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Matthew Nelson

Graduate Certificate in Spatial Analytics
Matthew Nelson is a Ph.D. student of political science at the University of Southern California. He is interested in electoral institutions and is currently conducting research on redistricting, primaries, and voting restrictions. Matt believes Geographic Information Science (GIS) can help us understand the ramifications of public policy and is a useful tool for the visualization…
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Jiawen Fang

Graduate Certificate in Spatial Analytics
Jiawen Fang is a Ph.D. student focusing on sustainable transportation. She is currently working on the social and environmental impacts of innovative technological interruptions such as Amazon Lockers, truck electrification and ride-sharing platforms. Jiawen Fang's academic journey started at Peking University in China with a bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning where she found that spatial…
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SSI Faculty Contribute to Award-Winning NGA and DoD Work

GRiD Program receives a 2020 USGIF Achievement Award The United State Geospatial Intelligence Foundation has recognized the Geospatial Repository and Data Management System (GRiD) program with its 2020 Achievement Award, Military Category, for its work in providing the Department of Defense (DoD), intelligence community and geospatial community with a centralized repository for the storage, discovery,…
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Tricia John

Tricia John
Tricia John - Earning a B.S. in Geology & Geophysics from the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa has given me the opportunity to comprehend the power of data analytics in the geosciences. During my undergraduate program, I became especially interested in a GIS course that had us going out into the field to collect and…
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