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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:
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:
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
Thursday, March 12, 2020 — 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
How do you choose a quality journal? What are predatory journals? How do I avoid publishing in a predatory journal? If you are curious about answers to these questions, this workshop is for you.
By the end of this workshop, you will: