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Student Award Winners
2011 RSSG Student Honors Paper Competition Winners
- 1st Place
- Benjamin W. Heumann (University of North Carolina)
- “A comparison of spectral and spatial techniques to map mangrove forest canopy structure”
- Prize: $500.00
- 2nd Place
- Nicholas Cuba (Clark University)
- “Modeling Spatio-Temporal Variation in Deciduousness in the Southern Yucatan Peninsula Using MODIS Vegetation Indices, 2000-2010
- Prize: $250.00
- 3rd Place
- Sachidananda Mishra (Mississippi State University)
- “A Quasi-Analytical Algorithm to Quantify Phycocyanin Concentration in Turbid Productive Waters”
- Prize: $150.00
- 1st Place
- Candice Luebbering (Virginia Technological University)
- “Visualizing linguistic diversity through cartography”
- Prize: $500.00
- 2nd Place
- Harini Sridharan (University of Texas-Dallas)
- “Expectation-Maximization based Dasymetric Mapping of Population at building-level”
- Prize: $250.00
- 3rd Place
- Sarah Geise (Carthage College)
- “Measuring Suburban Sprawl and Land Cover in Boston's Northern Suburbs”
- Prize: $150.00
- First Place
- Caiyun Zhang, University of Texas-Dallas
- Prize: $500
- Second Place
- Nicholas Giner, Clark University
- Prize: $250
- Third Place
- Sachidananda Mishra, Mississippi State University
- Prize: $150
- First Place
- Moumita Duttagupta, Salem State College
- Prize: $500
- Second Place
- Yuji Zhang, Clark University
- Prize: $250
- Third Place
- Jenner Alpern, Clark University
- Prize: $150
- First Place
- Daniel Redo, Texas A&M University
- "A Hybrid Remote Sensing Protocol for Tracking Land Change Types in the Seasonal Tropics."
- Second Place
- Xuefei Hu, Indiana State University
- "Impervious Surface Extractions from IKONOS Imagery Using Object-Based Approach."
- Third Place
- Jahan Kariyeva, University of Arizona
- "Land Surface Phenological Responses to Changes in Land and Water Use, Climate and Socio-Economic: Central Asia Before and After the USSR Collapse."
- First Place
- Robert Roth, Pennsylvania State University
- "Geographic Disparities in U.S. Cervical Can cer Mortality, 2000-2004."
- Second Place
- Mary Lindsey, University of Maryland
- "Impact of Clouds on Later-Season Agricultural Land Cover Classification in Kentucky."
- Third Place
- Prajna Regmi, Clark University
- "Indian Ocean Dipole-Relationship with El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Teleconnectors in South Asia."
- First Place
- Jose Silvan (Texas State University at San Marcos)
- Presentation Title: Retrieval of sub-pixel Tamarix canopy cover from Landsat data along the Forgotten River: Assessing the influence of multiple scattering
- Prize: $500
- Second Place
- Wenhui Wang (University of Maryland at College Park)
- Presentation Title: Estimating High Spatial Resolution Clear-Sky Land Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation from MODIS Data
- Prize: $300
- Third Place
- Joseph Fortier (Clark University)
- Presentation Title: Utilizing temporally invariant training sites to classify multiple dates of satellite imagery
- Prize: $200
- First Place
- Alicia Simonti (Clark University)
- Presentation Title: Image Time Series Analysis of SeaWIFS Ocean Color Product for the Investigation of Ocean Chlorophyll Dynamics
- Prize: $500
- Second Place
- Oh Seok Kim (Clark University)
- Presentation Title: Contribution of GIScience to Carbon Credit Estimation
- Prize: $300
- Third Place
- Bardan Ghimire (Clark University)
- Presentation Title: Incorporating spatial dependence in random forest classification models
- Prize: $200
- First Place
- Amy Neuenschwander – University of Texas at Austin
- Presentation Title: Assessing Temporal Dynamics Using Landsat TM/ETM+: Disturbance and Resilience in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
- Prize: $500
- Second Place
- Junmei Tang – Texas State University at San Marcos
- Presentation Title: Modeling urban landscape dynamics through fuzzy CA model
- Prize: $300
- Third Place
- Kuan Song – University of Maryland at College Park
- Presentation Title: A Geolocation Accuracy Assessment of NASA Landsat GeoCover
- Prize: $200
- Honorable Mentions
- Evan Ellicott – University of Maryland at College Park
- Presentation Title: Global Estimates Of Biomass Burning Particulate Matter Using Fire Radiative Power
- Prize: Clark Labs IDRISI License
- Tao Zheng – University of Maryland at College Park
- Presentation Title: Mapping Incident Photosynthetically Active Radiation From AVHRR Data
- Prize: Leica Geosystems ERDAS Imagine License
- Marco Millones – Clark University
- Presentation Title: Follies and fixes of commonly used indices of categorical map comparison in land change simulation models
- Prize: ESRI ArcGIS License
- First Place
- Joseph Fortier – Clark University
- Presentation Title: A comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms: The Effects of Classification Scheme Detail on Map Accuracy
- Prize: $500
- Second Place
- Karen Culcasi – Syracuse University
- Presentation Title: Cartography and the Construction of the "Middle East"
- Prize: $300
- Third Place
- Aude Esperbé – San Diego State University
- Presentation Title: A High-Resolution Self-Organizing Map Based on Physical and Human Attributes of Geographic Space
- Prize: $200
- Honorable Mentions
- Evan Martzial – Salem State College
- Presentation Title: Analyzing the 2006 Oil Spill off of Lebanese Coast
- Prize: ESRI ArcGIS License
- James Langill – Salem State College
- Presentation Title: A Tale of two fires. A Comparison of the Mann Gulch and Storm King Mountain (South Canyon) fires
- Prize: Prentice Hall World Atlas
- Devin Dworkin – Salem State College
- Presentation Title: An Urbanization Analysis and growth projection of greater Guangzhou City, Guangdong, China, 1990, 2000 and 2010
- Prize: Prentice Hall World Atlas
- John Raymond, Sr. – Salem State College
- Presentation Title: Using LIDAR to measure roof areas in hurricane prone regions
- Prize: ESRI Press GIS A to Z Illustrated Dictionary
- First Place
- Densheng Liu – University of California at Berkeley
- Presentation Title: Detecting Sudden Oak Death Dynamics from Multi-temporal High Spatial Resolution Imagery
- Prize: $500 and RSI ENVI 4.2 license
- Second Place
- Amy McCleary – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Presentation Title: A Multi-temporal Classification Approach to Isolating Seasonal Variation in Landuse/Landcover Change in the Peruvian Amazon
- Prize: $250 and Clark Labs IDRISI Andes license
- Third Place
- Guiyan Zhou – Louisiana State University
- Presentation Title: Reducing the Edge Effects in the Classification of High-resolution Imagery
- Prize: $150
- First Place
- Jessica McCarty – University of Maryland at College Park
- Presentation Title: Agricultural Burning in the Southeastern United States Detected by MODIS
- Prize: $500 and ESRI ArcGIS 9.1 license
- Second Place
- John Connors – Clark University
- Presentation Title: Quantifying categorical associations using sub-pixel mapping
- Prize: $250 and ESRI ArcGIS 9.1 license
- Third Place
- Jason Knowles - Louisiana State University
- Presentation Title: Visual representations of the spatial correlation between Bermuda High strengths and tropical cyclone tracks
- Prize: $150 and ESRI ArcGIS 9.1 license
- First Place
- Qi Chen - University of California Berkeley (Presenter)
- Presentation Title: Isolating Individual Trees in a Savanna Woodland Using Small Footprint LIDAR Data.
- Second Place
- Lei Wang - Texas A & M University (Presenter)
- Presentation Title: Wavelet-transform Based Edge Detection Approach to Derivation of Snowmelt Information from Satellite Passive Microwave Measurements.
- Third Place
- Xin Miao - University of California Berkeley (Presenter)
- Presentation Title: Estimation of Yellow Starthistle Cover through CASI-2 Hyperspectral Imagery Using Linear Spectral Mixture Models.
- Undergraduate Award
- Christopher Lippitt - Clark University (Presenter)
- Presentation Title: Timber Harvest: A Comparison of Machine Learning Classifiers.
- First Place
- Stephen David Gardner - Pennsylvania State University (Presenter)
- Presentation Title: Map-Use Testing of the Color Brewer Color Schemes for Accommodation of the Color-Vision Impaired.
- Second Place
- Jian Liu - University Of Wisconsin (Presenter)
- Presentation Title: Mapping with Words for Knowledge-based Natural Resource Mapping.
- Third Place (Tie)
- Shuo-Sheng Derek Wu - Texas State University (Presenter)
- Presentation Title: An Improved Dasymetric Mapping Method for Remodeling Census Populations.
- Amy Norman - University of Texas at Austin (Presenter)
- Presentation Title: Multi-temporal Characterization of Land Use/Land Cover in Iquitos, Peru.
- Undergraduate
- Michelle Roy - Salem State College (Presenter)
- Presentation Title: Change in NDVI Over Australian Land Cover from 1999 to 2003.
- First Place
- Elena Tarnavsky - San Diego State University (Presenter)
- Presentation Title: Fidelity of scanned and direct digital imagery in a land-cover change context.
- Second Place
- Qinghua Guo - University of California Berkeley (Presenter)
- Presentation Title: An object-based classification method in detecting Sudden Oak Death.
- Third Place
- Claudia M. Stickler - University of Florida (Presenter)
- Presentation Title: Predicting the complexity of primate habitat selection in Kibale National Park, Western Uganda, using multi-scale spatial analysis and remote sensing.
- Undergraduate Award
- Christopher Lippitt - Clark University (Presenter)
- Presentation Title: A method to distinguish real landscape change from map error during map comparison.
- First Place
- Erik Strandhagen - University of Oregon (Presenter)
- Presentation Title: Views of the rivers; representing hydrological data of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
- Second Place
- Carl J. Legleiter - University of California Santa Barbara (Presenter)
- Presentation Title: Remote mapping and geostatistical analysis of river channel morphology and change in Yellowstone National Park.
- Third Place
- Christopher Zanger - Oregon State University (Presenter)
- Presentation Title: Ecoregion delineation: using a GIS to identify and model the dominant ecoregion variables in Southern Oregon / Northern California.