Workshop Details

Upcoming workshop

CaGIS-National AI Computing Research Resources Workshop

Date
September 11, 2026
Location
Busch Student Center, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri

This workshop aims to equip participants with Cyberinfrastructure (CI) and GeoAI skills to advance disaster management and sustainability. Through hands-on training, participants will develop computational skills using national AI computing resources for analyzing large-scale geospatial datasets and translating complex data into actionable scientific insights. Supported by National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded programs under award Nos. 2526748, 2519476, and 2519477.

CaGIS 2026 Conference in St. Louis

Program

Activity schedule

TimeProgram activities
8:30 - 9:20 am
  • Breakfast and Welcome
  • Dr. Zhe Zhang - Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University
  • Kari Craun - Executive Director, Cartography and Geographic Information Society; Northwest Missouri State University
9:20 - 10:00 am
  • Keynote Presentation: Disaster Management as a Geospatial Problem
  • Dr. Michael Goodchild - Professor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara
10:00 - 10:10 am
  • Break
10:10 am - 11:00 am
  • Introduction to the I-GUIDE Platform
  • Dr. Shaowen Wang - Professor, Department of Geography & Geographic Information Science and Siebel School of Computing and Data Science; Associate Dean for Natural and Mathematical Sciences, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
11:00 - 11:50 am
  • Texas A&M AI Supercomputing
  • Dr. Honggao Liu - Executive Director of High-Performance Research Computing at Texas A&M University
11:50 am - 12:30 pm
  • Lunch
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
  • Research Talks (30 min each)
  • Dr. Budhu Bhaduri - Chief Data Officer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Dr. Samantha Arundel - Research Director, Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science, U.S. Geological Survey
1:30 - 1:40 pm
  • Break
1:40 - 3:40 pm
  • CyberGeoAI for Disaster Management using NSF ACES and NAIRR
  • Dr. Zhe Zhang - Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University
  • Dr. Zhenhua He - Interim Director for Emerging Technologies and Research at Texas A&M High-Performance Research Computing
  • Ms. Shoibolina Kaushik - Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University
  • Mr. Yuan Niu - Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University
  • Mr. Yuhang Xie - Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University
3:40 - 3:50 pm
  • Break
3:50 - 4:50 pm
  • Discussion
  • Chair: Dr. Zhe Zhang, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University
  • Dr. Yue Lin - Assistant Professor, Department of Geography & Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Dr. Peng Luo - Assistant Professor, School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, University of Iowa
  • Dr. Caglar Koylu - Associate Professor, School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, University of Iowa
  • Dr. Stephen Baker - Senior Research & Evaluation Scientist, Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation
4:50 pm
  • Close the Workshop
5:00 pm
  • Dinner