From Software Distribution to Species Distribution: an Engineer’s Journey into Marine Spatial Ecology Speaker: Mr. Jason Roberts, Research Associate, Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University Hosted by: Dr. DelWayne Bohnenstiehl, Professor in the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and CGA Faculty Fellow Summary: Species distribution models increasingly drive regulatory and policy decisions for…

Spatiotemporal Impacts of Urban Rail Systems on Residential and Commercial Areas Speaker: Dr. Eleni Bardaka, Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (CCEE), and CGA Faculty Fellow Introduction by: Dr. Ashly Cabas, Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (CCEE), and CGA Faculty Fellow Summary: Forthcoming. About the speaker: Forthcoming.

Monitoring Dryland Ecosystem Function with Multi-Source and Multi-Scale Remote Sensing Speaker: Dr. Matt Dannenberg, Assistant Professor, Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa Hosted by: Dr. Chris Jones, Senior Research Staff and Faculty Fellow, Center for Geospatial Analytics, NC State Summary: Forthcoming. About the speaker: Forthcoming.

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. students will share current research in a series of short talks: > Randi Butler - Title forthcoming (advised by Natalie Nelson) Abstract: Forthcoming. > Rebecca Composto - Title forthcoming (advised by Mirela Tulbure) Abstract: Forthcoming. > Christina Perella - Title forthcoming (co-advised by Adam Terando and Jelena Vukomanovic) Abstract: Forthcoming. > Owen Smith - Title…

Liberatory Innovation: Critical GIS as a Tool for Civic Imagination Speaker: Nick Okafor, Founder and Executive Director @ trubel&co, and doctoral student at Stanford University  Hosted by: Dr. Aaron Hipp, Professor of Community Health and Sustainability, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, and Associate Director of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Geospatial Analytics Summary:…

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…