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Announcing the 2026 GISS-SG Honors Competition Finalists

Posted on March 14, 2026 | Leave a comment

The Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group is proud to announce the finalists for the 2026 Honors Competition for Student Papers!

Join us at the AAG 2026 Annual Meeting on Tuesday, March 17, as 10 exceptional student scholars present their innovative research under the theme Mapping the Future. Spanning two back-to-back sessions, these presentations will cover developments in GeoAI, population downscaling, LLM-driven forecasting, and much more.

Let’s support the next generation of GIScience leaders!

Click here to see the full list of finalists and presentation titles

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The Waldo Tobler Distinguished Lecture, 2026

Posted on March 14, 2026 | Leave a comment

The AAG GISS Specialty Group and Transactions in GIS are thrilled to announce the speakers for the 2026 Waldo Tobler and TGIS Distinguished Lecture in GIScience!

Join us at the AAG 2026 Annual Meeting in San Francisco on Wednesday, March 18, to hear from leading scholars shaping the future of analytical cartography and spatial analysis:

  • Dr. Peter Kedron (UC Santa Barbara) will explore the critical challenges of reproducibility in his talk, New Directions in Geographic Research on Replication.
  • Dr. Shawn Newsam (UC Merced) will reflect on the evolution of our field in his presentation, Over 25 years of GeoAI: From the Alexandria Digital Library Project to Now.

Whether you are attending in person or joining the hybrid stream, you won’t want to miss this keynote session!

Click here to read the full abstracts and session details

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