Events

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…

Tradeoff Analyses Using Spatially Informed Natural Resource Economic Modeling Summary: Forthcoming. About the speaker: Dr. Justin Baker is an associate professor in NC State's Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources. Justin uses geospatial analytics and structural economic models to capture spatial and temporal dependencies between markets, natural resource systems, infrastructure and policy constraints. He develops…

Seward’s Folly: Insights from a 20-Year Career in the Geospatial Industry Summary: Are you considering a career in geospatial? Perhaps you’re a few semesters in wondering what types of jobs are available after you graduate. The geospatial landscape has changed greatly over the last 20 years, from a niche industry that few knew about, to…

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. students will share current research in a series of lightning talks: > Jenna Abrahamson & Owen Smith: Modeling and Understanding using Temporal Analysis of Transient Earth Data (MUTATED) (advised by Josh Gray) Abstract: Monitoring land cover change is crucial for timely detection of deforestation and other anthropogenic activities relevant to climate change…