NCSU GIS 714:
Geospatial Computing and Simulations

Schedule

Schedule will be adjusted as needed during the semester.
Week Lecture/Assignment Topic and Project Tasks Assignment due date
January 14 Course logistics and Course Moodle site

1.A Introduction to geocomputation: Foundations
Think about dissertation related project proposal and discuss it with your advisor

February 4
January 21 1.B Dynamic spatial phenomena
optional topic: 2.A Data simulation
February 4
January 28 3.A Surface water: geometry driven simulations of flow and flooding
Work on dissertation related project proposal
February 18
February 4 3.B Surface water: process based simulations
Work on project proposal presentation
February 18
February 11 Project proposal 10 minute presentations and discussions
Open source software and version control system
n/a
February 18 5.B Urban growth simulations
Continue working on the project: analyze, evaluate and visualize results, finalize TL activity
March 4
February 25 5.C Urban growth simulations on HPC
Continue working on the project: prepare your presentation, test TL activity
March 4
March 4 Work on the project: perform modeling, analysis, expand TL application, and outline your project progress lightning talk
Optional: 3.C Geostatistical simulations and error propagation
March 11
March 11 Project progress talks: I 10 min., include Title, Introduction with objectives, Study site, Data, Methods, Preliminary and Expected results, Challenges; Tangible Landscape application demonstrations n/a
March 16 - 20 Spring Break
March 25 TBA, was 5.A Spread simulations
Work on project: develop workflows, process data, continue with TL activity
n/a
April 1 4. Tangible Landscape as a geosimulation environment: Introduction and development of activity related to your project, github pull requests April 15
April 8
4. Tangible Landscape as a geosimulation environment: Development, testing, and demonstration of your activity in a notebook and with a physical model.
April 15
April 15 Project presentations I
Write draft of the paper, incorporate feedback, finish TL activity
TL activity: due April 22
April 22 IALE 2025 Project presentations II, TL activity demos
Write the paper, incorporate feedback
Paper due April 29
na Open topics
Agent based modeling
Modeling with kernel densities in social sciences
Mass transport and landscape evolution
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