The GIS Lab is Dr. Huidae Cho's research group in IESA. Our research focuses around the broad applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and computational methods to geospatial analysis, modeling, and engineering. We use this wiki site to share project information and document our research for internal collaboration. Most of pages related to ongoing projects will be hidden from the public, but we will disseminate research findings and outcomes once the project is completed. Find the conferences where you can meet us.

Please also check these 2020 academic opportunities and 2021 academic opportunities.

• Fast flow accumulation
• Efficient delineation of a large number of subwatersheds
• GFC canopy assessment
  • Funded by the Georgia Forestry Commission
  • Phase 1.5 by Owen Smith and Zachary Pilgrim
  • Phase 2 by Owen Smith and ?
• Topographic index enhanced with soil moisture by Tyler Henderson
  • A special topic in GIS for spring 2020
  • Idea proposed by Huidae Cho and partially implemented by Tyler Henderson
  • Ongoing collaboration project with Dr. Tien Yee from Kennesaw State University

• UNG stormwater modeling by Christopher Pugel
  • Idea proposed by Huidae Cho, but put on hold because of a lack of budget

• Efficient longest flow path algorithm
• GFC canopy assessment
  • Funded by the Georgia Forestry Commission
  • Phase 1 by Owen Smith and Jennifer McCollum
• Open source canopy classification by Owen Smith
  • A special topic in GIS for spring 2020
  • Idea proposed and implemented by Owen Smith

• r.accumulate: An efficient flow accumulation addon for GRASS GIS
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19 or 2019-nCoV) Cases
• CanoClass: An open-source Python module for canopy classification using scikit-learn
• CanoPy: A Python module for canopy classification using Feature Analyst
• The Automated Floodway Optimizer for HEC-RAS (AFORAS)
• Isolated-Speciation-based Particle Swarm Optimization (ISPSO)
• The Web-based Hydrologic Modeling System (WHydroMod) v0.1 for Texas
• Let-It-Rain - A Poisson Cluster Stochastic Rainfall Generator
• GRASS GIS for MS Windows
  • Latest daily build for advanced users
  • Latest daily build for beginners

• Owen Smith, Huidae Cho. An Open-Source Canopy Classification System Using Machine-Learning Techniques Within a Python Framework. Environmental Modelling & Software. SCIE, 2019 Impact Factor 4.807.
• Huidae Cho, Owen Smith. Quantifying Decade Canopy Change for the State of Georgia Utilizing NAIP Imagery from 2009–2019. Forestry. SCIE, 2019 Impact Factor 2.293 (too low, maybe a remote sensing journal?).

• Huidae Cho, September 2020. A Recursive Algorithm for Calculating the Longest Flow Path and Its Iterative Implementation. Environmental Modelling & Software 131, 104774. 10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104774. SCIE, 2019 Impact Factor 4.807, Author's Version.
• Huidae Cho, Jeongha Park, Dongkyun Kim, March 2019. Evaluation of Four GLUE Likelihood Measures and Behavior of Large Parameter Samples in ISPSO-GLUE for TOPMODEL. Water 11 (3), 447. doi:10.3390/w11030447. SCIE, 2019 Impact Factor 2.544.
• Huidae Cho, Tien M. Yee, Joonghyeok Heo, October 2018. Automated Floodway Determination Using Particle Swarm Optimization. Water 10 (10), 1420. doi:10.3390/w10101420. SCIE, 2019 Impact Factor 2.544.
• Dongkyun Kim, Huidae Cho, Christian Onof, Minha Choi, May 2017. Let-It-Rain: A Web Application for Stochastic Point Rainfall Generation at Ungaged Basins and Its Applicability in Runoff and Flood Modeling. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 31 (4), 1023-1043. doi:10.1007/s00477-016-1234-6. SCI, 2019 Impact Factor 2.351.
• Huidae Cho, Emma Bones, August 2016. Quantification of Uncertainties in the 100-year Flow at an Ungaged Site Near a Gaged Station and Its Application in Georgia. Journal of Hydrology 539, 640-647. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.05.070. SCI, 2019 Impact Factor 4.500, Author's Version.

• Conferences
• Journals
• Scientific writing