Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4)

Summer 2014 Institute

S4 Summer 2014 GIS Institute

Summer 2014 Group Photo

Workshop Presentation Program

Institute participants presented their project results on June 13, 2014.

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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. This year the project presentation day on June 13 will be held in the Petteruti Lounge at the Student Center.

Monday, June 2nd, 2014

  • 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 Nathaniel Baum-Snow, Economics and S4 (PSTC

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014

  • 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 Cici Bauer, Biostatistics and S4 (PSTC

Wednesday, June 4th, 2014

  • 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 Desislava Byanova, S4 Fellow (PSTC

Thursday, June 5th, 2014

  • 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, Tim Squires, Economics (CIT)  
  • 4:00-5:00 Reception and faculty presentation with John Logan, Sociology and S4 Director (PSTC

Friday, June 6th, 2014

  • 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 TBD (PSTC
  • 2:00-5:00 OPTIONAL: Introduction to Spatial Analysis in R, Cici Bauer, Biostatistics and S4 (CIT)

Monday, June 9th, 2014

  • 9:30-10:45 Introduction to Point Pattern Analysis, Rachel Franklin, S4 (CIT
  • 11:00-12:00 Question and Answer Period, Rachel Franklin, S4 (CIT
  • 1:00 Project Work and Consultation with S4 Faculty & Staff 

Tuesday, June 10th, 2014

  • Project Work and Consultation with S4 Faculty & Staff 

Wednesday, June 11th, 2014

  • Project Work and Consultation with S4 Faculty & Staff 

Thursday, June 12th, 2014

  • Project Work 

Friday, June 13th, 2014

  • 9:00-4:00 S4 GIS Institute Conference (Petteruti Lounge, Room 201, Student Center)