Defense Presentation Title: Spatiotemporal Analysis of Innovation Using an Automated Publication Screening Advisor: Dr. Helena Mitasova, Associate Director of Earth and Environmental Sciences Applications Abstract: Quantifying research and development publications to better understand the focus of research is common practice in knowledge synthesis. Literature reviews often explore a corpus of research publications by the data…

Defense Presentation Title: Multi-Scale Modeling for Wildland Fire Decision Support Advisor: Dr. Jelena Vukomanovic, faculty fellow and associate professor in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management Abstract: Wildland fire management includes the suppression of wildfires as well as safely and effectively conducting prescribed burns. The information needed by wildland fire managers and decision…

Title: Emerging Computing Trends, Web GIS Tools and Forecasting Methods for Geospatial Environmental Decision Support in Service of Complex Land Management Challenges Co-advisors: Dr. Stacy Supak, Teaching Assistant Professor, Center for Geospatial Analytics; Dr. Stacy Nelson, Faculty Fellow, Center for Geospatial Analytics and Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources   Abstract: As anthropogenic ecological…