The Bronx Community College Geospatial Center of the CUNY CREST Institute (BGCCCI) was established as a Center/BCC entity on the 3 rd October 2014 by a Memorandum of Understanding signed between The Bronx Community College (BCC) and The CUNY CREST Institute (City College of New York). The Center’s mission is to promote research, training, and service, for supporting and advancing the core mission of the College and Strategic Road Map of CUNY. The Center is an entity under the Office of Academic Affairs and comes under the direct authority of the President and Provost (CUNY POLICY]. Following a CUNY wide memorandum, BGCCCI was recently recertified on the 8th April, 2024 for a five year period (2029) by the CUNY Board of Trustees. The recertification process was coordinated by the Provost’s Office of Academic Affairs at BCC, Director of BGCCCI, Executive Director of CUNY CREST Institute [CCNY], and CUNY Office of Academic Affairs.

The Center main activities include designing and offering handson workshops, professional development programs, research internships and conducting innovative collaborative research using BIG Data. The Centers’s research internship program has resulted in inovative research projects, industry relevant workforce skills  and career pathways. Affiliated members of the Center’s use time-series of multi-resolution satellite data sets and geospatial analytics, machine learning, deep learning techniques for conducting innovative applied research [Climate Change, Deep Learning, Decarbonization, and Aerosol Optical Depth].

The Center’s programs and activities have trained multiple cohorts of students and educators from underrepresented groups in geospatial technologies and empowered them with workforce skills and resulted in upward social mobility. Its research internships have provided opportunities to students for engaging in cutting-edge research leading to co-authored peer-reviewed publications. Its collaborations with national and international institutions has provided students with a global perspective on research. The student centric growth pyramid and scholarly activities at the Center  are fuelled by sustained funding from the United States National Science Foundation (NSF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), New York City Workforce Development Initiative (NYCWDI) and other awards from the industry.

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Mission of the Center:

• Impart research, training and education in geospatial technology and analyses to students, educators from the K-16 system.
• To engage in transformative and convergent research by working collaboratively and synergistically with an industry consortium.
• To map career pathways for aspiring students and build ecosystems of excellence.

Core Values: Passion, Honesty, and Hard work.

CENTER HIGHLIGHTS

Strategic Goals of the Center [2024-2029]

BGCCCI celebrates ten years of existence and accomplishments [2014-2024]

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