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

Selected Publications and Research Contributions

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 •          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 Outlierness 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   

 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