Hao Zhang
GIS, Location-Based Social Media, and Father of A Cat

About Me


My name is Hao Zhang who is a second year Master student in the GIS program in San Diego State University. My current works focus on analyzing the human dynamic population and mobile app development.

Currently, I am working with Dr. Ming-Hsiang Tsou in the Center of Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age (HDMA) at San Diego State University.

Education


2015 - present

Master in GIS (Geographic Information Science and Cartograhy)

Department of Geography, San Diego State University.

Thesis: Building a Dynamic Population Distribution Model with Geo-Tagged Tweets (from Twitter) and Dasymetric Maps in Urban Areas

Advisors: Dr. Ming-Hsiang Tsou

2011 - 2015

B.S. in Environmental and Sustainability Science

Social Behavior College, University of Utah.

Research


Research interests

Methods:

GIS, spatial analysis, mobile computing, data mining, geocomputation

Fields:

social media, public evacuation, information diffussion, sustainability

Academic Employment

2015 - present

Graduate Assistant (Supervisor: Dr. Ming-Hsiang Tsou)

Center of Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, San Diego State University

Project: Integrated Wildfile Evacuation Decision Support System (IWEDSS) with Stage-based Robust Evacuation Model, Social Perception Analysis, and Dynamic Population Estimation

Teaching


Teaching Experience

Summer 2016

Teaching Assistant

IBSS workshop

Center of Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, San Diego State University.

Summer 2016

Teaching Assistant

CGA workshop

California Geographical Association, San Diego State University.

Summer 2016

Teaching Assistant

GeoTech GIS workshop

Department of Geography, San Diego State University.

Fall 2015

Teaching Assistant

IBSS workshop

Department of Geography, San Diego State University.

Summer 2016

Teaching Assistant

GEOG 104: Geographic Information Science and Spatial Reasoning

Department of Geography, San Diego State University.

Awards & Honors


Scholarships

2012-2014

Outside Scholarship, University of Utah

2012 - 2015

Dean's List, University of Utah

Skills


Programming Languages

Python, R

Web Development

HTML, CSS, JavaScript (jQuery)

Mobile Development

Ionic Framework

WebGIS Development

OpenLayers, Leaflet

IDEs

PyCharm

Database Skills

MySQL, NoSQL database: MonogoDB, SQL

Software Development Tools

Github

GIS/Remote Sensing Tools

ArcGIS/ArcPy, Google Earth

Contact Me


My Contact Information

Name:

Hao Zhang

Email:

zhanghaoshogo@gmail.com

Mail Address:

Storm Hall 309D

5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4493