Sergio J. Rey
Professor of Geography | Spatial Data Scientist
I am a Professor of Geography and Founding Director of the Center for Open Geographical Science at San Diego State University. My research interests are in spatial data science, with a focus on spatial inequality, regional science, and open-source geospatial computing. I am the lead developer of PySAL.
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Books
- 2023 Rey, S.J., D. Arribas-Bel, and L.J. Wolf, Geographical Data Science with Python. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
- 2022 Rey, S.J. and R.S. Franklin (eds.) Handbook of Spatial Analysis for the Social Sciences. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
Latest Articles
- 2025 Embury, J. A. Nara, K. León, T. Herman, S. Rey & M. Solem. “Assessing the effects of geocomputation lessons on secondary school students’ perceptions of geography and computer science”, Annals of the American Association of Geographers,
doi: 10.1080/24694452.2025.2569516. - 2025 Wei, R., X. Feng, S.J. Rey. “Delineating school attendance boundaries to improve diversity and community integrity.” Environment and Planning B.
doi: 10.1177/23998083251389075. - 2025 Rey, S.J., E. Knaap, A. Cabral, J. Syvertsen, “Exploring space-time interactions in opioid overdoses.” Geographical Analysis.
doi: 10.1111/gean.70019.