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Recent advances in RNA testing has opened the possibility of detecting the COVID-19 virus in wastewater, a method likely to speed the identification of clusters, and target testing. This is especially important on college campuses, including our own, where in-class attendance increases the risk for transmission. CAGIS Executive Director Wenwu Tang, and Faculty Associate Eric […]

Dear colleagues, The open access journal ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (ISSN 2220-9964, IF 2.239) is pleased to announce that we have launched a new Special Issue entitled ““. Relevant topics include, but not limited to: Applications of artificial intelligence techniques Applications of cyberinfrastructure Geovisualization and geovisual analytics Innovative algorithms for spatial analysis and modeling […]

A new study finds over three football fields worth of trees were lost per day between the end of the Great Recession and 2018. According to Dr. Shoemaker, concerted action is needed now to meet Charlotte’s “50% by 2050” resolution. Anecdotally, we have all seen a lot of tree loss since the big development reboot […]

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 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 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 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 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 […]

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 […]