Room 332, Agriculture C
Laramie, WY
Phone: (307) 766-2532
Email: cxu3@uwyo.edu
PhD, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, Geography (GIScience)
MA, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, Computer Science
BS, Sichuan University, China, Engineering Cybernetics
Dr. Chen Xu is an Associate Professor in the Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center (WyGISC). He joined the Department of Geography as an Assistant Professor in 2014 and joined WyGISC after the restructuring of the curriculum in 2019. He received a B.S. in engineering from Sichuan University, China, in 1999, and an M.S. in computer science from Sam Houston State University in 2005. He received his Ph.D. in Geography from Texas A&M University, College Station in 2010. From 2010 to 2014 he worked at George Mason University as a research scientist.
His research interests span both geocomputation and geographic information science. Much of his work has been on improving the understanding and design of volunteered geographic information (VGI) system, mainly through the application of geocomputation and data mining technologies. In the geographic information science area, he has worked on applying cybernetic theories to geospatial investigations.
American Assoc. of Geographers
Univ. Consortium of Geographic Information Science
Wyoming Geospatial Organization
GIST 2100: Introduction to GIS
GIST 2150: Introduction to Programming in GIST
GIST 5150: Advanced Programming in Spatial Sciences
Undergraduate
GEOG 4200: Intro to GIS
GEOG 4210: Advanced GIS
GEOG 4220: Spatial Modeling and Geocomputation
Graduate
GEOG 5210: Advanced GIS
GEOG 5220 Spatial Modeling and Geocomputation
Geocomputation – Big geospatial data analytics
Geographic Information Science – Volunteered geographic information
Algorithms for respiratory-borne disease outbreak detection and early warning on an inferred contact network
Developing a computational solution for data-driven real-time wildfire forecasting
C. Yang, P. Fu, M.F. Goodchild, C. Xu, 2019. Integrating GIScience Application through Mashup. CyberGIS for Geospatial Discovery and Innovation. S.W. Wang and M.F. Goodchild. Dordrecht: Springer, pp.87-112.
W. Heili, C. Xu, and N.J. Crane, 2019. Pokémon GO, cyborgs, and placemaking: Challenging the digital-physical divide. (eds.) J. Henthorn et al., Pokémon GO. McFarland Press, pp.205-219.
Zhou X., C. Xu, 2017. Tracing the spatial-temporal evolution of events based on social media data. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 6(3): 1-15.
Xu C., Qin H.* and Yu M.*, 2015. Visualizing spatiotemporal trajectories of mobile social media users using space-time cube. CaGIS 42: sup1: 75-83.
C. Xu, W.D. Wong, C. Yang, 2013. Evaluating the “geographic awareness” of individuals: An exploratory analysis of Twitter. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 40(2).
