Workshop Presentation Program

Institute participants presented their project results on May 31, 2013. The program can be found here.

Schedule

Meeting locations are indicated in parentheses.  PSTC is the seminar room on the 2nd floor of the Population Studies and Training Center.  CIT is a computer lab (Room 265) in the Watson CIT building.

Monday, May 20th, 2013

9:30-10:30 Welcome, an introduction to the Institute, and an overview of spatial approaches to research, John Logan and Rachel Franklin, S4 (PSTC) 

10:30-10:45 Break 

10:45-12:00 Space: Questions and Tools, Rachel Franklin, S4 (PSTC) 

12:00-1:00 Lunch 

1:00-3:45 Introduction to ArcGIS, Rachel Franklin, S4 (CIT) 

4:00-5:00 Reception and presentation with Sean Dinces and Heather Lee, American Studies and S4 Fellows (PSTC) 

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 

9:30-10:30 Introduction to Cartography, Rachel Franklin, S4 (CIT) 

10:30-10:45 Break 

10:45-12:00 Cartography Tutorial, Rachel Franklin, S4 (CIT) 

12:00-1:00 Lunch 

1:00-3:50 Introduction to ArcGIS II, Bruce Boucek, Library (CIT) 

4:00-5:00 Reception and faculty presentation with TBA (PSTC) 

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 

9:30-10:45 Introduction to Geocoding, Bruce Boucek, Library (CIT) 

10:45-11:00 Break 

11:00-12:00 Primary Data Collection, Lynn Carlson, EARTHLAB (CIT) 

12:00-1:00 Lunch 

1:00-3:50 Raster Data and Map Algebra, Lynn Carlson, EARTHLAB (CIT) 

4:00-5:00 Reception and research presentation with Leah VanWey, Sociology (PSTC) 

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 

9:30-11:45 Introduction to Spatial Analysis, Rachel Franklin, S4 (CIT) 

11:45-12:45 Lunch 

12:45-3:45 Introduction to Spatial Statistics, Cici Bauer, Biostatistics (CIT)  

4:00-5:00 Reception and faculty presentation with Nate Baum-Snow, Economics (PSTC) 

Friday, May 24th, 2013 

9:15-9:45 Tour S4, Maxcy Hall 3rd Floor (Meet outside Maxcy Hall at 9:15 sharp!) 

10:00-11:45 Lab Activity: Project Development, Bruce Boucek, Library (CIT) 

12:00-1:30 Lunch and faculty research presentation with John Logan, Sociology and S4 (PSTC) 

2:00-5:00  OPTIONAL: Introduction to Spatial Analysis in R, Cici Bauer, Biostatistics (CIT) 

Monday, May 27th, 2013 

Memorial Day: Independent Work Day 

Tuesday, May 28th, 2013 

9:30-10:45 Introduction to Point Pattern Analysis, Bruce Boucek, Library (CIT) 

11:00-12:00 Question and Answer Period, Rachel Franklin, S4 (CIT) 

1:00 Project Work and Consultation with S4 Faculty & Staff 

Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 

Project Work and Consultation with S4 Faculty & Staff 

Thursday, May 30th, 2013 

Project Work 

Friday, May 31st, 2013 

9:00-4:00 S4 GIS Institute Conference (PSTC)