GIScience student awards were announced today for students who presented at this years Canadian Association of Geographers conference at Brock University. The Chair of the GIScience Study Group Tarmo Remmel sent out the email below to the GIScience, CAG, and CAGList email lists. For oral presentations, second prize was given to one of our lab members Bogdan Caradima and honourable mention was given to Andrei Balulescu! Both Bogdan and Andrei are conducting research on retail location and are funded by Mitacs internships and teaching assistant positions and doing a fantastic job. Congratulations Andrei and Bogdan!
Hello! I am thrilled to announce the winners of the student competitions for best oral presentation and best poster at this year’s CAG held at Brock University last week. There were many excellent contenders, making the judging difficult, but we thank the numerous judges and all of the presenters; we could not do this without you. This year’s competition was organized by the GIScience Study Group who together with Esri Canada, and Exelis Visual Information Solutions have offered up several excellent prizes for our winners. We congratulate all of the winners; we will be contacting you individually to arrange prize delivery. Sincerely, Tarmo Remmel Chair, GIScience Study Group https://www.yorku.ca/gis_sig/awards#CAG2014 ORAL PRESENTATIONS First Place Yuestas David, York University Quantifying runoff at the sub-watershed level with a physically based model: field measurements and the SWAT hydrological model ESRI: iShuffle & books GIScience Study Group: $175
Second Place – Bogdan Caradima, University of Waterloo
Criteria development for a suitability analysis of retail development across Ontario, Canada
GIScience Study Group: $75
Honourable Mention – Andrei Balulescu, University of Waterloo
Estimating market potential using census data
Exelis Visual Information Systems: 1-year license for ENVI + IDL
Honourable Mention Nick Savelli, Brock University A comparative analysis using change detection to monitor urban growth and its influences on public transportation in St. Catharines and Thorold, Ontario (2000-2013) Exelis Visual Information Systems: 1-year license for ENVI + IDL POSTER PRESENTATIONS First Place Patrick Kirby, Carleton University Biodiversity model uncertainty analysis considering spatial and thematic uncertainty ESRI: iShuffle & books GIScience Study Group: $175 Second Place Donovan Bangs, University of Waterloo Exploring field-bounded, remote sensing and agriculture: spatial discretization of Ontario farmland GIScience Study Group: $75 Honourable Mention Scott Gardner, University of Guelph There once were applies on the shore: land management history on a shorefront Norfolk County farm in relation to soil erosion and runoff Exelis Visual Information Systems: 1-year license for ENVI + IDL
