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In response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, recent CAGIS graduates Alex Hohl and Michael Desjardins teamed-up with Faculty Associate Eric Delmelle to conduct geostatistical analyses of outbreaks in the United States. The team then produced maps of “active” and “emerging” clusters nationwide needed to allocate medial resources in a timely matter. They published their results […]

We welcome Ph.D. Candidate Michael Desjardins to hear about his investigations into the time/space dynamics of dengue, chikungunya and Zika outbreaks in Cali, Colombia. Abstract: Dengue, chikungunya, and Zika are mosquito-borne diseases that infect an estimated 390 million people worldwide each year, and 100,000 in Colombia alone. Despite the human costs, these diseases are particularly […]

We welcome UNCC GES alums Danny Yonto and Claire Schuch to our CAGIS Seminar to give a talk regarding their efforts to map gentrification in Charlotte. Gentrification has been increasingly studied, but disagreement continues on how best to define and measure it, particularly in regards to how scale influences detection. In this presentation we hear […]

We invite you to an interesting, two-part Seminar next week which discusses new applications for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), sometimes referred to as “drones”. In part 1, Dr. Srinivas Akella talks about coordinating multiple UAVs for disaster response. In part 2, Dr. Yutin Chen describes the new role UAVs are playing in the construction industry, […]

We are pleased to welcome Justin Lane from the Urban Institute for our next CAGIS Seminar. Justin will be talking about one of the most influential mapping projects to date, the Opportunity Atlas, with special attention to how the maps are being used in Charlotte. We would enjoy seeing you at 1:00 in the CAGIS […]

By Tianyang Chen. Editors’ note: Tianyang Chen is 2nd year PhD student and CAGIS research assistant advised by Dr. Wenwu Tang. This past summer, Chen attended the SDSC Summer Institute, a week-long workshop that focuses on a broad spectrum of introductory-to-intermediate topics in high performance computing and data science. It was a beautiful weather, sunny […]

We cordially invite you to attend Technology for Good: Jobs, Mobility and Smart + Connected Tech for Greater Charlotte Summit to be held on October 9th at UNC Charlotte’s Center City Building in Uptown. In cooperation with the Center for Applied GIScience (CAGIS), our NSF Smart and Connected Communities Team has created a summit and […]

Charlotte, May 2019. During the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences’ annual awards banquet, CAGIS researcher Michael Desjardins received one of the two “Outstanding Doctoral Student in Geography” awards. This annual award recognizes and honors the outstanding performance and contributions of a PhD in Geography student whose academic excellence, service, and leadership have made an […]

On Wednesday, April 10, PhD Candidate Nastaran Pourebrahim from UNC Greensboro will present, “Social Media Analysis for Urban and Transportation Planning” Twitter is one of the most popular social media platforms that changed the way people create, disseminate, and share information. Twitter use has been growing rapidly, but the effectiveness of this system for urban […]

Washington DC, April 2019. CAGIS researcher Michael Desjardins (PhD Student) received a 2019 AAG Dissertation Research Grant to support his dissertation titled “A mixed-methods approach for vector-borne disease surveillance in Colombia”. From Desjardin’s upcoming dissertation: Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) affect more than 1 billion people a year worldwide, cause over 1 million deaths, and result in […]