Workshop Presentation Program

Institute participants presented their project results on January 20, 2017. The program can be found here.

S4 Winter 2017 GIS Institute 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, January 9th, 2017

9:30–10:30      Welcome, an introduction to the Institute, and an overview of spatial approaches to research, Michael White 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 S4 Fellows, Lia Dykstra and Erica Kinias (PSTC)

Tuesday, January 10th, 2017

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 Patrick Vivier, School of Public Health (PSTC)

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

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 Matthew Turner, Economics and S4 (PSTC)

Thursday, January 12th, 2017

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, Tom Marlow, Sociology (CIT)

4:00–5:00        Reception and research presentation with S4 Post-Doctoral Associates, Nate Frey, Chris Graziul, and Matt Martinez (PSTC)

Friday, January 13th, 2017

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

12:00–1:30      Lunch and guest research presentation with Michael White, Sociology and S4 (PSTC)

2:00–5:00        OPTIONAL: Python programming in ArcGIS: speed up your spatial analysis, Yi Qi, S4 (CIT)

Monday, January 16th, 2017  

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Independent Project Work Day

Tuesday, January 17th, 2017

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, January 18th, 2017

Project Work and Consultation with S4 Faculty & Staff

Thursday, January 19th, 2017

Project Work

Friday, January 20th, 2017

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