Monitoring Air Pollutants and Greenhouse Gases from Space Summary: Robust predictions of air pollution and climate forcing require better representations of air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions than we have at present. In this forum presentation, Dr. Zhen will show how satellite observations, an atmospheric chemical transport model, and statistical methods are applied to estimate…

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…

Exploring Open-Source Object Detection and Visualization in an Expanding Big Data Era >>> REGISTER HERE! <<< Speaker: Robert Dzur, Sr. Vice President and Systems Manager, Spatial Data, Bohannan Huston, Inc. Hosted by: Dr. Vaclav Petras, CGA Faculty Fellow and Senior Researcher Summary: In this interactive studio, participants will apply an object detection model to identify…

Modeling Just Futures Speaker: Prof. Kofi Boone, Joseph D. Moore Distinguished Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, NC State College of Design Introduction by: Tania Allen, CGA Faculty Fellow and Associate Prof. of Media Arts, Design and Technology Summary: This forum talk offers perspectives on the roles of geospatial analysis in the development of…

Envisioning Urban Futures: How Scenario-Based Modeling Can Shape Adaptive and Sustainable Pathways to Climate Resilience Speaker: Dr. Georgina Sanchez, Research Scholar and Faculty Fellow, Center for Geospatial Analytics, NC State Introduction by: Dr. Ross Meentemeyer, center director and Goodnight Distinguished Professor of Geospatial Analytics Summary: Geospatial modeling provides a means to explore and visualize growth…

Advancing Ecological Understanding through the Convergence of Machine Learning and Environmental Infrastructure: Understanding Carbon Exchanges Rates Speaker: Dr. Sparkle Malone, Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Carbon Capture, Yale University Hosted by: Dr. Mirela Tulbure, CGA Faculty Fellow and Professor of Forestry and Environmental Resources Summary: In ecological systems, nonlinearities emerge from complex interactions and feedback loops…

Events to be announced. Speaker: Dr. Emil Cherrington, Thematic Lead, Ecosystem & Carbon Management, SERVIR Science Coordination Office at NASA; Research Scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville's Earth System Science Center. Hosted by: This event is part of GIS Week at NC State, organized by the Geospatial Graduate Student Organization. Summary: Forthcoming About the speaker: Forthcoming

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…