Shashi Shekhar
McKnight Distinguished University Professor
Department of Computer Science
Institute of Technology
University of Minnesota
shekhar at cs dot umn dot edu
(612) 624-8307 :fax: (612) 625-0572
address: 4-192, EE/CS Bldg., 200 Union St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Overview: Biography ,
Research:
Interests: Spatial Databases, Data and Knowledge Engineering, Spatial Data Mining
Book: Spatial Databases: A Tour (Prentice Hall 2003, ISBN 0-13-017480-7): flyer
Overview: text, talks
Details : Group home for Papers, slides, etc. , Current projects , Open problems ,
Proposal Related Info.
Teaching: Fall 2008: CS 4707 (DataBase I)
Old Portfolios
Service:
Geo Informatica Journal: website , flyer , ranking
NAS NRC - Mapping Science Committee
Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science: brochure , index , website ,
Other: Related Links
Spatio-temporal Data Mining: Story (SoundByte 2007), overview ,
Evacuation Route Planning: Story 1 , Story 2 , overview , Fox 9 video ( avi - 65Mb , quicktime H.264 - 128Mb ) ; umfoundation video avi ),
Why Spatial ?: Nature on Mapping Opportunities , NYT on GIS , National Academies on Learning to Think Spatially , Wikipedia on GIS , Spatial Databases ,
Spatial Applications: NewScientist ( Crime Mapping , ), NYT:( spatial clustering of innovation ), Fortune ( Homeland Defense ), AAAS: ( Human Rights and GIS ), ,
Local spatial data: MetroGIS , Twincities (false color composite) ,