[AISWorld] AMCIS 2018 - Location Analytics - 2 Pre-Conference Events: Workshop and Tutorial

[Daniel Farkas]

(apologies for cross-postings)


Colleagues,

Join SIGGIS for one of our exciting pre-conference Events on Thursday,
August 16 and consider adding a Workshop or Tutorial to your AMCIS
Registration.

If you have already registered, follow the link in the “Pre-Conference
Workshops” section of your confirmation email:  “event registration
<https://aisnet.org/link.asp?e=dfarkas@pace.edu&type=n&job=31941263&ymlink=249769652&finalurl=https%3A%2F%2Faisnet%2Eorg%2Fevents%2Fregister%2Easpx%3Fid%3D1097832%26itemid%3D24bfb958%2D5e62%2D406a%2Dae78%2Dc04e47d524cf>”


Workshop: Digital Disruption: A Workshop on the Implications for the
Geospatial Realm.

With our Keynote Speaker, Dr. Fahui Wang one focus of the discussion will
be Public Health.  The title of his presentation is “GIS Changes (and will
change) Public Health".  A separate announcement has the workshop agenda.
Additionally, this workshop will serve as a research forum on the varied
aspects of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the emergence of the
“Geospatial Realm”. As the understanding that geospatial, or locational,
data has value for many organizations, the focus on this special type of
data has also increased. Workshop activities will be facilitated focusing
on this research area to discuss the “who, what, where, when, how, and why”
of participating in this burgeoning research domain. (Contact: Dan Farkas -
dfarkas at pace.edu).

Tutorial: Social Media Operationalized for Locational Analytics: A Hands-on
Tutorial

Social media such as Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook, have become de facto
global communication channels to disseminate news, entertainment, and one’s
self-revelations. However, though these organizations provide real-time
data feeds that may be utilized in many ways, how does one actually go
about using these data? This workshop will provide hands-on instruction
regarding the collection, processing, and analysis of these data using
Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools, Topic Modeling Techniques, and
Geographic Information Systems (GIS). (Contact: Brian Hilton -
brian.hilton at cgu.edu)

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Dan Farkas, PhD
Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems
Pace University
Pleasantville, NY,  10570 USA
http://www.pace.edu/seidenberg/

Visiting Professor of Computing, Glyndwr University, Wrexham, Wales, UK

http://www.glyndwr.ac.uk/

Chair, AIS Special Interest Group on Geographic Information Systems (SIGGIS)