Professor Daniel Farkas & Dr. Li-Chiou Chen
Pace University, New York, USA
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analyze information in which data is location based. These systems provide a powerful paradigm for looking at problems in new ways and creating web-based solutions (interactive maps) that can be shared with broad audiences. This tutorial will give a hands-on overview of GIS using a variety of freely available tools and web-based datasets (US Census data, Google Maps, Google Earth, Open Source GIS (QGIS), ArcGIS) to give participants the knowledge needed to get started developing their own applications. Participants with laptops will create their own GIS applications.
Outline:
1. Overview of GIS Concepts
2. GIS Databases and Sources
3. Collecting Data – Global Positioning (GPS)
4. Spatial Analysis
5. GIS and the Web
6. Hands-on Wi-Fi Security Exercise
Daniel Farkas, PhD, Professor and Chair IS Department, Pace University, NY
As chair of the Information Systems department, Dan has been innovative in developing curriculum in Computer Security, Web Development and most recently Geographic Information Systems. He has given tutorials on TCP/IP, JavaScript and GIS Concepts. Dan has been delivering professional seminars in UNIX, Linux System Administration, Network and Network Administration to national audiences for over 20 years.
Li-Chiou Chen, PhD, Pace University, NY
Li-Chiou's teaching and research is focused on computer security. She has
been developing laboratory modules in network security and web application
security to provide students with hands-on experience while learning the
theories. Her research has been focused on the impacts of policy and managerial
decisions to counter computer attacks on the Internet. Using computational
modeling approaches, she has conducted technological and policy analysis
in the area of Internet-based attacks and biological warfare.