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Digital Timescapes in Urban Public Space: How Social Media Folds Pasts into Presents
September 10, 2026
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2:30PM - 4:00PM EDT
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CGIS Knafel building, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
In Person
Presentation by Dr. Tabea Bork-Hüffer Abstract: Digital representations of space, place, and the bodies entangled within them increasingly permeate everyday public life in the digitally mediated city. Yet their roles in the in situ experience of the socio...

Introduction to GIS
September 11, 2026
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1:00PM - 3:00PM EDT
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1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA. CGIS Knafel Building. Room SB-12 in the sub-basement.
In Person
Click here to view a Video Recording of the lectures for this workshop from January, 2026. Download Workshop Materials This two hour workshop introduces what Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are and what they are useful for. Specifically, this...

Getting Started with AI for Spatial Data
Sep. 18 - Nov 20, 2026
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1:00PM - 4:00PM EDT
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1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA. CGIS Knafel Building. Room SB-12 in the sub-basement.
In Person
Instructors: Zifu Wang and Devika Jain Description: This 3 hour interactive workshop introduces participants to the practical use of Large Language Models (LLMs) for text classification tasks using real-world geotagged Twitter data. Participants will...

Geocoding with ArcGIS
October 16, 2026
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1:00PM - 3:00PM EDT
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1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA. CGIS Knafel Building. Room SB-12 in the sub-basement.
In Person
Download Workshop Materials This two hour workshop introduces the concept of geocoding and how different geocoded datasets can be used. Students will geocode single addresses and cities using Bing Maps, Google Maps, and ArcGIS Online. Batches of multiple...

Getting Started with Spatial Analysis in R
October 30, 2026
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1:00PM - 3:00PM EDT
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1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA. CGIS Knafel Building. Room SB-12 in the sub-basement.
In Person
This two hour workshop will introduce the concept of spatial analysis and what it can be used for. Students will use the R progaming language to perform proximity, overlay, and geostatistical operations on a variety of data. Students will learn how to...

Getting Started Making Maps with QGIS and ArcGIS
November 6, 2026
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1:00PM - 4:00PM EST
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1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA. CGIS Knafel Building. Room SB-12 in the sub-basement.
In Person
Download Workshop Materials This three hour workshop will focus on how to make maps using the two primary desktop GIS software programs QGIS and ArcGIS Pro. Using geographic data students will 1) Create both general reference maps and thematic maps that...

Using Python for Geospatial Analysis and Visualization
November 20, 2026
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1:00PM - 4:00PM EST
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CGIS Knafel building, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
In Person
Lead Instructors: Zifu Wang and Devika Jain Objective: This workshop focuses on how to analyze and visualize health-related geospatial datasets using Python and Google Colab. The workshop introduces practical tools and techniques for working with...

GIS Institute Winter 2027
Jan. 11 - Jan 22, 2027
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9:30AM - 5:00PM EST
In Person
The GIS Institute is a two-week training course in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and its application to research. The program is designed for Harvard graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, faculty, and staff, as well as external researchers who...