Light readings on Sptial Computing, GIS, Computer Science and other relavant topics in general

Spatial Computing and GIS
  • CACM article on Spatial Computing A broad article on the accomplishments and potential of Spatial Computing technologies.
  • CCC Vision on Spatial Computing Vision document on future of spatial and geo-spatial technologuies. Excellent read if you are looking for new research problems in this area.
  • 2011 congression report Contains recent examples of great societal importance of GIS and spatial computing ranging from California wildfires (2008) to Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami (2011).


    • Broad Computer Science
  • Intresting article on interpreting p-values and statistical significance of obtained results.
  • An influential CACM article highlighting the potential of data driven approaches
  • NY times article (April 6 2014) on challenges of knowledge discovery in big data.


    • General topics
  • An unofficial guide to being a graduate student.