Transportation Geography: air transportation, urban transportation, travel demand analysis, effects of information and communications technologies (ICT) on transportation

Geographic Information Science: space-time GIS, GIS for transportation (GIS-T), GIS and spatial analysis

Time Geography: extended time-geographic framework for human activities in a hybrid physical-virtual space, analytical time geography

1. Collaborative Research on Space-Time Analysis and Modeling, Shih-Lung Shaw (PI), funded by Wuhan University, China, RMB 3,000,000, 2011-2014.
2. Integration of Space-Time GIS with Climate Informatics for Climate Change Research, Shih-Lung Shaw (PI), funded by the Joint Directed Research and Development (JDRD) Program, University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (UT-ORNL) Science Alliance, $39, 965, 2011.
3. A Space-Time Routing Algorithm for Emergency Evacuation of Moving Objects, Zhixiang Fang (PI) and Shih-Lung Shaw, funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (10971233/D010703), RMB 350,000, 2010-2012.
4. Tennessee One Road: Integration of Road Attributes on a Common Geometry, Shih-Lung Shaw (PI) and Jerry Everett, funded by Tennessee Department of Transportation, $90,000, 2009-2011.
5. Road Network Traffic Pattern and Accessibility Analysis Based on Taxi Tracking Data, Yang Yue (PI), Shih-Lung Shaw , and Qingquan Li, funded by Microsoft Research Institute (Asia), $15,000, 2009.
6. CIMBS Full Proposal: The University of Tennessee Advancing Connections between Biology and Mathematics, Louis Gross (PI) and a research team (Shih-Lung Shaw is a research collaborator on the project team), funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation's EF-Bio Centers Program, $15,907,000, 2008-2013.
7. Towards a GIS-Based Analytical Time-Geographic Framework for Physical and Virtual Activities, Shih-Lung Shaw (PI) and Hongbo Yu, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Geography and Regional Science Program, $212,045, 2006-2009.

8. Grid Computing for Ecological Modeling and Spatial Control, Louis Gross (PI), Michael Berry, Suzanne Lenhart, and Shih-Lung Shaw, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation’s ITR Program, $1,416,610, 2004-2008.

9. Environmental Justice Planning Tool, Mary English (PI), Shih-Lung Shaw, Frederick Wegmann and Jerry Everett, funded by Tennessee Department of Transportation, $141,582, 2005-2006.
10. A Space-Time GIS for Analyzing Population Migration Histories, funded by University of Tennessee Professional Development Awards, $3,350, 2005-2006.

2011. Fang, Z., Li, Q., Zhang, X., and Shaw, S-L. A GIS data model for landmark-based pedestrian navigation, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, accepted for publication.

2011. Yin, L., Shaw , S-L., Eric Carr , Wang, D., Berry , M., Gross, L. and Comiskey, J. A framework of integrating GIS and parallel computing for spatial control problems – a case study of wildfire control, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, DOI:10.1080/13658816.2011.609487.

2011. Shaw, S-L. Guest Editorial - Geographic information systems for transportation: an introduction, Journal of Transport Geography, 19(3), 377-378.

2011. Chen, J., Shaw, S-L., Yu, H., Lu, F., Chai, Y. and Jia, Q. Exploratory data analysis of activity diary data: a space-time GIS approach, Journal of Transport Geography, 19(3), 394-404.

2011. Yin, L., Shaw, S-L. and Yu, H. Potential effects of ICT on face-to-face meeting opportunities: A GIS-based time-geographic exploratory approach, Journal of Transport Geography, 19(3), 422-433.

2011. Wong, D. and Shaw, S-L. Measuring segregation: An activity space approach, Journal of Geographical Systems, 13(2), 127-145.  

2011. Yu, H. and Shaw, S-L. GIS designs for studying human activities in a space-time context, in T. Nyerges, H. Couclelis, and R. McMaster (eds.), Handbook of GIS and Society. Thousand Oaks , CA : SAGE Publications, 251-268.

2010. Shaw, S-L. Geographic information systems for transportation: From a static past to a dynamic future, Annals of GIS, 16(3), 129-140.

2010. Fang, Z., Shaw, S-L. and Li, Q. A sensitive indicator of regional space-time accessibility, Annals of GIS, 16(3), 155-164.

2010. Chai, Y., Kwan, M-P. and Shaw, S-L. Guest Editorial - Time geography and urban planning: an introduction, Urban Planning International, 6, 1-2 (in Chinese).

2010. . Shaw, S-L. and Yu. H. (translated by Chen, J.) A GIS-based time-geographic approach of studying individual activities and interactions in a hybrid physical-virtual space, Urban Planning International, 6, 27-35 (in Chinese, a translated copy of Shaw and Yu, 2009, article published in Journal of Transport Geography).

2010. Shaw, S-L. GIS implementation, in B. Warf (ed.), Encyclopedia of Geography. Thousand Oaks , CA : SAGE, <http://www.sage-ereference.com/geography/Article_n506.html>.

2010. Shaw, S-L. Implications of location-based service on human activities, Communications of the China Computer Federation, 6(6), 32-37 (in Chinese).

2010. Tang, L., Li, Q., Chang, X., Shaw, S-L. and Zhao, Z. Modeling of taxi drivers’ experience for routing applications, Science in China Series E: Technological Sciences, 53, 44-51.

2009. Shaw, S-L, Lu, F., Chen, J. and Zhou, C. China's airline consolidation and its effects on domestic airline networks and competition, Journal of Transport Geography, 17(4), 293-305.

2009. Shaw, S-L. and Yu, H. A GIS-based time-geographic approach of studying individual activities and interactions in a hybrid physical-virtual space, Journal of Transport Geography, 17(2), 141-149.

2009. Shaw, S-L. Transportation and land use, in R. Kitchin and N. Thrift (eds.), International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Volume 11, Oxford, UK: Elsevier, 470-475.

2009. Shaw, S-L. Method 3 - Geographic information systems for transportation (GIS-T), in J-P Rodrigue, C. Comtois and B. Slack, The Geography of Transport Systems, second edition. New York: Routledge, 32-37.

2008. Shaw, S-L, Yu., H. and Bombom, L. A space-time GIS approach to exploring large individual-based spatiotemporal datasets, Transactions in GIS, 12(4), 425-441.

2008. Yu, H. and Shaw, S-L. Exploring potential human interactions in physical and virtual spaces: A spatiotemporal GIS approach, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 22(4), 409-430.

2007. Dye, A.S. and Shaw, S-L. A GIS-based spatial decision support system for tourists of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 14(4), 269-278.

2007. Yu, H. and Shaw, S-L. Revisiting  Hägerstrand’s time-geographic framework for individual activities in the age of instant access,” in H.J. Miller (ed.), Societies and Cities in the Age of Instant Access. Dordrecht , The Netherlands: Springer Science, 103-118.

2006. Shaw, S-L. Method 2 - Geographic information systems for transportation (GIS-T), in J-P Rodrigue, C. Comtois and B. Slack, The Geography of Transport Systems. New York: Routledge, pp. 32-37.

2006. Han, W., Wang, J. and Shaw, S-L. Visual exploratory data analysis of traffic volume, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4293, 695-703.

2006. Shaw, S-L. What about ‘time’ in transportation geography? Journal of Transport Geography, 14(3), 237-240.

2006. Wang, D., Buchanan, N., Berry , M., Carr, E., Comiskey, J., Gross, L. and Shaw, S-L. A GIS-enabled distributed simulation framework for high-performance ecosystem modeling, Proceedings of ESRI International User Conference, available at http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc06/papers/papers/pap_1272.pdf.

2005. Yu, H. and Shaw, S-L. Revisiting Hägerstrand’s time-geographic framework for individual activities in the age of instant access,” Proceedings of Research Symposium on Societies and Cities in the Age of Instant Access, Salt Lake City, UT, November 10-12, 2005.

2005. Lu, F., Shaw, S-L., Chen, J. and Zhou, C. Spatial patterns of domestic passenger transport and competitive situations of Chinese civil airlines,” Geo-Information Science, 7(4), 43-49 (in Chinese with English abstract).

2005. Jin, F., Sun, W. and Shaw, S-L. China ’s airlines reorganization and its effects on network structure,” Progress in Geography, 24(2), 59-68 (in Chinese with English abstract).

Book:

2001. Miller, H. and Shaw, S-L. Geographic Information Systems for Transportation: Principles and Applications. New York: Oxford University Press (458 pages).

1. Invited presentation at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, October 21, 2011.
2. Invited presentation at Specialist Meeting of Spatio-Temporal Constraints on Social Networks, held at Upham Hotel, Santa Barbara, California, December 13-14, 2010.
3. Invited keynote presentation at 2010 Asia GIS International Conference, held at Garden Villa Hotel, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, November 5-6, 2010.
4. Invited keynote presentation at 2010 Digital Archives GIScience Conference, held at National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, October 12-13, 2010.
5. Invited presentation at the Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA), Department of Geography, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, September 3, 2010.
6. Invited presentation at the Advanced GIScience Research Workshop, held at the Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, July 14-16, 2010.
7. Invited presentation at 2010 ESRI Space-Time Modeling and Analysis Workshop, held at the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), Redlands, CA, February 22-23, 2010.
8. Invited keynote presentation at 2009 International Workshop on GIS for Transportation held in Wuhan, China, December 4-6, 2009.
9. Invited presentation at the International Conference of GIS in the Humanities and Social Sciences held at the Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, October 7-9, 2009.
10. Invited presentation at the Second Spatial Socio-cultural Knowledge Workshop held at the Defense Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham, UK, June 16, 2009.
11. Invited presentation at the Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China, May 26, 2009.
12. Third Specialists Meeting on Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Everyday Life and Urban Change sponsored by the Faculty of the Built Environment and the Center for Transport and Society, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, March 16-19, 2008.
13. Invited keynote lecture at the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, October 26, 2007.
14. Workshop for Advanced Research in Geospatial Information Technologies for Transportation sponsored by the U.S. Transportation Research Board. This workshop, with an objective of looking forward 5-20 years and formulating a research and development agenda for solving major challenges facing transportation systems using geospatial information technologies, was held at the Keck Center, U.S. National Academies, Washington, DC, September 20-21, 2007.
15. Invited presentations of Time Geography and GIS for Transportation (GIS-T) at The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing University, Tsinghua University, Beijing Normal University, China Eastern Normal University, and Nanjing University. This tour of research exchanges with Chinese universities in three different cities (Beijing, Shanghai and Nanjing) was sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and various universities, May 15-28, 2006.
16. Research Symposium on Societies and Cities in the Age of Instant Access sponsored by the University of Utah. This research symposium was held at the University of Utah , Salt Lake City , Utah , November 10-12, 2005.
17. GPS Tracking, Time-Geography Applications for Activity Modeling and Microsimulation Specialist Meeting sponsored by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration. This meeting, which assembled experts to discuss potential approaches on using GPS vehicle traces for defining space-time paths and prisms to be used in activity modeling and microsimulation for transportation analysis, was held at Upham Hotel, Santa Barbara, California, November 10-11, 2005.

18. Information and Communications Technologies (ICT): Mobilizing Persons, Places, and Spaces Specialist Meeting sponsored by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and Utrecht University. This meeting, which focused on assessing the effects of ICT on individual activity and travel behavior as well as their implications, was held in Doorn, The Netherlands, November 4-7, 2004.

19. Third Focus Group Meeting on Information and Communication Technologies, Innovation and the Transport System - Sustainable Transport in Europe and Links and Liaisons with America (STELLA)/Sustainable Transportation Analysis and Research (STAR) sponsored by the European Commission’s 5^th Framework Programme for Research and Development (STELLA project), the U.S. National Science Foundation (STAR project), and Transport Canada for three years (2002-2004). This Focus Group focused on comparative North American and European analyses of the ways in which information and communication technology (ICT) are intersecting with new ways of living and working within metropolitan regions. The third focus group meeting was held in Budapest, Hungary, April 22-23, 2004.
20. Second Focus Group Meeting on Information and Communication Technologies, Innovation and the Transport System – Sustainable Transport in Europe and Links and Liaisons with America (STELLA)/Sustainable Transportation Analysis and Research (STAR) sponsored by the European Commission’s 5^th Framework Programme for Research and Development (STELLA project), the U.S. National Science Foundation (STAR project), and Transport Canada. This meeting was held in Newcastle, United Kingdom, May 8-10, 2003.
21. Action-Oriented Approaches in Geographic Information Science Workshop sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation. This meeting was held in Holden, Maine, November 2-4, 2002. The aim of this workshop was to lay the foundations for a principled account of dynamic features of geographic space and to clarify and define a research agenda for action-oriented approaches in geographic information science.
22. First Focus Group Meeting on Information and Communication Technologies, Innovation and the Transport System – Sustainable Transport in Europe and Links and Liaisons with America (STELLA)/Sustainable Transportation Analysis and Research (STAR) sponsored by the European Commission’s 5^th Framework Programme for Research and Development (STELLA project), the U.S. National Science Foundation (STAR project), and Transport Canada.. This meeting was held at the National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, January 15-17, 2002.