Presentations

More Presentations from the Spatial Data Lab Project

Student Poster Exhibition in Fisher Commons, December 3rd
December 3, 2024
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12:00PM - 2:00PM EST
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1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge MA, CGIS North Building, Fisher Commons
In Person
Students in GOV1008: Introduction to GIS taught by Dr. Connie Chen in the Government Department, will showcase their final project maps in a poster exhibition. The event will take place on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, in Fisher Commons. Posters will be on...

Spatial Analysis Methods for Humanitarian Applications
September 17, 2024
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10:00AM - 11:00AM EDT
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Virtual, via Zoom
Virtual
As part of the Fall, 2024 Humanitarian Geospatial Technologies Workshop offered by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, the CGA's Jeff Blossom and Lingbo Liu co-presented select spatial analysis methods for humanitarian and disaster-response applications...

Tackling climate change with machine learning: An opportunity for application-driven innovation - Dr. David Rolnick, McGill University - SEAS
September 9, 2024
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11:30AM - 12:30PM EDT
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Harvard SEAS Complex 150 Western Avenue Allston MA 02134, SEC 3.301/302/303
In Person
Machine learning is increasingly being called upon to help address climate change, from processing satellite imagery to modeling Earth systems. Such settings represent an important frontier for machine learning innovation, where traditional paradigms of...

Replicable GPS Data Processing Using KNIME
July 23, 2024
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9:20AM - 9:45PM EDT
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Virginia Tech
In Person
Title: Replicable GPS Data Processing Using KNIME Presentation given by Will Jones at The Symposium on Spatiotemporal Data Science. Abstract: This workflow was developed for the Out Of Eden Walk, a National Geographic project being conducted by journalist...

Identifying and Enriching GPS Signal Gaps on a Global Walk using ArcGIS Pro
Jul 17, 2024
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3:25PM EDT
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San Diego, CA
In Person
Title: Identifying and Enriching GPS Signal Gaps on a Global Walk using ArcGIS Pro Presentation given by Zach Sherman at the 2024 Esri International Users Conference Abstract: The National Geographic Society’s Out of Eden Walk follows the first human’s...

Bridging the Gap: A Case Study of Integrating Social Media Big Data with Geography
July 17, 2024
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1:00PM - 2:00PM EDT
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ESRI User Conference 2024, San Diego
In Person
Integrating social media data with geography can offer great potential for understanding the urban dynamics in real-time. However, traditional GIS systems are limited in processing large-scale datasets. The objective of this work is to develop methods to...

University Libraries as Providers of GIS Services: A Guide
July 14, 2024
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11:30AM - 12:30PM EDT
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ESRI Education Summit 2024, San Diego
In Person
Increasingly, libraries have become focal points for GIS support in higher education. To better support librarians, Esri has developed University Libraries as Providers of GIS Services: A Guide. an e-book in the form of a collection of ArcGIS StoryMaps...

Workflow-based GeoAI Analysis with No/Low-Code Visual Programming
Apr. 23 - Apr 25, 2024
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12:00AM - 12:00AM EDT
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Boston Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA
In Person
Abstract: In this training session, we will explore the utilization of low-code/no-code visual programming platforms to effectively integrate geospatial analysis with a variety of AI algorithms, including machine learning, deep learning, and Explainable...

Building a Robust Infrastructure for Geospatial Big Data Analytics
Apr 19, 2024
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12:00PM EDT
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Honolulu, HI
In Person
AAG 2024 Annual Meeting Authors: Devika Jain, Jeff Blossom and Wendy Guan, Harvard University Abstract: In the rapidly evolving field of geospatial big data science, the demand for robust infrastructures capable of handling big data while ensuring cost...

Cartographic Evolution with Out of Eden Walk
March 20, 2024
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1:00PM - 3:00PM EDT
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Virtual, for students in SSCI 589
In Person
A presentation by the CGA's Jeff Blossom for the course "SSCI 589 Cartography and Visualization", University of Southern California.

Current State of Data Services at Harvard presentation
December 7, 2023
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1:30PM - 3:00PM EST
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Harvard Kennedy School, Rubenstein Room 414
In Person
The CGA's Jeff Blossom will join the Social Sciences Council data services colleagues from around the University on Thursday, December 7th at 1:30 p.m. for the Current State of Data Services at Harvard presentation. Hear about the ongoing work, service...

3D Geospatial techniques and the trends of visualization
October 18, 2023
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10:30AM - 12:00PM EDT
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Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
In Person
Guest lecture presented by Connie Chen in the "Representation for Planners" class at the Harvard Graduate School of Design on Oct 18, 2023. View presentation slides.

Twitter Sentiment Geographical Index (TSGI)
Jun. 6 - Jun 8, 2023
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8:00AM - 5:00PM EDT
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Yale University, New Haven, CT
In Person
By: Devika Kakkar Promoting well-being is one of the key targets of the Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations. Many national and city governments worldwide are incorporating subjective well-being (SWB) indicators into their agenda to...

Twitter sentiments on the stay-at-home orders in the United States
Mar 26, 2023
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12:20PM EDT
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Denver, CO
In Person
AAG 2023 Annual Meeting Authors: Connor Yuhao Wu, Department of Geospatial Informatics, Troy University, Troy, AL, USA Xinming Xia, School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Wenting Zhang, Department of Business Analytics...
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