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Qiusheng Wu is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Geography & Sustainability at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He also serves as an Amazon Scholar and Amazon Visiting Academic. His research focuses on geospatial data science, open-source software development, and leveraging big geospatial data/cloud computing to study environmental changes, particularly surface water and wetland dynamics. He created packages like geemap and leafmap, and his work is widely recognized through awards like the 2024 Graduate Teaching Award and Google Open Source Peer Bonus Award.
- Education: Ph.D., Geography, University of Cincinnati; M.A., Geography, University of Cincinnati; B.S., GIS, Sun Yat-sen University.
- Research Interests: Geographic Information Science, Remote Sensing, Environmental Modeling, LiDAR, Spatial Data Science, Cloud Computing.
His work emphasizes open-source contributions, including Python packages for geospatial analysis, and has been published in journals like Remote Sensing of Environment and International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation.
Dr. Wu teaches courses such as GEOG 111 (Our Digital Earth) and GEOG 510 (Geographic Software Design). He actively reviews for over 40 journals and serves as an Associate Editor for Wetlands and International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation.
