Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Hosted by UD-GIS. All are welcome to attend.
MEETING AGENDA
- Presentation
- GIS Day 2025
- Round table discussion
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Spatial AI: Innovations and Applications
This talk explores how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the ways we visualize, analyze, and interact with spatial data and therefore transforming geographic analysis, mapping, and decision-making. It will showcase how applying Generative AI at scale is opening new frontiers in social science and enabling novel approaches to universal questions such as human flourishing. It will also demonstrate real-world applications of conversational AI to expand access to spatio-temporal datasets in public health and policy, thus helping to democratize data-driven insights. The talk will examine the challenges and opportunities of applying AI to geographic analysis, positioning it not only as a technological breakthrough, but also as a societal tool for advancing spatial equity and democratizing spatial understanding.
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Devika Jain, GIS Data Science Manager, Harvard University
Devika Jain is a Data Science Manager at Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University where she leads the area of GIS Data Science and GeoAI. She has led the development of many high-impact GIS solutions, including TSGI, a UN-recognized well-being metric, and has overseen key projects funded by Harvard OVPR, NSF/IUCRC, and the Gates Foundation. Her GeoAI research has been selected for the I-GUIDE Spatial AI Challenge Cohort and been awarded Harvard’s GenAI Research Program Grant. A recipient of the AAG Health Data Visualization Award, Geospatial Rising Star, WiGIS Distinguished Contribution award, her work has featured in The New York Times, MIT News, and Harvard News.