Geographic Information Science and Systems Best Student Paper Competition
Type: Virtual Paper
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Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group
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Start / End Time: 4/9/2021 03:05 PM (Pacific Time (US & Canada)) - 4/9/2021 04:20 PM (Pacific Time (US & Canada))
Room: Virtual 14
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Song Gao
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Chairs: Song Gao
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Role | Participant |
Presenter | Kexin Chen |
Presenter | Scarlett Rakowska Test |
Presenter | Wataru Morioka University of Illinois |
Presenter | Zhen Liu Clark University |
Presenter | Jinwoo Park Texas A&M University |
Presenter | Bing Zhou Texas A&M University |
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Presentation(s), if applicable
Wataru Morioka, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Exact Statistical Method for Analyzing Co-location on a Street Network and Its Computational Implementation |
Kexin Chen, No Affiliation ; Visualizing the partisan difference of mobility pattern during Covid-19 lockdown |
Bing Zhou, Texas A&M University; VictimFinder: Harvesting Rescue Requests in Disaster Response from Social Media with BERT |
Scarlett Rakowska, No Affiliation ; Green Space Accessibility at Ontario Elementary Schools and School Performance |
Zhen Liu, Clark University; Stratified random sampling generates the Total Operating Characteristic to compare flood index maps |
Description
The Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group (GISS-SG) of the Association of American Geographers is pleased to announce the 2021 Honors Competition for Best Student Papers (Virtual) on Geographic Information Science topics to be presented at the annual meeting. The purpose of this competition is to promote scholarship and written and oral presentation by students in the field of GIS. Papers are invited from current graduate and undergraduate students on any topic in geographical information systems and geographic information science.
Any paper that advances any aspect of GIS is welcome. We encourage papers on theoretical, conceptual, and methodological developments in GIS as well as on particular innovative GIS applications. Papers must be based upon original work, completed as an undergraduate or graduate student, relevant to the field of GIS research. Papers must be mainly written by the applicant, but having co-authors is allowed. Students who are selected as finalists will be placed in a special session at the annual meeting. The only exception is a student who is also selected as a Nystrom Dissertation Award finalist, in which case, he or she may present in the Nystrom paper session instead.
Enhancing diversity, promoting inclusion, and broadening participation in the discipline of geography are goals that are central to the AAG and its mission. We strongly encourage female students and students in underrepresented groups in geography to participate in this competition.
AWARDS
Up to five finalists (one session) will be selected including 2 undergraduate and 3 graduate students on the basis of the quality of extended abstracts and provided with an award of $200 each to present at the virtual conference. The extended abstract no longer than 5 pages demonstrating GIS novel methods, toolkits, or applications of GIS to solve a real-world problem is used by the GISS-SG Awards Committee to choose the competition finalists. Finalists must submit a paper of a substantive nature that constitutes an expanded discussion of the material to be presented orally at the annual meeting. Subsequent to the oral presentations by the finalists, there will be special awards for the 1st and 2nd-place presenters. The prizes of $500 for 1st place and $250 for 2nd place in the graduates group and $500 for 1st place in the undergraduates group will be determined immediately following the special presentation session.
The awards committee reserves the right to not offer such prizes if the papers are not of sufficiently high quality. The 1st and 2nd-place awards are decided on the basis of the written paper and the oral presentation. They will also receive tickets to attend the AAG Awards Luncheon, and results of the competition will be published in the AAG Newsletter and the GISS-SG newsletter, as well as on the specialty group's web page.
Geographic Information Science and Systems Best Student Paper Competition
Description
Virtual Paper
Session starts at 4/9/2021 03:05 PM (Pacific Time (US & Canada))
Contact the Primary Organizer
Song Gao - song.gao@wisc.edu