Learning outcome list

Number	Name	Actions
1	Describe computational intelligence methods that may apply to GIS&T	View
2	Exemplify the potential for machine learning to expand performance of specialized geospatial analysis functions	View
3	Describe a hypothesis space that includes searches for optimality of solutions within that space	View
4	Describe artificial intelligence methods that may apply to GIS&T	View
5	Identify artificial intelligence tools that may be useful for GIS&T	View
6	Describe how the power increase in desktop computing has expanded the analytic methods that can be used for GIS&T	View
7	Exemplify how the power increase in desktop computing has expanded the analytic methods that can be used for GIS&T	View
8	Describe the major geospatial software architectures available currently, including desktop GIS, server-based, Internet, and component-based custom applications	View
9	Describe non-spatial software that can be used in geospatial applications, such as databases, Web services, and programming environments	View
10	Compare and contrast the primary sources of geospatial software, including major and minor commercial vendors and open-source options	View
11	List the major functionality needed from off-the-shelf software based on a requirements report	View
12	Identify software options that meet functionality needs for a given task or enterprise	View
13	Evaluate software options that meet functionality needs for a given task or enterprise	View
14	Define technology transfer.	View
15	Compare classes of technologies and services that could be candidates for technology transfer.	View
16	Summarize one federal agency program that can facilitate technology transfer and commercialization for academic institutions.	View
17	Discuss a major challenge during one stage of the technology transfer process.	View
18	Compare communicating research ideas with the research community and industrial incubators.	View
19	Role play how a successful research idea could contribute to a technology transfer process.	View
20	Summarize the technology transfer process behind the Taghreed system.	View
21	Design an application-level software/user interface based on user requirements	View
22	Create user interface components in available development environments	View
23	Define Graphics Processing Units for general-purpose computation.	View
24	Describe hardware architecture and software frameworks for GPU-enabled acceleration.	View
25	Discuss fundamental in using thread-based parallelism to harness massively parallel computing power in GPUs.	View
26	Describe the evaluation of acceleration performance of GPUs for general-purpose computation.	View
27	Discuss the types of spatial problems that can be accelerated using GPUs.	View
28	Define social media, social media analytics, natural language processing and text mining.	View
29	Describe the general workflow of social media analytics for geospatial applications.	View
30	Discuss the file and database systems (e.g., NoSQL databases) can be leveraged to manage and manipulate social media data.	View
31	Describe the techniques (e.g., text preprocessing and NLP) that can help computers analyze, understand, and derive meaning from human language.	View
32	Discuss spatial/spatiotemporal analysis and data mining algorithms and methods that can be used to reveal meaningful information and patterns from social media data.	View
33	Discuss common geovisualization methods (e.g., graphs and maps) and tools for mapping and visualizing different components of the social media data (e.g., geo-tags, temporal information, and users).	View
34	Compare and contrast two geospatial applications that can leverage social media data from the perspectives of techniques, tools, and approaches to process and mine social media data.	View
35	Explain how web services enable the sharing of maps and GIS operations in an online environment.	View
36	List strategies that web GIS administrators can take to improve the speed and capacity of their systems.	View
37	Summarize and compare various security precautions that web GIS system administrators can take to protect access to sensitive data or algorithms.	View
38	Critically discuss some societal effects stemming from the web-enabled shift of spatial data production from experts to laypersons (i.e., the rise of neogeography).	View
39	Given a set of requirements, propose appropriate system architectures for web GIS, including the software and hardware used for the data server, GIS server, web server, and client apps.	View
40	Define Location-Based Services, Compare LBS, and other GIS applications.	View
41	Name the key components of Location-Based Services.	View
42	Describe key positioning technologies for outdoor and indoor environments.	View
43	Demonstrate the key tasks of data modeling in LBS.	View
44	Explore possible presentation forms for communicating relevant information to the users of LBS and discuss their pros and cons.	View
45	Examine various application fields and investigate the potentials of LBS.	View
46	Describe the challenges of privacy in LBS.	View
47	Distinguish between the traditional procedural programming and the MapReduce programming paradigm.	View
48	Differentiate between the MapReduce programming paradigm and the MapReduce framework.	View
49	Characterize the limitations of HDFS for the storage and processing of spatial data.	View
50	Describe the MapReduce implementation of the range query operation.	View
51	Identify the purpose of the duplicate avoidance technique in the spatial join operation.	View
52	Describe the major GPU programming paradigms.	View
53	Explain the major differences between graphics and GPGPU programming	View
54	Discuss the functions of the stages in the rendering pipeline	View
55	Discuss the types of problems encountered in GIS and its related disciplines that could benefit most from GPU computing	View
56	Explain the history of cyberinfrastructure	View
57	Assess the importance and roles of cyberinfrastructure to science and engineering	View
58	Describe the conceptual foundations of cyberGIS	View
59	Define Enterprise GIS in an generalized manner without reference to a specific enabling technologies.	View
60	Explain the difference between a system and a process definition of Enterprise GIS.	View
61	Describe the value-adding points of Enterprise GIS in an organizational setting.	View
62	Express the importance of organizational context to the implementation and operation of an Enterprise GIS.	View
63	Demonstrate the importance of iteratively evolving a given Enterprise GIS implementation over time.	View
64	Identify the current implementation patterns of Enterprise GIS, based on present trends and best practices in IT.	View
65	Describe the purpose of a social network and what it can reveal about relationships.	View
66	Describe what nodes and edges represent, and the variables that can be ascribed to each.	View
67	Explain how different metrics reveal the importance of nodes or edges in a social network.	View
68	List different properties that are used to describe an entire network.	View
69	Report on how a social network can have spatial properties.	View
70	Explain how a social network might interact with the built environment.	View
71	Explain the workings of batch processing using punched cards.	View
72	Distinguish the main differences between the mainframe and minicomputer epochs of GIST.	View
73	Explain the reason for the rise of reduced instruction set computer (RISC) processors.	View
74	Understand and describe the contextual, technological, and financial considerations required for making a mobile app for geographic information collection.	View
75	Understand and describe the core concepts related to mobile devices as they apply to computing infrastructure as a whole.	View
76	Understand what technological advancements have taken place that have made mobile devices important and relevant for GIS&T.	View
77	Explain the main types of data capture devices used in the era under consideration.	View
78	Explain how sequential storage relates to geographical space.	View
79	Explain how line printers were used to produce gray-tone maps.	View
80	Explain the basic operation of a pen plotter.	View
81	Describe the basic operation of a CRT display.	View
82	Explain how a frame buffer works.	View
83	Explain how a storage tube display works.	View
84	Describe the rationale for and development of device independence.	View
85	Explain the difference between serving data and analysis on the web/cloud	View
86	Discuss the advantages of cloud-based vs. desktop-based geospatial analysis	View
87	Explain the relationship between Features and ImageCollections	View
88	Demonstrate how to access the GEE platform and how to pull in a dataset for analysis	View
89	Determine if a use case is appropriate for scaling in the GEE	View
90	Describe the concepts and characteristics of cloud computing.	View
91	Review different cloud service models.	View
92	Summarize the concepts of spatial cloud computing.	View
93	Discuss the differences between cloud computing and spatial cloud computing.	View
94	Explain the generalized architecture of spatial cloud computing, and the functions of each component.	View
95	Describe the service models of spatial cloud computing, as well as the goals and key functions of each service model.	View
96	Explain, with examples, how all manner of research outcomes could be shared more effectively	View
97	Propose a set of minimum standards for the more effective sharing of GIS code and data	View
98	Contrast the approach to research afforded by eScience ideas with the approach you see practiced currently in GIScience and Geography	View
99	Define computational notebooks in general without reference to individual technology platforms.	View
100	Explain the difference between the notebook paradigm and traditional desktop GIS.	View
101	Explain how to use the JupyterLab user interface.	View
102	Describe the utility of computational notebooks in modern GIS analytics.	View
103	Express the importance of computational notebooks in open (geospatial) science.	View
104	Describe the basic workflow for creating a map in ArcGIS Online, find or import data, style the map, perform analysis, and share the content.	View
105	Explain the difference between a public and subscription account on ArcGIS Online.	View
106	Summarize basic administration of an ArcGIS Online subscription including named user accounts and credits.	View