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GIS Certificate Virtual Orientation Coffee Hour
Spring 2021 new students, join us on Zoom for a live Q&A session.
Geospatial Forum with Dr. Andrew Fox
NC, United StatesWater is the lifeblood of communities across Eastern North Carolina, many owing their locations and existence to the abundant natural resources provided by rivers, tributaries, floodplains and coastlines. These natural features, including their propensity to flood, have made lasting physical and cultural impressions that continue to shape and influence both town and region. Recent catastrophic…
Race and Place Seminar: Bethany Cutts
Online NCBethany Cutts Faculty Fellow, Center for Geospatial Analytics; Associate Professor, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management Presentation Title Just technological enough: planning for transformative disaster resilience through community-university research and action partnerships Watch a closed-captioned video of the presentation on YouTube. Summary Together with teams comprised of community partners, students, and myriad interdisciplinary collaborators,…
Doctoral Student Geospatial Forum
NC, United States3:30pm – Megan Coffer – Eyes in the Sky Lend Support for Seagrass Monitoring in Coastal Environments 3:40pm – Xiaojie Gao – Quantifying Long-term 30-m Land Surface Phenology with Uncertainty by a Bayesian Hierarchical Model 3:50pm – Nikki Inglis – Future Declines in Quaking Aspen Disproportionately Affect Rocky Mountain Viewscapes along Scenic Byways 4:00pm –…
Race and Place Seminar: Mickey Fearn
Online NCMickey Fearn Professor of the Practice (2013–2020), College of Natural Resources Deputy Director for Communications and Community Assistance (2008–2013), National Park Service Presentation Title The importance of your eco-system Watch a closed-captioned video of the presentation on YouTube. Bio Mickey Fearn has been a public servant and parks, recreation and conservation professional for over 50…
Geospatial Forum with Dr. Pankaj Agarwal
NC, United StatesAn important problem in terrain analysis is modeling how water flows across a terrain and creates floods by filling up depressions. In this Forum, we will discuss a number of flood-risk related problems: Given a terrain T, represented as a triangulated xy-monotone surface with n vertices, a rain distribution R and a volume of rain…
Geospatial Analytics Dissertation Defense: Megan Coffer
Online NCDissertation Title: Eyes in the sky lend support for water quality monitoring across inland and coastal environments Advisor: Dr. Helena Mitasova, Associate Director of Geovisualization, Center for Geospatial Analytics; Professor, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Abstract: Satellite remote sensing can complement field observations by offering improved spatial and temporal resolutions, collecting imagery more…
Race and Place Seminar: Jennifer Richmond-Bryant
Online NCJennifer Richmond-Bryant Faculty Fellow, Center for Geospatial Analytics; Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources Presentation Title Disparities in air pollution burdens by race and income across the US Watch a closed-captioned video of the presentation on YouTube. Bio Jennifer Richmond-Bryant, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of the Practice in North…
Geospatial Forum with Geri Miller
NC, United StatesWe have experienced a massive digital transformation and these new trends are powerful - cloud and analytics driven. The shift to cloud technology is changing our workforce needs, and geospatial education is changing as well. What are some of these changes, and what do they mean for skills of today’s graduates? What skills do we…