Waldo Tobler GIScience Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Award for scientific advancement in the disciplines of Geoinformatics and/or Geographic Information Science. The prize recognizes the work of UCSB Geography Emeritus Professor Waldo Tobler, who introduced innovative methods based on digital technologies into geographic research beginning in the 1960s that emphasized theory, mathematical modeling and dynamic...
Read MoreNearly 400 people attended the first ever Esri Science Symposium as part of both the UC and the GIS Education conferences [hosted by Esri Chief Scientist and UCSB Geography alumna Dawn Wright]. A very stimulating and enjoyable time was had by all. Here are some resources to visit: Esri blog post announcing the symposium Keynote of Dr. Margaret Leinen, Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and President of the American...
Read MoreDr. Shrad Shukla, Dr. Greg Husak, and Dr. Chris Funk of the Climate Hazards Group have been recently awarded $600,000 by NASA-SERVIR for a three year project titled “Enhancing Eastern and Southern Africa climate services by increasing access to remote sensing and model datasets”. The primary goal of this project is to support informed agroclimate decision-making (e.g. Food Security related decisions) by local and national...
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