Thursday, February 27, 2020 — 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST
In this workshop, we will explore agent based modeling using spatial data as an environment.
An agent-based model (ABM) is a class of computational models for simulating the actions and interactions of autonomous agents (both individual or collective entities such as organizations or groups) with a view to assessing their effects on the system as a whole. - Wikipedia
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 — 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST
You may have heard of GIS, but what exactly is it, and more importantly, how can you use it in your own research and academic work?
This introductory workshop presents the basic concepts of GIS and will teach you the skills you need to find geospatial data, map it, and discover new dimensions of information.
By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:
Monday, February 24, 2020 — 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST
Ever wanted to try Open Source GIS but didn’t know where to start?
This workshop builds on “Getting Started with ArcGIS” (a recommended prerequisite for those with no previous GIS experience but isn’t absolutely necessary.) It will go through the ins and outs of QGIS and also cover other alternative Open Source GIS platforms.
This workshop introduces users to a different environment to create maps with GIS.
By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:
Monday, February 24, 2020 (all day) to Thursday, February 27, 2020 (all day)
This Fair Dealing Week, support #faircopyright by taking advantage of Creative Commons-licensed material. Creators of the images below have licensed their work CC-0, putting them in the public domain. This means that you can share, use and remix these images … into the perfect meme!
The Creative Commons motto is "When we share, everyone wins." Share your (g-rated) meme with us and win!
Monday, February 10, 2020 — 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM EST
Theses and other long documents (e.g., books, manuals, reports) can present challenges that shorter documents don't. It is more difficult to maintain a standard "look and feel" throughout a long document like a thesis. This course will demonstrate features in Word that will make formatting your thesis easier and less time consuming, such as: styles, numbering headings, page numbering, captioning tables and figures, footnotes, cross references, table of contents, and lists of tables and figures.
