Guofeng Cao

Guofeng Cao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Colorado. His research integrates GIScience, GeoAI, geostatistics, and remote sensing to develop advanced methodologies for analyzing heterogeneous geospatial data and modeling complex spatiotemporal patterns.

• Focus areas: Uncertainty-aware geographic knowledge discovery, land cover/land use dynamics, spatiotemporal bias analysis, geospatial cyberinfrastructure development
• Applications: Natural hazards, environmental science, public health, global change studies

Recent publications emphasize generative adversarial networks for climate downscaling, neural processes for uncertainty modeling, and fusion transformers for disaster assessment. His work combines deep learning with Bayesian inference to address scalability challenges in geospatial data processing.

• Scientific Recognition: NASA and USDA grants for spatiotemporal research
• Advising: Mentoring graduate students in geospatial data science
• Laboratory: Leads the STAR lab (Spatiotemporal Pattern Analysis & Research)