Hear Faculty Fellows at the Center for Geospatial Analytics give 10-minute lightning talks about their research. The second day in the 3-day series will feature: Dr. Yu-Fai Leung Dr. Aaron Hipp TBD TBD Lunch is provided. Register online.
Infrastructures of Oppression: Mapping Racism in the Built Environment This presentation features research produced in Spring 2022 in DIY Cartography, a graduate-level research seminar at NC State’s College of Design led by Professors Tania Allen and Sara Queen, which examines the history of racism in our built environment. The featured maps highlight the structural disparities of…
Hear Faculty Fellows at the Center for Geospatial Analytics give 10-minute lightning talks about their research. The last day in the 3-day series will feature: Dr. Bill Rand Dr. Jelena Vukomanovic Dr. Perver Baran TBD Lunch is provided. Register online.
GIS Week: Scaling Planetary Insights with Geospatial Data Note: Dr. Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño will present and take questions virtually, and we will have an in-person watch party with refreshments in JHA 1216. Summary: We live in incredible geospatial times with revolutionary computation and a proliferation of growing historical archives and more sensors. We never had…
Defense Presentation Title: Estimating and Modeling Structural Characteristics of Trees Within Aerial LiDAR Data Co-Advisors: Dr. Perver Baran, faculty fellow and teaching professor, Center for Geospatial Analytics; Dr. Laura Tateosian, faculty fellow and associate teaching professor, Center for Geospatial Analytics Abstract: The transparency and shape of tree crowns in urban areas play a critical role…
The MGIST Digital Symposium is an opportunity for our graduating 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 students.…
Including Family-owned Forests in the Fight Against Climate Change Summary: While the economic forecast for 2023 might be gloomy, the demand for carbon offsets continues to grow. As North America’s leading developer of forest carbon offsets, Finite Carbon is pioneering technological advancements that leverage geospatial information to automate the carbon project development process. These innovations…
Applying Geospatial Analysis to Studies of Communicable Diseases Summary: Infectious/communicable diseases have (re)emerged at local, regional, and global scales within the context of contemporary global environmental change, globalization, urbanization, and environmental problems. Geospatial analysis can play a major role in analyzing, modeling, and predicting epidemics and pandemics. In this forum presentation, Dr. Shi will use…
Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. students will share current research in a series of lightning talks:
Defense Presentation Title: Facilitating Civic Engagement in Rapidly Urbanizing Regions through Geospatial Participatory Modeling Co-Advisors: Dr. Helena Mitasova, Associate Director of Earth and Environmental Sciences Applications, Center for Geospatial Analytics; Dr. Ross Meentemeyer, Director, Center for Geospatial Analytics Abstract: Rapid urbanization and the increasing frequency of extreme precipitation events are leading to communities vulnerable to flooding and…