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Last updated - 8.31.2010

Academic CV - You can download a .pdf of my CV here. (August, 2010)

Recent Publications

  • Robinson, A.C. In Press. Supporting Synthesis in Geovisualization. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. In Press Draft
  • Hardisty, F., Robinson, A.C. In Press. The GeoViz Toolkit: Using Component-Oriented Coordination Methods to Aid Geovisualization Application Construction. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. In Press Draft
  • Robinson, A.C., Roth, R.E., and A.M. MacEachren (2010). Challenges for Map Symbol Standardization in Crisis Management. 7th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM). Seattle, WA. May 2-5. Full Paper
  • Robinson, A.C. 2009. Visual Highlighting Methods for Geovisualization. 24th International Cartographic Conference. Santiago, Chile. November 15-21. Full Paper
  • Robinson, A.C. 2009. Needs Assessment for the Design of Information Synthesis Visual Analytics Tools. IEEE International Conference on Information Visualization. Barcelona, Spain. July 14-17. Full Paper
  • Robinson, A.C. 2008 Collaborative Synthesis of Visual Analytic Results. IEEE Visual Analytics, Science Technology Conference. Columbus, OH, October 19-24. Full Paper.
  • Bhowmick, T., Robinson, A.C., Gruver, A., E. Lengerich, and A.M. MacEachren. (2008) Distributed Evaluation of the Pennsylvania Cancer Atlas. International Journal of Health Geographics. 7(36) Full Paper.
  • Robinson, A.C. 2007. A Design Framework For Exploratory Geovisualization in Epidemiology. Information Visualization. 6(3) 197-214. Full Paper.
  • Robinson, A.C. 2007. Synthesizing Geovisual Analytic Results. Proceedings of the IEEE Visual Analytics, Science and Technology Conference Doctoral Colloquium. Sacramento, CA, Oct 29 - Nov. 1. Full Paper.
  • Robinson, A.C., Koua, E., Hardisty, F., and Alan M. MacEachren. 2007. The G-EX Portal: Web-based Dissemination of Geovisual Analytic Results. Proceedings of the ICA Commission on Visualization and Virtual Environments Workshop 'From Geovisualization Toward Geovisual Analytics,' Helsinki, Finland, August 2-3. Full Paper.
  • Robinson, A.C. 2007. Synthesizing Results in Geovisualization. Proceedings of the 23rd International Cartographic Conference, Moscow, Russia, August 4-10. Full Paper.
  • Tomaszewski, B.M., Robinson, A.C., Weaver, C., Stryker, M., and A.M. MacEachren. 2007. Geovisual Analytics and Crisis Management. Proceedings of the 4th International ISCRAM Conference, Delft, Netherlands, May 13-16. Full Paper
  • Weaver, C., Fyfe, D., Robinson, A., Holdsworth, D., Peuquet, D., and A.M. MacEachren. 2007. Visual Analysis of Historic Hotel Visits. Information Visualization 6(1). Full Paper.
  • Weaver, C., Fyfe, D., Robinson, A., Holdsworth, D., Peuquet, D., and A.M. MacEachren. 2006. Visual Analysis of Historic Hotel Visitation Patterns. Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics, Science and Technology (VAST), Baltimore, MD, Oct. 31 - Nov. 2. Full Paper
  • Robinson, A.C. and Weaver, C. Re-Visualization: Interactive Visualization of the Process of Visual Analysis. Proceedings of the Workshop on Visual Analytics and Spatial Decision Support at GIScience 2006, Muenster, Germany, September 20-23. Full Paper
  • Robinson, A.C. 2006. Highlighting Techniques to Support Geovisualization. Proceedings of the ICA Workshop on Geovisualization and Visual Analytics, Portland, OR, June 24. Full Paper
  • Robinson, Anthony C. 2005. Combining Usability Techniques to Design Geovisualization Tools for Epidemiology. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 32(4). Full Paper.
  • MacEachren, Alan M., Robinson, A.C., Hopper, S., Gardner, S., Murray, R., and Gahegan, M. Visualization of Geospatial Uncertainty: What We Know and What We Need To Know. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 32(3). Full Paper
  • Robinson, Anthony C. 2005. Geovisualization and Epidemiology: A General Design Framework. Proceedings of the 22nd International Cartographic Conference, A Coruña, Spain, July 9-16. Full Paper

Posters and Abstracts

  • Robinson, A.C. and Griffin, A.L. 2010. Eye Tracking for Evaluating Highlighting in Geovisualization. Poster for the Emerging Methods for Studying Spatial Technologies Workshop at the 2010 GIScience Conference, Zurich, Switzerland. September 13. Poster
  • Griffin, A.L. and Robinson, A.C. 2010. Comparing Color and Leader Line Approaches for Highlighting in Geovisualization. Extended refereed abstract the 2010 GIScience Conference, Zurich, Switzerland. September 14-17. Abstract
  • Roth, R.E., Robinson, A.C., Stryker, M., MacEachren, A. M., Lengerich, E. J., and E. Koua. 2008. Web-based Geovisualization and Geocollaboration: Applications to Public Health. Extended abstract for the 2008 Joint Statistical Meetings in Denver, CO. August 3-7. Abstract
  • Robinson, A.C., Crawford, S., Lengerich, E., and A.M. MacEachren. 2007. The Pennsylvania Cancer Atlas Poster presented at the URISA Public Health and GIS Conference, New Orleans, LA. May 20-23. Poster
  • Robinson, Anthony C., J. Chen, H. G. Meyer, A.M. MacEachren. 2004. Human-Centered Design of Geovisualization Tools for Cancer Epidemiology. Poster presented at GIScience 2004, College Park, MD, October 18-23. Abstract

Thesis & Dissertation

  • Robinson, A.C. (2008) Design for synthesis in geovisualization. Dissertation in Geography. The Pennsylvania State University. Full Paper.
  • My Dissertation proposal titled 'Synthesis in Geovisualization to Support Epidemiology' outlining the research I undertook to complete my PhD.
  • Robinson, Anthony C. 2005. Assessing Geovisualization in Epidemiology: A Design Framework for an Exploratory Toolkit. Master's Thesis. The Pennsylvania State University. Full Paper
  • My Thesis proposal titled 'Assessing Geovisualization in Cancer Epidemiology,' outlining the research I undertook to complete my M.S.

Graphic Designs

  • Interface mock-ups I created (1 , 2, and 3) for applications we're developing here at the GeoVISTA Center. There are hundreds more where these came from!
  • A map I made recently (one of three layouts) for Rebecca Winer at Villanova, for her book, "Women, Wealth and Community in Thirteenth-Century Perpignan."
  • Posters (1 and 2) I authored for department colloquia.

Multimedia

  • Video I created to demonstrate our work on visual analytics of historical hotel visit data

  • Video I developed for a VAST 2008 contest entry on visualizing a building evacuation

  • Video I created to outline our progress toward developing the G-EX Portal

  • Flash map showing measles incidence and landcover in Niger