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XIAO XIAO

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OBJECTIVE

GIS/Remote Sensing Specialist, Web Mapping Application Developer

SKILLS

Remote Sensing/ GIS Analysis, Open Source GIS Programming, Web Mapping Programming

Software packages: ArcGIS Desktop, ERDAS Imagine, ENVI, eCognition, TerrSet (IDRISI), Dreamweaver, IBM

SPSS, Photoshop, MapBox Studio

Programming Languages: C/C++, MATLAB, Python, IDL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Geographic Information Science for Development and Environment 2013-Present

Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts

Bachelor of Engineering, Remote Sensing 2009-2013

Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

WORK EXPERIENCE

Remote Sensing Research Assistant, Clark Labs, Worcester, Massachusetts 2014-Present

Involved in Aquaculture and Coastal Habitats Mapping of Southeast Asia (Vietna m, Thailand, and

Cambodia) project with Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

Performed data-preprocessing including atmospheric correction, imagery panchromatic sharpening and

water depth correction.

Performed classification analysis of over 30 categories on Landsat imagery.

Created coastal zone mask and smoothen the mask boundaries when DEM data incorporated which led to

discrete pixels.

Teaching Assistant, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts 2015-Present

Assisted in teaching web mapping and open source GIS course.

Instructed open source GIS application development and ArcGIS scripting tools development with Python .

Created a web campus map for Clark University, implemented search function within campus, overlaid with

multiple KML layers, information window popup when clicking, gesture changed when mouse over campus

buildings.

Designed maps in Mapbox Studio software in CSS.

Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry Analyst, Planning Institute of Land Resources and Housing Survey,

Chongqing, China 2011

Participated in the project of aerial photography technology of pilotless planes.

Implemented forward intersection and resection in C++.

Performed remote sensing and aerial photography image processing .

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

GIS Analysis, Exploring the Home Value in United States by County Level 2014

Performed hot spot analysis, linear regression analysis, geographically weighted r egression analysis, and

discriminant analysis in both ArcGIS and SPSS software.

GIS/Remote Sensing Analysis, Exploring the Global Trends of Aerosols from 2002 to 2013 2014

Performed extended principal component analysis in both ‘T’emporal mode and ‘S’patial mode with TerrSet

Earth Trend Modeler.

Explored teleconnections within multiple global climatologic patterns: El Niño, Pacific Decadal Oscillation,

Arctic, Antarctic Oscillation.

GIS Programming, “Masks” Auto-generation from Landsat 8 Quality Assessment Band 2014

Created a script tool on ArcGIS platform with Python to auto-generate seven different masks with three

confidence levels.

GIS Analysis, Analyzing the Residential Health Risk Level within Radio Frequency Coverage Area by GIS

Techniques: A Study of Pilot Smart Energy Solutions Program in Worcester, MA 2013

Calculated the influence range of Smart Meters and corresponding relative health risk level in Worcester .

Won Geller Award in Clark University.

Performed public presentation about health risk of Smart Meters in various districts of Worcester.

GIS/Remote Sensing Analysis, Examining the Winam Gulf’s Water Hyacinth from 2001 to 2013 2013

Performed image classification and analyzed the relationship between the water hyacinth and multiple

aquacultural factors: temperature, precipitation and fish catch.

GIS Analysis, Analyzing Walmart distribution from 1980 to 2010 in statistical and spatial level 2013

Analyzed relationship between Walmart’s development and local population growth.

Performed network analysis regarding the distance between Walmart and distribution centers

GIS/Remote Sensing Analysis, Monitoring the urban heat island effects in Wuhan, China 2013

Integrated MODIS and TM images to retrieve land surface temperature in Wuhan City with IDL.

Monitored urban heat island effects from 2000 to 2009 with ENVI.

Analyzed the relationship between urban heat island effects and urban factors: vegetation coverage, industry

numbers.

Remote Sensing Analysis, Object-based Image Classification in the Application of Land Use 2012

Compared the accuracy of different classification methods (object -based and pixel-based) with in-situ land

investigation results.

Published a paper in International Conference on Civil, Transportatio n and Environmental Engineering.

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