There’s a Space For That!
Spatial Intelligence for Health and Beyond
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
3:30 PM ~ Hunter College ~ 1022 HN
Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065
André Skupin
Center for Information Convergence and Strategy
Department of Geography
San Diego State University

The relevance of spatial thinking and geographic techniques for the medical
domain extends far beyond the traditional bounds of using GIS and spatial
analysis to investigate public health phenomena in geographic space. With
some imagination, medical concepts and practices can be seen as
simultaneously existing in a multitude of different spaces. Once such an
overarching spatial viewpoint is in place, health data can be transformed
into engaging artifacts that support medical research, education, and
practice. For example, medical records generated by intensive care units
could be turned into nuanced representations of patients’ health status. The
written notes of medical professionals – from surgeons to nurses and
radiologists – can be a rich source of insight, not only concerning
individual patients but in surveying and monitoring the medical ecosystem.
Meanwhile, natural language processing and machine learning can be used to
organize biomedical research results into coherent knowledge structures. The
presentation will highlight several projects that exemplify a spatial
intelligence approach to health and other domains.

Biography. André Skupin is a Professor of Geography and the Founder and
Co-Director of the Center for Information Convergence and Strategy (CICS) at
San Diego State University. He is vice chair and co-host of Left of Boom,
the annual conference on proactive threat mitigation strategies. Dr. Skupin
serves as Associate Director of the Center for Data Analytics and
Intelligence (CENDAI) at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague and
Associate Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI)
at the University of Dubai. He combines a classic cartographic education
with long-standing interests in the application of data visualization and
analytics in diverse domains, from biomedicine to finance, demography, and
criminology. He has been engaged in the visualization of knowledge spaces
for more than two decades, combining traditionally disparate approaches from
natural language processing, machine learning, and cartography. These
efforts have been funded by diverse sponsors, including the White House
Office of National Drug Control Policy, National Science Foundation, and
National Institutes of Health. Dr. Skupin is co-inventor of several
patent-pending technologies involving ontologies and text mining for
knowledge engineering.

All are invited to attend!
No RSVP Required

There’s a Space For That!
Spatial Intelligence for Health and Beyond
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
3:30 PM ~ Hunter College ~ 1022 HN
Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065
André Skupin
Center for Information Convergence and Strategy
Department of Geography
San Diego State University

The relevance of spatial thinking and geographic techniques for the medical
domain extends far beyond the traditional bounds of using GIS and spatial
analysis to investigate public health phenomena in geographic space. With
some imagination, medical concepts and practices can be seen as
simultaneously existing in a multitude of different spaces. Once such an
overarching spatial viewpoint is in place, health data can be transformed
into engaging artifacts that support medical research, education, and
practice. For example, medical records generated by intensive care units
could be turned into nuanced representations of patients’ health status. The
written notes of medical professionals – from surgeons to nurses and
radiologists – can be a rich source of insight, not only concerning
individual patients but in surveying and monitoring the medical ecosystem.
Meanwhile, natural language processing and machine learning can be used to
organize biomedical research results into coherent knowledge structures. The
presentation will highlight several projects that exemplify a spatial
intelligence approach to health and other domains.

Biography. André Skupin is a Professor of Geography and the Founder and
Co-Director of the Center for Information Convergence and Strategy (CICS) at
San Diego State University. He is vice chair and co-host of Left of Boom,
the annual conference on proactive threat mitigation strategies. Dr. Skupin
serves as Associate Director of the Center for Data Analytics and
Intelligence (CENDAI) at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague and
Associate Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI)
at the University of Dubai. He combines a classic cartographic education
with long-standing interests in the application of data visualization and
analytics in diverse domains, from biomedicine to finance, demography, and
criminology. He has been engaged in the visualization of knowledge spaces
for more than two decades, combining traditionally disparate approaches from
natural language processing, machine learning, and cartography. These
efforts have been funded by diverse sponsors, including the White House
Office of National Drug Control Policy, National Science Foundation, and
National Institutes of Health. Dr. Skupin is co-inventor of several
patent-pending technologies involving ontologies and text mining for
knowledge engineering.

All are invited to attend!
No RSVP Required