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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · Apr 17

🔎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

EasyScienceGateway: A new framework for providing reproducible user environments on science gateways

Alex Michels @alexmichels.bsky.social · Apr 17

This framework is used to support the JupyterHubs for multiple science gateways in the geospatial sciences including CyberGISX (cybergisxhub.cigi.illinois.edu) and the I-GUIDE Platform (platform.i-guide.io)!

A big thanks to my co-authors and readers of the paper!

Alex Michels @alexmichels.bsky.social · Apr 17

"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

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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PhD Position on Unravelling the Social Exposome for Better Health

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Rense Corten 🟥 @rensec.bsky.social · Apr 1

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...

Do you want to develop cutting-edge methods to measure social networks at a population scale? Apply for this PhD position!

www.uu.nl

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Alex Michels @alexmichels.bsky.social · Apr 1

That's a wrap on AAG 2025! Got to meet some amazing friends---new and old---and can't wait for next year!

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I-GUIDE @i-guide.bsky.social · Mar 31

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

Alex Michels @alexmichels.bsky.social · Mar 28

#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!

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Alex Michels @alexmichels.bsky.social · Mar 27

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:

Alex Michels @alexmichels.bsky.social · Mar 25

If you're at #AAG2025 this week, check out the amazing talks from CyberGIS Center members:

Convergence Curriculum for Geospatial Data Science: Overview and Q&A : I-GUIDE

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Sara Koopman @spaceforpeace.bsky.social · Mar 24

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.

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I-GUIDE @i-guide.bsky.social · Mar 18

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:

I-GUIDE Platform Introduction

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I-GUIDE @i-guide.bsky.social · Mar 21

Take a tour of the I-GUIDE Platform:

The I-GUIDE Platform provides an open science and collaborative environment for geospatial data-intensive convergence research and education focused on susta...

Resilience Through Connection: Adaptive Capacity in Telecoupled Human and Environmental Systems : I-GUIDE

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · Mar 21

🩺 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...

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I-GUIDE @i-guide.bsky.social · Mar 20

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!

Convergence Curriculum for Geospatial Data Science: Overview and Q&A : I-GUIDE

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Grant McKenzie @grantdmckenzie.bsky.social · Mar 18

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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I-GUIDE @i-guide.bsky.social · Mar 13

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!

Exploring OpenStreetMap Data on the I-GUIDE Platform

Alex Michels @alexmichels.bsky.social · Mar 13

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:

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...

Series Introduction: I-GUIDE Platform Tour

Alex Michels @alexmichels.bsky.social · Mar 11

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:

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...

Extracting Location Descriptions from Disaster-Related Messages using Geo-Knowledge-Guided GPT Models : I-GUIDE

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I-GUIDE @i-guide.bsky.social · Mar 7

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

YouTube video by NSF I-GUIDE

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I-GUIDE @i-guide.bsky.social · Mar 6

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

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Healthy Regions + Policies Lab @healthyregions.bsky.social · Mar 5

🚀 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

I-GUIDE's Platform: Open Office Hours : I-GUIDE

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I-GUIDE @i-guide.bsky.social · Mar 4

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/...

Exploring OpenStreetMap Data on the I-GUIDE Platform : I-GUIDE

Alex Michels @alexmichels.bsky.social · Mar 4

If you missed my I-GUIDE VCO talk last month on "Exploring OpenStreetMap Data on the I-GUIDE Platform" the recording is up now:

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…