Atlas (Chenxiao) Guo

WEBSITE

CartoGuophy.com

ADDRESS

Science Hall RM 413, 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 ACHIEVEMENT

• Honorable Mention, David Woodward Digital Map Award in 48th CaGIS Map Design Competition (2025)
• 1st Place in Thematic Map; 1st Place in Black & White Map; 2nd Place in Reference Map; 2nd Place in Mapping Poster; Best Student Map (sole), Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) Map Contest (2025)
• Map to be featured on cover page of Cartographic Perspectives, Volume 105 (2024)
• Winner (sole) in Maps Group, Mapping Masterminds Competition, Iowa State University GIS Day (2024)
• 2 maps selected for publication, Esri Map Book, Volume 40 (2024)
• 2 maps selected for Map Expo Exhibit, Highlands County (FL) Board of County Commissioners (2024)
• Winner (sole) in Research, NACIS 2024 Student Map and Poster Competition (2024)
• Highly Commended (2nd place), Collins Bartholomew Award for Thematic Mapping & Infographics; Commended (tied 4th place), Garsdale Design Award for 3D Mapping, British Cartographic Society (2024)
• Winner (sole) in College Student Project, AGIC Symposium Maps and Apps Contest (2024)
• 1st Place in Most Innovative Map; Best Cartography (sole); Map selected in Map Art Wall, Esri UC (2024)
• Cartography Special Interest Group Excellence Award (1 of 3 recipients), Esri UC (2024)
• 1st Place in University and Postgraduate Student Maps, Esri UC (2024)
• 2 maps featured in Plenary Session by Esri President Jack Dangermond, Esri User Conference (2024)
• Winner (sole) in Student Artistic Group, GIS Colorado Mapping Contest (2024)
• Map selected for publication, Atlas of Design, Volume VII (2024)
• Honorable Mention (tied 2nd place); another map admitted, UW-Madison 15th Annual Digital Salon (2024)
• 1st Place in Most Unique Map; 1st Place in Black & White Map; 2nd Place in Thematic Map; Best Student Map (sole); Keynotes Choice of Static Map (sole); President’s Choice (sole); People’s Choice (sole), Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) Map Contest (2024)
• Map selected for publication, Esri Map Book, Volume 39 (2024)
• Winner in Cartographic Design (tied), NACIS 2023 Student Map and Poster Competition (2023)
• Most Innovative Map (sole); Cartography Special Interest Group Excellence Award (1 of 3 recipients), Esri UC (2023)
• Map featured in Plenary Session by Esri President Jack Dangermond, Esri User Conference (2023)
• Winner (sole), 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 (2023)
• Honorable Mention (2nd place), 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 over 80K views, reported on local news multiple times (2022)
• Best Student Map (sole), Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) Map Contest (2021)
• Honorable Mention (1 of 4 recipients), David Woodward Digital Map Award in 48th CaGIS Map Design Competition (2021)
• Map ranked top 2% out of 600+ submissions, Esri User Conference Map Gallery (2020)
• 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)
– 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)