Teaching

Courses Taught

Short and Invited Courses

• Geographic Data Science with Python (GeoPython 2024, Basel, Switzerland)
• Spatial Data Science and Econometrics with Python (Spatial Economics Workshop 2024, Grenoble, France)
• Spatial Data Science with PySAL (WRSA 2024, Monterey, CA)
• Spatial Data Science with PySAL (NARSC 2023, San Diego)
• Spatial Inequality Analytics with PySAL (IALE 2022, Tempe, AZ)
• Spatial Data Analysis with PySAL (SciPy India 2020)
• Spatial Data Science with PySAL (NARSC 2020, Virtual)
• Spatial Data Science with PySAL (SpatialAPI 2020, Seattle, WA)
• Spatial Data Science with PySAL (SciPy 2020, Austin, TX)
• Spatial Data Science with PySAL (RSAI 2019, Pittsburgh, PA)
• Geospatial Data Science with PySAL (Geocomputation 2019, Queenstown, New Zealand)
• Intermediate Geographical Data Science (SciPy 2019, Austin, TX)
• Geospatial Data Science with PySAL (FOSS4G 2019, San Diego, CA)
• Spatial Data Analysis with PySal and GeoDaSpace (RSAI 2018, San Antonio, TX)
• Introduction to Geospatial Data Analysis with Python (SciPy 2018, Austin, TX)
• Geospatial Data Analysis with Python (GradQuant UCR May 2018)
• Spatial Data Science with PyData (GeoPython 2018, Basel, Switzerland)
• Spatial Data Analysis with PySal and GeoDaSpace (RSAI 2017, Vancouver, BC)
• Spatial Data Analysis with PySal and GeoDaSpace (RSAI 2016, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• Geographic Data Science with PySAL and the pydata Stack (SciPy 2016, Austin, Texas)
• Spatial Data Science with PySAL and PyData (UCGIS 2016, Scottsdale, Arizona)
• Spatial Data Analysis with PySal and GeoDaSpace (RSAI 2015, Portland, Oregon)
• Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis with PySAL (AERUS 2015, Purdue University)
• Spatial Data Analysis with PySal and GeoDaSpace (RSAI 2014, Bethesda, Maryland)
• Spatial Data Analysis with PySAL and GeoDaSpace (GIScience 2014, Vienna, Austria)
• Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis with PySAL (FOSS4G 2014, Portland State University)
• PySAL Workshop (RSAI 2014, Atlanta, GA)
• Exploratory spatial data analysis with PySAL (OSGR 2012, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland)
• PySAL and GeoDaSpace (GIScience 2012, Ohio State University)
• Spatial Econometrics: Theory and Practice (Wageningen School of Social Sciences, Wageningen University).
• Introduction to Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (West Virginia University)
• Python for Spatial Analysis (University of California, Santa Barbara)

University of California

• GIS for Public Policy
• Spatial Dimensions of Public Policy
• Quantitative Methods for Public Policy
• Regional Policy-Making Across Administrative Jurisdictions

Arizona State University

• Geographic Information Science I
• Geographic Information Analysis
• Geographics
• Geocomputation
• Open Source Tools for Planners

San Diego State University

• Seminar in Geocomputation and Geovizualization (Co-taught with A. Skupin).
• Open Source Geocomputation
• Seminar on Geographic Research Design
• Advanced Quantitative Methods in Geographic Research
• Regional and Urban Modeling
• Open Source Tools for Geographic Research
• Quantitative Methods in Geographic Research
• Location and Urban Spatial Structure
• Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
• Spatial Data Analysis
• Location of Economic Activities
• Introduction to Human Geography

Graduate Advising (* chair)

Post Doctoral Positions

• 2020-2021 Xin Feng.* Scalable Geospatial Analytics
• 2018-2020 Wei Kang.* Spatiotemporal Analytics
• 2018-2020 Su Han.* Neighborhoods in Space-Time Contexts
• 2018-2019 Renan Cortes.* Neighborhoods in Space-Time Contexts
• 2018-2019 Elijah Knaap.* Spatial Distribution Dynamics
• 2009 Myrna L. Sastre Gutierrez.* Regional Dynamics, Convergence, and Space in Mexico
• 2005 Juan Carlos Duque.* Integrating Industrial and Spatial Clustering Methodolgies.
• 2005 Oleg Smirnov.* Spatial Analytical Approaches Towards Economic Development.

Doctoral In Progress

• Dylan Skrah,* SDSU-UCSB
• Jin Huang,* SDSU-UCSB
• Suchirtra Pithavath. University of California
• Talha Rafiq. University of California
• Samriddhi Singla. University of California
• Nazli Uludere Aragon. Arizona State University

Doctoral Completed

• 2020 Paige Trubenstein. The Importance of Place in Adults Approaching Midlife. University of California.
• 2020 Saheli Gosh. Interactive Visual Exploration of Big Spatial Data. University of California.
• 2019 Hu Shao.* A Data-driven, High-performance and Intelligent Cyberinfrastructure to Advance Spatial Sciences. Arizona State University.
• 2018 Wei Kang.* Issues in the Distribution Dynamics Approach to the Analysis of Regional Economic Growth. Arizona State University.
• 2018 Marynia Kolak. Policy and Place: A Spatial Data Science Framework for Research and Decision Making. Arizona State University.
• 2017 Taylor Oshan. A New Era of Spatial Interaction: Potential and Pitfalls. Arizona State University.
• 2017 Levi Wolf.* Spatial Partisan Gerrymandering Forensics: Local Measures and Spatial Specifications. Arizona State University.
• 2017 Janet Reyna. Developing New Methods for Analyzing Urban Energy Use in Buildings: Historic Turnover, Spatial Patterns, and Future Forecasting. Arizona State University.
• 2017 Chao Fan. A Spatial Statistical Framework For Evaluating Landscape Pattern And Its Impacts On The Urban Thermal Environment. Arizona State University.
• 2017 Jianhua Huang. Impacts Of Climate Change On Us Commercial And Residential Building Energy Demand. Arizona State University.
• 2015 Jason Laura.* Towards a Taxonomy of Parallel Spatial Algorithms. Arizona State University.
• 2015 Insu Hong. Efficient methods for shortest paths avoiding obstacles in continuous space. Arizona State University.
• 2013 Boris Dev.* Assessing Inequality Using Geographic Income Distributions. SDSU-UCSB Joint Doctoral Program.
• 2013 Ran Wei. Addressing geographic Uncertainty in Spatial Optimization. Arizona State University.
• 2012 David Folch.* Residential Segregation Measures and their Spatial Properties. Arizona State University.
• 2012 Nicolas Malizia. Arizona State University.
• 2012 Yin Liu. An exploratory toolkit for exploring rsidential movement patterns at a micro scale.. Arizona State University.
• 2011 Huaqun Li. Regional Inequality and Foreign Direct Investment in China. George Mason University (Public Policy).
• 2010 Daniel Arribas-Bel. Essays on the Distribution and Spatial Structure of Cities. Universidad de Zaragoza (Economics).
• 2010 Xinyue Ye.* Comparative Space-Time Dynamics. SDSU-UCSB Joint Doctoral Program.
• 2008 Myrna L. Sastre Gutierrez Multiregional Dynamic Modeling for a Transnational Region, Mexico-United States: A Space-Time Approach. (Economics, Universidad Autonoma De Baja California).
• 2007 Jared Aldstadt Analysis and Modeling of Dengue Virus Transmission in Space and Time. SDSU-UCSB Joint Doctoral Program.
• 2006 Mark Janikas.* Regional Income Dynamcs: Clustering, Scale, and Geocomputation. SDSU-UCSB Joint Doctoral Program.
• 2003 Jennifer Miller. Incorporating Spatial Dependence into Predictive Vegetation Maps. SDSU-UCSB Joint Doctoral Program.
• 1999 Scott Munroe. The Economic and Spatial Dynamics of US Metropolitan Retailing 1972-96. SDSU-UCSB Joint Doctoral Program.
• 1999 Lauren Scott. The Accessible City: Employment Opportunities in Time and Space. SDSU-UCSB Joint Doctoral Program.
• 1998 Long Gen Ying. Modeling the Temporal and the Spatial Dynamics of Chinese Economic Growth. SDSU-UCSB Joint Doctoral Program.

Masters In Progress

• Kwasi Asomani.* San Diego State University
• Carli Henderson.* San Diego State University
• Trevor Tibbetts.* San Diego State University

Masters Completed

• 2021 Jessica Embury. San Diego State University
• 2017 Sizhe Wang.* Arizona State University
• 2015 Michael Bochnovic. Arizona State University.
• 2015 Anthony DeLuca. Arizona State University.
• 2013 Sharisse Fisher. Arizona State University.
• 2012 Stephanie Kleinschmidt. Arizona State University.
• 2012 Yan Liu. Arizona State University.
• 2010 Martin Lacayo-Emery Self-organizing Map Toolkit.
• 2008 Charles Schmidt.* Effects of Irregular Topology in Spherical Self-Organinzing Maps.
• 2008 Philip Stephens.* The Spatial Impact of Economic Development Policies: The Case of HUBZones in San Diego California.
• 2008 Esperbe, Aude. Towards High-Resolution Self-Organizing Maps of Geographic Features.
• 2007 Aarthi Ram. Spatial Algorithms in Python (Computer Science).
• 2007 Xuening Li.* Max-p region based estimation of disease rates.
• 2007 Maribel Elias.* Educational Convergence in Peru.
• 2006 Valentine, Scott A. A Study of Hydrologic Response to the Restoration of Trout Creek, Central Sierra Nevada, California.
• 2005 Funda Emine Sygin. Estimating the Demand for Air Quality in Southern California: A Hedonic Approach. (Economics).
• 2005 Kristen Erickson. Defining Location, Location, Location in East San Diego County: A Case of Spatial Non-stationarity?
• 2004 Michael Farrel Modeling Regimes in Watersheds.
• 2004 Elizabeth Reynolds Analysis of Woodpecker habitat. (Biology).
• 2002 Mark Janikas.* Integrating a Social Accounting Matrix into a Local Fiscal Impact Analysis Model.
• 2001 Daniel J. Mattheis.* The Spatial and Interindustry Characteristics of Industiral Clusters in the San Diego Region.
• 2001 Deborah Jones.* The Impact of Posted Beach Closures on Coastal Housing Prices: A Spatial Hedonic Price Analysis.
• 2000 Maritzo Antonetti. Measuring the Performance of Urban Planning Through Urban Indicators: A Comparative Analysis of Quality of Life, Healthy Cities, and Urban Sustainability. (Public Administration and Urban Studies).
• 2000 Calvin McNeil. Crime and space in Los Angeles. (Economics).
• 1999 Deana Simmons. Predicting the Effects of Environmental Variables Upon Potential Site Productivity of Chaparral in the Descanso Ranger District.
• 1998 Brett D. Montouri.* Are US Regional Incomes Converging? A Spatial Analysis.
• 1998 Boris Dev.* Integrating Spatial and Interindustry Structure in Dynamic Regional Econometric Models.
• 1988 Gregg Bohr. Cold Season Precipitation in the Rocky Mountains: Patterns of Accumulation and Variability.
• 1996 Frank. P. Cuozzo. Mandibular Divergence in the Genus Tarsius: Its Relation to Basicranial Breadth. (Anthropology).
• 1995 Bruce Frank. Developing a Fire Fuel Modification Plan at Camp Pendleton: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Use of Preference Analysis Techniques in a Geographic Information System.
• 1994 Amy Bortman. An Integrated Spatial Analysis/GIS Procedure for Estimating Suppressed County Employment Data.
• 1994 Caroline Sallaway. Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Perceptually Ordered Color Schemes for Maps.