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Geography Colloquium: Migration as a livelihood strategy in rural Honduras in response to emerging socio-ecological collapse

Watch on YouTube Speaker: Dr. Rebecca J. Williams Visiting Assistant Professor Center for Latin American Studies Master of Sustainable Development Practice Program Tropical Conservation and Development Program University of Florida Thursday, October 14, 2021 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Synopsis: Worldwide we are seeing the beginnings of large-scale […]

Pastoralist Violence in North and West Africa

PFLAUM – Pastoralist Violence in North and West Africa Article first published online: 13 JULY 2021 – OECD Publishing DOI: 10.1787/63dff519-en A new OECD working paper and a series of audio clips explores how pastoralists are both perpetrators and victims of violence in North and West Africa. This paper is available in both English and French. ABSTRACT: This study examines […]

Geography Colloquium: One Size AI Does Not Fit All: A Step Towards GeoAI

Watch on YouTube Speaker: Dr. Zhe Jiang Assistant Professor Dept. of Computer and Information Science and Engineering University of Florida Thursday, September 30, 2021 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) has achieved tremendous success in computer vision and natural language processing. With rapidly increasing spatiotemporal data collected from ground, […]

The Future of Zoonotic Risk Prediction

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B RYAN – The Future of Zoonotic Risk Prediction Colin J. Carlson, Maxwell J. Farrell, Zoe Grange, Barbara A. Han, Nardus Mollentze, Alexandra L. Phelan, Angela L. Rasmussen, Gregory F. Albery, Bernard Bett, David M. Brett-Major, Lily E. Cohen, Tad Dallas, Evan A. Eskew, Anna C. Fagre, Kristian M. Forbes, Rory Gibb, Sam Halabi, Charlotte C. Hammer, Rebecca Katz, Jason Kindrachuk, Renata L. Muylaert, Felicia B. Nutter, Joseph Ogola, Kevin J. Olival, Michelle […]