Curriculum Vitae. Ran Wei

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1 Curriculum Vitae Ran Wei Contact Information Mailing Address: Department of Geography University of Utah 260 S. Central Campus Dr., Rm. 270 Salt Lake City, UT , USA Phone: Web: Education Ph.D. Arizona State University, USA, 2013 Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning M.S. Arizona State University, USA, 2012 Industrial Engineering (Operations Research) M.S. Peking University, China, 2009 Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing B.S. Zhengzhou University, China, 2006 Geographic Information Systems Professional Appointments 2014-present Assistant Professor Department of Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Postdoctoral Research Associate Geospatial Intelligence and Planning Initiative, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA Postdoctoral Research Associate GeoDa Center, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA Teaching Assistant School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA Research Assistant School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA Wei 1 Feb. 2015

2 Research Assistant Institute of Remote Sensing & GIS, Peking University, Beijing, China Teaching Assistant School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China Software Engineer Tigerknows Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing, China Research Assistant School of Water Conservancy and Environmental Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China Honors and Awards Benjamin H. Stevens Graduate Fellowship, Regional Science Association International 2012 Graduate College Completion Fellowship, Arizona State University 2012 Student Travel Scholarship, GIScience 2012, Columbus, OH 2012 Best Student Paper Award, 2 nd Place, AAG Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group, New York, NY 2012 Graduate Student Travel Award, Arizona State University Graduate Research Support Award, Arizona State University 2011 Transaction in GIS Best Student Paper Award, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science Summer Assembly, Boulder, CO 2011 Student Travel Scholarship, International Geospatial Geocoding Conference, Redlands, CA Graduate Fellowship, Arizona State University 2008 Excellent Academic Study, Peking University Research and Teaching Interests Geographical information science; spatial analysis; spatial optimization; emergency service management; energy and transportation infrastructure; urban and environmental planning. Publications Refereed Journal Articles and Book Chapters 2014 A. T. Murray, T. H. Grubesic and R. Wei. Detecting Spatially Significant Clusters, Spatial Statistics, vol. 10, pp T. H. Grubesic, R. Wei and A. T. Murray. Spatial Clustering Overview and Comparison: Accuracy, Sensitivity and Computational Expense, The Annals of the Association of American Geographers, vol. 104(6), pp Wei 2 Feb. 2015

3 2014 R. Wei, A. T. Murray and Rajan Batta. A Bounding Based Solution Approach for the Continuous Arc Covering Problem, Journal of Geographical Systems, vol. 16(2), pp R. Wei and A. T. Murray. Evaluating Polygon Overlay to Support Spatial Optimization Coverage Modeling, Geographical Analysis, vol. 46(3), pp A. T. Murray, R. Wei, and T. H. Grubesic. An Approach for Examining Alternatives Attributable to Locational Uncertainty, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, vol. 41(1), pp R. Wei and A. T. Murray. A Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithm for Facility Dispersion under Conditions of Spatial Uncertainty, Journal of Operational Research Society, vol. 65, pp S. J. Rey, A. T. Murray, T. H. Grubesic, E. A. Mack, R. Wei, L. Anselin and M. L. Griffin. Sex Offender Residential Movement Patterns: A Markov Chain Analysis, The Professional Geographer, vol. 66(1), pp A. T. Murray and R. Wei. A Computational Approach for Eliminating Error in the Solution of the Location Set Covering Problem, European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 224(1), pp A. T. Murray, T. H. Grubesic, E. A. Mack, R. Wei, S. J. Rey, L. Anselin and M. L. Griffin. Convicted Sex Offender Residential Movements, In Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies, edited by M. Leitner, (New York: Springer) R. Wei and A. T. Murray. Spatial Uncertainty in Harvest Scheduling, Annals of Operations Research. DOI: /s T. H. Grubesic, A.T. Murray, W. A. Pridemore, L. P. Tabb, Y. Liu and R. Wei. Alcohol Beverage Control, Privatization and the Geographic Distribution of Alcohol Outlets, BMC Public Health, vol. 12, pp R. Wei and A. T. Murray. An Integrated Approach for Addressing Geographic Uncertainty in Spatial Optimization, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, vol. 26(7), pp R. S. Middleton, M. J. Kuby, R. Wei. G. N. Keating and R. J. Pawar. A Dynamic Model for Optimally Phasing in CCS Infrastructure, Environmental Modelling & Software, vol. 37, pp A. T. Murray, T. H. Grubesic, R. Wei and E. A. Mack. A Hybrid Geocoding Methodology for Spatio-Temporal Data, Transactions in GIS, vol. 15(6), pp P. J. Maliszewski and R. Wei. Ecological Factors Associated with Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Hospitalization Rates in California (USA): A Geospatial Analysis, Geospatial Health, vol. 2(1), pp Refereed Conference Proceedings 2012 R. Wei and A. T. Murray. Achieving Dispersive Goals and Objectives in Locational Planning (extended abstract), GIScience 2012, Columbus, OH, USA. Wei 3 Feb. 2015

4 2009 L. Ding, X. Zhang, R. Wei, H. Ma and Q. Li. An Ontology Based Prototype for Geocoding Offset Addresses, World Congress on Software Engineering, vol. 2, pp R. Wei, X. Zhang, L. Ding, H. Ma and Q. Li. A Knowledge-based Agent Prototype for Chinese Address Geocoding, Geoinformatics 2008, In Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 7146, pp.71461d d-10. Conference Presentations R. Wei and A. T. Murray. A High Performance Computing Approach for Solving the Continuous Space Set Coverage Problem 61th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Washington, D.C, November 12-15, T. H. Grubesic and R. Wei. Alcohol Access and Availability: Measuring Potential in Washington State 61th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Washington, D.C, November 12-15, R. Wei and A. T. Murray. High Performance Computing to Optimize Spatial Coverage, INFORMS, San Francisco, CA, USA, November 9-12, R. Wei. A Comparative Analysis of Modeling Approaches for Continuous Space Maximal Coverage, 2014 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Tampa, FL, USA, April 8-12, R. Wei and A. T. Murray. Continuous Space Siting for Maximal Coverage 60th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Atlanta, GA, November 13-16, T. H. Grubesic, A. T. Murray and R. Wei. Evaluating the Spatial Precision of Cluster Detection Approaches 60th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Atlanta, GA, November 13-16, R. Wei, A. T. Murray and R. Batta. A Bounding Based Solution Approach for the Continuous Arc Covering Problem, INFORMS, Minneapolis, MN, USA, October 6-9, R. Wei and A. T. Murray. Assessing Continuous Demand Representation in Coverage Modeling, 12th International Conference on GeoComputation, Wuhan, Hubei, China, May 23-25, R. Wei and A. T. Murray. Continuous Demand Representation to Support Coverage Modeling, 2013 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, CA, USA, April 8-13, R. Wei and A. T. Murray. Spatial Uncertainty Challenges in Location Modeling with Dispersion Requirements 52nd Annual Meetings of the Western Regional Science Association, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, February 24-27, R. Wei and A. T. Murray. Evaluating Polygon Overlay to Support Coverage Modeling 59th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Ottawa, Canada, November 7-10, A. T. Murray, R. Wei and T. H. Grubesic Spatial Contiguity in Cluster Detection 59th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Ottawa, Canada, November 7-10, Wei 4 Feb. 2015

5 T. H. Grubesic, A. T. Murray, R. Wei, J. Yao and W. Lazarus Model Support for School Boundary Planning 59th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Ottawa, Canada, November 7-10, R. Wei and A. T. Murray. Achieving Dispersive Goals and Objectives in Locational Planning GIScience 2012, Columbus, OH, USA, September 18-21, R. Wei and A. T. Murray. A Facility Dispersion Heuristic in the Case of Spatial Uncertainty, International Symposium on Locational Decisions (ISOLDE) XII, Nagoya, Japan, July 19-24, R. Wei and A. T. Murray. Spatial Uncertainty in Forest Management Planning, 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York, NY, USA, February 24-28, R. Wei, A. T. Murray, T. H. Grubesic and E. A. Mack. A Hybrid Geocoding Methodology for Spatio-Temporal Data, International Geospatial Geocoding Conference, Redlands, CA, USA, December 6-7, R. Wei and A. T. Murray. Addressing Spatial Uncertainty in Dispersion Modeling, INFORMS, Charlotte, NC, USA, November 13-16, R. Wei and A. T. Murray. Multi-Objective Models that Address Spatial Uncertainty, 58th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Miami, FL, USA, November 9-12, A. T. Murray and R. Wei. Computational Bounds for Location Set Covering, 58th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Miami, FL, USA, November 9-12, R. Wei and A. T. Murray. An Integrated Approach for Addressing Geographic Uncertainty in Dispersion Optimization, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science Summer Assembly, Boulder, CO, USA, June 22-23, R. Wei and A. T. Murray. Intelligent Identification of Dispersion Constraints in Spatial Optimization Problems, 57th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Denver, CO, USA, November 11-13, R. Wei, A. T. Murray, S. J. Rey, T. H. Grubesic and E. A. Mack. ESDA for Identifying Patterns in Sex Offender Residential Change, 2010 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, D.C., USA, April 14-18, P. J. Maliszewski and R. Wei. A Spatial Regression Analysis of H1N1 Influenza Hospitalizations in California, 2010 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, D.C., USA, April 14-18, R. Wei and X. Zhang. A Knowledge-based Agent Prototype for Chinese Address Geocoding, 16th International Conference on Geoinformatics, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, June 28-29, Grants Wei, R. Spatial Analytical Methods to Support the Evaluation of Sex Offender Residency Laws. Regional Science Association International, $30,000. Wei 5 Feb. 2015

6 2012 Wei, R. Spatial Analytical Methods to Support the Evaluation of Sex Offender Residency Laws. Arizona State University (Graduate College), $9, Wei, R. Spatial Analytical Methods to Support the Evaluation of Sex Offender Residency Laws. Arizona State University (Graduate and Professional Students Association and Graduate College), $2,000. Teaching Experience Fall 2014 Spring 2012 Fall 2011 Professional Service Full Teaching Responsibility Course: Web GIS (GEOG 5165/6165), Introduction to Geo-programming (GEOG 1180), Location Analysis and GIS (GEOG 6960), Department of Geography, University of Utah Guest Lecturer Course: Location Analysis and Modeling (GCU 494/598), School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University Teaching Assistant Course: Geographic Information Science I (GPH 373), School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University International Conference Session Organization Spatial Optimization and Analysis, session co-chair, 2014 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Tampa, FL, USA, April 8-12, Location and Spatial Modeling, session co-chair, 60th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Atlanta, GA, USA, November 13-16, Journal Reviewer International Regional Science Review (1) Journal of Cleaner Production (1) Networks and Spatial Economics (1) GeoJournal (1) Journal of Transport Geography (1) INFOR (1) Forests (1) Geographical Analysis (1) Urban Studies (1) European Journal of Operational Research (2) Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (3) Journal of Geographical Systems (2) ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (1) International Journal of Geographical Information Science (1) Professional Memberships Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Wei 6 Feb. 2015

7 Regional Science Association International The Association of American Geographers University and Community Service University Service Department Graduate Committee (Utah) Department Undergraduate Committee (Utah) Department Colloquia Committee (Utah) Graduate Student Representative for Faculty Search Committee (ASU) Grant Reviewer for Graduate and Professional Students Association (ASU) Community Service GIScience Lecture Series for Brophy College Preparatory Wei 7 Feb. 2015