JOIN US FOR GIS DAY AT NOTRE DAME
Learn to harness the power of geospatial data
Join us for our annual salute to geospatial technology and its power to transform and better our lives and the lives of those around us on Wednesday, November 17, 2021.
Learn more about GIS resources at Notre Dame.
Notre Dame GIS Specialist
Matthew Sisk
Matthew Sisk is the GIS Librarian in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship. He received his Ph.D. in Paleolithic Archaeology from Stony Brook University in 2011 and has worked extensively in GIS-based archaeology and ecological modeling. Some of Matthew’s current research is focused on assessing the spatial scale of urban lead exposure. In the CDS, his primary role is to assist Notre Dame students and faculty with general GIS questions, satellite imagery analysis, workflow automation, coding, and data curation. He also teaches a series of workshops and a credit bearing course on these topics.
Tricia Bulson
Tricia Bulson is the GIS Specialist for University Facilities Information (UFI). UFI maintains the University master records of maps and building floor plans as well as baseline space data such as room number, room use, and office occupancy. The department processes over 200 floor plan updates a year from renovations, construction projects, and space verifications across more than 11 million gross square feet of campus interior space. A suite of GIS technologies is available to campus partners that leverage space and asset management data both indoors and outdoors to meet unique departmental needs.
Tricia received her Bachelor's degree in Geography from Western Michigan University and has worked in GIS for 15 years. Prior to joining the University two years ago, she worked with communities in Southwest Michigan as a consultant specializing in asset management and as a GIS analyst at S&P Global Platts.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The 2021 GIS Day planning team invites proposals for short presentations (either podium/virtual or poster/virtual poster) for our annual GIS Day symposium on Wednesday, November 17, 2021.
Presentations should be related to GIS in some way (tools, data, or visualization), but do not need to be directly methodological and are otherwise not limited by field. Podium presentations will be 5-10 minute lightning talks (length will depend upon the number of presentations). Work-in-progress presentations and posters will be accepted to help researchers receive methodological feedback.
To participate, please submit a brief abstract with title and all author affiliation(s), and indicate your preference for an in-person or virtual format to Matthew.Sisk@nd.edu by November 1, 2021.
| WORKSHOPS |
| 9:00am – 10:00am |
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| 10:00am – 11:00am |
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| CAMPUS GIS SPOTLIGHT & RECEPTION |
| Noon – 1:00pm |
Campus GIS Spotlight
Talk title: The Children’s Environmental Health Initiative: People, Data, and Maps
Presenter: Presenter: Joshua Tootoo, Director of Training and Geospatial Sciences, Children's Environmental Health Initiative
Location: 246 Hesburgh Library
GIS Day Reception
Join us for GIS Day cookies and coffee during the spotlight presentation.
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WORKSHOPS & TALKS
9:00am – 10:00am Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Presented by: Matthew Sisk, GIS and Anthropology Librarian
Location: 246 Hesburgh Library, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship
GIS is a system of hardware and software for the storage, retrieval, mapping, and analysis of geographic data. It provides a system for organizing spatial and related information into a single analytical framework and is used in various academic and industry settings for understanding spatial relationships. This workshop will address the question "What is GIS?", provide examples, and present the resources available in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship.
10:00am – 11:00am FieldKit: Open Source Environmental Sensing for Everyone
Presented by: Jer Thorp, author of Living in Data
Location: 246 Hesburgh Library, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship
With climate change set to be one of the defining forces of our lives in the decades to come, being able to monitor and understand the environment around us is one of our most urgent priorities. Yet, right now, getting started with environmental monitoring can be expensive, technically challenging, and full of barriers for under-resourced and marginalized groups. FieldKit was built to offer an alternative, one that is inexpensive, usable, and built on top of a community of environmental care. Join Jer Thorp at this presentation to learn more about FieldKit and to see it in action.
During this presentation, a FieldKit Weather station will be raffled off to a participant.
11:00am – Noon Lightning Talks
Location: 246 Hesburgh Library, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship
Noon – 1:00pm Campus GIS Spotlight
Talk title: The Children’s Environmental Health Initiative: People, Data, and Maps
Presenter: Joshua Tootoo, Director of Training and Geospatial Sciences, Children's Environmental Health Initiative
Location: 246 Hesburgh Library, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship
The Children’s Environmental Health Initiative (CEHI) is a research, education, and outreach organization based at the University of Notre Dame. Our team is involved in multiple environmental research projects, focused on incorporating innovative spatial analysis that leverages location-based information to inform health outcome research. We take an intentionally collaborative and multidisciplinary approach to our work in several areas including the design and construction of robust spatial data architectures; deployment of spatially-enabled computational and statistical methods; building technical capacity in organizations and communities, and the development of actionable evidence for decision-makers. Join us for a look at some of our current work and discussion on how we engage collaborators within the academy, community and beyond.
