Summer School 2026: Agenda

Summer School 2026: Spatial AI & Convergence Science

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign · July 13 - 17, 2026

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Time (CT) Agenda Item Location
8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
8:45 AM Welcome and Introductions
  • Mohan Ramamurthy, Unidata
  • Anand Padmanabhan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 NHB Room 2020B
9:00 AM I-GUIDE Overview & Why SpatialAI NHB Room 2020B
9:45 AM Logistics and Deliverables for the 2026 Summer School NHB Room 2020B
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM Presentations of Projects by Team Leaders
  • Detecting and Correcting Spatial Bias in VGI Using Remote Sensing — Fangzheng Lyu, Department of Geography, Virginia Tech University
  • Integrating Flux Towers, Remote Sensing, and Models in the Everglades — Leonardo Bobadilla, Knight Foundation School of Computing & Information Sciences, Florida International University
  • Seeing Green in 3D: Assessing Vertical Urban Space — Debayan Mandal, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University
  • Engineers from Space: A GeoAI Approach to Mapping Beaver Wetlands — Eric Shook, Department of Geography, Environment, and Society, University of Minnesota
  • Urban Heat Exposure Revealed by Human Mobility Patterns — Yuqin Jiang, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • Agentic Wildfire Mitigation Planner: LLM-Guided Regionalization for Disaster Analysis, Planning, and Prevention — Yunfan Kang, Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
 NHB Room 2020B
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Interactive Activity: Convergence Science, Team Science, and Group Work in Action
  • Diana Sinton, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science
 NHB Room 2020B
2:00 PM Hands-on Orientation to the I-GUIDE Platform and other Digital Resources
  • Anand Padmanabhan, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
  • Erick Li, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
  • Chris Thompson, Purdue University
 NHB Room 2020B
3:15 PM Break
3:45 PM Group Work Session 1 Team Work Rooms
5:00 PM Ice Breaker / Social Gathering NHB Core Space, Atrium
Evening Dinner On Your Own and Open Time

Team Work Rooms

Team Room
Team 1 NHB Room 2020 B
Team 2 NHB Room 2020 B
Team 3 NHB Room 2020 B
Team 4 NHB Room 2020 A
Team 5 NHB Room 1062
Team 6 NHB Room 1062

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