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 Exchange 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…

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…

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: This forum presentation explores the socioeconomic…

Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. students will share current research in a series of short talks. Speakers: > Christina Perella – Climate as Push and Pull: Forecasting Movement of US Populations (co-advised by Dr. Adam Terando and Dr. Jelena Vukomanovic) Abstract: Human choices and preferences shape and impact landscapes. Historically, migration has been driven in large part by push…

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 CGA Fellow for Social and Behavioral Science Applications, Center for Geospatial…

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…