Professor and Director, Center for Advanced Research of Spatial Information (CARSI)
Email: sahearn@hunter.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-772-5327
Fax: 212-650-3013
Office: 1023 HN

Mailing Address:
Department of Geography
Hunter College of the City University of New York
695 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10065

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Biography:

Dr. Ahearn is a Professor of Geography and Director of the Center for Advanced Research of Spatial Information (CARSI) at Hunter College – CUNY.  He conducts research in both remote sensing and geographic information systems and has published in range of journals including: the IEEE Journal of Geo-science and Remotes Sensing, the International Journal of Remote Sensing, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Conservation biology, Ecological Modeling, the American Journal of Epidemiology and the International Journal for Geographic Information Science.  His interests include agent-based models, spatial-temporal models, digital image analysis, ecological modeling, emergency response and urban geographic systems.  He is past president of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS).  He was appointed to the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) by the United States Secretary of Interior in February 2008 for a three year term. As Director of CARSI, Dr. Ahearn played a major role in managing the design, development and implementation of the digital geographic base-map for the City of New York, called NYCMap, in the '90s and early '00.  NYCMap was instrumental in enabling the City of New York to respond to the 911 crisis and CARSI helped manage the Geographic Information and Remote Sensing Systems and applications that were developed for response and mitigation to the crisis. His role was highlighted in the History Channel's "The Twin Towers: Rise and Fall of an American Icon" which has been featured a half dozen times a year since 2002.

Education:

Ph.D.	1986	University of Wisconsin-Madison, Institute for Environmental Studies, Environmental Remote Sensing Program
M.S.	1982	University of Wisconsin-Madison, Institute for Environmental Studies, Environmental Remote Sensing Program
B.A.	1978	State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Syracuse University

Research Interests:

agent-based models, space-time analysis, digital image analysis, ecological modeling, emergency response, urban geographic systems

Courses:

• GTECH 362/732 - Geographic Information Science
• GTECH 733 - GIS Modeling and Problem Solving
• GTECH 731 - Programming for Geographic Applications
• GTECH 321/712 - Principles of Remote Sensing
• GTECH 322/713 - Digital Image Processing

Curriculum Vitae