Clark CGA Newsletter

February 2025

Hamed Alemohammad

Clark CGA Director

Dear Clark CGA Community,



I am excited to share recent updates from our team as we step into the new year. We continue to push the boundaries of geospatial analytics recognized by a recent award from Taylor Geospatial Institute and AWS to leverage generative AI for land cover change prediction. Our team is also working on a new release of the Pond Aquaculture and Coastal Wetlands map, funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. We also celebrate the achievements of our students, including a well-deserved fellowship award. Last month, we had the opportunity to engage with the broader geospatial community at the AGU Fall Meeting in Washington, DC, and we look forward to more such interactions at upcoming events in the next couple of months.

I invite you to explore the stories in this newsletter and connect with us as we shape the future of geospatial analytics together!  



- Hamed Alemohammad

Clark geospatial team developing generative AI model to predict future landscape

"Research team at the Clark Center for Geospatial Analytics is developing a generative AI model to predict land cover changes due to population, economic, and climate scenarios. The team is led by Hamed Alemohammad, director of the center and [...]”

Clark School of Climate, Environment, and Society will open in Fall 2025

"Clark CGA is excited to be a part of the new Clark School of Climate, Environment, and Society which is set to open in Fall 2025 with a new major and graduate degree.

Clark CGA Director Hamed Alemohammad receives an award

"Excited to share that our Director Hamed Alemohammad, received an award from Taylor Geospatial Institute and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to advance GenAI models for future land cover projections to support sustainable land use planning and climate resilience strategies [...]”

Rufai Omowunmi Balogun, Research Assistant @ClarkCGA, receives an award

“We are proud to announce that Rufai Omowunmi Balogun, a research assistant at Clark CGA, has been selected as a NASA Lifelines Program Fellow. Rufai is a first-year PhD student at the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University [...]"

Clark CGA at AGU Fall Meeting 2024

“American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting is the largest gathering of geoscientists around the world. Clark CGA Director, Dr. Hamed Alemohammad, gave a presentation on an explainable AI benchmark for geospatial foundation models [...]"

Clark CGA Joins the Cloud Native Geospatial Form (CNG)

“Clark CGA is thrilled to announce we are now a proud member of the Cloud Native Geospatial Forum (CNG Forum), an initiative led by Radiant Earth. This membership aligns with our mission to advance cutting-edge geospatial research and innovation [...]"

MapBiomas in Action: Tasso Azevedo's Visit to Clark CGA and Key Insights on Land Use Change

“Clark CGA organized a campus visit event and a talk by Tasso Azevedo on Thursday, January 16, at Clark University for our team to engage and learn more about the maps and data that empower decision-making on sustainable land use in the tropics [...]"

Hamed Alemohammad

Clark CGA Director

Hamed will be representing Clark CGA at 2025 AAG Annual Meeting in March at Detroit, Michigan.

Learn more here.

Hamed will also represent Clark CGA at the EGU General Assembly 2025 which is going to be held in late April at Vienna, Austria.

Learn more here.

Tammy Woodard

Senior Software Developer

Tammy Woodard will represent Clark CGA at the Cloud Native Geospatial Forum (CNG) Conference in late April, 2025, in Snowbird, Utah.

Learn more here.

Yao-Ting Yao

Staff Software Engineer

Yao-Ting Yao will represent Clark CGA at the Cloud Native Geospatial Forum (CNG) Conference in late April, 2025, in Snowbird, Utah.

Learn more here.

Call for Manuscripts: Trajectory Analysis Special Issue

Submit your work to the Land journal's special issue on Trajectory Analysis, led by Prof. Robert Pontius from Clark University's Graduate School of Geography and Dr. Thomas Bilintoh. This issue explores innovative methods to analyze changes in time series maps.

Manuscript deadline: 31 July 2025.

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Cloud-Native Geospatial Forum (CNG) Conference 2025

The Cloud-Native Geospatial Forum (CNG) Conference 2025 is scheduled for April 30 - May 2, 2025, in Snowbird, Utah! This event brings together geospatial professionals and innovators to explore the latest advancements in cloud-native technologies, standards, and tools.

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