University of Florida Homepage
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Geography
Make a Gift
Make a Gift

Featured

Developing Career-Ready Graduates: The Importance of AI Literacy Across the Curriculum

Posted on

SOUTHWORTH – Developing Career-Ready Graduates: The Importance of AI Literacy Across the Curriculum Jane Southworth & Kati Migliaccio Article first published online: 4 May 2023 URL: https://media-and-learning.eu/type/featured-articles/developing-career-ready-graduates-the-importance-of-ai-literacy-across-the-curriculum/ ABSTRACT: Are you curious about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be incorporated into undergraduate education across a diverse university with many different colleges? The University of Florida (UF) […]

Read more "Developing Career-Ready Graduates: The Importance of AI Literacy Across the Curriculum"

Excess mortality in Ukraine during the course of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2021

Posted on

NORRIS – Excess mortality in Ukraine during the course of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2021 Aleksandr Shishkin, Pema Chewa, Chen Yang, Yuriy Gankin, Gerardo Chowell, Michael Norris, Pavel Skums, Alexander Kirpich Article first published online: 27 April 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33113-2 ABSTRACT: In this work, the COVID-19 pandemic burden in Ukraine is investigated retrospectively using the excess […]

Read more "Excess mortality in Ukraine during the course of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2021"

Evaluation of Experimental High-Resolution Model Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Using Object-Based Metrics

Posted on

MATYAS – Evaluation of Experimental High-Resolution Model Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Using Object-Based Metrics Shakira D. Stackhouse, Stephanie E. Zick, Corene J. Matyas, Kimberly M. Wood, Andrew T. Hazelton, and Ghassan J. Alaka Jr. Article first published online: 1 October 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-22-0223.1 ABSTRACT: Tropical cyclone (TC) precipitation poses serious hazards including freshwater flooding. […]

Read more "Evaluation of Experimental High-Resolution Model Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Using Object-Based Metrics"

Dr. Nirav Patel named Schmidt Futures 2023 International Strategy Forum (ISF) Fellow

Posted on

Dr. Nirav Patel has been selected as a Schmidt Futures 2023 International Strategy Forum (ISF) Fellow From his International Strategy Forum profile: Dr. Nirav Nikunj Patel is a Senior Program Manager supporting the Space and Artificial Intelligence Portfolios with the Defense Innovation Unit in Silicon Valley, California. Nirav leads the efforts in adopting commercially-sourced satellite […]

Read more "Dr. Nirav Patel named Schmidt Futures 2023 International Strategy Forum (ISF) Fellow"

Geography Colloquium: Modeling and Analysis of Excess Commuting with Trip Chains

Posted on

Speaker: Dr. Yujie Hu Assistant Professor Department of Geography University of Florida Thursday, April 20, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Commuting, like other types of human travel, is complex in nature, such as trip-chaining behavior involving making stops of multiple purposes between two anchors. […]

Read more "Geography Colloquium: Modeling and Analysis of Excess Commuting with Trip Chains"

Fall Course: GEO4938 GEO6938 Machine Learning in Meteorology

Posted on

GEO4938 GEO6938 Machine Learning in Meteorology Hands-on experiences with machine learning (ML) from a series of practical case-studies in meteorology. Regression, classification, clustering and retrieval, and deep learning to solve research questions by identifying potential applications of ML, selecting the appropriate ML models, representing data as features to serve as input to ML models, and […]

Read more "Fall Course: GEO4938 GEO6938 Machine Learning in Meteorology"

Fall Course: MET4532 MET6530 Hurricanes

Posted on

MET4532 MET6530 Hurricanes Instructor: Dr. Corene Matyas matyas@ufl.edu Learn about Hurricane Andrew and 20 other famous tropical cyclones! Prerequisites: GEO3250 or MET3503 (email me if you are graduating and I’ll consider an over-ride) Turlington 3006 MW Per. 4-5, W Per. 4 Participate In: Forecasting Labs Maps Discussions Presentation on Famous Storm Data Analysis Project for […]

Read more "Fall Course: MET4532 MET6530 Hurricanes"

Fall Course: MET4410 Radar and Satellite Meteorology

Posted on

MET4410 Radar and Satellite Meteorology Learn the principles and practices of satellite and radar remote sensing as used in the atmospheric sciences. Apply the principles of remote sensing meteorology to process, visualize and interpret radar and satellite data for various weather events. Part of the GeoAI Certificate You will learn to: * operate a weather […]

Read more "Fall Course: MET4410 Radar and Satellite Meteorology"