Xun Shi
Professor
Appointments
Chair, Department of Geography
Professor of Geography
Area of Expertise
Geographic information systems (GIS),
quantitative spatial analysis and modeling,
geocomputation, cyberGIS,
spatial epidemiology and public health,
spatial analysis of healthcare service,
digital soil mapping,
land use modeling,
spatial analysis of biofuel,
webGIS
Biography
My specialty is in geographic information systems (GIS), quantitative spatial analysis and modeling, and the geocomputational approach. I have explored the applications of GI technologies in various domains, particularly in health studies, digital soil mapping, urban and regional planning, public participation, and renewable energy studies.
Education
B.S. Peking University
M.S. Chinese Academy of Sciences
M.Phil. University of Hong Kong
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
Taught Courses
Publications
Li, M., Shi, X. (corresponding author), Gui, J., Song, C., Andrew, S. A., Pioro, E. P., Stommel, E. W., Tischbein, M., and Bradley, W. G., 2022, A new method for estimating under-recruitment of a patient registry: a case study with the Ohio Registry of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Scientific Report, 12(1), 1-11, 14721. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18944-9.
Li, M., Shi, X. (one of corresponding authors), Li, X., Ma, W., He, J., and Liu, T., 2019, Epidemic Forest: A Spatiotemporal Model of Communicable Diseases. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 109(3): 812-836. DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2018.1511413.
Shi, X., Miller, S.D., Mwenda, K.M., Onda, A., Rees, J.R., Onega, T.L., Gui, J., Karagas, M.R., Demidenko, E., and Moeschler, J.B., 2013, Mapping Disease at an Approximated Individual Level Using Aggregate Data: A Case Study of Mapping New Hampshire Birth Defects, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 10: 4161-4174. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10094161.
Shi, X., Alford-Teaster, J., Onega, T., and Wang, D., 2012, Spatial Access and Local Demand for Major Cancer Care Facilities in the U.S. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 102(5): 1125-1134.
Shi, X., Girod, L, Long, R., Dekett, R., Philippe, J., and Burke, T., 2012, A Comparison of LiDAR-based DEMs and USGS DEMs in Terrain Analysis for Digital Soil Mapping. Geoderma, 170: 217-226.
Shi, X., 2010, Selection of Bandwidth Type and Adjustment Side in Kernel Density Estimation over Inhomogeneous Backgrounds, International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 24(5): 643–660.
Shi, X., Long, R., Dekett, R., and McKay, J., 2009, Integrating Different Types of Knowledge for Digital Soil Mapping, Soil Science Society of America Journal. 73:1682–1692.
Shi, X., 2009, A GeoComputational Process for Characterizing the Spatial Pattern of Lung Cancer Incidence in New Hampshire, Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 99(3): 521-533.
Shi, X., Elmore, A.J., Li, X., Gorence, N.J., Jin, H., Zhang, X., and Wang, F., 2008, Using Spatial Information Technologies to Select Sites for Biomass Power Plants: A Case Study in Guangdong, China, Biomass and Bioenergy, 32: 35-43.
Shi, X., Duell, E., Demidenko, E., Onega, T., Wilson, B., and Hoftiezer, D., 2007, A Polygon-based Locally Weighted Average Method for Smoothing Disease Rates of Small Units, Epidemiology, 18(5): 523-528.
Shi, X., 2007, Evaluating the Uncertainty Caused by P.O.Box Addresses in Environmental Health Studies: A restricted Monte Carlo Approach, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 21(3): 325-340.
Shi, X., Zhu, A-X., Burt, J., Choi, W., Wang, R-X., Pei, T., and Li, B-L., 2007, An Experiment with Circular Neighborhood in the Calculation of Slope Gradient from DEM, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 73(2): 143-154.
Shi, X., Zhu, A-X., Burt, J., Qi, F., and Simonson, D., 2004, A Case-based Reasoning Approach to Fuzzy Soil Mapping. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 68: 885-894.
Works in Progress
2023, NIH through DHMC, Investigating Toxic Elements and Nanoparticles in ALS Etiology: a Geospatial and Toxicological Evaluation of Massachusetts ALS Registry Patients. $953,706 for 5 years. PI: Xun Shi (PI of the entire project at DHMC: Elijah Stommel).
2022, NSF, Residential Mobility: Implications for the Accuracy of Disease Cluster Detection, $31,389 for 3 years. PI: Xun Shi (a subaward of a project granted to University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), PI: Eric Delmelle).
2022, NSF, A subaward of CREST Center for Geomatic and Environmental Informatics, Modeling and Simulation, awarded to Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. $250,761 for 5 years. PI: Xun Shi (PI of the entire project at Texas A&M: Lea Der Chen).
2020, NSF, A subaward of RII Track-2 FEC: Leveraging Big Data to Improve Prediction of Tick-Borne Disease Patterns and Dynamics. 1.2 million for 4 years. PI: Xun Shi (PI of the entire project at University of Idaho: Xiaogang Ma).
2020, Scholar Innovation and Advancement Awards of Dartmouth, "Governmental Restriction of Individual Lives in an Epidemic Outbreak: How Far Should It Go? A Case Study of Current Coronavirus Situation in China". $47,000 for 2 years. PI: Xun Shi.
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