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Japan Disasters Archive

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JapanMap Japan Disasters Archive In response to the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami (Mar 11th 2011), CGA established a rapid response data portal. With funding from the Reischauer Institute for Japanese Studies, the data layers were uploaded to an online...

The growing role of web‐based geospatial technology in disaster response and support

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Spatial Analysis, Hazard Mapping, & Public Health

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Guest Lecture by Connie Chen kanglinchen@fas.harvard.edu for ID 290: Emergency Response, Disasters, and Public Health

Haiti Earthquake Data Portal

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CGA created a Haiti Earthquake Data Portal in support of geospatial information exchange for relief and reconstruction efforts after Haiti's 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 12, 2010. The effort was described in the Harvard Magazine [1.19.2010], Boston...

Spatial Analysis Methods for Humanitarian Applications

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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...

Remote Sensing for Humanitarian Programs Workshop

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Remote Sensing Workshop The Remote Sensing Workshop for Humanitarian Response is a five-day training conducted by the Signal Program on Human Security and Technology at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. The goal of the course is to equip participants...

Dorian Arifi

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Dorian Arifi is a PhD student at the University of Salzburg, holding an MSc in Data Science with a focus on Deep Learning and Database Management. He also earned a BSc in Economics from Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, specializing in statistical...

ODT FLOW: Extracting, analyzing, and sharing multi-source multi-scale human mobility

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In response to the soaring needs of human mobility data, especially during disaster events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and the associated big data challenges, we develop a scalable online platform for extracting, analyzing, and sharing multi-source...

Toward Next-Generation Spatial Decision Support: Leveraging GeoAI and Cyberinfrastructure for Coastal Resilience

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Presentation by Zhe (Sarina) Zhang, Ph.D Date: Friday, November 21, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Location: CGIS Knafel building, Room K354 (1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA) Abstract: Coastal communities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters and...

Guest Lecture - Disaster Risk: From Local to Global and Back Again - by Paul Venton. Instructor. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (related course: ID 290: Emergency Response, Disasters, and Public Health)

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Please check with preceptor Connie Chen if you would like to attend.

Twitter sentiments on the stay-at-home orders in the United States

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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...

Spatial AI and Data Science

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The Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA) has extensive experience applying data science and AI methods to spatial problems, including work in geospatial modeling, neural network–based map analysis, spatial accessibility, remote sensing, and large-scale...