Four Geography Graduate Students participated in the UCSB Grad Slam. Grad Slam features 3 minute talks by students about their research, and the presenter of the best talk wins. Each student talk was evaluated on seven criteria: background knowledge to make the project understandable, organization of the talk, delivery by the speaker, use of visual aids, appropriateness of the topic, intellectual significance of the research, and...
Read MoreBo Yan won first place among five finalists in the Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group (GISS) annual student paper competition. Bo Yan won first place with his work, where he integrates a core component of traditional geographic information technology, geocoding (as well as service), with Linked Data to derive geographic knowledge in addition to merely returning coordinates. His paper demonstrates the power of...
Read MoreThe Geography Department’s California Channel Islands class (GEOG 149, cross listed as ENV 111) visited Santa Cruz Island for a day long field trip on March 4, 2017. Professor Nick Nidzieko and the TA, geography graduate student Frank Wang, led the trip, which included an hour and a half ferry ride from the harbor in Ventura to Prisoner’s Harbor on the island. The weather was calm and clear, with fantastic views of the coastal...
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