Scholar
James D. Gaboardi
Google Scholar ID: s-cE95MAAAAJ
Associate R&D Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citations & Impact
Citations
124
H-index
6
i10-index
3
Publications
20
Co-authors
45
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published several conference papers and reports such as 'Using Temporal Information from Human Mobility Data to Detect Anchor Points', 'Adaptive continuity-preserving simplification of street networks', etc.; co-authored multiple academic articles including 'The PySAL Ecosystem: Philosophy and Implementation', 'spaghetti: spatial network analysis in PySAL', etc.
Research Experience
- Spent two years as a postdoc at Penn State developing methods for improving the locational accuracy of individual persons and households through secure census microdata before joining Oak Ridge National Laboratory as an R&D Associate in 2021.
Education
- Earned his PhD in Geography in 2019 from Florida State University; also holds an MS in GISci from the same university.
Background
- His research interests lie at the intersection of GIS, spatial data science, and operations research, with a strong focus on network-constrained optimal facility location modeling and the modeling consequences of aggregating population data. He is passionate about open and reproducible science, being a core member of PySAL (Python Spatial Analysis Library) and a Topic Editor for JOSS (Journal of Open Source Software).
Miscellany
- Born and raised in rural north central Florida, he enjoys getting back to the swamp with his wife and dog for hiking or simply relaxing and enjoying nature whenever possible.
