A few members of the Geocognition lab took a trip to New Orleans in November to attend the Regional Science Symposium hosted by the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (SECASC). The SECASC is a program of the USGS, hosted at NC State University, which brings together academics and resource managers in the Southeast to produce actionable research to help protect natural and cultural resources under environmental change. The goal of the symposium was to share what researchers and managers have learned so far, as well as to identify gaps, priorities, and potential partnerships for future research and funding. From Wednesday morning through Thursday afternoon, professionals from academia, industry, and government gathered for combined sessions, topical break-out sessions, a poster and tools session, and a round-table style World Cafe event.
Our group (L to R: Karen, Steph, and Haven) presented at the poster and tools session about our eye-tracking systems and how members of the geocognition group have used them for research, especially on projects in collaboration with the SECASC. We brought Tobii Glasses 2 (left on table) and the screen-based Tobii X-120 (laptop on right) for demonstrations with symposium attendees (view the poster at the bottom of this post).
Karen also co-led two of the breakout sessions including "Coastal Resilience: Perspectives from the Social Sciences" and "Evaluation of Adaptation Science and Management," the latter of which is the topic of a newly-funded SECASC project conducted in collaboration between the Auburn team and UT-Knoxville. The symposium provided opportunities for networking and brainstorming with colleagues from Texas to Virginia, especially helpful for the two upcoming SECASC projects that lab-members Steph and Haven will be working on.
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