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Michigan State University’s Nicholas Manning Combines Remote Sensing, Spatial Ecology, and Data Science in His Graduate Studies

Michigan State University’s Nicholas Manning Combines Remote Sensing, Spatial Ecology, and Data Science in His Graduate Studies

Posted 2 years ago News

Becky Vandewalle Describes Her I-GUIDE Connections

Becky Vandewalle Describes Her I-GUIDE Connections

Posted 2 years ago News

I-GUIDE’s Becky Vandewalle awarded Frontera Computational Science Fellowship!

I-GUIDE’s Becky Vandewalle awarded Frontera Computational Science Fellowship!

Posted 2 years ago News

Congratulations to I-GUIDE project member Becky Vandewalle who’s just awarded Frontera Computational Science Fellowship!

Become a UCGIS I-GUIDE Community Champion!

Become a UCGIS I-GUIDE Community Champion!

Posted 3 years ago News

The Institute for Geospatial Understanding through an Integrative Discovery Environment (I-GUIDE) is based at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Community Champions are eligible to receive a $3,000 stipend for their efforts. The focus of the project will be supplementing GIS&T in the context of cyberGIS and geospatial AI & data science.

USU Part of New Institute to Understand Climate Change, Other Disasters

USU Part of New Institute to Understand Climate Change, Other Disasters

Posted 3 years ago News

The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a $75 million investment to establish five new Harnessing the Data Revolution Institutes. The institutes will bring together expertise in data science foundations, systems, applications and cyberinfrastructure. They will form innovative data-intensive approaches to addressing critical national challenges.

NSF establishes new institutes for harnessing the data revolution

NSF establishes new institutes for harnessing the data revolution

Posted 3 years ago News

NSF invests $75 million in five new Harnessing the Data Revolution Institutes. The institutes will bring together science and engineering to address critical national challenges. They will harness diverse data sources and develop new methodologies, technologies and infrastructure for data management and analysis. The list of winners includes work from the University of Washington, University of Maryland and University of Illinois Urbana-Chimichagwa as well as institutes from Colorado School of Mines and other institutions.

MSU group partners to harness the data revolution

MSU group partners to harness the data revolution

Posted 3 years ago News

Members of the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability will use $1 million to collaborate on a new NSF-funded national initiative to understand climate change and disaster risks and impacts.

U of I leads new $15 million institute to understand climate change and disasters

U of I leads new $15 million institute to understand climate change and disasters

Posted 3 years ago News

The Institute for Geospatial Understanding through an Integrative Discovery Environment (I-GUIDE) will receive the funding over five years. I- GUIDE aims to revolutionize theories, concepts, methods, and tools focused on data-intensive geospatial understanding. The National Science Foundation has selected the University of Illinois to lead efforts to address sustainability. NSF is investing $75 million in five new data-related research institutes. I-GUIDE will "synchronize data on social, economic, ecological, and environmental factors".