Atlas (Chenxiao) Guo

WEBSITE

CartoGuophy.com

ADDRESS

Science Hall, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706
The UW–Madison occupies ancestral Ho-Chunk land, a place their nation has called Teejop (day-JOPE) since time immemorial.

RESEARCH AREA

Spatiotemporal Analytics, Cartographic Visualization, Social Media Data Mining, Natural Disaster Management

EDUCATION

– Ph.D., Geography (Cartography/GIS), minor in Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), 2025 (Expected)
– M.S., Geography (GIS), University of Georgia (UGA), 2017
– B.S., Geographic Information Science, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), 2015

AFFILIATION

– Graduate Member, Spatial Computing & Data Mining (SCDM) Lab
– Graduate Member, UW Cartography Lab (CartLab)
– Former Intern, Apple (Inc.) Maps
– Former Intern, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
– Former Intern, Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR)

COURSES TAUGHT

– Geog 170: Our Digital Globe (Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021)
– Geog 370: Intro Cartography (Fall 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019;
Lectureship in Summer 2024, Summer 2022, Summer 2021; GISPP curriculum revision in Winter 2020)
– Geog 377: Intro GIS (Fall 2017)
– Geog 378: Intro Geocomputing (Fall 2018)
– Geog 572: Graphic Design in Cartography (Fall 2024; GISPP curriculum revision in Summer 2020)
– Geog 575: Interactive Cartography & Geovisualization (Spring 2024)
– Geog 578: GIS Applications (Spring 2019, Spring 2018)

MAP DESIGN ACHIEVEMENT

– ICA (International Cartographic Association): 2× Maps on ICC International Cartographic Exhibition (ICE) (2023, 2025)
– CaGIS (Cartography and Geographic Information Society) Map Design Competition: 1× Winner (sole) of Arthur Robinson Static Print Map Award, 2× Honorable Mention of David Woodward Digital Map Award (2021, 2023, 2025)
– NACIS (North American Cartographic Information Society) Student Map and Poster Competition: 1× Winner in Design (tied), 1× Winner in Research (sole) (2023, 2024)
– BCS (British Cartographic Society) Annual Award: 1× Winner (Ordnance Survey Student Award) (sole), 2× Highly Commended (Avenza Award for Electronic Mapping; Collins Bartholomew Award for Thematic Mapping), 1× Commended (Garsdale Design Award for 3D Mapping) (2024, 2025)
– Esri UC (User Conference): 2× Maps featured in Mappy Hour (2024, 2025); 1× Map featured in Map Art Wall (2024)
– Esri UC Plenary Session: 4× Maps featured by President Jack Dangermond (2023, 2024, 2025)
– Esri UC Map Gallery: 2× Most Innovative Map (sole/first place), 1× Best Cartography (sole), 1× Best University and Postgraduate Student Map, 2× Cartography Special Interest Group Excellence Award (1 of 3 recipients), 3× Maps in finalists (Map with a Message, Innovative, Interactive) (2023, 2024, 2025)
– WLIA (Wisconsin Land Information Association) Map Contest: 4× First Place (Thematic Map; 2× Black and White Map; Most Unique Map), 3× Second Place (Reference Map; Mapping Poster; Thematic Map), 2× Best Student Map (sole), 1× Keynotes Choice of Static Map (sole); 1× President’s Choice (sole); 1× People’s Choice (sole) (2024, 2025)
– Map Included in Publication: 1× Atlas of Design ( VII), 3× Esri Map Book (Vol. 39; 2× Vol. 40), 1× Cartographic Perspectives (cover page of Vol. 105), 1× Atlas at a Conference: Flow (Guerrilla Cartography) (2024, 2025)
– UW-Madison Digital Salon: 1× Best in Show (2025), 2× Honorable Mention (2023, 2024), 8× Maps admitted (2021-2025)
– IIB (Information Is Beautiful) Award: 4× Maps on Longlist (Places, Spaces & Environment; Unusual) (2025)
– Other Competition: Winner (sole) in Maps Group, Mapping Masterminds Competition, ISU GIS Day (2024); Winner (sole) in College Student Project, AGIC Symposium Maps and Apps Contest (2024); Winner (sole) in Student Artistic Group, GIS Colorado Mapping Contest (2024); 3rd Place in Student Group, GIS Certification Institute (GISCI) Map Contest (2023); 1st Prize in Web/Mobile Group, Esri Chinese College Student GIS Development Contest (2014)

ACADEMIC AWARD

– Scholarship for CaGIS & UCGIS Symposium, International Cartographic Association (2024)
– Trewartha-Odebolt Conference Travel Award, UW-Madison Geography Department (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019)
– Travel and Participation Grant, North American Cartographic Information Society (2024, 2023, 2021)
– First Place of Most Downloaded Paper Award as Co-author, Annals of GIS (2022)
– Third Place of Best Paper Award as Co-author, Annals of GIS  (2022)
– Student Travel Award, AAG Spatial Analysis and Modeling (SAM) Specialty Group (2021)
– Grant for Virtual Conference, Holtz Center for STS (2020)
– Student Research Conference Travel Award, UW-Madison (2019)
– Excellent Graduate Award, Sun Yat-Sen University (2015)
– Second-Class Excellent Student Scholarship, Sun Yat-Sen University (2014, 2013)
– Third-Class Excellent Student Scholarship, Sun Yat-Sen University (2012)

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