FULL
CURRICULUM VITAE (August 2011)
I.
MING-HSIANG
TSOU
San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile University,
San Diego, CA 92182-4493 Telephone:
(619)594-0205, Fax: (619)594-4938
Email: mtsou@mail.sdsu.edu Web: http://geography.sdsu.edu/People/Pages/tsou/index.html
II.
EDUCATION
Years
Institution Attended Degree Major
Field
University of
Colorado at Boulder 1996-2001 Ph.D. Geography
(Ph.D. Dissertation: A Dynamic Architecture for Distributing
Geographic Information Services on the Internet. Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Barbara P. Buttenfield)
Research Interests
·
Mapping
cyberspace and the visualization of information landscape
·
Internet mapping and
Web-based Geographic Information Services (GIServices).
·
Wireless mobile
Geographic Information Services (Mobile GIS).
·
Multimedia
cartography and user interface design.
·
Grid computing,
cloud computing, and geospatial cyberinfrastructure.
·
Web-enhanced geospatial
technology education among K-12 schools, community colleges, and universities.
III.
TEACHING
POSITIONS AND RANKS HELD
Institution Rank Dates Major Subject
San
Diego State University Professor
2011 to present Geography
San
Diego State University Associate
Professor 2005 to 2011 Geography
San
Diego State University Assistant
Professor 2000 to 2005 Geography
University
of Colorado Teaching
Assistant 1998 to 1999 Geography
IV.
TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS
Teaching Awards
The San Diego State University Senate
Excellence in Teaching Award for 2010-2011 (the College Awardee).
2004
Outstanding Faculty Award, San Diego State University.
2010
Outstanding Faculty Award, San Diego State University.
(The awards are in recognition as the most influential
university professor in the academic career of the Outstanding Graduating
Senior).
Teaching
Innovations:
Class Web Sites: (including lecture notes, on-line forum, and web-based
exercises).
· GEOG 104 (Geographic Information Science and Spatial Reasoning): http://map.sdsu.edu/geog104
· GEOG 381 (Computerized Map Design): http://geography.sdsu.edu/People/Pages/tsou/geog381/
· GEOG 484 (Introduction to Geographic Information Systems): http://geography.sdsu.edu/People/Pages/tsou/geog484/
·
GEOG 583 (Internet
Mapping and Distributed GIServices): http://map.sdsu.edu/geog583/
·
GEOG 581 (Cartographic
Design): http://map.sdsu.edu/geog581/
·
GEOG 789 (Seminar: Wireless mobile GIS): http://geography.sdsu.edu/People/Pages/tsou/GEOG780.pdf
Social Networking Media
(Facebook) for Teaching Aids: I created a Facebook Page for the introduction of
Geospatial Technology. (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Geospatial-Technology-at-SDSU-GEOG104-GEOG381-GEOG583/129010146571?ref=mf).
YouTube Channel for
Geospatial Technology:
URL: http://geoinfo.sdsu.edu/hightech/GISVideos.htm
V. PROFESSIONAL
GROWTH
Extramural Support
2010-2014 PI (Tsou). National
Science Foundation (NSF) Award: “CDI-Type
II: Mapping Cyberspace to Realspace: Visualizing and Understanding the Spatiotemporal
Dynamics of Global Diffusion of Ideas and the Semantic Web. Project Period”: 09/01/2010-
08/31/2014. (48 months). Award #
1028177. (Co-PIs: Dipak K Gupta, Political
Science, SDSU; Jean Marc Gawron, Lingustic, SDSU;
Brian Spitzberg, Communication, SDSU, Senior Personnel: An Li, Geography). Funding Amount: $1,300,213. (http://mappingideas.sdsu.edu/)
2011 Co-PI (Tsou). GIS Mapping for Older Adult Services in San Diego. San Diego Foundation. $28,000. (Jan 2011 – Sep 2011). (http://mappingideas.sdsu.edu/health/)
2011 PI
(Tsou). Connectory
GIS Improvement Project. San Diego East
County Economic Development Council, $15,000. (Jan 2011 - August 2011). (http://geoinfo.sdsu.edu/connectory/index.html)
2010 Co-Investigator (Tsou). US Forest Services (USFS). FS Recovery Act Agreement No. 10-JV-11279701-10. (PIs: Dr. Douglas A. Stow and Dr. Philip J. Riggan). “Airborne remote sensing to enable hazardous fuels reduction, forest health protection, rehabilitation and hazard mitigation activities on Federal lands.” Time period: March 1sr, 2010 through December 31, 2014. Founding Amount: $459,380.
2009 Co-Investigator (Technology developer). Founding Agency: the San
Diego Foundation. MAPS (Metropolitan Area Pluralism Study).PI: Dr. Rebecca Moore, Department
of Religious Studies, SDSU. $ 23,000 (2009 – 2010). (http://geoinfo.sdsu.edu/maps/)
2009 PI (Tsou). Bizarre Map
Challenge (BMC): A Nationwide Map Design Competition, funded by the National GeoTech
Center (NSF-supported). (Nine months, Dec 1, 2009 – August 31, 2010). $31,000.
Completed. (http://bizarremap.sdsu.edu/)
2009 PI (Tsou). International Community Foundation. “Baja-Eco-Info Mapping Tool: Mapping
Conservation and Threats for the Gulf of California”, (nine months, Jan 1, 2009 – August 31, 2009). $11,500.
Completed. (http://geoinfo.sdsu.edu/baja/)
2008 PI (Tsou).
San Diego County, Office of Education. “Geographic
Information System for the Splash Station”, (1.5 months, July 15, 2008 –
August 31, 2008). $3,784. Completed.
2008 Senior
Personnel (Tsou), National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technology
Education (ATE) program: National
Geospatial Technology Center (GeoTech Center)
Project Period: 09/1/08-2008/30/2012.
Total Funding Amount: $4,999,997. PI: Dr. Philip
Davis (Del Mar College, Texas). Tsou is the project manager for the
SDSU Sub-award. SDSU
Sub-award: $180,000 (four years,
2008-2012). (http://www.geotechcenter.org/)
2006 PI
(Tsou). San Diego Coast Keeper. “Multimedia
GIS Research Project”. (seven months – Jan 10,
2006 – August 31, 2006). $9,125. Completed. (http://geoinfo.sdsu.edu/mediaGIS/).
2004 CO-PI
(Tsou): National Science Foundation,
Advanced Technology Education Program (NSF-ATE): “A Scalable Skills Certification Program in Geographic Information
Systems (GIS)” PI: Dr. Kendra Jeffcoat at San
Diego Mesa College. Total Funding Amount: $749,847. (Tsou is the project director for the SDSU
sub-award) (four years, 2004-2008, started from October 1, 2004). SDSU sub-award: $222,060 Completed. (http://geoinfo.sdsu.edu/hightech/).
2004 CO-PI
(Tsou): City of San Diego. “The
San Diego Watershed Common Grounds Project”. PI: Karen Henry at City of San Diego, Storm
Water Pollution Prevention Program.
Total funding amount: $1 million.. (30 months, started
from July 1, 2004 to 2006). SDSU Funding Amount: $ 333,564. Completed. (http://www.sdbay.sdsu.edu/).
2004 CO-PI
(Tsou): South Coast Resource Conservation
Development Council (State funding). “Development
of a Web-based Tool for Non-Point Source Pollution in the Newport Bay and
Tijuana River Watersheds”/ PI: Dr. Richard Wright. (20 months, started from
November, 2004). Total funding amount: $123,589. Completed.
2003 CO-Investigator
(Tsou): NASA Research, Education and
Applications Solution Network (REASoN) Project: “A Border Security Decision Support System
Driven by Remotely Sensed Data Inputs”. PI: Dr. Douglas Stow. Funding
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA). (Five years, 2003-2008).
$1,837,771. Completed. (http://geoinfo.sdsu.edu/reason/).
2002 PI
(Tsou): NASA ARC Project: “Integrated Mobile
GIS and Wireless Internet Image Servers for Environmental
Monitoring and Management”. Funding
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). $70,500 (12
months, completed). (http://map.sdsu.edu/mobilegis/).
2001 PI
(Tsou): NASA ARC Project: “Web-based Geospatial Information Services For Natural Habitat
Conservation and Management”. $41,000 (12 months, completed).
2000 PI: Grant-In-Aid Award: “Software Agent Communication Mechanism for Distributing GIServices on
the Internet”. Funding Agency: San
Diego State University Foundation.
Funding Amount: $8,000 (completed).
2000 PI:
Faculty Development Program Award. “Developing a Dynamic Architecture for
Internet Mapping and Distributed GIServices”, Funding Agency: San Diego
State University. Funding Amount: $5,000
(completed).
PUBLICATIONS
Scholarly Books
(http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Internet+GIS&hl=en&btnG=Search&as_sdt=2001&as_sdtp=on)
Articles in Refereed Journals
·
Tsou,
M. H. (2011). Revisiting Web Cartography in the United States: the Rise of
User-Centered Design. Cartography and
Geographic Information Science, 38 (3), 249- 256. LINK
(PDF)
·
Tsou,
M. H. and Yanow, K. (2010). Enhancing General
Education with Geographic Information Science and Spatial Reasoning. Urban and Regional
Information Systems Association (URISA) Journal, Special Issue on Geospatial
Education and Training. 22(2), 45-54. LINK
(PDF)
· Tsou, M.-H. and Kim, I. H. (2010). Increasing Spatial
Awareness by Integrating Internet Geographic Information Services (GIServices) with Real Time Wireless Mobile GIS Applications. International
Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications (IJSITA), 1(4),
42-54. LINK
· Kawabata, Mizuki, Thapa, Rajesh, Oguchi, Takashi,
and Tsou, Ming-Hsiang (2010) Multidisciplinary Cooperation in GIS Education: A
Case Study of US Colleges and Universities, The
Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 34(4), 493- 509. LINK
(PDF).
· Zhang, T., Tsou, M.-H., Qiao,
Q., and Hu, B. (2010). Designing Integrated High Performance Web Portals for
GIScience Research. Journal of Internet Technology. 11(6), 809-820.
· Zhang, T. and Tsou, M.-H. (2009). Developing a
grid-enabled spatial Web portal for Internet GIServices and geospatial
cyberinfrastructure, International
Journal of Geographical Information Science. 23(5), pp.605-630. LINK
(PDF).
· Jankowski, P., Tsou M.-H., and Wright,
R.D. (2007). Applying Internet
Geographic Information System for Water Quality Monitoring. Geography Compass 1/6 (2007): 1315–1337. LINK (PDF)
· Zhang, T. and Tsou, M.-H. (2005) The Integration of
Grid-enabled Internet GIServices and Geographic Semantic Web Technologies. In Special Issue on Distributed GIS, Geographic
Information Science (the
former journal of Annals of GIS), 11
(1), pp. 15-23. LINK (PDF).
· Tsou, M.-H., Guo, L., and Howser, T. (2005). A Web-based Java Framework for
Cross-Platform Mobile GIS and Remote Sensing Applications. GIScience
& Remote Sensing. 42(4).pp. 278-302. LINK (PDF).
· Tsou, M.-H. (2004). Integrated Mobile GIS and Wireless
Internet Map Servers for Environmental Monitoring and Management, (the Special
Issue on Mobile Mapping and Geographic Information Systems) in Cartography and Geographic Information
Science. 31(3), pp. 153-165. LINK (PDF).
· Tsou, M.-H. (2004). Integrating Web-based GIS and
On-line Remote Sensing Facilities for Environmental Monitoring and
Management. In special issue on the
potential of Web-based GIS, the Journal
of Geographical Systems. 6(2), pp. 155-174.
LINK (PDF).
· Tsou, M.-H., Guo L., and
Stow D. (2003). Web-based Remote Sensing Applications and Java Tools for Environmental Monitoring, Online Journal of Space Communication,
No. 3, http://spacejournal.ohio.edu/issue3/abst_tsou.html
· Tsou, M. H. and Buttenfield,
B. P. (2002). A Dynamic Architecture for Distributing Geographic Information
Services. Transactions in GIS, 6(4), pp. 355-381. LINK (PDF).
Chapters
in Refereed Books
· Chang, Kuo-Chen and Tsou,
Ming-Hsiang (2008). Chapter 6. New
Approaches for Integrating GIS layers and Remote Sensing Imagery for Online
Mapping Services. In International
Perspectives on Maps and the Internet. (edited by M. P Peterson). Berlin:
Springer. pp. 91- 102. LINK (PDF).
· Tsou, Ming-Hsiang and Curran, Judd M. (2008). Chapter
20. User-Centered Design Approaches for Web Mapping Applications: A Case Study
with USGS Hydrological Data in the United States. In International Perspectives on
Maps and the Internet. (edited by M. P Peterson). Berlin: Springer., pp.
301-321. LINK (PDF).
· Tsou, Ming-Hsiang and
Sun, Chin-Hong. (2007). Mobile GIServices
Applications in Disaster Management, Book chapter in Dynamic and Mobile GIS: Investigating Change in Space and Time.
(edited by Drummond, J, Billen, R., Forrest, D. and
Joao, Ed. 2007. London: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis). (Innovations in GIS book series), pp.
213-236. LINK (PDF).
· Tsou, Ming-Hsiang. (2006). Bridging the Gap: Connecting Internet-based Spatial Decision
Support Systems to the Field-based Personnel with Real time Wireless Mobile GIS
applications. Book chapter in Collaborative
Geographic Information Systems (Edited by Shivanand
Balram and Suzana Dragicevic). Hershey, Pennsylvania: Idea Group, Inc., pp.
316-339. LINK (PDF).
· Tsou, Ming-Hsiang (2003). Chapter 14: An Intelligent
Software Agent Architecture for Distributed Cartographic Knowledge Bases and
Internet Mapping Services. In Maps and the Internet, M. Peterson (ed), Oxford: Elsevier Press, pp. 229-243. (published on
behalf of the International Cartographic Association). LINK (PDF).
· Tsou, Ming-Hsiang (2002). An Operational Metadata
Framework for Searching, Indexing, and Retrieving Distributed Geographic
Information Services on the Internet. In Geographic Information
Science - Second International Conference GIScience 2002, M. Egenhofer and D. Mark (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 2478, Berlin: Springer. pp.
312-333. LINK (PDF).
· Tsou, Ming-Hsiang and Buttenfield,
Barbara P. (1997). A Direct Manipulation Interface for Geographical Information
Processing. In: Kraak,
M.J. and Melenaar, M. (eds.) Advances in GIS Research II.
Taylor & Francis, London, U.K., pp. 905-915. LINK (PDF).
Encyclopedia
Entries
· Tsou, M.H. (2008). Data
Warehouse. In Karen Kemp (editor). Encyclopedia
of Geographic Information Science. London: SAGE. (pp
94-95).
· Tsou, M.H. (2008).
Distributed GIS. In Karen Kemp
(editor). Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science. London: SAGE. (pp 115-118).
· Tsou, M.H. (2008). Spatial
Data Server. In Karen Kemp
(editor). Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science. London: SAGE. (pp 404-406).
· Tsou, M.H. (2008). Web
Services. In Karen Kemp (editor). Encyclopedia
of Geographic Information Science. London: SAGE. (pp
513-514).
· Tsou, M.H. (2010).
Mobile GIS. In Barney Warf (editor). Encyclopedia of Geography. SAGE: Thousand Oaks. vol. 4, pages 1918‐1921.
· Tsou, M.H. (2010).
Internet GIS. In Barney Warf (editor). Encyclopedia
of Geography. SAGE: Thousand Oaks.
vol. 3, pages 1620‐1623.
· Tsou, M.H. (2010).
Distributed Computing. In Barney Warf (editor). Encyclopedia
of Geography. SAGE: Thousand Oaks,
vol. 2, pages 776‐778.
Articles
in Refereed Proceedings
·
Tsou, Ming-Hsiang (2011). Mapping Cyberspace:
Tracking the Spread of Ideas on the Internet. Refereed Proceeding of the 25th International
Cartographic conference, July 3-8, 2011, Paris, France. http://icaci.org/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2011/Oral%20Presentations%20PDF/D3-Internet,%20web%20services%20and%20web%20mapping/CO-354.pdf
·
Tsou, Ming-Hsiang, Zhang, Tong,
and Kaiser, John (2007) Internet
GIServices for Homeland Security, Geoinformatics 2007 Conference (17–18 May 2007) http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2007GE/finalprogram/abstract_122039.htm
.
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· Tong Zhang, Ming-Hsiang Tsou, Qinghua Qiao, and Lin Xu (2006). Building an intelligent geospatial
cyberinfrastructure: an analytical problem solving approach, Proc. SPIE, Vol.
6420, 64200A (2006); doi:10.1117/12.712656.
Conference Title: Geoinformatics 2006:
Geospatial Information Science.
· Tsou, M.H. and Buttenfield,
B.P. (1998). Client/Server Components and Metadata Objects for Distributed
Geographic Information Services. Proceedings,
GIS/LIS '98, Fort Worth, TX, November, 1998: 590-599. LINK (PDF).
· Tsou, M.H. and Buttenfield,
B.P. (1998). An Agent-based, Global User Interface for Distributed Geographic
Information Services. Proceedings of the
8th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling, Vancouver, British
Columbia, July, 1998: 603-612. LINK (PDF).
Refereed Extended Abstracts
Book Review
Invited Articles in Major GIS Professional Magazines
and Newsletters
SYNERGISTIC
ACTIVITIES
·
Invited as a research program proposal review panelist for National
Science Foundation (2010).
·
Invited as a research proposal external reviewer in U.S. for National
Science Foundation, NASA, and U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (2007 - 2011)
Scholarly
Awards:
2009 HI-TEC
(education) Innovative Program award at
the 2009 HI-TEC conference (High Impact Technology Exchange Conference), Scottdale, Arizona. This conference with 700 people
participated was organized by National Science Foundation. This award is
designed to recognize a team of advanced technology education professionals
that has designed and implemented a significant innovation, which has led to a
positive impact on student enrollment, retention, and/or advanced technology
education. I received this award along with
Kenneth Yanow, Professor of Geographical
Sciences at Southwestern College for our Two-to-Four-Year Articulation Program
in Geographic Information Systems (between Southwestern College and SDSU). (http://www.cordonline.net/hitec/downloads/HI-TEC_2009_Innovative_Program_Award_PR.pdf.)
2000-2001 Faculty Fellowship (1/4 salary), the Education Center on
Computational Science and Engineering (ECCSE) at San Diego State
University. The ECCSE is part of the
Education, Outreach, & Training Thrust of the National Partnership for
Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NPACI) and San Diego Supercomputer
Center (SDSC) Partnerships.
Manuscript
Reviewer for Academic Refereed Journals
·
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
·
Annals of the Association of
American Geographers.
·
Annals of GIS
·
Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy
·
Cartographica
·
Cartography
and Geographic Information Science (CaGIS)
·
The
Cartographic Journal
·
Computers & Geosciences
·
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
·
Geographical Analysis
·
Geomatica
·
IEEE Computer Graphics
and Applications
·
International Journal of
Geographical Information Science
·
International Journal of Digital
Earth
·
Journal of Geographic Information
Science
·
Journal of Geographical Systems
·
Journal of Environmental
Management
·
Photogrammetric
Engineering and Remote Sensing,
·
Professional
Geographers
·
Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
·
Journal of Environmental Management
·
The Professional Geographer
·
The Internet Encyclopedia (published by John Wiley
& Sons, Inc.)
·
Transactions in GIS
Membership
in Professional Organizations
· Association of American Geographers (1999 – present)
· American Congress on Surveying and Mapping and
Cartography and Geographic Information Science Community (2000 – present)
· Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
(2003-2005)
·
The North American
Cartographic Information Society (2009 – 2011)
Participation in Professional Association
·
The Chair of the
Cartographic Specialty Group (CSG) (2007 – 2008) in the
Association of American Geographers.
Elected by the CSG members in 2006 annual meeting. I served as the officials of the Cartographic
Specialty Group since 2006 as the Vice Chair, then 2007 as the Chair of CSG. I
created a new CSG honor student paper competition at the AAG meeting each year.
·
The
Vice Chair of the Cyberinfrastructure Specialty Group (2011-2012) in the
Association of American Geographers.
·
Invited to serve
on the Scientific Boards for GIS PLANET 2005 (International GIS Conference),
GIScience 2008 International Conference, and GIScience 2010 International
Conference. (Reviewing conference paper submissions)
·
Invited to serve
on the Scientific Committee of WebMGS
2010 and WebMGS2011 (ISPRS: 1st
International Workshop on Pervasive Web Mapping, Geoprocessing
and Services, the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) (Reviewing
conference paper submissions) http://webmgs2010.como.polimi.it/committees.php
·
Invited to serve
on the Program Committee of ACM SIGSPATIAL
International Workshop on High Performance and Distributed Geographic
Information Systems (HPDGIS) 2010 (http://www.cigi.illinois.edu/hpdgis10/committee.php)
(Reviewing conference paper submissions).
·
Invited
to create a Webinar workshop for the American Society for Photogrammetry and
Remote Sensing (ASPRS) for the ASPRS certification program, June 10, 2010 and
March 15, 2011. http://www.asprs.org/webinarseries/Web_Mapping_Services_Workshop_syllabus.pdf
Academic
Colloquia, Speeches, and Keynotes (invited):
VI.
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY AND
THE COMMUNITY
Service for the University
2008 –
Present University Senate -
Instructional and Information Technology (IIT) committee. I served as the CAL
representative and attended the IIT committee meeting monthly. I provided suggestions and feedbacks on
several important issues, including Accessibility Policy, Faculty Email System
migration, Information Security Policy, etc.
2010 March –
August: Collaborate with University CIO, Richard Pickett, to develop mobile
campus map prototype Apps on
iPhones and iPod-Touch devices with two computer science graduate students
(including disabled access route maps).
2005 –
Present Establish the international
exchange agreements and programs (both faculty exchange and student exchange
programs) between the National Taiwan Normal University and San Diego State
University. . http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~oip/activeMap/asia/taiwan.htm.
2002 - 2009 Internal Resource Committee (Chair). Department of Geography. Coordinating the remodel plan of the Storm
Hall Building with University and arranging the relocation plan from Storm Hall
to East Mall. Renewing the Department
Hallway Posters and preparing annual Instructional Equipment Replacement
request for Dean’s Office. Conducting surveys of teaching and research
infrastructure needs.
2009 -
Present Public Relationship Ad-hoc
Committee.
2009 – Present Ph.D. Committee, Department of Geography
2009 Scholarship Committee,
Department of Geography.
2004, 2006 –
2009 Personnel Committee, Department of Geography.
2004-2005 Ad-Hoc Committee on BS and M.S.
programs. Department of Geography
2003-2009 Computing
Committee, Department of Geography
2001-2005 Curriculum Committee, Department of
Geography
2001- 2008 Student Outcome Assessment
Committee, Department of Geography
(Web-based questionnaire designer)
2000 Speakers Committee, Department of Geography
2004,
February Demonstration of mobile and Internet GIS technologies for the 360 Tour program on February 27, 2004 at the CESAR lab,
Department of Geography, SDSU. The 360 Tour is a new element of the SDSU
strategic communications program designed to bring important members of the
community to campus for an up-close, first-hand visit with our campus people,
programs and facilities.
2003, June Work with the Department of Public Safety (Debbie Richeson)
to create a GPS-based campus map for demonstrating real-time video streaming
capabilities (from the surveillance cameras) during the IPv6 telecommunication
conference (June 24-27, 2003) at the Visualization Center, SDSU.
2003, May FairShare Operation (for
2000-present Member of the China Institute at San
Diego State University
(Webmaster for the China Institute Web
site.)
2009 –
present The
Confucius Institute (CI) at San Diego State University: Faculty member. http://confucius.sdsu.edu/faculty.html
Service for the Community
2007 and 2003
Established interactive Web-based mapping services for San Diego Wildfire 2003 and
2007 HTTP://MAP.SDSU.EDU. This Web site (http://map.sdsu.edu) was
created immediately on October 27, 2003 (Monday morning) to provide Web mapping
services for helping our local community. This site was updated daily and
provides maps of the
Numerous e-mails are
flooding in to thank SDSU for creating the site. Among them:
“I have been keeping track of the fires. My
daughter is a sophomore and living in
–a very worried parent
“Thanks for the map. It is very helpful in
understanding what went on in San Diego.”
-Anonymous, Long Island,
“I want to congratulate you and your
colleagues on the magnificent Web site you created for the recent fires.”
-Economics professor at UCSD
More information
about this Web site can be found at the November 17 issue of SDSUniverse (http://www.sdsuniverse.info/story.asp?id=11596) and the 360 Magazine (Spring 2004) page
8.
On October 21,
2007. This website was activated again.
Tsou was leading the San Diego GIS force group, a volunteer group of SDSU
faculty and students to established
interactive Web-based mapping services for the new San Diego Wildfire 2007 for
helping local San Diego community. Based on the Web server transaction
logs, 236,693 unique visitors visited the Web site during the first
week of wildfires in 2007. The City of
San Diego, the Southern California Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team,
and the County’s emergency fire information center created Web links from their
wildfire pages to the website.
Collaboration with San Diego Fire Recovery Network (SDFRN)
· Create an on-line GIS data
center for San Diego Fire Recovery Network (HTTP://MAP.SDSU.EDU/FIRENET
). This Website is dedicated to the distribution
of GIS data, metadata, Website information, mapping efforts and other
GIS-related efforts relating to the
· Create DVD movies (Mobile GIS field trip) and send
three copies of DVDs for the SDFRN workshops and public education programs.
Invited speeches at local San Diego communities:
October 28, 2009 Samuel Morse High School Speech: “Geospatial
Technology and the Web-based Mapping Tools”.
May 8, 2008 High Tech High School (San Diego) Speech:
“Web GIS and Geospatial Information
Technology”
May 2, 2008 Patrick Henry High School Speech: “Internet GIS and Geospatial Information Technology”.
May 28, 2006 San Diego Chinese American Science and
Engineering Association 2006 Spring Seminar: Topic: Digital Earth (Google Earth) and GIS Technology: Changing the Way We
Live in the 21st Century.
April 28, 2004 “SDSU Wildfire GIS Database Website”
presentation at San Diego Fire Recovery Network (SDFRN) General Meeting, at the
San Diego Natural History Museum.
June 12,
2002 “Serving Imagery in Wireless
and Optical Formats via the Internet”
for Technology Show and Tell
conference held by SDSU Field Station at the Visualization Center, SDSU.
May 14,
2002 “Web-based Geospatial
Information Services” for the Conference of Complex Network Visualization,
Telecommunication Group, at the Visualization Center, SDSU.
May 13, 2002 “Web-based GIS trainings and course” for
TV-News Interview:
November 30, 2005 KUSI/News (Morning News) interview. Introducing the recent wildfire research with
GIS and remote sensing technologies with Dr. Stow.
June 20, 2002
KUSI/News (Morning News)
interview. “The introduction of mobile
GIS applications and related GIS/Remote Sensing
research activity in geography department, SDSU” with Dr. Stow. (on-line
archive: http://advancement.sdsu.edu/marcomm/news/clips/Archive/Jun2002/062002/062002rod-geog2.mpg)
Board of
Directors (2002 - 2004) – nominated and elected in February 2002. The San Diego Chinese-American Science and
Engineering Association is one of the major Chinese-American associations in
Webmaster -- Design
and maintain the web site of San Diego Chinese American Science and Engineering
Association. (http://www.sdcasea.com).
Coordinate
both Patrick Henry High School students (2007, 2008, 2009) and Helix High
School students (2006, 2007, 2008) visits to the GIS computer laboratory with
half day tours (including
one hour Web GIS demo by Tsou, one hour GPS treasure hunting, and one hour SDSU
campus tour).
Exhibitor
for Patrick Henry High School Engineering Academic Career Exploration Fair,
2009 and 2010. Introduce GIS technology for students as
potential career paths.
Served on the
Kyoto Scholarship Judging Committee
(for high school students), 2005 and 2006.
The Kyoto Laureate Symposium Gala. Coordinated by the San Diego Foundation.
VII.
STUDENT ADVISING
Ph.D.
student advising (committee chair/advisor):
1.
Ick Hoi (Rick)
Kim (Ph.D. in Geography, in progress). Developing High Performance GIS Simulation Models with Grid Computing, Cloud Computing,
and Geospatial Web Portals.
2. Justin Shepard (Ph.D. in Geography, taking leave in Fall 2010). VGI Credibility of Natural Disaster Response Reporting.
3.
Tong Zhang (Ph.D.
in Geography, graduated December 2007).
Developing Grid-enabled Internet
GIService Portals to Support Geospatial Cyberinfrastructure: A Pilot Study in
Accessibility. (Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at the National Key Laboratory for Information Engineering in
Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS), Wuhan University, P.R.
China).
Ph.D.
student advising (committee member):
1.
Christopher D. Lippitt (Ph.D. in Geography, in progress, San Diego State
University). Science on the Fast Track:
Real-Time Remote Sensing for Earth Science and Environmental Management.
2.
Nicole Simons
(Ph.D. in Geography, in progress, San Diego State University). Knowledge-based rapid assessment decision
support tool for wildfire events.
3.
John Ryan (Ph.D.
in Geography, graduated May 2004, San
Diego State University). Using Spatial
Updating Bias to Explore the Robustness of a Collaborative Geovisualization
Model.
Master student advising (committee chair/advisor):
1.
Nicole Stotz (M.S. in GISciennce, in progress) Usability Evaluation of Google Fusion Table for the Display of Very
Large Datasets.
2.
John Urata (M.S. in GIScience, in progress). Examining Mobile Phone Locational Privacy
with Twitter’s Social Networking Application.
3.
Jennifer Smith (M.S. in GIScience, graduated in August 2011) Effective
Animation Techniques for 3D visualizations of urban landscapes with a spatial
and temporal dimension.
4.
Jeremy Hamm (M.S.
in GIScience, graduated in December 2010).
The Optimization of a Street Network
Model for Emergency Response Analysis within a Geographic Information System.
5. Diana Smith (M.S. in GIScience, graduated in May 2010). Formalizing and Evaluating Principles of Web-Based Animated Cartography Using Arctic Sea Ice Examples.
6.
Justin H. Shepard (M.S. in GIScience, graduated in August 2009). Web-based GIS modeling in an adaptive
management framework: A case study of the Carlsbad Habitat Management Plan.
7.
Lynn Ford (M.S.
in GIScience, graduated in August 2009)
An Open Source Approach To Develop
Web-Based Remote Sensing Tools for Clementine Lunar Imagery Analysis and 3D
Visualization.
8.
Kenneth Garner
Smith Jr. (M.S. in GIScience, graduated
in May 2009). Geovisualization and Spatial Statistical Analysis of
Demographic Characteristics and Auto Collision Frequency.
9.
Charles Adler
(M.S. in GIScience, graduated in May
2008). Designing an Informationally Supportive Three-Dimensional Web Mapping
Application for Urban Planning: A Case Study for Centre City Development
Corporation (CCDC), a Redevelopment Agency.
10. Kimberly Dodson (M.S. in GIScience, graduated in August 2008). Designing
Web-based Mapping Tools for Transportation Decision Making: A Case Study of
Traffic Census in San Diego.
11. Ting-Hwan Lee (M.S. in GIScience, graduated in August 2008). Visualizing Web-based Information
Dissemination and Diffusion Patterns: A Case Study for San Diego Wildfire 2003.
12. Nathan
G. Mendenhall (M.S. in GIScience, graduated
in 2007). Applying User-Centered
Design Method for the Development of Web-based Mapping Services: Case Study
with Biology and Environmental Planning.
13. Jung Eun (Jesse) Hong (M.S. in GIScience, graduated in 2007). Integrating a Real-Time Mobile Geographic Information System and a Web-Based Mapping Application for Campus Safety: A Case Study at San Diego State University.
14. Jing-Yi Chen (M.S. in GIScience, graduated in 2006). Web-Based GIS for High School Teachers and Students: A New Approach to Teaching and Learning with GIS.
15.
Andy Gordon (M.S.
in GIScience, graduated in 2006). Accommodating Hypsometrically Tinted Maps
for Color-Vision.
16.
David Palomino
(M.S. in GIScience, graduated in 2005)
Geographic Visualizations within a
Web-based Mapping Environment for Water Resource Management.
17.
Judd
M. Curran (M.A. in Geography, graduated
in 2005) Web-based Geospatial
Information Services and Analytical Tools for Management of Real-time Surface
Water Hydrology.
18.
Susmita Panchal (M.S. in GIScience, graduated in 2005) Intranet-based
GIS for Environmental Compliance Management in a Gas and Electric Utility (Geography).
19.
Yuying Li (M.A. in Geography graduated in 2003) Software
Agent-based Intelligent Data Processing System for Environmental Models.
20.
Rasmus H. Larsen (M.A.
in Geography, graduated in 2003) Distributed Cartographic Knowledge Bases: An Intelligent Software Agent Approach (Geography).
21.
Liang Guo (M.A. in Geography, graduated in 2003) Web-based
Geospatial Information Services and Analytical Tools for Natural Habitat
Conservation and Management.
Master student advising (second reader):
3.
Mark
T. Cunningham (M.A. Geography, graduated
in 2001) The San Diego Bay Marine
Information System: The Application of a
Real-time Geographical Information System to Maritime Operational Decision
Making.
Master student advising (third
committee member):
1.
Laura Haislip. (M.S. City
Planning Department, in progress, San Diego State University). An Examination of Utilitarian Bicycle Trip
Routes.
2. Luis Cayetano Ynigo-Becerril (M.S. in Computer Science, in progress, SDSU). High School Campus Map Creation Toolkit.
3.
Jason Hasbrouck (MA Psychology Department, in progress,
SDSU) Examining Benefits of
Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Displays.
4.
Alexander R. Gaos (M.S. in Biology, in progress, SDSU). Migratory Ecology, Habitat Use and Dive
Behavior of Hawksbill Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
5.
Victoria Lynn Kline (M.A. in Anthropology, graduated in 2009). Regional Network Analysis Situating Lost
Valley in the Inter-Site Landscape.
8. Deepthi Pavagada (M.S. in Computer Science, graduated in 2008). GIS
Skills Certificate Test Bank.
9. Arjun Dheer (M.S. in Computer Science, graduated in 2008). MapServer User
Interface.
10. Parekh, Nirav (M.S. in Computer Science, graduated in 2007). Agent for
Map Information Using Cartography.
16. Koji Tsunoda (M.A. in Antropology, graduated in 2006). GIS-Based Archaeological Settlement Pattern
Analysis at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, San Diego
County, California.
17. Hoang J. Pham
(M.S. Computer Science, graduated in
2005) Developing GIS Applications
using MapObjects and Java IDE or Java Components.
18. Jaime Marso (M.S. Geological Science, graduated in 2005). Paleogeography
of the Miocene Tectonostratigraphy and Basin Geometry
of the East Java Region.
19. Min Zou (M.S. Computer Science, graduated in 2005). Study and
Implementation of J2ME Wireless Applications for Mobile Devices.
20. Dishu Singla (M.S. Computer Science, graduated in 2005). A
Comparative Performance Study of Oracle’s Spatial Indexing Algorithms.
21. Dhawal Sheth (M.S. Computer Science, graduated in 2005). POCKETVIEWER: A GIS
Toolkit for PocketPC.
22. Mark Holtze (M.S. Computer Science, graduated in 2005). Web
Application Frameworks and the Storm Platform.
23. Sunil Ramaiah (M.S. Computer Science, graduated in 2005). Multiple
Choice Test Automation, Training Engine.
24. Dawn D. Yang
(M.S. Computer Science, graduated in
2004). Mobile GIS application with
Real-time tracking capabilities.
25. Hongzhi Xu (M.S. Computer Science, graduated in 2004). The
Research of Spatial Data Model and Design and Implementation of Shapefile tool.
26. Andrew W. Rigor
(M.S. Geological Science, graduated in
2004) Quaternary and Recent
Deformation along the Palos Verdes Fault Zone in San Pedro Bay.
27. Rend M. Auro (M.P.H., Public Health, graduated in 2002) Outcome of
Pediatric Surgical Admissions to A Government Referral Hospital in the Gambia.