Curriculum Vitae – Sucharita Gopal
Department of Geography, Center for Remote
Sensing,
Center for Cognitive and Neural Systems
Center for Conservation Ecology
Phone: (617)
353-5744, e-mail: suchi@bu.edu
Research Areas: Neural network applications in remote sensing and GIS
domains, spatial analysis and spatial statistics for environmental and public health
applications, spatial data mining, marine GIS, and multi-scale spatial
modeling.
Education:
1988-1989 Post-doctoral Fellow, NCGIA,
1983-1988 PhD in Geography,
1981-1983 MPhil in Geography,
1979-1980 BEd,
1977-1979
MSc
in Geography,
1974-1977
BA
in Geography,
Work Experience:
2003-Present Professor,
Department of Geography,
1996- 2003 Associate
Professor, Department of Geography,
2001 - Research
Associate Professor, CNS Technology Lab,
2001 - Research
Associate Professor,
1999 - Research
Associate Professor, Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology,
1995 Associate
Professor, Department of Geography and Center for Remote Sensing,
1997 Research
Associate Professor, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems (CNS),
1993-1997 Visiting
Research Fellow, Department of Social and Economic Geography,
Wirtchafsuniversitat,
1989-1995 Assistant
Professor, Department of Geography,
1989 Post-Doctoral
Fellow,
1988 Research
Associate, Transportation Research Unit,
Service
2005-2006 Boston
University UPT Committee
(University Promotions and Tenure)
2006,
2007 NSF
Mathematical and Social Behavioral Sciences
Fall
2006 Associate Chair, Department of
Geography and Environment
1998 - 2000 Director
of Graduate Studies, Department of Geography,
1999 –2001 NSF
Geography and Regional Science Panel Member
2000 -
2001 EPA
STAR Fellowship Panel Member
Memberships: Corresponding Member of the IGU
commission on Mathematical Models, Association of American Geographers,
National Geographic Society University Consortium of Geographic Information
Sciences.
Editorial Board – Geographical Analysis
Special Awards and
Invited Speaker:
1995 ERDAS Award (With Curtis Woodcock) for Best Science
Paper in Remote Sensing, American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
for the paper: Gopal, S., and C.E. Woodcock, 1994.
Theory
and Methods for Accuracy Assessment of Thematic Maps Using Fuzzy Sets, Photogrammetric
Engineering and Remote Sensing, 60(2):181-188.
Dangermond Lecture Series Speaker
2005 - Annual Lecture Series
Jack Dangermond Speaker (2005)
and delivered the annual lecture at ESRI headquarters in
The 27th
S. Gopal - List of Publications
Scholarly Books
Goodchild,
M., and Gopal, S. (Eds.). The Accuracy of Spatial Databases, Francis and
Original Articles
Simonett,
D., Barrett, T., Gopal, S., Holsmuller, F., and Veregin, H. Magnitude and spatial distribution of combustible materials in
Gopal, S., Klatzky, R., and Smith, T.
NAVIGATOR: A psychologically based model of environmental learning through
navigation, Journal of
Environmental Psychology, 9,
309-331, 1989.
Gopal,
S., and Smith, T. NAVIGATOR: A
psychologically based model of
human way-finding in an urban environment, in M. Fischer, P. Nijkamp and
Y. Papageorgiou (Eds.), Spatial
Choices and Processes, pp. 169-200, North Holland Press: Amsterdam, 1990.
Gopal,
S., and Smith, T. Human way-finding
in an urban environment: a performance analysis using a computational
processing approach, Environmental
and Planning A, 22, 169-191,
1990.
Self,
C., Gopal, S., Golledge, R., and Fenstermaker, S. Gender-related differences in
spatial abilities, Progress in Human Geography, 16, 3, 315-342, 1992.
Fischer,
M.M. and Gopal,
Gopal,
S., and Woodcock, C. Theory and methods for accuracy assessment of thematic
maps using fuzzy sets, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing,
60, 2, 181-188, 1994.
Woodcock,
C.E., Collins, J., Gopal, S., Jakabhazy, V., Li, X., Macomber, S., Ryherd, S., Wu, Y., Harward, V.J., Levitan, J., and R.
Warbington. Mapping forest vegetation using Landsat TM imagery and a canopy
reflectance model, Remote Sensing of Environment, 50, 240-254, 1994.
Gopal,
S. and Fischer, M. The application of artificial neural networks in remote
sensing and pattern recognition in Ernste, Huib (Ed.), Pathways to Human
Ecology, pp. 17-35, Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1994.
Fischer,
M., and Gopal, S. Neural network
models and interregional telephone traffic: comparative performances between
multilayer feedforward networks and the conventional spatial interaction model,
Journal of Regional Science, 34,4, 503-527, 1995.
Gopal,
S., and Scuderi, L. Predicting sunspot cycles using feedforward neural
networks, Geographical Analysis, 27(1), 42-60, 1995.
Gopal,
S. and Fischer, M. Learning in single hidden layer
feedforward neural network models: backpropagation in a spatial interaction
modeling context, Geographical Analysis, 28 (1), 38-55, 1996.
Gopal,
S., Neural network models of cognitive map in Portugali, J. (Ed.) The
Construction of Cognitive Map, pp. 69-85,
Gopal,
S., Woodcock, C., and Unis, G. Optimizing rules for labeling polygons for
per-pixel classification using fuzzy sets, Geographical Systems, 2,
83-101, 1996.
Gopal,
S. and Woodcock, C. E. Remote sensing of forest change using artificial neural
networks, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 34 (2),
398-404, 1996.
Abuelgasim,
A., Gopal, S., Irons, J., Strahler, A. Classification of ASAS multiangle and
multispectral measurements using artificial neural networks, Remote Sensing
of Environment, 57(2), 79-87, 1996.
Woodcock,
C E., Gopal, S. and Albert, W.
Evaluation of the potential for providing secondary labels in vegetation
maps, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 62 (4), 393-399,
1996.
Moody,
A. and Gopal, S. and Strahler, A. H. Sensitivity of neural networks to subpixel
land-cover mixtures in coarse-resolution satellite data, Remote Sensing of
Environment, 58, 329-343, 1996.
Carpenter,
G., Gjaja, M., Gopal, S., and
Woodcock, C. ART networks in Remote
Sensing, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 35(2), 308-325,
1997.
Fischer,
M M., Gopal, S., Staufer, P. and Steinocher, K. Evaluation of neural pattern
classifiers for a remote sensing application, Geographical Systems, 4,
195-225, 1997.
Gopal,S.
and Fischer, M. Fuzzy ARTMAP - A Neural Classifier for Multispectral Image
Classification, in Fischer, M.M. and Getis, A. (eds.): Recent Developments in Spatial
Analysis: Spatial Statistics, Behavioural Modelling and Computational
Intelligence, pp. 306-35. Springer,
Abuelgasim,
A., Gopal, S., and Strahler, A. Forward and inverse modeling of canopy
directional reflectance using a neural network, International Journal of
Remote Sensing, 19 (3), 453-471, 1997.
Carpenter,
G., Gopal, S., Martens, S., and Woodcock, C. Evaluation of mixture estimation
methods for vegetation mapping,
Technical Report CAS/CNS-97-014,
Albert,
Carpenter,
G., Gopal, S., Martens, S., and
Woodcock, C. A Neural Network
Method for Mixture Estimation for Vegetation Mapping, Remote sensing of the
Environment, 70 (2), 138-152, 1999.
Gopal, S., Woodcock, C. and Strahler, A.
Fuzzy ARTMAP classification of global land cover from the 1 degree AVHRR data set, Remote
Sensing of the Environment, 67, 230-243, 1999.
Abuelgasim,
A., Ross, W. D., Gopal, S., and Woodcock, C. E. Change detection using adaptive neural
networks: Environmental damage assessment after the Gulf War, Remote Sensing
of the Environment, 70 (2), 208-223, 1999.
Gopal,
S. and Woodcock, C. E. Artificial
Neural Networks for Detecting Forest Change in Chen, C.H. (ed.), Information
Processing for Remote Sensing, pp. 225-236, World Scientific:
Kaufmann, R. K.,
Snell, S. E., Gopal, S. and Dezzani, R.
The significance of
synoptic patterns identified by the
Kirchhofer technique: A Monte Carlo approach, International Journal of
Climatology, 19(6), 619- 626, 1999.
Carpenter, G., Gopal, S., Macomber, S.,
Martens, S., Woodcock, C. and
Franklin, J. A neural network
method for efficient vegetation mapping, Remote sensing of the Environment,
70, 326-338, 1999.
Woodcock, C. E. and Gopal, S. Fuzzy set theory and thematic maps:
accuracy assessment and area estimation, International Journal of
Geographical Information Systems, 14(2), 153-172, 2000.
Snell,
S. E., Gopal, S. and Kaufmann, R. K.
Spatial interpolation of GCM forecasts using artificial neural networks, Journal of Climate, 13,886-895,
2000.
Friedl,
M.A., Woodcock,C., Gopal,S., Muchoney, D., Strahler, A. H., and C. Barker-Schaaf. A note on procedures used
for accuracy assessment in land cover maps derived from AVHRR data, International
Journal of Remote Sensing, 21, (5), 1073-1077, 2000.
Muchoney,
D., Borak, J., Chi, M., Friedl, M., Gopal, S., Hodges, J., Morrow, N., and A.
Strahler, A. Application of the
MODIS global supervised classification model to vegetation and land cover
mapping of
Friedl,
M.A., McIver, D., Hodges, J.C.F., Zhang, X., Gopal, S.,Woodcock, C.E., and A.H.
Strahler, Land Cover Mapping from MODIS: First Results and Future Directions, 8th
International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote
Sensing, ISPRS, 2001, p.3-8.
Pax-Lenney,
M., Woodcock, C.E., Gopal, S., and Macomber, S. Monitoring temperate conifer
forests with Landsat TM: A new look at classification generalization, Remote
Sensing of Environment, 77(3): 241-250. 2001.
Liu,
W., Gopal, S., and C.E. Woodcock, ARTMAP Multisensor/resolution Framework for
Landcover Characterization, Proceedings of 4th Annual Conference on
Information Fusion, Montreal, August, 2001, WeC2-11-16.
Liu,
W., Gopal, S., and Woodcock, C.
ARTMAP neural networks for image processing, interpretation, visualization.
Invited Chapter in V. Kumar, R. Grossman, C. Kamath, and R. Namburu (Eds.) Massive Computing, , pp Kluwer
Academic Press, 2001.
Gopal, S., W. Liu and
Woodcock, C. Visualization Based on the Fuzzy ARTMAP Neural Network for Mining
Remotely Sensed Data, Invited Chapter in Harvey J. Miller and Jiawei Han
(eds.), Geographic Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, pp. 315-335,
Taylor and Francis, 2001.
Gopal,
S. and Fischer, M. Fuzzy ARTMAP - A Neural Classifier for Multispectral Image
Classification, in Manfred M. Fischer and Yee Leung (eds), Geocomputational
Modelling : Techniques and Applications (Advances in Spatial Science), pp.
165-194. Springer Verlag:
Fischer,
M.M. and Getis, A. (eds.): Recent
Developments in Spatial Analysis: Spatial Statistics, Behavioural Modelling and
Computational Intelligence, pp. 306-35. Springer,
Ju,
J., Kolaczyk, E.D., and Gopal, S. (2003). Gaussian mixture discriminant analysis and sub-pixel land
cover classification in remote sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment,
84(4),550-560.
Legates, D.R., S. Gopal, and P.
Rogerson, 2003: Mathematical Models and Quantitative Methods. Geography
in
Weiguo
Liu, Sucharita Gopal, and Curtis E. Woodcock (2004). Uncertainty and Confidence in
Land Cover Classification Using a
Hybrid Classifier Approach. Photgrammetric
Engineering and Remote Sensing, 70 (8), 963-972.
Liu, W. , Karen Seto , Elaine Wu,
Sucharita Gopal and Curtis Woodcock (2004). ART-MMAP: a neural network approach
to sub-pixel classification, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ,
42(9).
Shabanov,
N. V., Lo, K.,
Gopal, S., and R. B. Myneni (2005). Subpixel burn
detection in Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
500-m data with ARTMAP neural networks Journal of Geophysical Research,
Vol. 110,
Ju, J., Gopal, S., and Kolaczyk, E.D. (2005). On the choice of spatial and
categorical scale in remote sensing land cover characterization. Remote Sensing of Environment,
96(1):62-77.
Proctor
SP, Gopal S, Imai A, Wolfe J, Ozonoff D, White RF (2005). Spatial Analysis of
1991 Gulf War Troop Locations in Relationship with Postwar Health Symptom
Reports Using GIS Techniques Transactions
in GIS, Vol. 9, No. 3. (June 2005), pp. 381-396.
Ju, J., Gopal, S., and Kolaczyk, E.D. (2005). On
the choice of spatial and categorical scale in remote sensing land cover
characterization. Remote Sensing of Environment,
96(1):62-77.
.Gandhi, J. M.
Kang, S. Shekhar, J. Ju, E. D. Kolaczyk, S. Gopal, Using a Context
Approach to Process Statistical Queries in Raster Data: An Extended Abstract,
Accepted in the 1st International Workshop on Spatial and
Spatial-temporal Data Mining (SSTDM ‘06), in conjunction with the
IEEE 6th International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM ‘06),
Hong Kong, December 18, 2006 (Selectivity: 1 out of 3). (Selected as one
of the best papers and invited for an extended journal publication in the
Knowledge and Information Systems (KAIS))
Gopal, S. (2007). The evolving social geography
of blogs, in Harvey J. Miller (ed.) Societies and Cities in the Age of Instant
Access,
Manuscripts in Review
Gopal,
S., Vanelli, M. and Adams, M. Modeling the spatial patterns of addiction
in the
Manuscripts in Print
D. Potere, C. E.
Woodcock, A. Schneider, M. Ozdogan, A. Baccini, and S. Gopal. Patterns in
forest clearing along the
Manuscripts in preparation
Liu,
W., and Gopal, S. Accuracy improvement in fuzzy ARTMAP landcover classification
using a heuristic pruning method, IEEE Data Mining and Intelligence.
Gopal,
S., Kaufman, L., Patel, H.,
Costa, T. and Gopal, S. – Exploring spatial association between housing
prices and urban growth - A tale of two towns in
Ju, J. Gopal, S., and
Kolazyk, E. Application of multiscale modeling framework in modeling landcover
in
Gopal,
S., Kaufman, L.,
Gopal,
S. and Patel, H. Urban dynamics and the growth of primary and secondary silicon
cities in
Conference Proceedings
Freundschuh,
S., Mark, D., Gopal, S., Gould, M., and Couclelis, C. Verbal directions for
wayfinding: Implications for navigation and geographic information and analysis
systems, Proc. of the 4th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling,
Zurich, Switzerland, 1, pp. 478-487, 1990.
Woodcock,
C., and Gopal, S. Accuracy
assessment of the Stanislaus forest vegetation map using fuzzy sets, Proc. of the Fourth Biennial Remote
Sensing Applications Conference, pp. 378-394, 1992.
Gopal,
S. and Fischer, M.M. Neural net
based interregional telephone traffic models, Proceedings of International
Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Nagoya, Japan, 1993.
Gopal,
S. Sklarew, D. M., and Lambin, E.
Fuzzy-Neural Networks in Multi-temporal classification of Landcover Change in the Sahel, Proceedings of the DOSES Workshop on
New Tools for Spatial Analysis,
Lisbon, Portugal, DOSES,
EUROSTAT, ECSC-EC-EAEC: Brussels, Luxembourg, pp. 55-68, 1994.
Fischer,
M. and Gopal, S. Neurocomputing and spatial information processing: from
general considerations to a low dimensional real world application,
Proceedings of the DOSES Workshop on New
Tools for Spatial Analysis, Lisbon, Portugal, DOSES, EUROSTAT, ECSC-EC-EAEC:
Brussels, Luxembourg, pp. 69-81, 1994.
Abuelgasim,
Abdelgadir and Gopal, S. Classification of multiangle and multispectral ASAS
data using a hybrid neural network model, International Geoscience and
Remote Sensing Symposium 1994, Pasadena, CA, IEEE: Piscataway NJ, pp. 1670-1675,
1994.
Moody, A., Gopal, S., Strahler, A.,
Borak, J., and P. Fisher A
combination of temporal thresholding and neural network methods for classifing
multiscale remotely-sensed image data, International Geoscience and
Remote Sensing Symposium 1994, Pasadena, CA, IEEE: Piscataway NJ, pp.
1877-1880, 1994.
Woodcock, C. and Gopal, S. Remote sensing
of forests: New data layers for GIS, Proc. ASPRS Conference, 1995,
Charlotte,
Carpenter, G., Gjaja, M., Gopal, S., and
Woodcock, C. ART networks in Remote Sensing, International Geoscience and
Remote Sensing Symposium 1996, Vol 1, Lincoln, Nebraska, May 27-31, 1996,
IEEE: Piscataway NJ, pp. 529-531.
Gopal, S., Woodcock, C., and Strahler,
A.H. Fuzzy ARTMAP classification of global land cover from AVHRR data set, International
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 1996, Vol 1, Lincoln, Nebraska, May
27-31, 1996, IEEE: Piscataway NJ, pp.
538-540.
Gopal, S. and Fischer M. A comparison of
three neural network classifiers for remote sensing classification, International
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 1996, Vol 1,
Abdelgadir
A. Abuelgasim, Gopal,S. and Strahler, A.H.
Forward and inverse modeling of caonpy directional reflectance using a
neural network, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 1996,
Vol 3, Lincoln, Nebraska, May 27-31, 1996, IEEE: Piscataway NJ, pp. 1426-1428.
Gopal,
S. and Woodcock, C.E. Artificial Neural Networks for Detecting Conifer Mortality
in
Woodcock, C.E., Gopal, S., Macomber, S., Pax-Lenney, M., (1998). Automated identification of temperate
conifer forests in Landsat imagery:
Generalization in time and space, IGARSS 1998 (2), 801-803.
Woodcock, C.E.,
Macomber, S., Song, C.,
Pax-Lenney, M., Gopal, S. and W. Cohen (1999). Regional to continental monitoring of
change in temperate conifer
forests, Pecora 14,
LandSatellite Information III Proceedings, APSPRS, Denver, CO, December 6-10, pp.322-327.
Carpenter, G. A.,
Gopal, S., Macomber, S., Shock, B., and Woodcock, C.E. (1999). ARTMAP neural
network classification for land use change, Third International Conference
on Cognitive and Neural Systems,
Gopal,
S. (1999). Spatial Technologies in Public Health, Invited
Talk, School of Public Health, Boston University, October 14, 1999.
Gopal,
S., and Woodcock, C.E. (2000).
Pruning the Fuzzy ARTMAP
Classification for Category Proliferation Problem Fourth International
Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems,
Invited
Participant, Spatial Data Mining, Workshop on Mining Scientific Datasets,
Army High Performance Computing
Imai,
A., Proctor, S. and Gopal, S. (2000). Spatio-temporal Analysis of Gulf war syndrome: Does
GIS help? VA Hospital, Jamaica Plain,
Gopal,
S. Invited Speaker, (2001). Spatial Technologies in the Insurance and
Re-insurance Business, Applied Insurance Research-Boston,
Gopal,
S. (2001). Invited participant, Biocomplexity Incubation Activity Workshop,
Gopal,
S. (2001). Invited Speaker, Lucent Seminar Series, BUILDE Global Mobility
Initiative,
Gopal,
S. (2001). Invited Speaker, Geographical Information Systems for Public Health,
Business and Conservation,
Gopal,
S. (2001). ARTMAP mixture models in Remote Sensing, CNS Technology Lab
Presentations to Sponsors (Air Force Office of Scientific Research),
Gopal,
S., W. Liu and Woodcock, C. (2001). ARTMAP Multisensor/resolution framework for
landcover characterization, Invited Talk, Proceedings of the 4th
Annual Conference on Information Fusion,
Gopal,
S. (2001). Spatial technologies applications in Insurance Risk Estimation,
Invited Talk at Applied Research Insurance,
Recent
Conference Presentations and Talks (2005 -2007 only)
Invited Talk on the
“Geography of Blogs” Societies and Cities in the Age of Instant
Access, Research Symposium on 10-12
November 2005.
Kolaczyk (presenter) Multiscale,
Multigranular Image Analysis—American Statistical Association
Meetings,
Virtual Worlds Workshop (Organized
by the US Army/CIA), Social Networks/Virtual Worlds, Anna Tsao, Algotek
(organizer), October 2005
Ju, J., Gopal, S. and Kolaczyk, E. Land
cover and land use mapping using a multiscale multigranular framework and
remotely sensed data, Annual Association of American
Geographers,
Gopal, Adams, M., Vanelli, M. and
Albanese, M. Modeling the spatial patterns of addiction in the
Andris, C. Paletta, P., Ganguly, S., and Gopal, S. Exploring the
Relationship between the Social Geography and Environmental Susceptibility of
the New Orleans Region, Annual
Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL, March 8-12, 2006.
GIS
and Spatial Analysis in Public Healh and Epidemiology, Caro Research ,
Gopal,
S., and Kaufman, L. Marine Integrated
Decision Analysis System (MIDAS) for Monitoring and Analysis of Marine Management Areas. NESTVAL, North
East Geographers, October 2006,
Sponsored
Research Activity
The effect of global climate change on US agriculture.
NSF: SBR-9523600, R.
Kauffman, Principal
Investigator, S. Gopal and L. Scuderi, Co-Principal Investigators. $155,623 9/1/95 to 8/31/98.
Center for Excellence in Remote Sensing at Boston University,
NASA, C. Woodcock,
Principal Investigator, F.
El-Baz, C. Cleveland, M. Friedl, S. Gopal, R. Kaufmann, J. Key, D. Dye, R.
Myneni, G. Salvucci, and A. Strahler,
Co-Principal Investigators.
$444,310,
10/01/97-08/31/00.
Assessment of landuse and land cover change using remote sensing and artificial neural
networks, NSF: SBR9513889, S. Gopal, Principal
Investigator, C. Woodcock,
Co-Principal Investigator. $192,516
08/01/96 to 07/30/99.
POWRE: Artificial Neural Networks for aggregation and disaggregation problems, NSF-POWRE, S. Gopal, Principal Investigator. $73,640, 07/01/99 to 12/31/00.
A Multiscale framework for spatial modeling in Geography, NSF: SBR9513889, E. Kolaczyk, Principal
Investigator. S. Gopal,
Co-Principal Investigator.
$373,923, 07/01/00-08/31/03.
Spatial determinants of insectivorous bat diversity –
Patterns and process in paleotropical rain forest. NSF: SBR9513889, PIs:
S. Gopal, T. Kuntz, T. Kingston. – NSF $380,151, 07/01/00-08/31/03.
Complexity
of Spatial and Categorical Scale in Landcover Characterization: A Statistical
and Computational Framework.
Conservation
International Spatial Modeling for Marine Management. S. Gopal
(PI), 07/01.2006 – 4/1/2007. $19000.
Grant Activity 2000 -present
(not funded)
The design and implementation of Geospatial Information Intelligence System to Biological Warfare Threats Agency : NIMA. 2000. Gopal (PI), Requested Amount : $451,728.
NASA -
NRA2-37143 - Research in Intelligent Systems. 2000. Gopal (PI),
Requested Amount : $1,050,000.
ITR/PE: Collaborative research: The science
database educational resource: Empowering students to learn fundamental
concepts through data mining and visualization experiences. NSF-EIA - ITR Medium Group Grants. 2000.
G. Stanley (PI), Gopal(co-PI). Requested Amount: $3,739,619
Automating data collection and mapping biodiversity: the context of
insectivorous bat community in peninsular Malaysia NSF - Biodiversity and
Ecosystem Informatics – BDEI,
2001. Gopal (PI), Requested Amount:
$47,933
IGERT- Human development and global change:
social science applications of remote sensing. R. Kaufmann (PI), Co-PIs: R.
Clapp, S. Gopal, C. Woodcock, D. Mookherjee. Requested Amount: $2,119,659.
T. Kunz (PI), NSF – Pending. Final
Proposal to be submitted, 2002.
ITR- Integrated technology for decisions relating conservation
biology and economic impact of brazilian free-tailed bats on
agroecosystem: from monitoring to management, PI: T.
Kunz, Senior Research Investigator: Gopal, S., NSF – Pending. $4,842,658.
10/01/02.
Multi-Scaling in Remote Sensing and GIS: A
Multi-Disciplinary Workshop
PI: S. Gopal, Co-PI: C. Woodcock, E.
Kolaczyk, NSF-Geography
and Regional Science, Pending. Requested
Amount : $44,735.00.
ITR Understanding Data, Technologies, and Architectures for
M-commerce: Implications for Business Strategy, Individual Adoption, and Group
Behavior. PI: S. Gopal, Co-PIs: E. Kolaczyk, Balasubramaniam, G. Shankar,
A. Gupta (MIT) and S. Shekar (UMN). NSF-ITR. Requested Amount: $2,0180,816, 01/06/02-01/05/05
ITR Collaborative Research: Student
Enpowerment through Data Mining and Visualization of Scientific databases. PI: H. E. Stanley, Co-PIs: S. Gopal, F. Bresnahan, NSF-ITR. Requested
Amount: $2,999,999.
02/01/02 to 01/31/05.
ITR Implications of location-based data
and services in decision environments in organizations. PI: G. Shankar, Co-PIs: S. Gopal, P. Balasubramaniam,
08/01/02 to 08/31/05.
ITR Data mining. PI:
Amar Gupta (
Opportunities
for Hands-On Learning by Integrating Information Technology and Science
(request for full proposal
Chaos and Complexity Theories in Social
Sciences: Broadening Education in the 21st Century Investigator.
SEI(GEO):
Application of Data Mining Algorithms for the Study and Prediction of
Multi-scalar Earth System Phenomena
Spatial
Effects of Global and Local Knowledge Networks in Software. NSF- HSD - Spatial
Social Science. .Gopal, S (PI)., Gupta, Amar (co-PI)
Network
Analysis of Interactions and Structure in a Tropical Bat Assemblage. Gopal
(co-PI) and Kingston (PI). NSF Ecology,
277,525 07/01/06 - 06/30/08
Pending Grants
Estimation
and evaluation of potentially predictable precipitation variations in
observable and numerical modeling systems. NASA.
Understanding the Relationship
between Late Holocene Cultural and Physical Landscapes in the
Multisensor data and information
fusion with applications to land and water resources management in arid and
semi-arid environments. NSF-OISE. Gopal(PI), Koch, M (Co-PI), $ 18,115. : 04/01/07 - 03/31/08
Graduate
Student Advising
First Reader for the following Masters/Ph.D. Students:
·
Abuelgasim
(Ph.D. 1996), William Albert (Ph.D. 1997), Wigeo Liu (Ph.D. 2001), Tom
Harrington (Ph.D. 2001), Junchang Ju (Ph.D. 2003), Tom Lomaglio (Ph.D.),
·
Yvonne Federowicz (MA, 1999), Sara Kunstrom (MA, 2000),
Mark McGuire (MA), Asuka Imai (MA,
2000), Matt Adams (2006), Tim Costa
(MA 2006), Hrishi Patel (MA, current), Asnake Yeshiwondim (MA Current)
Second or Third Reader
for the following Ph.D. Students:
·
Karen Seto (Geography), Seth Snell (Geography),
Doug McKiver (Geography), Aaron Moody (Geography), Yecheng Wu (Geography), Maria del Carmen
Vera Diaz (Geography), Jingyun Wang (Geography)
·
Tigga Kingston (Biology), Siegfried Martens
(Cognitive and Neural Systems), Wu (Psychology), Mary Louie (Statistics), .
Suhas Chelian (Cognitive and Neural Systems)
Post-Doctoral Student
Advising
Dr. Tigga Kingston
(2003-2006) Dr. Junchang Ju (2004-2006)
Undergraduate Advisor
– Work For Distinction:
Greg
Unis, Meara Culligan, Ari Krichiver, Jennifer Ahlen, Ben Anderson (2007)
Undergraduate Advisor
– UROP and REU students:
Recruited
and advised 5 students on 3 NSF projects.
Courses taught at Boston University
World
Regional Geography (GG 201), Multivariate Statistics (GG 516), GIS Introductory
and Advanced Levels (GG365, GE 505, and GE 805), Natural Hazards (GE 385),
Economic Geography (GE 103),
Environmental Decision-Making (GE 8xx), and Behavioral Geography (GE102).
Reviewer -
Journals
Geographical
Analysis, Geographical Systems, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing,
Remote Sensing of the Environment, Intelligent Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Neural Networks, Transactions in GIS,
Environment and Planning A, IEEE Data Mining and Intelligence.
Reviewer – Funding Agencies
NSF
– Small Business (SBIR), EPA, NASA,
NSF
Collaborators for the last five years
Gail Carpenter, Department of
Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University; Curtis Woodcock, Department of
Geography, Boston University; Bruce Anderson, Department of Geography, Boston
University; Susan Proctor, Boston University School of Public Health; Manfred
Fischer, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna,
Austria; Shashi Shekhar, Department of Computer Science, University of
Minnesota; Eric Kolaczyk, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University,
Tom Kunz, Department of Biology, Boston University; Amar Gupta, Arizona State
University, Tucson; Eugene Stanley, Department of Physics, Boston University,
Krishna Mohan, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India and Magaly Koch,
Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University..
Graduate Students:
Graduate Students and
Post-doctoral Scholars: A. Abuelgasim (NASA Goddard), William Albert (Fidelity
Investments), Tom Harrington (Applied Geographics), Tom Lomaglio (Ph.D.), Wigeo
Liu (University of Toledo), Junchang Ju (Post-doc, University of South Dakota).
Masters Students: Yvonne Federowicz (
Post-doctoral students: Tigga Kingston (