Workshop Presentation Program

Institute participants presented their project results on June 13, 2025.

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Schedule

All sessions were held in the seminar room on the 2nd floor of the Population Studies and Training Center (Mencoff Hall 205). All times indicated are in Eastern Time (ET).

Monday,  June 2nd,  2025

• 9:30–10:15am Welcome, an introduction to the Institute, and an overview of spatial approaches to research, Kevin Mwenda
• 10:15–10:30am Break
• 10:30am–12:00pm Space: Questions and Tools, Kevin Mwenda
• 12:00–1:00pm Lunch Break
• 1:00–3:45pm Introduction to ArcGIS I, Frank Donnelly
• 3:45–4:00pm Break
• 4:00–5:00pm Project Work Time 

Tuesday, June 3th, 2025

• 9:30–10:30am Introduction to Cartography, Frank Donnelly
• 10:30–10:45am Break
• 10:45am–12:00pm Cartography Tutorial, Frank Donnelly
• 12:00–1:00pm Lunch Break
• 1:00–3:45pm Introduction to ArcGIS II, Frank Donnelly
• 3:45–4:00pm Break
• 4:00–5:00pm Project Work Time 

Wednesday, June 4th, 2025

• 9:30–10:15am Data Sources, Frank Donnelly
• 10:15–10:30am Break
• 10:30am–12:00pm Introduction to Geocoding Addresses, Kevin Mwenda
• 12:00–1:00pm Lunch Break
• 1:00–2:45pm Raster Data and Map Algebra, Kevin Mwenda
• 2:45–3:00pm Break
• 3:00–4:00pm Presentation – Patrick Rashleigh, University Library
• 4:00–5:00pm Project Work Time

Thursday, June 5th, 2025

• 9:30–10:30am Introduction to Network Analysis, Kevin Mwenda
• 10:30–10:45am Break
• 10:45am–12:00pm Network Analysis Tutorial, Kevin Mwenda
• 12:00–1:00pm Lunch Break
• 1:00–2:00pm Spatial Analysis I, Kevin Mwenda
• 2:00–2:15pm Break
• 2:15–4:00pm Spatial Analysis II, Kevin Mwenda
• 4:00–5:00pm Project Work Time 

Friday, June 6th, 2025

• 9:30–10:45am Introduction to ModelBuilder, Guixing Wei
• 10:45–11:00am Break
• 11:00am–12:00pm Spatial Regression (Intro to GeoDa), Guixing Wei
• 12:00–12:15pm Break
• 12:15–1:30pm Lunch and Faculty Presentation – Parker VanValkenburgh, S4
• 1:30–2:00pm Break
• 2:00–5:00pm Project Work and Consultation with Instructors

Monday, June 9th, 2025

• 9:30am–5:00pm Project Work and Consultation with Instructors

Tuesday, June 10th, 2025

• 9:30am–5:00pm Project Work and Consultation with Instructors

Wednesday, June 11th, 2025

• 9:30am–5:00pm Project Work and Consultation with Instructors

Thursday, June 12th, 2025

• 9:30am–5:00pm Project Work and Consultation with Instructors

Friday, June 13th, 2025

• 10:30am–3:00pm S4 GIS Institute Conference