Guofeng Cao
Assistant Professor of Geography • GIScience, GeoAI, geostatistics/spatial statistics, and remote sensing • PhD University of California Santa Barbara 2011
GIS
guofeng.cao@colorado.edu
303-492-8528, GUGG 201A

Research Interests

My research is characterized by an interdisciplinary perspective on geographic information science driven by advances of spatial Big Data (e.g., social media and remote sensing), machine learning/artificial intelligence, and computational sciences. I am interested in deep learning of heterogeneous geographic information to support uncertainty-aware geographic knowledge discovery and decision making. Particularly, I focus on the development of novel statistical/machine learning and computational methodologies for (a) integrating heterogeneous sources of geographic information (e.g., incompatible scales) for geographic analysis; (b) characterizing and modeling complex spatiotemporal patterns (e.g., land cover and land use changes); (c) characterizing and modeling spatiotemporal bias and uncertainty of geographic information and the associated impacts; (d) addressing the computing challenges when the data scale and model complexity are not manageable; and (e) building geospatial-enabled cyberinfrastructure for domain scientists. Domain applications focus on natural hazards, environmental sciences, public health and global changes.

Recent Courses Taught

  • Fall 2024听 GEOG 3023听Statistics and Geographic Data
  • Spring 2024听 GEOG 4023/5023 听Quantitative Methods
  • Spring 2024听 GEOG 4403/5403听 GIS: Space Time Analytics
  • Spring 2023听 GEOG 4023/5023 听Quantitative Methods
  • Spring 2023听 GEOG 4103/5103听 GIS: Spatial Analytics
  • Spring 2023听 GEOG 4403/5403听 GIS: Space Time Analytics
  • Fall 2021听 GEOG 3023听Statistics and Geographic Data
  • Spring 2021听 GEOG 4023/5023 听Quantitative Methods
  • Spring 2021听 GEOG 4103/5103听 GIS: Spatial Analytics
  • Fall 2020听 GEOG 3023听Statistics for Geography

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Recent Publications

Twitter vs news: Concern analysis of the 2018 california wildfire event

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Du H; Nguyen L; Yang Z; Abu-Gellban H; Zhou X; Xing W; Cao G; Jin F
Publication Date: 2019-01-01
Type: Conference Proceeding

How do cities flow in an emergency? Tracing human mobility patterns during a natural disaster with big data and geospatial data science

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Han SY; Tsou M-H; Knaap E; Rey S; Cao G
Published in:
Publication Date: 2019-01-01
Type: Journal Article

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Tiffin HS; Peper ST; Wilson-Fallon AN; Haydett KM; Cao G; Presley SM
Published in:
Publication Date: 2019-01-01
Type: Journal Article

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Herdt AJ; Brown RD; Scott-Fleming I; Cao G; MacDonald M; Henderson D; Vanos JK
Published in:
Publication Date: 2018-08-01
Type: Journal Article

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Liu Y; Cao G; Zhao N; Mulligan K; Ye X
Published in:
Publication Date: 2018-04-01
Type: Journal Article

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Gao Y; Wang S; Padmanabhan A; Yin J; Cao G
Published in:
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Type: Journal Article

Tweets or nighttime lights: Comparison for preeminence in estimating socioeconomic factors

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Zhao N; Cao G; Zhang W; Samson EL
Published in:
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Type: Journal Article

Urban heat island intensity and spatial variability by synoptic weather type in the northeast US

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Hardin AW; Liu Y; Cao G; Vanos JK
Published in:
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Type: Journal Article

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Zhao N; Cao G; Vanos JK; Vecellio DJ
Published in:
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Type: Journal Article

Day-of-week and seasonal patterns of PM2. 5 concentrations over the United States: Time-series analyses using the Prophet procedure

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Zhao N; Liu Y; Vanos JK; Cao G
Published in:
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Type: Journal Article

Visualizing changes in nationally averaged PM2. 5 concentrations by an alluvial diagram

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Liu Y; Zhao N; Vanos JK; Cao G
Published in:
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Type: Journal Article

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Mehdipoor H; Vanos JK; Zurita-Milla R; Cao G
Published in:
Publication Date: 2017-09-01
Type: Journal Article

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Zhao N; Liu Y; Cao G; Samson EL; Zhang J
Published in:
Publication Date: 2017-06-01
Type: Journal Article

The effects of synoptic weather on influenza infection incidences: a retrospective study utilizing digital disease surveillance

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Zhao N; Cao G; Vanos JK; Vecellio DJ
Published in:
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Type: Journal Article

Effects of synoptic weather on ground-level PM2. 5 concentrations in the United States

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Liu Y; Zhao N; Vanos JK; Cao G
Published in:
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Type: Journal Article

emerging technologies for biometeorology

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Mehdipoor H; Vanos JK; Zurita-Milla R; Cao G
Published in:
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Type: Journal Article

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Zhao N; Hsu F-C; Cao G; Samson EL
Published in:
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Type: Journal Article

Emerging technologies for biometeorology: powerpoint

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Mehdi Poor H; Vanos JK; Zurita-Milla R; Cao G
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Type: Journal Article

Protecting bias: Across time and ecology, open-source bat locality data are heavily biased by distance to protected area

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Fisher-Phelps M; Cao G; Wilson RM; Kingston T
Published in:
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Type: Journal Article

Quantifying and visualizing language diversity of Hong Kong using Twitter

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Zhao N; Cao G
Published in:
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Type: Journal Article

Harvey flooding rescue in social media

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Yang Z; Nguyen LH; Stuve J; Cao G; Jin F
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Type: Conference Proceeding

Emerging technologies for biometeorology: powerpoint

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Poor HM; Vanos JK; Zurita-Milla R; Cao G
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Type: Conference Proceeding

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Luo F; Cao G; Mulligan K; Li X
Published in:
Publication Date: 2016-05-01
Type: Journal Article

8 A CyberGIS Environment

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Wang S; Cao G; Zhang Z; Zhao Y; Padmanabhan A; Wu K
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Type: Journal Article

These lit areas are undeveloped: Delimiting China鈥檚 urban extents from thresholded nighttime light imagery

CU 麻豆影院 Authors:
All Authors: Liu Y; Delahunty T; Zhao N; Cao G
Published in:
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Type: Journal Article