, FER Summary: How do we measure connectivity in urban environments? How much heterogeneity in urban environments is to be expected? To what extent is the built environment shaped by socioeconomic processes,…

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. students will share current research in a series of short talks. Hosted by: Rachel Kasten, CGA's Student Services Specialist Student presenters (with more to be announced): > Titilayo Tajudeen -- Assessing Coastal Forest Retreat under Current and Future Climate and Sea Level Rise Projections > Eli Horner -- Quantifying and Partitioning Uncertainty…

Global Data for Local Action: Saving the World One Data Dashboard at a Time Speaker: Dr. Ted Wong, Data Scientist and Research Associate, Urban Analytics, Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, World Resources Institute Hosted by: John Vogler, Research Scholar, CGA Summary: World Resources Institute is a large environmental NGO which (among other things) provides geospatial…

The MGIST Digital Symposium is an opportunity for our graduating professional master’s students to present their Capstone projects to the geospatial community at NC State and beyond. This includes student peers, alumni, faculty and staff from across the university, and our community and industry partners. This is a tremendous professional development and networking opportunity for our…