Resume

I AM ATLAS, A MAP EVANGELIST.



My name is Chenxiao Guo 郭晨曉, and I go by "Atlas". I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Geography (Cartography / GIS) with doctoral minor in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I am a graduate student member of Spatial Computing and Data Mining (SCDM) Lab and UW Cartography Lab (CartLab).

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My research direction includes spatiotemporal analytics, cartographic visualization, social media data mining, and natural disaster management, devoted to bridging GeoAI, cartography and social good.

EXPERIENCE

Internship | Research | Teaching | Education




MAP DESIGN AWARD

• 2nd Place / Highly Commended, Collins Bartholomew Award for Thematic Mapping & Infographics, British Cartographic Society (2024)
• 4th Place (tie) / Commended, Garsdale Design Award for 3D Mapping, British Cartographic Society (2024)
• 1st Place / Winner of Student Project (College), AGIC Symposium Maps and Apps Contest (2024)
• 1st Place / Most Innovative Map, Esri User Conference (2024)
• Best Cartography Award, Esri User Conference (2024)
• Cartography Special Interest Group Excellence Award, Esri User Conference (2024)
• 1st Place of Student Maps (University and Postgraduates Group), Esri User Conference (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, 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, Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) Map Contest (2024)
• Keynotes Choice for Static Map, 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, Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) Map Contest (2024)
• President’s Choice, Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) Map Contest (2024)
• People’s Choice (Adult), Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) Map Contest (2024)
• Map Selected for Publication, Esri Map Book, Volume 39 (2024)
• 1st Place / Winner in Cartographic Design (tie), NACIS 2023 Student Map and Poster Competition (2023)
• 1st Place / Most Innovative Map, Esri User Conference (2023)
• Cartography Special Interest Group Excellence Award, Esri User Conference (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 of International Cartographic Conference (2023)
• 2nd Place / Honorable Mention, UW-Madison 14th Annual Digital Salon (2023)
• Map Admitted, UW-Madison 14th Annual Digital Salon (2023)
• Map (Dashboard) reached over 80K views, reported on local news multiple times (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 Admitted, UW-Madison 12th Annual Digital Salon (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 (campus news) (2014)


ACADEMIC AWARD

• Scholarship for CaGIS & UCGIS Symposium, International Cartographic Association (2024)
• Trewartha-Odebolt Conference Travel Award, UW-Madison Geography Department (2024, 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)


SKILL

• Cartography: ArcGIS (Pro, Online, Dashboards, StoryMaps) | Mapbox | Leaflet | D3 | Kepler.gl
• Design: Illustrator | Photoshop | Blender | LEGO Studio | Flash | After Effect | CorelDraw | AutoCAD
• GIS/RS: ArcGIS (Pro, Server, Engine) | QGIS | TransCAD | GeoDa | Envi | ERDAS | GE Engine
• Development: JavaScript | HTML | CSS | ASP.NET MVC | Android (Java) | C# | Visual Basic
• Analysis: Python | R | Java | Gephi | PostgreSQL | SQL Server | MongoDB | AWS | SPSS | MATLAB


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