Stéphane Joost

EPFL ENAC IIE LGB
GR C2 524 (Bâtiment GR)
Station 2
1015 Lausanne

Web site:  Web site:  https://lgb.epfl.ch

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Fields of expertise

Geographic Information Science and spatial statistics
Molecular ecology, Landscape genomics, Seascape genomics
Spatial epidemiology, Geomedicine & Precision population health

Awards

The biennial William L. Garrison Award for Best Dissertation in Computational Geography

The biennial William L. Garrison Award for Best Dissertation in Computational Geography supports innovative research into the computational aspects of geographic science. The award is intended to arouse a more general and deeper understanding of the impor

2006

Teaching & PhD

Teaching

Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Courses

Geographic information system (GIS)

Acquisition of basic concepts and skills of (geographic) data structures and of their storage in (geographic) database systems. Learning of relevant geographic data analysis processes for environmental and civil engineers (spatial autocorrelation, spatial interpolation, digital elevation modeling).

Border Forensics

The course will introduce students to different forms of violence related to the existence of state borders and social boundaries, focusing on particular situations in Switzerland, and the way spatial, geostatistical analysis and architectural design can be used to document and contest this violence