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

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

EDUCATION

– Ph.D., Geography (Cartography/GIS), minor in Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), ongoing
– M.S., Geography (GIS), University of Georgia (UGA), 2017
– B.S., Geographic Information Systems, 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; Lectureship in Fall 2026)
– 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 2021)
– 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 RECOGNITIONS

– 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 and 1× Honorable Mention of Arthur Robinson Static Print Map Award, 1× Winner and 2× Honorable Mention of David Woodward Digital Map Award (2021, 2023, 2025, 2026)
– NACIS (North American Cartographic Information Society) Student Map and Poster Competition and Student Dynamic Map Competition: 1× Winner in Design (tied), 1× Winner in Research (sole), 1× Winner in Individual Dynamic Map (sole) (2023, 2024, 2025)
– BCS (British Cartographic Society) Annual Awards: 4× Winner (Overall BCS Award; Digital Mapping Award; 2× Ordnance Survey Student Award), 3× Highly Commended (Avenza Award for Electronic Mapping; Collins Bartholomew Award for Thematic Mapping; Digital Mapping Award), 1× Commended (Garsdale Design Award for 3D Mapping) (2024, 2025, 2026)
– Esri UC (User Conference): 2× Maps featured in Mappy Hour (2025, 2026); 1× Map featured in Map Art Wall (2024); 2× Maps featured in Map Gallery Virtual Tour (2026)
– Esri UC Plenary Session: 5× Maps featured by President Jack Dangermond (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)
– 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), 4× Finalist (Map with a Message, Innovative, Interactive) (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)
– WLIA (Wisconsin Land Information Association) Map Contest: 6× First Place (Reference Map; Mapping Poster; Thematic Map; 2× Black and White Map; Most Unique Map), 4× Second Place (Reference Map; Mapping Poster; 2× Thematic Map), 3× Best Student Map (sole), 1× Keynotes Choice of Static Map (sole); 1× President’s Choice (sole); 1× People’s Choice (sole) (2021, 2024, 2025, 2026)
– SND (Society for News Design): 1× Bronze Medal in SND47 Creative Competition (2026)
– OpenStreetMap US & Esri: 1× Best Overall Map in State of the Map US Narrative Map Competition (2026)
– UW-Madison Digital Salon: 1× Best in Show (2025), 3× Honorable Mention (2023, 2024, 2026), 17× Maps admitted (2021-2026)
– IIB (Information Is Beautiful) Award by Data Visualization Society (DVS): 4× Maps on Longlist (Places, Spaces & Environment; Unusual) (2025)
– Other Competition: 3× Winner in state-level student map competitions (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)

PROFESSIONAL IMPACT

– Guest Talk: 19× guest talks at GIS-Colorado, University of Colorado Colorado Springs ×2, UW-Madison ×2, SHNU (China), ECNU (China), Glasgow (UK) ×3, Emory ×2, UT-Austin, Macau (China), Messiah, WisLUG, HKUST-GZ (China), City of Lawrenceville, British Cartographic Society
– Publication Inclusion: 1× Atlas of Design (Vol. VII), 4× Esri Map Book (Vol. 39; 2× Vol. 40; Vol. 41), 1× Cartographic Perspectives (cover page of Vol. 105), 1× Atlas at a Conference: Flow (Guerrilla Cartography), 1× Map Magazine (China) (2026 Issue 1) (2024-2026)
– Library Acquisition: Library of Congress ×2, American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Robinson Map Library ×2, University of Georgia’s Map and Government Information Library
– Media Feature: 20× news reports, 2× TV features, and 26× online features and educational resources, including Esri’s ArcUser, Maps.com, Datawrapper Blog, FlowingData, and university course materials
– Public Display: 30× completed or ongoing exhibitions at libraries, universities, museums, bookstores, GIS Day events, LEGO conventions, and community activities across Wisconsin, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, and California; 4× upcoming exhibitions

ACADEMIC AWARDS & TRAVEL GRANTS

– Scholarship for CaGIS & UCGIS Symposium, International Cartographic Association (2024)
– 14× Travel Awards from NACIS, AAG SAM, UW-Madison Graduate School and Geography Department (2019-2026)
– 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)
– Excellent Graduate Award, Sun Yat-Sen University (2015)
– Second-Class (×2) & Third-Class Excellent Student Scholarships, Sun Yat-Sen University (2014, 2013, 2012)

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