Shashi Shekhar
McKnight Distinguished University Professor
Distinguished University Teaching Professor
Department of Computer Science
College of Science and Engineering
University of Minnesota
shekhar at umn dot edu
(612) 624-8307 :fax: (612) 625-0572
address: 4-192, Keller Hall, 200 Union St. S.E. , Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Overview: Biography , Selected Highlights (22 pages pdf) , Entries at Google Scholar, DBLP. iUMN TLI . Experts@Minnesota. Arnetminer,
Research: Interests: Spatial Data Science, Spatial Data Science, Spatial Data Mining, Spatial Databases, Geo-AI, GIS
Spatial Computing Research Group , Big-Picture articles and papers
Proposal Related Info.
Selected Talks : From GPS, Google Maps and Uber to Spatial Computing , GeoAI and Spatial Big Data Science, Spatial Data Mining , Evacuation Route Planning ,
Survey Papers: Spatial Databases ( Wiley , TR ), Spatial Data Mining , Spatio-temporal Change Footprint Detection
Book: Spatial Databases: A Tour (Prentice Hall 2003, ISBN 0-13-017480-7): flyer
Encyclopedia of GIS: Brochures ( 2nd Edition , 1st Edition , ), download_statistics ( 192,918 in 2017 Spinger report , current from bookMetrix ) website , reviews ( 1, 2), Google Book ( About , Preview ), worldcat ,
Teaching:
Fall 2025: Csci 5715: Spatial Data Science (Previously From GPS, Google Maps and Uber to Spatial Computing)
Spring 2024: Csci 8715: Spatial Data Science Research
Spring 2023: Csci 4707: Practice of Database Management Systems
Old Portfolios
Profile and Statement , Graduate Education Award , University of Minnesota, 2015.
Remarks (14 slides) , 2015 UCGIS Education Award .
Service:
University Consortium for GIS (UCGIS) , President (2017-18), A UCGIS Call to Action: Bringing the Geospatial Perspective to Data Science Degrees and Curricula . (Summer 2018).
Computing Research Association (CRA) - Board of Directors (2016-2019)
CRA Computing Community Consortium : Council (2013-2015) , Blue Sky Ideas , From GPS and Virtual Globe to Spatial Computing ( brochure , report , blog entry on Cyber-Earth, ).
The SSTD Endowment : Board of Directors (2014-2019) , 2011 Symposium on Spatial and Temporal Databases .
Geo Informatica Journal: website , flyer ( 2017 , 2015 , 2008 , ), ranking , reviewer guidelines
SpringerBriefs in GIS : pdf
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Other: Related Links
Spatial Computing: overview from cse.umn.edu , article, video , Communications of the ACM (Jan. 2016).
Eco-Routing: 2014 Interview , short video by M. Evans , project homepage ,
Spatio-temporal Data Mining: Stories ( 1 (SoundByte 2007) , 2 (SoundByte 2001) ), overview , survey paper ,
Evacuation Route Planning: Stories ( 1 , 2 , 3 , ), articles ( 1 , 2 , 3 , ), overview , videos ( FoxTV: youtube , avi , quicktime , umfoundation avi ),
Social Networks- Spatio-temporal Future: overview , news ( 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, ), tweets ( 1, ), whitepaper ( pdf ). -->
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