Purdue GIS Day Conference Set for Nov. 9; Conference Features Student Poster and GIS Software Competitions

October 9th, 2017

The 2017 Purdue GIS Day Conference is set from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 in Stewart Center, rooms 206 and 214. The daylong event is open free to Purdue students, faculty, staff, and to the public.

The Purdue GIS Day Conference 2017 includes a variety of events and activities, including the 10 a.m. keynote presentation, “Spatiotemporal Computing for Enabling Scientific Research and Engineering Development” by Chaowei (Phil) Yang, Professor of Geography and Geoinformation Science, George Mason University, and Purdue University Honor College’s Visiting Scholar.

The conference also includes career discussions, a GIS Career Luncheon, student lightning talk presentations, a poster competition, and, new this year, the Esri Development Center (EDC) Student of the Year Award at Purdue, which will recognize one Purdue University student who demonstrates advanced GIS knowledge and innovation with an emphasis on development and programming (see below or www.lib.purdue.edu/gis/edc for more information).

The full 2017 Purdue GIS Day Conference schedule is below, with links to: the Career Luncheon registration (required) and the instructions and entry form for lightning talk and poster presentations, which are due by 11:59 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3.

EDC Student of the Year Award Competition

More information about the EDC Student of the Year at Purdue Award competition is available at www.lib.purdue.edu/gis/edc.

Entries are due by 11:59 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3 and should be entered via the online form at https://purdue.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6mtqdiq7mvDG6tT.

The winner of the EDC Student of the Year at Purdue contest will be awarded limited travel reimbursement (from Purdue Libraries) to attend the Esri International Developer Summit in Palm Springs, CA, during the spring of 2018.

GIS Day: A Global Celebration

Across the globe, GIS Day is a celebration of geospatial research and geographic information systems technology. At Purdue University, Purdue Libraries faculty and staff work with the GIS Day planning committee, which is comprised of faculty, staff, and graduate students from various departments across the University, to organize this multidisciplinary, campus-wide event.

For more information, contact Nicole Kong, GIS specialist at Purdue Libraries, at geohelp@purdue.edu.

Purdue GIS Day Conference 2017 Schedule

9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9
Stewart Center, rooms 206 and 214

• 9-9:30 a.m. – Coffee Social and Poster Presentation Sessions Setup
• 9:30-10 a.m. – Lightning Talk Presentations: Submit 250-word abstract by 11:59 p.m. Nov. 3 at https://purdue.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3ldwBIgBm1OaG57&Q_JFE=0
• 10-11 a.m. – Keynote Address: “Spatiotemporal Computing for Enabling Scientific Research and Engineering Development,” by Chaowei (Phil) Yang, Professor of Geography and Geoinformation Science, George Mason University and Purdue University Honor College’s Visiting Scholar
• 11 a.m.-noon – GIS Presentations: “Leveraging Space Observations for Understanding the Changing Planet,” by Kumar Navulur, Director of Next Generation Products in Labs, Digital Global; as well as others
• Noon-1 p.m. – GIS Career Luncheon. Please register at https://purdue.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1TZ0EBCFmtc7Zjv. Registration is required.
• 1-1:30 p.m. – Poster Presentations: Submit 250-word abstract by 11:59 p.m. Nov. 3 at https://purdue.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3ldwBIgBm1OaG57&Q_JFE=0
• 1:30-2 p.m. – What Are the Exciting GIS Resources at Purdue?
  Presented by Purdue University Libraries and Information Technology at Purdue (ITaP)
• 2-3 p.m. – First Round of Display Table and Lightning Talks*
• 3-4 p.m. – Second Round of Display Table and Lightning Talks*
• 4-4:30 p.m. – Award Ceremony: Poster Session Competition and EDC Contest

* Featured roundtable discussions include:

• Spatial Modeling Using Purdue’s High Performance Computing GIS Servers, Patrick Zollner’s lab, forestry and natural resources
• Integrated Spatial Education Experience (Isee), Darrell Schulze, agronomy
• GIS application in social studies, Fenggang Yang’s lab, sociology
• Applying geographic information in classroom teaching, Catherine Dossin, Patti & Rusty Rueff School of Visual and Performing Arts, and Adam Watkins, Honors College
• Augmented and Virtual Reality, Fabian Winkler and Shannon McMullen, Patti & Rusty Rueff School of Visual and Performing Arts
• Unmanned Airborne Systems for Agricultural Management, Ayman Habib’s lab, Lyles School of Civil Engineering;
• Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments Center (VACCINE)
• Purdue Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems (CERIS) and BoilerApps
• Purdue Center for Regional Development (PCRD)
• Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (INLTAP)
• Purdue Facilities Information Service
• Tippecanoe County GIS Service