On October 10th,Dr.Ma Ting from Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences visited CEEP and gave an academic report entitled “GIS and the basis of spatial analysis”.The report was hosted by Prof. Yu Biying. Many students at CEEP attended the report.

　　Dr.Ma Ting is an associate researcher of the Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information Systems at Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His main research focuses on geoscience and spatial analysis, urbanization and urban system dynamics, and environmental system changes caused by human activities. He has published more than 20 SCI papers in international academic journals.
　　As for today's report,Dr.Ma Ting mainly introduced the basic idea of space analysis, statistical basis, the main research methods and the application in GIS, and introduced China's geographic information systems and data platform related to the situation.By listening to this report,students got a general understanding of this field.

　　After the talk,Dr.Ma Ting answered some questions and took a picture with teachers and students at CEEP.