Geography and Environmental Studies and FASSinating LLeaP Partnerships at Carleton University are excited to announce a new non-credit workshop,  Urban Change Modeling and Prediction Using SLEUTH.

This 3 day workshop, led by Dr. Rassoul Mahiny and Dr. Scott Mitchell, is for those individuals with a basic understanding of Windows, Remote Sensing (RS), and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Hybrid Delivery:  Participants will have the option to attend in person or online. Computers are available in the Lab for those attending in person.  Participants are asked to contact lifelonglearning@cunet.carleton.ca if attending online to ensure that personal computing requirements will be suitable to attend online.

In-Person Delivery will be at Carleton University in the Loeb Building.  Online Delivery will be through Zoom.

Dates: April 23 - 25, 2024 Time: 8:30am - 3:30pm 

Price: $695.00+ HST

Carleton University Geography & Environmental Studies Alumni receive 50% off using  Coupon Code: GAlumni24 at registration.

What you will learn in this FASSinating workshop:

• Understand the basics of Markov Chains, Cellular Automata and the functioning of SLEUTH
• Install SLEUTH on Windows using Cygwin
• Prepare input maps for SLEUTH
• Execute SLEUTH through three calibration steps
• Fine-tune urban growth coefficients during calibration
• Apply growth coefficients to forecast future urban expansion
• Modify growth coefficients to generate scenarios for future urban growth
• Compare different growth scenarios
• Develop a framework to connect results with relevant environmental components

REGISTRATION IS OPEN!