Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4)

Winter 2015 Institute

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Winter 2015 Institute

S4 Winter 2015 GIS Institute

Winter 2015 Group PhotoWorkshop Presentation Program

Institute participants presented their project results on January 16, 2015. The program can be found here.

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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.

Monday, January 5th, 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 S4 Fellow, Sam Caldis, History (PSTC) 

Tuesday, January 6th, 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 John Logan, S4 Director and Sociology (PSTC)

Wednesday, January 7th, 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 research presentation with Peter Richards, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Environmental Change Initiative (PSTC)

Thursday, January 8th, 2015

  • 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 James Osborne, Joukowsky Institute (PSTC)

Friday, January 9th, 2015

  • 9:15–9:45        Tour S4, Maxcy Hall 3rd Floor (Meet outside Maxcy Hall at 9:15 sharp!)
  • 10:00–11:45    Spatial Analysis/Statistics Redux, Rachel Franklin, S4 (CIT)
  • 12:00–1:30      Lunch and guest research presentation with Matthew Turner, Economics (PSTC) 
  • 2:00–5:00        OPTIONAL: Introduction to Spatial Analysis in R, Yi Qi, S4 (CIT)

Monday, January 12th, 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

Tuesday, January 13th, 2015

  • Project Work and Consultation with S4 Faculty & Staff

Wednesday, January 14th, 2015 

  • Project Work and Consultation with S4 Faculty & Staff

Thursday, January 15th, 2015

  • Project Work

Friday, January 16th, 2015

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