Alex Michels
alexmichels.bsky.social
Alex Michels
@alexmichels.bsky.social
PhD @ UIUC Informatics
GIScience | CyberGIS | Spatial Data Science
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Going to the #Sustainability #Research & Innovation Congress in Chicago next week (sricongress.org)? Check out these FREE workshops & tutorials! A full slate on Tuesday June 17. Details, registration at i-guide.io/forum/forum-...
#geoAI #GIS #dataviz #cyberGIS @futureearth.bsky.social
Forum 2025: Workshops : I-GUIDE
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June 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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🔎IMLS Library Search & Compare🔎

IMLS’ Library Search & Compare tool allows users to search a variety of statistics pertaining to library access, utilization, and participation.

🔎Explore this dataset further: www.imls.gov/search-compare
April 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"EasyScienceGateway: A new framework for providing reproducible user environments on science gateways" (doi.org/10.1002/cpe....) is one of the most-viewed papers in Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience published in 2023!

#TopViewedArticle
EasyScienceGateway: A new framework for providing reproducible user environments on science gateways
Science gateways have become a core part of the cyberinfrastructure ecosystem by increasing access to computational resources and providing community platforms for sharing and publishing education an...
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April 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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We're hiring! Recruiting a PhD candidate for a cool interdisciplinary project on how social environments shape health, based in the Human Geography department, co-supervised by sociologists @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
PhD Position on Unravelling the Social Exposome for Better Health
Do you want to develop cutting-edge methods to measure social networks at a population scale? Apply for this PhD position!
www.uu.nl
April 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
That's a wrap on AAG 2025! Got to meet some amazing friends---new and old---and can't wait for next year!
April 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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LAST CALL for I-GUIDE Forum 2025!

We can't wait to see your posters, papers, workshops, etc. in June, but you need to get your submissions in today! i-guide.io/forum/forum-...

The I-GUIDE Forum 2025 is co-located with the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress in Chicago!
Forum 2025: Call for Participation : I-GUIDE
i-guide.io
March 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
#AAG2025 attendees: head over to 356, Level 3, Huntington Place at 10:10am for Challenges and Opportunities of Spatial Accessibility!

I'll be talking about my work "Measuring Temporally Dynamic Spatial Accessibility using Machine Learned Driving Times" and we have 4 other amazing talks lined up!
March 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Join us tomorrow morning (3/28) at 10:10 am in room 356, Level 3 of Huntington Place at #AAG2025 for our session "Challenges and Opportunities of Spatial Accessibility" aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/soli...

We have a great line-up of talks:
March 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If you're at #AAG2025 this week, check out the amazing talks from CyberGIS Center members:
March 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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a reminder I sadly needed at the last #AAG2025 (old habits die hard): We agreed on registration not to post photos of presenters or their intellectual work on social media without their permission. We are also asked not to post photos of faces in the audience without permission. Ahhh, these times.
March 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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You don't want to miss tomorrow's VCO: "Convergence Curriculum for Geospatial Data Science: Overview and Q&A" with Eric Shook!

Learn more and register:
Convergence Curriculum for Geospatial Data Science: Overview and Q&A : I-GUIDE
Register to attend the VCO!
i-guide.io
March 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Take a tour of the I-GUIDE Platform:
I-GUIDE Platform Introduction
The I-GUIDE Platform provides an open science and collaborative environment for geospatial data-intensive convergence research and education focused on susta...
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March 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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🩺 For those attending AAG in-person this year, stop by the Geospatial Health Research Symposium!

🗓 March 25-27, 2025 @ 8:30AM EDT each day

Learn more: aag-hmgsg.org/wp-content/u...
March 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Don't miss the April 2 VCO where Iman Haqiqi will present "Resilience Through Connection: Adaptive Capacity in Telecoupled Human and Environmental Systems"

Iman is a brilliant economist at Purdue who will be discussing the SIMPLE-G model for large-scale spatial analysis!
Resilience Through Connection: Adaptive Capacity in Telecoupled Human and Environmental Systems : I-GUIDE
Register to attend the VCO!
i-guide.io
March 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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This is truly an amazing funding opportunity. Travel funding for US-based students to attend @giscience-conf.bsky.social in New Zealand! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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March 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Next week's VCO (Mar 19th @ 12 CT) is a great talk from Eric Shook on "Convergence Curriculum for Geospatial Data Science: Overview and Q&A"

He and the I-GUIDE team have done some amazing work with the Convergence Curriculum, so don't miss this opportunity to learn more!
Convergence Curriculum for Geospatial Data Science: Overview and Q&A : I-GUIDE
Register to attend the VCO!
i-guide.io
March 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Interested in OpenStreetMap? The @i-guide.bsky.social Platform is the perfect place to analyze and share your work!

Check out the Platform here: platform.i-guide.io

Learn more about OSM on the I-GUIDE Platform in my VCO:
Exploring OpenStreetMap Data on the I-GUIDE Platform
This talk will explore OpenStreetMap (OSM) data using the I-GUIDE Platform. We will discuss some of the use-cases of OSM data, get hands-on experience with P...
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March 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Development on the @i-guide.bsky.social Platform (platform.i-guide.io) has made a lot of progress and we have a lot of exciting features to come!

Take a brief tour by @beckvalle.bsky.social here:
Series Introduction: I-GUIDE Platform Tour
This video provides an introduction to the I-GUIDE Platform Tour series by Becky Vandewalle. This video shows a quick overview of the I-GUIDE Platform and br...
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March 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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As we wrap up the week, be sure to sign up for next week's VCO: "Extracting Location Descriptions from Disaster-Related Messages using Geo-Knowledge-Guided GPT Models" with Yingjie Hu on March 11th at 12pm CT
Extracting Location Descriptions from Disaster-Related Messages using Geo-Knowledge-Guided GPT Models : I-GUIDE
Register to attend the VCO!
i-guide.io
March 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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You may be wondering what I-GUIDE is, we have the perfect YouTube video for you!

Introducing I-GUIDE:
youtu.be/WqZf4D92Opo
Introducing I GUIDE
YouTube video by NSF I-GUIDE
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March 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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🚀 Data Discovery App 📊🔍
Easily explore datasets with structured metadata! To stay up-to-date, keep an eye on our socials, or sign up to our newsletter: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-SUBSCRIBE #MetadataMatters #DataDiscovery #SDOH #OpenData #FoodAccess #PublicHealth #CommunityPlanning
March 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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March 5th we are hosting a Virtual Consulting Office (VCO) titled "I-GUIDE’s Platform: Open Office Hours". Come learn more about what our Platform has to offer researchers, educators, and students!

Register here:
i-guide.io/i-guide-vco/...
I-GUIDE's Platform: Open Office Hours : I-GUIDE
i-guide.io
March 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If you missed my I-GUIDE VCO talk last month on "Exploring OpenStreetMap Data on the I-GUIDE Platform" the recording is up now:
Exploring OpenStreetMap Data on the I-GUIDE Platform : I-GUIDE
This talk will explore OpenStreetMap (OSM) data using the I-GUIDE Platform. We will discuss some of the use-cases of OSM data, get hands-on experience with Python packages designed for OSM data, and…
i-guide.io
March 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Hope you're excited for #AAG2025!

We have a great lineup for the NSF I-GUIDE AAG 2025 Symposium on Spatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability and hope to see you at some sessions:

go.illinois.edu/AAG2025
February 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Join us June 17-19 in Chicago for the I-GUIDE Forum 2025:
Geospatial AI and Innovation for Sustainability Solutions! We will be co-located with the Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress.

CFP for Papers, Posters, and Workshops is out and deadline is Mar 24th!
i-guide.io/forum/forum-...
Forum 2025: Call for Participation : I-GUIDE
i-guide.io
February 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM