Let's come together to celebrate the impact of GIS on our world and inspire the next generation of geospatial thinkers. For inquiries, please contact LibraryGIS@pobox.upenn.edu.

PENN GIS DAY 2024 EVENT SCHEDULE,

10:00am - 10:15am | COFFEE SOCIAL AND SETUP
10:15am - 10:30am | WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS 

• Lynda Kellam, Director of Research Data & Digital Scholarship, Penn Libraries
• Elizabeth C. Delmelle, Associate Professor, Department of City & Regional Planning; Director, Master of Urban Spatial Analytics
• Eugenie Birch, Professor, Lawrence C. Nussdorf Chair of Urban Research and Education; co-director, Penn Institute for Urban Research

PRESENTATIONS (P) AND LIGHTNING TALKS (L)

P 10:30am - 10:50am | MUSA Practicum Through the Years, Michael A Fichman, Associate Professor, Master of Urban Spatial Analytics (MUSA) program, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
P 10:55am - 11:15am | Personalized and Context-specific Climate Resilience and Adaptation With Large Language Model, Xinyu Xie, Graduate student, The Wharton School, Statistics and Data Science
P 11:20am - 11:40am | Finding the Maximum Allowable Housing Units for Every Block Group in America, Alexander L Nelms, Staff/Graduate student, The Wharton School / Weitzman School of Design
   11:45am | Break, Lunch served
P 12:00pm - 12:50pm | Lunch and Keynote: Exploring Cities through the Lens of Urban Analytics, Andrew Cooks, Professor, Department of Geography at the University at Buffalo
P 01:00pm - 01:20pm | Using Global Positioning Systems to Measure Community Mobility and Participation, Eugene Brusilovskiy, Lecturer, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
P 01:25pm - 01:45pm | AI for urban sustainability, Xiaojiang Li, Assistant Professor,  Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania   
L 01:50pm | Modelling Geographic Space, Jia Yue, Ong, Graduate student, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
   02:00pm | Break
L 02:10pm | Mapping the Geography of Feelings, Xian Lu, Lee, Graduate student, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
L 02:20pm | Affordable Near-Earth Sensing and Photogrammetry: Digital Twinning Micro-Level Geographic Spaces with GIS, Zhanchao Yang, Graduate student, Weitzman School of Design, Department of City Planning
L 02:30pm | The Spatial Distribution Pattern of the Agglomeration and Temporal Evolution of China’s Higher Education Workforce Based on GIS, Shuya Guan, Graduate student, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
L 02:40pm | How to find a place to live that your friends all love and can move to using social, environmental, and economic datasets, Sarah M. Curry, Graduate student, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
L 02:50pm | 30 Day Map(ping Housing) Challenge - Insights from 20 Local Housing Maps, Sarah M. Curry, Graduate student, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
03:00pm | Wrap up

Keynote Address: Exploring Cities through the Lens of Urban Analytics 

Andrew Crooks, Professor within the Department of Geography at the University at Buffalo (UB), will deliver a keynote address at noon. Register using the link above.

For the first time in human history, more people are living in cities than rural areas and this trend is only expected to grow in the coming decades. This growth will place unprecedented challenges on cites with respect to sustainable development especially in light of climate change and increasing populations. One way to explore and understand cities is through the lens of urban analytics, a set of methods that allow us to monitor, analyze and model urban areas. 

This talk will explore how urban analytics has changed over time and showcase how our understanding of cities has benefited from it. Andrew Crooks will showcase how new sources of data can be used to monitor and analyze cities and how in turn these can be integrated into models to explore various aspects of city life from pedestrian movement to urban growth. The talk will conclude with a discussion and demonstration of how artificial intelligence can be integrated into the urban analytics toolbox and what opportunities and challenges it poses.

Workshops

• Monday, Nov 18, 10:00am - 11:00am,  Sequence Analysis for Mapping and Analyzing Neighborhood Change, 
  • Registration: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/13369726
• Tuesday, Nov 19, 10:00am - 11:00am,  Introduction to GeoDa: Mapping and Understanding Spatial Relationships, 
  • Registration: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/13370065

Event organized in collaboration between the Masters of Urban Spatial Analytics (MUSA) and Research Data and Digital Scholarship (RDDS)

Penn GIS Day 2024 and Workshops

We are excited to invite you to celebrate GIS Day 2024, a day dedicated to the fascinating world of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Whether you're a GIS enthusiast, a seasoned professional, or just curious about the power of maps and spatial data, this event is for you!

Keynote Address: Exploring Cities through the Lens of Urban Analytics 

Andrew Crooks, Professor within the Department of Geography at the University at Buffalo (UB).

Date: November 20, 2024, 10:00am - 3:00pm

Location: Research Data & Digital Scholarship Exchange (RDDSx), Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, 1st floor

Register for the event at: RSVP

Light refreshment and lunch will be provided. 

More detail and programs: GIS Day 2024

Workshops

• Monday, Nov 18, 10:00am - 11:00am,  Sequence Analysis for Mapping and Analyzing Neighborhood Change, 
  • Registration: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/13369726
• Tuesday, Nov 19, 10:00am - 11:00am,  Introduction to GeoDa: Mapping and Understanding Spatial Relationships, 
  • Registration: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/13370065