{"id":4,"date":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hsgilab\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-08-05T14:04:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T21:04:01","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/hsgilab\/","title":{"rendered":"HSGI Lab Home Page"},"content":{"rendered":"  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--intro-text align-center\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--intro-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Welcome!\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>At the Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence (HSGI) Lab, housed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/spatial\/\">Spatial Sciences Institute<\/a> at the University of Southern California, we work to advance issues of human safety and security through the use of spatially-informed and data-driven approaches to produce actionable information for decision-makers. <\/p>\n<p>The HSGI Lab conducts collaborative research and fieldwork with governmental, non-governmental and human rights practitioners worldwide. Our collaborators include the <a href=\"https:\/\/ict.usc.edu\/\">USC Institute for Creative Technologies<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nga.mil\/\/\">National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/usgif.org\/\">United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n            \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--home-sequence-cta-and-image \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--home-sequence-cta-and-image\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          HSGI\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"cards-container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            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                     \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    SSI Students Earn Second Place in GEOINT Symposium Poster Competition  \n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Congratulations to the SSI Research Team working on the NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) CRADA (Cooperative Research and Development Agreement) project led by Laura Wieland and Ishmael Legaspi who were awarded second place at the 2026 United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) GEOINT Symposium Student Poster Competition.\u00a0 The title of the poster was From Parcels to Policy: A Geospatial Framework for Assessing Foreign Land Ownership Near Critical Infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n    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