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Jian Chen, PhD

Dr. Jian Chen

Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator, GIS Lab Coordinator

Education

  • Ph.D. University of Memphis
  • M.S. East China Normal University
  • B.S. East China Normal University

Areas of Expertise

  • GIS and Big Data Analytics
  • Water Resources and Hydrologic Modeling
  • Environmental Hazards
  • Public Health

Research and Field Work

Dr. Chen at CVDI 2014 Spring Meeting
Dr. Chen at CCF event
Dr. Chen at CVDI 2016 Fall Meeting
Dr. Chen conducting research
Dr. Chen in the field
Dr. Chen at research site
Dr. Chen conducting fieldwork
Dr. Chen at work
Dr. Chen field research
Dr. Chen research activity
Dr. Chen at research location
Dr. Chen conducting field study
Dr. Chen in field

Courses

  • GE 384: Geographic Information Systems
  • GE 484/584: Advanced GIS
  • GE 474/574: Web GIS
  • GE 464/564 GIS Programming
  • GE 415/515: Quantitative Methods in Geography
  • GE 112/112H: Physical Geography – Landforms
  • GE 111 Physical Geography – Weather & Climate
  • GE 497 Special Topics: Student Success Seminar
  • GE 609 Geographic Methods and Design
  • GE 610 Seminar in Geospatial Sciences
  • GE 697 Special Topics: Issues in GIS Programming
  • GE 697 Special Topics: Hazard and Catastrophe Risk Assessment
  • GE 697 Special Topics: Geocomputation

Selected Publications and Research Contributions

  • Benefield, A. Chen, J., 2023. Does Human Accessibility Affect Lightning-Caused Wildfires? A Case Study of the Southern Rocky Mountains, Fire Technology, 59(5): 2355-2374, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10694-023-01400-z
  • Benefield, A., Chen, J., 2022. Examining the Influence of Outdoor Recreation on Anthropogenic Wildfire Regime of the Southern Rocky Mountains, Natural Hazards 111(1):523-545, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-05065-1
  • Duggimpudi, M.B., Abbady, S. Chen, J., and Raghavan V.V., 2019. Spatio-Temporal Outlier Detection Algorithms Based on Computing Behavioral Outlieness Factor, Data & Knowledge Engineering 122:1-24, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.datak.2017.12.001
  • Katragadda, S., Gottumukkala, R., Venna, S., Lipari, N., Gailward, S. Pusala, M., Chen, J., Borst, C., Ragahavan, V., Bayoumi, M. 2019. VAStream: A Visual Analytics System for Fast Data Streams, Proceedings of Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2019 (PEARC19) on Rise of the Machines (learning), Article N0. 76. P. 1-8 https://doi.org/10.1145/3332186.3332256
  • Katragadda, S., Chen, J., Abbady, S. 2019. Spatial Hotspot Detection Using Polygon Propagation, International Journal of Digital Earth 12(7): 825-842. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2018.1485754
  • Borrok, D. M., Chen, J., Eldardiry, H., and Habib, E. 2018. A Framework for Incorporating the Impact of Water Quality on Water Supply Stress: An Example from Louisiana, USA. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 54(1):134-147. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12597
  • Chen, J., Hill, A.A., and Urbano, L., 2009, A GIS-based model for urban flood inundation, Journal of Hydrology 373(1-2), 184-192, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.04.021