Alex Michels

Going to the #Sustainability #Research & Innovation Congress in Chicago next week (sricongress.org)? Check out these FREE workshops & tutorials! A full slate on Tuesday June 17. Details, registration at i-guide.io/forum/forum-...
#geoAI #GIS #dataviz #cyberGIS @futureearth.bsky.social

🔎IMLS Library Search & Compare🔎

IMLS’ Library Search & Compare tool allows users to search a variety of statistics pertaining to library access, utilization, and participation.

🔎Explore this dataset further: www.imls.gov/search-compare

This framework is used to support the JupyterHubs for multiple science gateways in the geospatial sciences including CyberGISX (cybergisxhub.cigi.illinois.edu) and the I-GUIDE Platform (platform.i-guide.io)!

A big thanks to my co-authors and readers of the paper!

EasyScienceGateway: A new framework for providing reproducible user environments on science gateways Science gateways have become a core part of the cyberinfrastructure ecosystem by increasing access to computational resources and providing community platforms for sharing and publishing education an...

"EasyScienceGateway: A new framework for providing reproducible user environments on science gateways" (doi.org/10.1002/cpe....) is one of the most-viewed papers in Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience published in 2023!

#TopViewedArticle

PhD Position on Unravelling the Social Exposome for Better Health Do you want to develop cutting-edge methods to measure social networks at a population scale? Apply for this PhD position!

We're hiring! Recruiting a PhD candidate for a cool interdisciplinary project on how social environments shape health, based in the Human Geography department, co-supervised by sociologists @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

That's a wrap on AAG 2025! Got to meet some amazing friends---new and old---and can't wait for next year!

Forum 2025: Call for Participation : I-GUIDE

LAST CALL for I-GUIDE Forum 2025!

We can't wait to see your posters, papers, workshops, etc. in June, but you need to get your submissions in today! i-guide.io/forum/forum-...

The I-GUIDE Forum 2025 is co-located with the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress in Chicago!

#AAG2025 attendees: head over to 356, Level 3, Huntington Place at 10:10am for Challenges and Opportunities of Spatial Accessibility!

I'll be talking about my work "Measuring Temporally Dynamic Spatial Accessibility using Machine Learned Driving Times" and we have 4 other amazing talks lined up!

Join us tomorrow morning (3/28) at 10:10 am in room 356, Level 3 of Huntington Place at #AAG2025 for our session "Challenges and Opportunities of Spatial Accessibility" aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/soli...

We have a great line-up of talks:

If you're at #AAG2025 this week, check out the amazing talks from CyberGIS Center members:

a reminder I sadly needed at the last #AAG2025 (old habits die hard): We agreed on registration not to post photos of presenters or their intellectual work on social media without their permission. We are also asked not to post photos of faces in the audience without permission. Ahhh, these times.

Convergence Curriculum for Geospatial Data Science: Overview and Q&A : I-GUIDE Register to attend the VCO!

You don't want to miss tomorrow's VCO: "Convergence Curriculum for Geospatial Data Science: Overview and Q&A" with Eric Shook!

Learn more and register:

The I-GUIDE Platform provides an open science and collaborative environment for geospatial data-intensive convergence research and education focused on susta... I-GUIDE Platform Introduction

Take a tour of the I-GUIDE Platform:

🩺 For those attending AAG in-person this year, stop by the Geospatial Health Research Symposium!

🗓 March 25-27, 2025 @ 8:30AM EDT each day

Learn more: aag-hmgsg.org/wp-content/u...

Resilience Through Connection: Adaptive Capacity in Telecoupled Human and Environmental Systems : I-GUIDE Register to attend the VCO!

Don't miss the April 2 VCO where Iman Haqiqi will present "Resilience Through Connection: Adaptive Capacity in Telecoupled Human and Environmental Systems"

Iman is a brilliant economist at Purdue who will be discussing the SIMPLE-G model for large-scale spatial analysis!

This is truly an amazing funding opportunity. Travel funding for US-based students to attend @giscience-conf.bsky.social in New Zealand! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Convergence Curriculum for Geospatial Data Science: Overview and Q&A : I-GUIDE Register to attend the VCO!

Next week's VCO (Mar 19th @ 12 CT) is a great talk from Eric Shook on "Convergence Curriculum for Geospatial Data Science: Overview and Q&A"

He and the I-GUIDE team have done some amazing work with the Convergence Curriculum, so don't miss this opportunity to learn more!

This talk will explore OpenStreetMap (OSM) data using the I-GUIDE Platform. We will discuss some of the use-cases of OSM data, get hands-on experience with P... Exploring OpenStreetMap Data on the I-GUIDE Platform

Interested in OpenStreetMap? The @i-guide.bsky.social Platform is the perfect place to analyze and share your work!

Check out the Platform here: platform.i-guide.io

Learn more about OSM on the I-GUIDE Platform in my VCO:

This video provides an introduction to the I-GUIDE Platform Tour series by Becky Vandewalle. This video shows a quick overview of the I-GUIDE Platform and br... Series Introduction: I-GUIDE Platform Tour

Development on the @i-guide.bsky.social Platform (platform.i-guide.io) has made a lot of progress and we have a lot of exciting features to come!

Take a brief tour by @beckvalle.bsky.social here:

Extracting Location Descriptions from Disaster-Related Messages using Geo-Knowledge-Guided GPT Models : I-GUIDE Register to attend the VCO!

As we wrap up the week, be sure to sign up for next week's VCO: "Extracting Location Descriptions from Disaster-Related Messages using Geo-Knowledge-Guided GPT Models" with Yingjie Hu on March 11th at 12pm CT

YouTube video by NSF I-GUIDE Introducing I GUIDE

You may be wondering what I-GUIDE is, we have the perfect YouTube video for you!

Introducing I-GUIDE:
youtu.be/WqZf4D92Opo

🚀 Data Discovery App 📊🔍
Easily explore datasets with structured metadata! To stay up-to-date, keep an eye on our socials, or sign up to our newsletter: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-SUBSCRIBE #MetadataMatters #DataDiscovery #SDOH #OpenData #FoodAccess #PublicHealth #CommunityPlanning

March 5th we are hosting a Virtual Consulting Office (VCO) titled "I-GUIDE’s Platform: Open Office Hours". Come learn more about what our Platform has to offer researchers, educators, and students!

Register here:
i-guide.io/i-guide-vco/...

Exploring OpenStreetMap Data on the I-GUIDE Platform : I-GUIDE This talk will explore OpenStreetMap (OSM) data using the I-GUIDE Platform. We will discuss some of the use-cases of OSM data, get hands-on experience with Python packages designed for OSM data, and…

If you missed my I-GUIDE VCO talk last month on "Exploring OpenStreetMap Data on the I-GUIDE Platform" the recording is up now:

Hope you're excited for #AAG2025!

We have a great lineup for the NSF I-GUIDE AAG 2025 Symposium on Spatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability and hope to see you at some sessions:

go.illinois.edu/AAG2025

Join us June 17-19 in Chicago for the I-GUIDE Forum 2025:
Geospatial AI and Innovation for Sustainability Solutions! We will be co-located with the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress.

CFP for Papers, Posters, and Workshops is out and deadline is Mar 24th!
i-guide.io/forum/forum-...

Happy to announce I have passed my defense! I am very grateful to my committee, the @cybergis.bsky.social, and all of the amazing people who have supported me throughout my degree!

I-GUIDE Spatial AI Challenge: Learn and Participate session coming up on Dec 10th!

Learn more and register today👇
i-guide.io/i-guide-vco/...

Software sustainability of global impact models Abstract. Research software for simulating Earth processes enables the estimation of past, current, and future world states and guides policy. However, this modelling software is often developed by sc...

New paper published

E. Nyenah, P. Döll, @danielskatz.bsky.social, and @reinecke.bsky.social, "Software sustainability of global impact models," Geoscientific Model Development, v.17(23), pp. 8593–8611, 2024. doi.org/10.5194/gmd-...

CFP for the #AAG2025 Symposium on Spatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability!

Looking for abstracts for sessions on #GeoAI #cybergis #gis #bigdata and more! Check out our Symposium webpage for a list of sessions with links to their page in the AAG 2025 system!

i-guide.io/aag-2025-sym...