GISDay 2016 College Program
When: Friday, November 4th 2016. 10:00am – 4:30pm
Where: STEW 302, Purdue University
Career Lunch Registration
Career lunch on Purdue GIS Day provides opportunities for students to learn about GIS careers. We will invite guests from government agencies, private sectors, research labs, non-profit organizations, etc. to talk about GIS projects at work, important GIS skills to develop for job market, and possible GIS career opportunities. You will have opportunity to ask questions, and talk with potential employers. Light lunch will be provided.
Call for Lightning Talk Presentations – Deadline Saturday, October 29th, 2016 11:59PM.
What’s required:
Purdue students who are working on research that uses GIS as a component in any way are invited to present. Please note that GIS does not have to be the main component of the research. The presentation should not exceed 5 minutes. Your submitted abstract should not be more than 250 words.
Submit your title and abstract to https://purdue.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_09yTR4fZpufHs1L by Saturday, October 29th, 2016 at 11:59 PM.
GIS Day @ Purdue
Friday, November 4th, 2016
Poster Competition, STEW 306
| 10:00am – 4:00 pm | Poster Exhibition |
Stewart Center, Room 302
| 9:30 – 10:00 am | Poster Setup |
| 10:00 am | Introduction and Opening Session |
| 10:00 – 11:00 am | Keynote Address: : A Massively Parallel Evolutionary Computation Approach for Redistricting Optimization and Analysis Dr. Wendy Cho, Professor of Political Science, UIUC |
| 11:00 – 11:30 am | Keynote Address: How GIS Will Support Next Gen 9-1-1 Jim Sparks, Indiana GIO (Geographic Information Officer) |
| 11:30 am – 12:00 pm | Students Lightning Talk |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Career Lunch (RSVP only) |
| 1:00 – 1:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 1:30 – 1:45 pm | GIS Related Careers in Department of Transportation Joel Bump, CIO/MIS Director, Indiana Department of Transportation |
| 1:45 – 2:00 pm | Intro to the New Indiana Geospatial Coordinate System (InGCS) Matt Badger, Survey Project Manager at Lochmueller Group |
| 2:00 — 2:15 pm | GIS in Archaeology: the Pedestrian Survey of Dana Island in Turkey Dr. Noah Kaye, Classical Studies, Indiana University |
| 2:15 — 2:30 pm | Predicting U. S. Presidential Elections: From 1900 until Today Dr. Rich Hogan, Sociology, Purdue |
| 2:30 — 2:45 pm | Mapping Religion and Chinese Society Dr. Jonathan Pettit, Center on Religion and Chinese Society, Purdue |
| 2:45 – 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00 — 3:45 pm | Drone Panel Presentation Dr. Keith Cherkauer, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, PurdueDr. Ayman Habib, Civil Engineering, PurdueDr. Brian Kozak, Aviation and Transportation Technology, PurdueDr. Ian Lindsey, Anthropology, Purdue |
| 3:45 — 4:00 pm | Teaching with ArcGIS Pro Larry Theller, GIS Specialist in ABE at Purdue |
| 4:00 — 4:15 pm | GeoSpatial Tools and Data Provided by ITaP/Research Computing Larry Biehl, ITAP, ESRI license manager at Purdue |
| 4:15 – 4:30 pm | The Polis Center: Ongoing Projects and New Initiatives Briefing Dr.Tarek Rashed, Director of Geoinformatics, the Polis Center, IUPUILacey Bannon, GIS Project Coordinator, the Polis Center, IUPUI |
| 4:30 – 4:45 pm | GIS Resources at Purdue Purdue RCAC team, GIS team at Purdue Libraries |
| 4:45 pm | Awards and Closing Remarks |
GIS @Purdue is made possible by support from:
Purdue Polytechnic Institute
College of Agriculture
College of Liberal Arts
College of Science
College of Education
The Graduate School
Office of the Provost
College of Engineering
Questions? Contact geohelp@purdue.edu