Monthly Archives: May 2020

On May 4, 2020, the University of Southern California Nu Theta Chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU) inducted 39 new members into the honorary society. Keep reading to find out more about the Gamma Theta Upsilon newest members. Since 1949, GTU has been the international geographical honor society. In 2018, the USC Spatial Sciences Institute…

The International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) International Journal of Geo-Information has announced that Dr. John P. Wilson, professor and founding director of the Spatial Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California, has joined its editorial board. Founded in 2012, the journal publishes scientific work in the domain of geo-information and has…

USC Spatial announces the 2020 M.S. in GIST Thesis Prize Winners The USC Spatial Sciences Institute (USC Spatial or SSI) has announced the 2020 prizes for the top three outstanding GIST Theses by graduating students in the M.S. in Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) program. Each year, the SSI faculty who serve as thesis advisors…

Orhun Aydin, Ph.D., lecturer with the USC Spatial Sciences Institute and researcher and product engineer with Esri, will be one of the featured speakers on the COVID-19 Data Forum. The COVID-19 Data Forum is a series of multidisciplinary, online meetings for topic experts to focus on data-related aspects of the scientific response to the pandemic,…