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Cornell Geospatial Forum
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Martha Van Rennselaer Hall G71

Spatial analyses and place-based studies are more important than ever in the world today, and the digital technologies that support such work are becoming much more commonplace and in high demand. At Cornell we are at a turning point, as we face increasing demands and opportunities for support of geospatial research, teaching, and extension, while at the same time lacking a clear vision for how such demands will be met, especially as several key players from within our geospatial community transition out through retirement.

Help pave the way forward by joining us at our inaugural Cornell Geospatial Forum.  At this one-day event, we will highlight some of the many innovative and cross-disciplinary applications of GIS at Cornell, share ideas and research, learn about existing and emerging campus-wide resources, and lay the groundwork for the future of GIS at Cornell.  We hope you will join us for this important conversation, at the first of what we hope will become an annual event.

For more detailed background on this effort, please see our briefing paper, Sustaining Geospatial Science and Technology at Cornell University.

And whether or not you were able to attend, we also invite you to respond to our Working Group Discussion Questions , which will form the basis for communicating the outcomes of this event to the Cornell Community.

Schedule

8:30amRegistration - Coffee
9:00am

Opening Remarks (watch video)
Max Pfeffer

9:10am

Opening Keynote

  • Geospatial Science and Technology at Cornell: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
    Steve DeGloria
9:40am

Cornell NutriPhone Demo and Keynote

  • Smartphone-based Technologies for Mobile and Global Health
    David Erickson
10:20amCoffee break
10:40am

Panel 1: Applications of ArcGIS Online at Cornell
Steve Smith, Frank Popowitch, Joe Francis

11:30am

Panel 2: Potential Models for a Geospatial Consulting Unit
Francoise Vermeylen (Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit)
Wendy Kozlowski (Research Data Management Services Group)

12:00pm

Lunch

12:30pm

Models for GIS in Higher Education
Diana Sinton

1:10pmBreak
1:20pm

Lightning Talks (5-minutes or less)

  • Religious Minorities and Resistance to Genocide: the collective rescue of Jews in the Netherlands / Robert Braun
  • The IRIS Repository: saving Geospatial history for the future / Diane Ayers
  • Geospatial Data and Application to Plant Breeding / Duke Pauli
  • Thousands of closely packed, geo-located plants / James W. Clohessy
  • GIS and Programming in Site Selection of Urban Parks / Xiaoling Li
  • From FOIL to Torque: Mapping Property Sales in Central Brooklyn / Emily Goldman
  • Community Vitality and "Nearby" Institutions / John W. Sipple
  • Measuring Efficiency in Village Public Good Provision in Rural Senegal / Martha Wilfahrt
  • Finding Patterns in the Shifting Landscape of Indian Agriculture / Hilary Byerly
  • Building Spatial Data Collection and Research Capacity for Sustainable Development / Stephan Schmidt
  • Geo Outside the ArcGIS Box / Zev Ross
  • GIS Resources at Cornell / Keith Jenkins
  • A predictive model for the archaeological excavation of shipwrecks / Bonnie Etter
  • Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Produce to Develop Science-Based Recommendations for Disease Prevention / Daniel Weller
  • Ocean Satellite Remote Sensing at Cornell / Bruce Monger
  • Mapping Land Uses to Address Megacity Woes in Rio de Janeiro / Patrick Braga
  • Assessing culvert capacity in Hudson River subwatersheds / Rebecca Marjerison
  • Remote monitoring of field crops using unmanned aerial vehicles / Mike Stanyard
2:40pmCoffee Break
3:00pmBreak-out Working Group Discussions
4:30pm

Discussion summary and closing remarks

5:00pmReception - Wine and Cheese

Who should attend?

Anyone who...

  • uses GIS software such as ArcGIS, Manifold, or QGIS
  • does spatial analysis using other statistical or programming tools (R, SPSS, Python, etc.)
  • thinks about spatial aspects of their research
  • makes maps or needs someone else to make maps
  • is interested in learning more about GIS at Cornell

Who is organizing this effort?

  • Steve DeGloria (Professor, Crop and Soil Sciences; Director, Institute for Resource Information Sciences)
  • Julia Finkelstein (Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition; Fellow, Center for Geographic Analysis at Harvard University)
  • Joe Francis (Associate Professor, Development Sociology; Director, Program in Applied Demography)
  • Keith Jenkins (GIS/Geospatial Applications Librarian, Mann Library)
  • Boris Michev (Map and Geospatial Information Librarian, Olin Library)
  • Diana Sinton (Associate Adjunct Professor, Crop and Soil Sciences)
  • Sarah Young (Health Science and Policy Librarian, Mann Library)

Who is funding this event?

The Cornell Geospatial Forum is supported by a grant from the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future.

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