Atlas (Chenxiao) Guo

ADDRESS

RM 413, 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

– Spatial Computing & Data Mining (SCDM) Lab
– UW Cartography Lab (CartLab)
– United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Former Intern)
– Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) (Former Intern)

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 AWARDS

– 1st Place / Winner in Research Map, NACIS 2024 Student Map and Poster Competition (2024)
– 2nd Place / Highly Commended, Collins Bartholomew Award for Thematic Mapping & Infographics, British Cartographic Society (BCS) (2024)
– 4th Place (tie) / Commended, Garsdale Design Award for 3D Mapping, British Cartographic Society (BCS) (2024)
– Best Student Project (College), AGIC Symposium Maps and Apps Contest (2024)
– 1st Place in Most Innovative Map, Best Cartography Award, Esri UC Map Gallery (2024)
– Cartography Special Interest Group Excellence Award, Esri UC Map Gallery (2024)
– 1st Place of Student Maps (University and Postgraduates Group), Esri UC Map Gallery (2024)
– Map Featured in “cARTography” Map Art Wall, Esri User Conference (2024)
– 2 Maps Featured in Plenary Session by Esri President Jack Dangermond, Esri User Conference (2024)
– 1st Place / Winner in Student Artistic Section, GISCO Mapping Contest (2024)
– Map Selected for Publication, Atlas of Design, Volume VII (2024)
– 2nd Place (tie) / Honorable Mention, UW-Madison 15th Annual Digital Salon (2024)
– Map Admitted, UW-Madison 15th Annual Digital Salon (2024)
– 2nd Place / Runner-Up in Thematic Map, Keynotes Choice (Static), Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) Map Contest (2024)
– 1st Place in Black & White Map, Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) Map Contest (2024)
– 1st Place in Most Unique Map, Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) Map Contest (2024)
– Best Student Map, People’s Choice (Adult), President’s Choice, Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) Map Contest (2024)
– Map Selected for Publication, Esri Map Book, Volume 39 (2024)
– 1st Place / Winner in Cartographic Design (tied), NACIS 2023 Student Map and Poster Competition (2023)
– 1st Place / Most Innovative Map; Cartography Special Interest Group Excellence Award, Esri UC Map Gallery (2023)
– Map Featured in Plenary Session by Esri President Jack Dangermond, Esri User Conference (2023)
– 1st Place / Winner, Arthur Robinson Static Print Map Award in 50th CaGIS Map Design Competition (2023)
– 3rd Place in Student Category, GIS Certification Institute (GISCI) Map Contest (2023)
– Map on Exhibition, International Cartographic Exhibition (ICE) of International Cartographic Conference (ICC) (2023)
– 2nd Place / Honorable Mention, UW-Madison 14th Annual Digital Salon (2023)
– Map Admitted, UW-Madison 14th Annual Digital Salon (2023) and 12th Annual Digital Salon (2021)
– Map (Dashboard) reached 80K+ views, reported on local news multiple times (e.g. CBS Channel 3000) (2022)
– 1st Place / Best Student Map, Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) Map Contest (2021)
– Honorable Mention, David Woodward Digital Map Award in 48th CaGIS Map Design Competition (2021)
– Map Ranked Top 2% out of 600+ submissions, Esri UC Map Gallery (2020)
– 1st Prize in Web/Mobile Group, Esri Chinese College Student GIS Development Contest (campus news) (2014)

OTHER AWARDS

– 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)
– 1st Place of Most Downloaded Paper Award as Co-author, Annals of GIS (2022)
– 3rd 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)
– 2nd-Class Excellent Student Scholarship, Sun Yat-Sen University (2014, 2013)
– 3rd-Class Excellent Student Scholarship, Sun Yat-Sen University (2012)

WEBSITE

CartoGuophy.com