Workshop Presentation Program

Institute participants presented their project results on May 29, 2015. 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 18th, 2015 

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 Mario Carillo, S4 Fellow and Economics (PSTC) 

Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 

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 Andrew Foster, Economics and PSTC (PSTC) 

Wednesday, May 20th, 2015 

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 faculty presentation with Leah VanWey, Sociology and the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (PSTC) 

Thursday, May 21st, 2015 

9:30–12:00 Introduction to Spatial Analysis, Rachel Franklin, S4 (CIT) 

12:00–1:00 Lunch 

1:00–3:45 Introduction to Spatial Statistics, David Glancy and Michelle Marcus, Economics (CIT) 

4:00–5:00 Reception and research presentation with Patrick Vivier, School of Public Health (PSTC) 

Friday, May 22nd, 2015 

9:30–11:45 Spatial Analysis/Statistics Redux, Rachel Franklin, S4 (CIT) 

12:00–1:30 Lunch and guest research presentation with John Logan, Sociology and S4 Director (PSTC) 

2:00–5:00 OPTIONAL: Introduction to Geoprocessing Scripts Using Python, Yi Qi, S4 (Location TBA) 

Monday, May 25th, 2015 

Memorial Day: Independent Project Work 

Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 

9:30–11:30 Introduction to Network Analysis, Rachel Franklin, S4 (CIT) 

11:30–12:00 Question and Answer Period, Rachel Franklin, S4 (CIT) 

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

Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 

Project Work and Consultation with S4 Faculty & Staff 

Thursday, May 28th, 2015 

Project Work 

Friday, May 29th, 2015 

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