Department of Geography

Education & Experience:

Ph.D., Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, California (2005-2009)

M.S., Geographic Information System, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

M.A., Human Geography, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Assistant Professor, Center for Regional Development & School of Earth, Environment & Society, Bowling Green State University (2009-Present)

Developer Team Member, STARS (Space-Time Analysis of Regional Systems) and PySAL (Python Spatial Analysis Library) (2005- Present)

Specialty Areas of Interest:

GIScience
Space Time Analysis and Modeling
Regional Science
Economic Geography
Urban Geography

Current BGSU Courses:

Global Economic Geography - Ugrad
Regional Economic Geography – Ugrad/Grad
Seminar in Space Time Analysis – Grad

Service Activities:          

2011- Associate Editor, Stochastic Environmental Research & Risk Assessment (SCI Journal, Impact Factor: 1.42)

2011- Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research

2011- Director of East Asia, Asian Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers.

2011- Director of Developing Countries, Regional Development and Planning Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers.

2011- Co-advise Website Development for Department of Geography, BGSU

2010-2011 Proceeding Publication Chair and Program Committee Member, 19th International Conference on Geoinformatics

2010-2011 Advisory Committee Member, The 1st International Workshop on Surveying and Geospatial Information Systems, Liaoning Technical University and The Chinese Academy of Surveying & Mapping

2010- North America Executive Editor, Journal of Earth Science & Climatic Change

2010- Faculty Mentor, US NSF Setgo (Science, Engineering & Technology Gateway Ohio)

2010- Founding Member, Education Committee, The International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Science (CPGIS)

2010- Deputy General Secretary, The International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Science (CPGIS)

2010- Webmaster and Officer, China Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers (AAG)

2010- Contributor/Reviewer, Spatial Decision Support Consortium

2009- School of Earth, Environment, and Society Geospatial Curriculum Committee, BGSU

Recent and Current Research or Grants:

2011-2012 PI, Identifying Communities at Risk: Space-Time Data Analysis and Toolbox Implementation for Regional Economic Analysis, Faculty Research Committee Faculty Mentoring and Enrichment Award, Bowling Green State University

2011-2012 Co-PI, Coastal Ohio Wind, US Department of Energy

2011-2012 Member, Space-Time Analysis of Intra-provincial Inequality in China: Economic Transition, Industrial Restructuring and Spatial Agglomeration, China Natural Science Foundation (41028001)

2009-2012 Co-PI, University Center Program. (EDA Investment # 06-66-0505402). US Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration.

2008-2009 Co-PI, Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant: Comparative Space-Time Dynamics, US National Science Foundation

Books and Edited Volumes:

2012/13 Wei, Y.H.D. and Ye, X. (eds.) Special Issue on Urbanization, Land Use, and
Sustainable Development in China, Stochastic Environmental Research & Risk Assessment

2012/13 Ye, X. (ed.) Special Issue on Environmental Justice and Climate Change in Developing Countries, Journal of Earth Science & Climatic Change

2012/13 Bao, S., Ye, X. and Li, B. (eds.) Special Issue on Spatial Intelligence for Urban and Regional Analysis, International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research

2012 Neil, R., Carroll, M. and Ye, X. (eds.) Special Issue on Recession, Resilience, and Recovery, Economic Development Quarterly

2012 Ye, X. and Y.H.D. Wei (eds.) Special Issue on Globalization, Regional Development, and Public Policy in Asia, Regional Science Policy & Practice.

Recent Peer Reviewed Publications:

2011 Wu, L., X. Ye, and D. Webb. “Space-Time Analysis of Auto Burglary Patterns in a Fast-growing Small City", International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (in press)

2011 Ye, X. and Xie, Y. “Re-examination of Zipf's Law and Urban Dynamic in China: A Regional Approach” Annals of Regional Science (in press)

2011 Ye, X. and Carroll, M. “Exploratory Space-Time Analysis of Local Economic Development” Applied Geography. 31: 1049-1058.

2011 Ye, X. and L. Wu. “Analyzing the Dynamics of Homicide Patterns in Chicago:
ESDA and Spatial Panel Approaches” Applied Geography. 31: 800-807 (online: 2010).

2011 Ye, X. What are the short- and long-term effects of China's rapid economic growth on the stability of the global environment? Enduring Questions on World Geography, ABC-Clio (forthcoming)

2011 Ye, X. Coastal Planning Policies in Developing Countries. In Black, B., Hassenzahl, D., Stephens, J., and Weisel, G.  (eds.) Climate Change: An Encyclopedia of Science and History. ABC-Clio (in press)

2011 Ye, X. Environmental Justice and Climate Change within China. In Black, B., Hassenzahl, D., Stephens, J., and Weisel, G.  (eds.) Climate Change: An Encyclopedia of Science and History. ABC-Clio (in press)

2011 Leipnik, M. and Ye, X. “Geography of the Corn Belt and High Plains Agricultural Regions in the United States of America”. In Rudi H. and Wang J. (eds.). A Comparative Geography of China and the U.S.. Springer. (conditionally accepted).

2011 Ye, X. M. Carroll and X. Deng. “Warn Notice Toolbox: Open-Source Geovisualization of Large Lay-off Events”, GeoInformatics 2011 (in press)

2011 Li, R., R. Wang. and X. Ye. “Forest Form Mapping System for Managing Forest Resource: Design and Implementation”, GeoInformatics 2011 (in press)

2011 Li, Y., C. Huang. and X. Ye. “Analyzing and planning rural ecosystem and environment in high-resolution remote sensing and GIS environment: a case study of the Beautiful Countryside”, GeoInformatics 2011 (in press)

2011 Ye, X. Book Review of New Directions in Regional Economic Development, Edited by Karlsson, C.; Andersson, A.E.; Cheshire, P.C.; Stough, R.R., In Regional Studies, (in press).

2011 Ye, X. Book Review of Education and Inequality Across Europe. By Peter Dolton, Rita Asplund, and Erling Barth. Cheltenham, In Review of Social Economy (in press).

2010 Ye, X. Book Review of Portfolios of the Poor: How the World’s Poor Live on $2 a Day. By Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, and Orlanda Ruthven. In Review of Social Economy (in press).

2010 Wells, W., L. Wu., and X. Ye. “Patterns of Near-Repeat Gun Assaults in Houston”
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency (in press)

2010 Ye, X. and M. Leipnik. “Small Business and Economic Growth in China: A Geoentrepreneurial Perspective”. In Zhang, T. and Stough, R. (eds.). Entrepreneurship
& Economic Growth in China. World Scientific (in press)

2010 Rey, S. and X. Ye. “Comparative Spatial Dynamics of Regional Systems.” In A.
P´aez, J. Le Gallo, R. Buliung, and S. Dall’Erba (eds.) Progress in Spatial Analysis:
Theory, Computation, and Thematic Applications. 441-464. Springer.

2009 Wei, Y.D. and X. Ye. “Beyond Convergence: Space, Scale, and Regional Inequality in China.” Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, TESG: Journal of
Economic and Social Geography. 100:59-80.

2008 Ye, X. Book Review of Human Geography. Edited by de Blij et al. In Regional Studies, 1: 156-157.

2008 Ye, X. Book Review of Learning from Clusters: an Economic-Geographic Perspective. Edited by Boschma and Kloosterman. In Regional Studies, 1: 149-150.

2007 Ye, X. Book Review of Geography in America at the Dawn of the 21st Century. Edited by Gary L. Gaile and Cort J. Willmott. In Regional Studies, 3: 416-417.

2007 Xie, Y. and X. Ye. “Comparative Tempo-Spatial Pattern Analysis: CTSPA.” International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 21:49-69.

2007 Xie, Y. and X. Ye. “Evolution of Urban System in China.” In G. Pomeroy (eds.)
Geographic Perspectives on Cities, Regions and Society,Volume One: Urban. Concept
Publishing.

2007 Rey, S.J. and X. Ye. “Spatial Dynamics in City Size Distribution”, The 2nd ICA
Workshop on Geospatial Analysis and Modeling (Spatial Structure and Dynamics
of Urban Environments), Proceedings.

2007 Xie, Y. and X. Ye, “Multi-category Tempo-Spatial Pattern Analysis (McTSPA).”
Geocomputation 2007, Proceedings.

2006 Ye, X., “Spatializing Zipf’s Law in the Dynamic Context: US Cities 1960-2000.”
UCGIS 2006 Summer Assembly, Proceedings.

2006 Ye, X., Stephens, P., Pattaniak, S., Li, X., Elias, M. and M. Janikas. “Subject
and author indexes to 2005 regional science and related journal literature.” The
International Regional Science Review.

2006 Ye, X. Book Review of The Urban Geography Reader. Edited by Nick R. Fyfe and Judith T. Kenny. In Regional Studies, 3: 425-426.

Conference Papers:

2011 Reid, N., Carroll, M. and Ye, X. "Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Unemployment During the Recent Recession: An Analysis of its Impact on the United States”. Regional Geographic Conference UGI 2011. Santiago, Chile, November.

2011 Carroll, M., Reid, N. and Ye, X. "Spatial and Temporal Patterns of the Recent Recession,” at the annual meeting of the European Regional Science Association, Barcelona, August.

2011 Carroll, M., Reid, N. and Ye, X. "Spatial Patterns of Recession in the United States”, Third Global Conference on Economic Geography, COEX, Seoul, Korea, June.

2011 Reid, N., Carroll, M. and Ye, X. "Impact of the Recent Recession on Rural Areas in the United States", in "Globalizing Rural Places", International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission on the Dynamics of Economic Spaces, Vechta Mini conference, May.

2011 Ye, X. and Carroll, M. “CARE: Communities At Risk under Economic downturn”, AAG, Seattle, April.

2011 Carroll, M. and X. Ye. “Examination of Communities at Risk Using Time Series and Panel Regression Modeling: Case Study of Ohio”, Western Regional Science Association, Monterey, February.

2010 Ye, X. and Carroll, M. “Warn Notice Toolbox”, Regional Science Association
International, Denver, November.

2010 Carroll, M. and X. Ye. “Unemployment Rate Clock”, Regional Science Association
International, Denver, November.

2010 Ye, X., Miller, J. and Mabrey, D. “Exploratory Space-Time Analysis of Terrorism Attacks”. AAG, Washington, DC, April.

2010 Wu, L., Wells, W. and X. Ye. “Patterns of Near-Repeat Gun Assaults in Houston”,
The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego, February.

2010 Carroll, M. and X. Ye. “Exploratory Space-Time Analysis of Communities at Risk”,
Western Regional Science Association, Sedona, February.

2010 Ye, X. and S.J. Rey. “Space-Time Empirics for Economic Growth”, Western Regional Science Association, Sedona, February.

2009 Carroll, M. and X. Ye. “Industry Cluster Time Path”, Regional Science Association
International, San Francisco, November.

2009 Ye, X. and S.J. Rey. “A Framework for Comparative Space Time Analysis”, AAG,
Las Vegas, March.

2009 Li, Y., Y.D. Wei, and X. Ye. “Beyond Convergence: Geographies of Regional Inequality of China”, AAG, Las Vegas, March.

2008 Rey, S.J. and X. Ye. “Distributional Properties of LISA Time Path”, Regional
Science Association International, New York.

2008 Rey, S.J. and X. Ye. “Dynamic Pseudo Weighted Voronoi: Integrating Cartogram
and Voronoi Diagrams”, AAG, Boston, April.

2007 Rey, S.J. and X. Ye. “Comparative Spatial Dynamics of Regional Systems”, Regional Science Association International, Savannah.

2007 Rey, S.J. and X. Ye. “Spatial Dynamics in City Size Distribution”, ICA Workshop
(peer-reviewed), UGA, July.

2007 Xie, Y. and X. Ye, “Multi-category Tempo-Spatial Pattern Analysis (McTSPA).”
Geocomputation 2007.

2007 Rey, S.J. and X. Ye. “Exploratory Comparative Spatial Dynamics: Integrating
Computational Geometry with ESTDA.” AAG, San Francisco, April.

2007 Ye, X. “Spatial Analysis of Urban System.” Graduate Open House, Department of
Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara. March.

2006 Rey, S.J. and X. Ye. “Exploring Spatial Dynamics in City Size Distributions.”
Regional Science Association International, Toronto, November.

2006 Duque, J. and X. Ye “Identifying Temporal Lag in Analytical Regionalisation Procedures,”
Regional Science Association International, Toronto, November.

2006 Ye, X. “Spatializing Zipf’s Law in the Dynamic Context: US Cities 1960-2000.”
UCGIS. Vancouver. June.

2006 Rey, S.J. and X. Ye. “Comparative Space-Time Dynamics.” AAG. Chicago. March.

2006 Rey, S. and X. Ye. “Comparative Regional Inequality between the US and China.”
Open House, San Diego State University. March.

Invited Lectures and Panels:

2011 Ye, X. NSF funded specialist meeting ("Mapping Ideas: Discovering and Information Landscapes"), among 12 experts. San Diego, June.

2011 Ye, X. “Open Source Regional Analysis Tools: Integrating Research and Education in Regional Development.”  Challenges in Regional Development and Planning, AAG, Seattle, April.

2011 Ye, X. “Analyzing the Dynamics of Homicide Patterns in Chicago: ESDA and Spatial Panel Approaches”. Center for Family & Demographic Research, Bowling Green State University. January.

2010 Ye, X. “CARE: Communities At Risk under Economic downturn.” Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toledo. November.

2010 Ye, X. “Crime Mapping.” Department of Criminal Justice, University of Toledo.
March.

2010 Ye, X. “Ohio Communities at Risk.” Geography Club, Bowling Green State University. March.

2010 Ye, X. “An Open Source Toolbox for Cluster-Based Economic Development.” Space-Time Modeling and Analysis Workshop, Redlands. February.

2010 Ye, X. “An Open Source Web-based Decision Support System for Comparative
Cluster-Based Economic Development Strategies.” NSF Cyber-GIS Workshop,
Washington DC. February.

2010 Ye, X. “Space-Time Analysis of Regional Development in China.” Department of
Economics, Bowling Green State University. January.

2009 Ye, X. “Comparative Space-Time Dynamics: Open Source and Implementation.”
Department of Geography and Geology & Institute for Geospatial Research and
Education, Eastern Michigan University. October.

Grant and Journal Referee:

The U.S. National Science Foundation (2010)
African Journal of Agricultural Research (2010)
Applied Geography (2010)
Ecological Modeling (2010)
Economic Development Quarterly (2010, 2011)
Environmental Management (2006)
Environmental Science and Policy (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
GeoInformatics 2011 (The 19th International Conference on GeoInformatics) (2011)
Human Ecology Review (2008)
International Development Planning Review (2011)
International Regional Science Review (2007, 2008, 2010)
Journal of Economic Geography (2007)
Journal of Geographic Information System (2011)
Journal of Geography and Regional Planning (2011)
Journal of Geographical Systems (2011)
Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (2008)
Population and Environment (2006)
Regional Studies (2009)
Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (2006, 2010)
Urban Geography (2010)

In my own words:

As an economic geographer and geographic information scientist, my research addresses questions in economic inequality and its dynamics across multi scales and various dimensions (statistical, spatial, and temporal) through the design and implementation of new visualization and analytical methods. I focus mainly on the geographical and temporal characteristics of socioeconomic activities in a comparative environment, and the development of open source toolbox to facilitate the dialogue between scholars and policy-makers. The above efforts have been funded (or partially supported) by National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (2008-2009), Department of Commerce (2009-2012), Department of Energy (2011-2012), China Natural Science Foundation (2011-2012), and Faculty Research Committee Faculty Mentoring and Enrichment Award at Bowling Green State University (2011-2012). With the support, I have been developing an open source package C.A.R.E.: Communities At Risk under Economic downturn. C.A.R.E. is designed as an integrated package which focuses on event series (such as chained unemployment), flow (such as journey-to-work), dynamic network (such as changing social network in industry cluster), and government documents on the Internet (such as warn notices).
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