Cyber-GIS Center for Advanced Digital and Spatial Studies

🌟 I-GUIDE Summer School 2026 Project Spotlight 🌟

This summer, participants in the I-GUIDE Summer School will tackle real-world challenges at the intersection of , remote sensing, and open .

🔥 Agentic Wildfire Mitigation Planner: LLM-Guided Regionalization for Disaster Analysis, Planning, and Prevention

Led by Yunfan Kang of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, this project explores how large language models can serve as geospatial planning agents for wildfire mitigation. Participants will develop AI workflows that transform natural-language planning goals into transparent spatial analyses, optimized mitigation strategies, and policy-ready recommendations grounded in geospatial data.

Through interdisciplinary collaboration, the team will investigate how generative AI can support disaster planning while addressing the opportunities and limitations of AI-driven geospatial decision-making.

🔗 Learn more about the Summer School projects: https://i-guide.io/summer-school/summer-school-2026/summer-school-2026-projects/

📢 Registration is now open for the I-GUIDE Forum 2026 & HDR Ecosystem Conference!

Join researchers, educators, industry professionals, and policymakers in Chicago from August 3–7, 2026, to explore the intersection of AI and science—from geospatial discovery and Spatial AI to convergence research, CyberGIS, and workforce development.

This year’s joint event brings together the I-GUIDE Forum and the HDR Ecosystem Conference, creating a unique opportunity to connect across disciplines, engage with cutting-edge research, participate in hands-on workshops and tutorials, and help shape the future of data-intensive science.

📍 University of Illinois Chicago
📅 August 3–7, 2026
🎓 Student registration available
⏰ Early bird rates end July 4, 2026
🔗 Register and learn more: https://i-guide.io/forum/forum-2026/