{"id":10157,"date":"2023-12-04T14:27:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T21:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=10157"},"modified":"2023-12-04T14:27:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T21:27:21","slug":"ires-seminar-series-thurs-dec-7-with-evelyn-arriagada-and-jumi-gogoi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-10157","title":{"rendered":"IRES Seminar Series – Thurs, Dec 7 with Evelyn Arriagada and Jumi Gogoi"},"content":{"rendered":"
The last IRES Seminar of Term 1!\u00a0 In the Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre:<\/strong><\/h5>\n
December 7, 2023: IRES Student Seminar with Evelyn Arriagada Oyarz\u00fan and Jumi Gogoi<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm<\/h4>\n

Location:\u00a0Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre (Basement, 2212 Main Mall)<\/strong>\u00a0Please check in at front desk on main floor before going downstairs. No food or drinks allowed in the Theatre.<\/h6>\n
Click here<\/a>\u00a0to register for Zoom link. Zoom will be terminated if we encounter tech problems 5 to 10 mins into the seminar.<\/h6>\n
Women and counter-mapping hydrosocial territories: activists\u2019 practices of knowledge co-production in the Chilo\u00e9 archipelago (southern Chile)<\/h6>\n

Talk summary:<\/p>\n

The Chilo\u00e9 archipelago (in southern Chile) is considered one of the world\u2019s priority areas for ecosystem conservation. Although this zone has high rainfall throughout the year, several localities face seasonal water scarcity driven by climate change, over-exploitation of peatlands and native forests, and other environmental interventions. Peasant and Indigenous women have been the primary knowledge keepers of Chilo\u00e9\u2019s ecological and cultural heritage, although they have been excluded from natural resource-related decision-making processes. In 2021, an organization of islander women+\u2019s water defenders \u2013 the Asamblea de Mujeres por las Aguas (AMIPA) \u2013 started identifying and geo-locating water-related problems and conflicts in the archipelago. As an experience driven by activists\/researchers, this counter-mapping process is challenging dominant narratives about water and territories while enhancing anti-patriarchal and anti-colonial ways of organizing and building collaborative knowledge.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Evelyn Arriagada Oyarz\u00fan<\/strong>,\u00a0IRES PhD Candidate<\/em><\/p>\n

Bio:<\/p>\n

Evelyn Arriagada is an anthropologist and holds an MA in social sciences (Universidad de Chile), and an MA in Political and Social Sciences (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), and is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (UBC). Her dissertation focuses on shifting subjectivities and hydrosocial relationships in contemporary water justice movements in Chile. Her Ph.D. is supported by a Vanier CGS Award, Killam Doctoral Scholarship, Public Scholar Initiative, and the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID \u2013 Chile) \u2013 among other funding. Her most recent co-authored publication explores the experiences of \u2018lived environmental citizenship\u2019 in female rural leaders in central Chile.<\/p>\n

Developing a field-scale crop yield prediction model using satellite and environmental data<\/h2>\n

Talk summary:<\/p>\n

Timely and reliable estimation of crop production is essential for strategic decision making in the agricultural system. Recently, detailed ground-based field-scale yield datasets have become available providing a timely opportunity for using high spatial resolution observational data for model training. The key research objective was to develop a crop-yield prediction model using satellite and biophysical data and calibrated using field-scale yield monitor data. We conducted a thorough assessment using machine and deep learning methods and different combinations of features. Results showed that an integrated dataset combining different types of inputs improved yield estimation over using only satellite-based inputs. Random Forests recorded the highest prediction accuracy in comparison to all other modeling algorithms for every crop. Using the optimized model for within-season yield forecasting, we found that reasonable field level forecasts can be achieved within three months of lead time before harvesting for canola and wheat.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Jumi Gogoi<\/strong>,\u00a0IRES PhD Candidate<\/em><\/p>\n

Bio:<\/p>\n

Jumi is a PhD candidate working under the supervision of Dr. Navin Ramankutty. She is pursuing her research interests in mobilizing methods from data science to answer questions about food security. Her PhD work specifically focuses on developing modeling methods using different datasets for improving prediction of crop production. Jumi has an interdisciplinary academic background and has completed studies\u00a0in analytics, economics, and business.<\/p>\n

See you on Thursday in the Beaty Museum Allan Yap Theatre!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

_______________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n

Bonnie Leung <\/strong><\/h6>\n
RES Program Support (she\/her\/hers)<\/h6>\n
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)<\/h6>\n
University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory<\/h6>\n
Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL Building)<\/h6>\n
Room 429 \u2013 2202 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC | V6T 1Z4 | Canada<\/h6>\n
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Email: bonnie.leung@ubc.ca<\/a><\/h6>\n
Tel: 604-822-9249<\/h6>\n

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