Research Students

Previous Ph.D. students at UCL

• Ana Simão, 2009.
  A learning-enhancing, web-based public participation system for spatial planning:  an application to the wind farm siting problem.
  Ana joined CASA in January 2003 to start her MPhil/PhD research under the topic "A Spatial Decision Support System for Groups in Strategic Land and Environmental Planning – Application to the Location of Wind Power Plants". Ana holds a Land Management Engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisbon, Portugal and an MSc degree in Civil engineering, specialization in Hydraulics and Water Resources from University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
  

• Muki Haklay, 2002.
  Public Environmental Information Systems: Challenges and Perspectives.
  Muki has been a research student in the Department of Geography and a research student in CASA - he is now a Professor in UCL's Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering. Muki's research focuses on the use of GIS and the WWW in environmental policy setting, decision-making, and public participation.
  
• Christopher Brookes, 1998.
  A Genetic Algorithm for Optimal Patch Design in GIS.
  Chris used genetic algorithms and GISs to design landuse allocation schemes that take shape into account; he is particularly interested in the application of these methods to animal habitats and nature reserves. The generation and evaluation of large populations of alternatives was investigated as part of his research.
  
• Bruce Mitchell, 1998.
  Bruce was co-supervised by Dr. Ian Hamilton of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London. Bruce's research focused on the use of census data and associated cartographic products to misrepresent the mix of different ethnic groups in the 1930s and 1940s in Eastern Europe.

Previous Ph.D. students at SUNY Buffalo

Supervisor

• Yuemin Ding, 1993. Strategies for Parallel Spatial Modelling Using MIMD Approaches.

Member of Supervisory Committee

• Holly Dickinson, 1990. Deriving a Method for Evaluating the Use of Geographic Information in Decision Making.
• Sylvia Ashrafiuon, 1991. Competitive Strategies and Location in the U.S. Automotive Industry.
• Scott Freundschuh, 1992. Spatial Knowledge Acquisition of Urban Environments from Maps and Navigation Experience.
• Michael Gould, 1993. Map Use, Spatial Decisions, and Spatial Language in English and Spanish.
• Hui Lin, 1993. Reasoning and Modeling of Spatiotemporal Intersection.
• Victor Wu, 1993. Querying Spatial Metadata Based on Spatial Objects.
• Chris Weber, 1994. Sonic Enhancement of Map Information: Experiments Using Harmonic Intervals.
• Frank Xia, 1994. A 3-D Data Model for Water Quality Modelling.
• May Yuan, 1994. Representation of Wildfire in Geographic Information Systems.
• Andrew Curtis, 1995. Investigations into the Location Specific Variations in Spatial Representation, Spatial Cluster Formation and Hierarchies.

External Ph.D. Examiner

• Xuan Zhu, 1995. A Knowledge-based Approach to the Design and Implementation of Spatial Decision Support Systems. Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh.
• Nicholas King, 1995. Achieving Spatial Decision Support with GIS: a Case Study in Water Resources Management in South Africa. Department of Geography, State University of New York at Buffalo.
• Etches, Adam, 2001. A Network Information System: Application to Transportation. Department of Geomatic Engineering, University of Newcastle.

Previous M.Sc. Project Supervision at UCL

• Eric Hermans, 1994. Investigating the Linkages Between Space Syntax and Census Data.
• Ehab Bassili, 1995. Geodemographic Analysis of Chain Store Locations.
• Kevin Loughlin, 1995. An Object-Oriented Approach to Locational Analysis.
• Noy Salleh, 1995. Provision of Services in Water Village (Brunei): A GIS Methodology.
• Demetris Stathakis, 1995. Location-Allocation Models: The Case of ATMs.
• Tak-sang Wong, 1995. Application of Location-Allocation Models to Community Facilities Planning in Hong Kong.
• Stephen Fleetwood, 1996. Investigating the Potential of ArcView to Offer Spatial Decision Support Systems Functionality.
• David Tulett, 1996. GIS and Transportation: the Case of Cycleway Implementation.
• Matthew Wright, 1996. Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis: GIS and Epidemiology.
• Suhartono, 1997. Decision Support in Military Geographic Information.
• Bethan Thomas, 1997. Locational Analysis of the Public Health Laboratory Service.
• Timothie Biggs, 1998. GIS and Local Government Planning for Open Spaces.
• Simon Funnell, 1998. Network Analysis from a Military Perspective using GIS.
• Ghulam Rabbanni, 1998. GIS and Epidemiology: Local Indicators of Statistical Association.
• Dominic Stubbins, 1998. Developing an Internet-Based Tool for the Interactive Visualisation of Location-Allocation Problems.
• Karigomba, Wilbert, 1998. Customised GIS to Support Urban Planning - A Case Study of Westminster. (Second supervisor.)
• Plachta, Ewa, 1998. The Potential Role of GIS - A Case Study in Peckham, London. (Second supervisor.)
• Atkinson, Mike, 2000. Spatial Data Use in the Local Government of London. Can the Local Authorities Serve the Greater London Authority With the Data it Requires?
• Bengtsson, Louise, 2000. Acquiring Data About Pedestrian Movements Using Internet Map Server Technology.
• Yau, Eric, 2000. Applying a Spatial Decision Support System in Environmental Impact Assessment: A Study in Victoria Harbour Reclamation.
• Boiling, Ed., 2000. Towards an Internet GIS for Oil Spill Emergency Planning on the River Thames. (Second supervisor.)
• Comben, Stephen, 2000. A Hierarchical Coordinate System for Encoding Globally Distributed Raster Spatial Data. (Second supervisor.)
• Edney, Stephen, 2001. Interface Issues in Web-based GIS: A Development of Client-side Digitising Techniques. (Second supervisor.)
• Monk, Daniel, 2001. Utilising Gegraphic Information in Aiding Emergency Planning Response.
• Morris, Christopher, 2001. An Investigation into the Use of GIS in the Analysis of Passenger Travel Patterns on the London Underground Tube Network.
• Hall, Robert, 2002. Cycle routes in NW London. (Second supervisor.)
• Mann, Gareth, 2002. Sampling Simulation for Water Quality Data Collection Methods. (Second supervisor.)
• Roemmele, Emma, 2002. Isle of Man Coastal Environment GIS for Decision Support. (Second supervisor.)
• Stow, Christopher, 2002. Statistics and GIS - Business Analysis of Yell Database. (Second supervisor.)
• Tuffour, Anthony, 2002. SDSS for Dredging Planning. (Second supervisor.)
• Gadenz, Simone, 2003. Design of a Flexible Web Mapping Tool to Deploy in Reuters AlertNet Web Site. (Second supervisor.)
• Jones, Kate, 2003. The Spatial Distribution of General Practices and Their Patients in the King's Cross Area, and How They Relate to Markers of Deprivation. (Second supervisor.)
• Lloyd, Ann K. M., 2003. Making and Using a GIS Tool to Study Climatological Station Representativity.
• Sowa, Sheikh Siddy, 2003. Creation of a Large Topological Dataset for London M25 Area Using Oracle Spatial and Laser Scan's Radius Topology. (Second supervisor.)
• Vassardani, Maria, 2003. Cascading Web Mapping Services. (Awarded a distinction overall.)
• Xu, Lei, 2003. Traffic Microsimulation Within GIS. (Second supervisor.)
• Kelebeng, Timon, 2004. Botswana Integrated Land Information System.
• Tzouvali, Georgia, 2004. Theory and Applications of 2D Topology in Transport GIS: Implementation and Comparison of the Topological Structures Two Leading Vendors Provide.
• Bosher, Steven, 2005. Applying Accessibility to Public Access Webmapping Sites.
• Nutkins, Richard, 2005. Walkability: Transport for London Research on the Monitoring and Modelling of Walking Quality in London, Towards a Walkability GIS. (Second supervisor.)
• Pradhan, Sudip, 2005. A Web-based Public Participatory Spatial Decision Support SYstem for Wind Farm Siting. (Second supervisor.)
• Ram, M., 2005. Integrating Plant Dispersal Mechanisms in Population Fragmentation Models. (Second supervisor.)
• Rickles, P. 2005. Web Profiles - Elevation Cross-sections with Vegetation. (Second supervisor.)
• Skarlatidou, Alexandra, 2005. The Current State of the Online Mapping Industry: A Usability Study of the Multipmap Public Service and that of its Competitors. (Second supervisor.)
• Forlani, Armando, 2009. Spatial Analysis and Decision Support for Prioritisation of Pavement Treatment Programme.
  

Previous M.Sc. Project Supervision SUNY Buffalo

Supervisor

• Kuitunen, Sandi, 1991. Development of Database Requirements for Parcel-Based GIS.
• Lembo, Arthur, 1991. A Structured Methodology for GIS Requirements Analysis.
• Willer, David, 1991. A Spatial Decision Support System for Bank Location: A Case Study. (Co-Supervisor)
• Huang, Chao-Min, 1992. An Aggregate Retail Analysis of Supermarkets in Amherst and Williamsville, New York.
• Williams, James, 1992. Elderly Population and Mobility Change.
• Cui, Xiabo, 1993. Design and Implementation of a Spatial Query and Information Display System for Real Property Management in Local Government.
• Mckinney, James, 1993. Cartographic Representation of Solutions to Location-Allocation Models. (Co-Supervisor)