Geospatial Big Data

The Peter F. Cowhey Center on Global Transformation (CGT) and its Pacific Leadership Fellows program are based at UC San Diego's School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS). Under the leadership of Professor Joshua Graff Zivin, CGT is designed to bring together the worlds of academic inquiry and policy analysis.

Peter F. Cowhey Center on Global Transformation

"Geospatial Big Data: Using Google Earth Engine for Data Science and Analysis"
Date: Feb. 24, 2016 Time: 3–4:30 p.m. Location: UC San Diego Institute of the Americas Malamud Conference Room at Weaver Center
Speaker: Nick Clinton, Ph.D., developer advocate, Google Earth Engine
Satellite imagery is the next frontier in big data. As new generations of satellites make high-resolution images of the planet available over ever shorter time intervals, researchers will be able to study changes in human activity and the natural environment at scale and in near real time. 
The UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy's <A HREF="http://cgt.ucsd.edu/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Center on Global Transformation</A> and the <A HREF="http://bigpixel.ucsd.edu/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Big Pixel Initiative</A> at UC San Diego are pleased to host Nick Clinton, Ph.D., developer advocate at Google Earth Engine. Google Earth Engine is a platform for petabyte-scale scientific analysis and visualization of geospatial datasets. It combines a vast catalog of satellite imagery and geospatial data with planetary-scale analysis capabilities. The platform is available free of charge to scientists, researchers and developers. In his lecture, Clinton will discuss how the research community can use Google Earth Engine as a tool for planetary-scale, cloud-based geospatial analysis. 
A reception will be held following the talk. 
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Bio:
Nick Clinton received a bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. from the UC Berkeley's Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management. From 2008 to 2011, Clinton worked in the Airborne Sensor Facility of the NASA Ames Research Center, producing calibrated imagery and supporting sensor maintenance for thermal, multispectral and hyperspectral imagers. From 2012 to 2015, he was on the faculty of the Center for Earth System Science at Tsinghua University, in Beijing. He joined Google in 2015, where he serves as a developer advocate on the Earth Engine team.
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Parking:
Please be advised that the closest parking to the venue will be at the <A HREF="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pangea+Parking+Structure/@32.8829071,-117.2420634,18z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x6b5291eda7c142c3" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Pangea Parking Structure</A>. Parking is quite impacted during the day so please plan enough time to find parking. Alternatively, <A HREF="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hopkins+Parking+Structure/@32.8829071,-117.2420634,18z/data=!4m6!1m3!3m2!1s0x0:0x6b5291eda7c142c3!2sPangea+Parking+Structure!3m1!1s0x0000000000000000:0xc6690b999c002d97" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hopkins Parking Structure</A> is nearby as well. For both structures, please make sure to purchase parking permits at the pay stations. There will also be pedestrian signage from both parking structures to assist you to the Malamud Conference Room at the Institute of the Americas.

UC San Diego, Institute of the Americas Malamud Conference Room at the Weaver Center

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