Makiko Shukunobe
Research Technologist
Bio
Makiko is a research assistant in the Center for Geospatial Analytics Geovisualization Laboratory. She develops immersion virtual environments using virtual reality software, SENSICS zSight and Oculus Rift head-mounted devices. Her long term research goals involve 1) complex applied GIS analysis and 2D/3D visualizations that incorporate Augmented Reality (AR) utilizing location-based, marker-based and markerless data, 2) LiDAR data analysis using the GRASS GIS open source application, and 3) developing Web and mobile GIS applications, geospatial databases, and Python scripting language-based GIS applications. Makiko joined the Center as a research assistant in 2012 after completing the Masters of Geospatial Information Science and Technology (MGIST) program at NCSU.
Publications
- Forecasting global spread of invasive pests and pathogens through international trade , ECOSPHERE (2023)
- Plant pest invasions, as seen through news and social media , COMPUTERS ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN SYSTEMS (2022)
- Story-telling maps generated from semantic representations of events , BEHAVIOUR & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (2019)
- GazeGIS: A Gaze-Based Reading and Dynamic Geographic Information System , EYE TRACKING AND VISUALIZATION: FOUNDATIONS, TECHNIQUES, AND APPLICATIONS, ETVIS 2015 (2017)