The Department of Geography at the University of Utah is recruiting a PhD student to work on projects in the realm of Geographic Data Science with application to issues of health, mobility and environment. Qualified candidates should have at least a Master's degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. geography, computer science, statistics, public health or social science), a strong interest in statistics, data mining and machine learning, and experience with programming for...
This hands on workshop will explore GIS data formats, projections, and the ArcGIS Pro software environment. Students will practice table joins, geocoding, and much more.
CGIS South S020, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138
By: Dr. Alex Liu, Chief Data Scientist, IBM & Director, RMDS Lab
Abstract: More and more organizations are embracing data science, but the success ratios of data science projects have been low - at the 30% level for years per surveys conducted by Gartner and others. To attack this problem and help mitigating risks of other associated issues such as the high turnover ratio of data scientists, an ecosystem approach with AI...
Tufts University, School of Arts & Sciences: Science, Technology, and Society
Description
The Science, Technology, and Society (STS) program at Tufts University seeks a Part-Time Lecturer to teach one Geography/STS course in Spring 2020. The course should include an introduction to GIS and cartography, but should also teach broader principles in the field of human geography, including space and place, scale, territory, community, and the built environment. The course syllabus should feature social science readings about the role of technology in mediating people’s relationship to space and should engage with theoretical...