-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2018 - SIGGIS: 2 Pre-Conference Events: Workshop and Tutorial Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 09:54:06 -0400 From: Daniel Farkas dfarkas@pace.edu To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

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Colleagues,

Join SIGGIS for two exciting pre-conference events. At this year's AMCIS conference in New Orleans (Thursday, August 16), we will have a workshop and tutorial running concurrently:

*Workshop: Digital Disruption: A Workshop on the Implications for the Geospatial Realm*

*This workshop will serve as a research forum on the varied aspects of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the emergence of the “Geospatial Realm”. As the understanding that geospatial, or locational, data has value for many organizations, the focus on this special type of data has also increased. Workshop activities will be facilitated focusing on this research area to discuss the “who, what, where, when, how, and why” of participating in this burgeoning research domain. (Contact: Dan Farkas - dfarkas@pace.edu dfarkas@pace.edu)*

*Tutorial: Social Media Operationalized for Locational Analytics: A Hands-on Tutorial*

*Social media such as Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook, have become de facto global communication channels to disseminate news, entertainment, and one’s self-revelations. However, though these organizations provide real-time data feeds that may be utilized in many ways, how does one actually go about using these data? This workshop will provide hands-on instruction regarding the collection, processing, and analysis of these data using Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools, Topic Modeling Techniques, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). (Contact: Brian Hilton - brian.hilton@cgu.edu brian.hilton@cgu.edu)*

Details and Agendas will follow as we get closer to the conference.