Suchith Anand

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Expertise Summary

Suchith Anand is the chair of the ICA Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies . He is leading open source research at the University of Nottingham. He established the Open Source Lab at the University of Nottingham under MoU with the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. He is one of the founding members of the Open Source GIS Summer School initiative and the Geospatial Open Source, Open Standards, Open Data e-learning initiative. He is also the founder and co-chair of Open Source GIS Conference Series. He also leads the Open Source, Open Standards, Open Data for Open Nottingham.

He co-established HealthGIS research theme at the University of Nottingham. He is now in the process of establishing AgriGIS research theme in collaboration with colleagues in Plant Science and Crops for the Future Research Centre. These newly established research themes have brought in many research projects, PhD studentships etc for UoN. He is now in the process of establishing Open Source Geospatial Labs/Research Centres in key universities worldwide as part of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation- ICA MoU

He is reviewer for EPSRC and number of leading GIS journals (such as the International Journal for Geographical Information Science, Computers and Geosciences etc). He is also in the scientific committees of many international conferences and serves on the Editorial Board of GIS Professional. He is also invited speaker for many conferences and universities. He is involved in many FP7 projects (GIS4EU, ISSUE etc) , involved in supervising PhD students and also external examiner for PhD etc . His research interests and publications are in automated generalization, metaheuristic optimization techniques (simulated annealing, genetic algorithms, hill climbing, tabu search etc), location based services, linked data, HealthGIS, AgriGIS, open source, open standards, open data and data harmonization research.

His mission is to build up open source, open standards, open data research for bridging the digital divide.

Current research :

• Ordnance Survey Future Data & Data Management Research
• ELO-Geo - An eLearning Framework for Using Geospatial Open Data, Open Source and Open Standards (JISC funded)
• AgriGIS Research (funding from Biosciences, CFFRC)
• Eye tracking studies for small display schematic maps (Seed corn funding joint project with Dr David Crundall, School of Psychology)
• Applying Mobile GIS techniques to the Authoring of Location-Based Experiences (Bridging the Gaps project with Dr Leif Oppermann, Computer Science)
• Map schematization use case for OGC-EuroSDR-AGILE Persistent Test Bed for Europe (Dr Jerry Swan, Dr Rob Lemmens (ITC), Theodor Foerster (ITC)
• GIS4EU Project -Provision of interoperable datasets to open GI to the EU Communities (Dr Gobe Hobona, Dr Stefania de Zorzi)
• Open Source based Geospatial Resource for Agricultural Species (GRASP) (University Strategy group funded Dr Didier Leibovici, Prof.Charlie Hodgman, Dr Chungui Lu, Dr Sean Mayes, Dr Kin-Chow Chang, Dr Sayed Azam-Ali, Dr Rumiana Ray, Dr Gavin White, Prof. Christine Dodd, Prof. Wyn Morgan, Dr Sarah Jewitt, Dr Susanne Seymour)
• Geospatial standards in Health Mapping (Bridging the Gaps project with Professor Richard James, Molecular Medical Sciences)
• Erasmus IP in Open Source GIS - Professor Lluís Vicens (University of Girona), Professor Mike Jackson, Dr Gobe Hobona (University of Nottingham), Professor Ari Jolma (Helsinki University of Technology) and Dr Erwan Bocher(Ecole Centrale de Nantes)
• Wearable personal sensing social network application for mood sensing (with Dr Duncan Rowland (Computer Science) Dr David Morris, Prof. John Crowe , Dr Jennifer Martin (Electrical & Electronics Engg.) Dr. Oluropo Ogundipe (Civil Engineering)

Student supervision:

Hao Ye - (2009 - 2012)

Susan Du - (2009- 2011)

Jianhua Shao (2010-2011)

Jiang Wenchao (2010-2011)

Chaoye Ye (2010- 2011)

Natalie Adams (2010-2011)

Antoine Pourchet (2009-2010)

Catherine Thompson - RA (2008)

Recent Publications

• SHAO J, KUK G, ANAND S, MORLEY J, JACKSON M and MITCHELL T, 2012. Mapping Collaboration in Open Source Geospatial Ecosystem Transactions in GIS. (In Press.)
• DU H, ANAND S, ALECHINA N, MORLEY J, HART G, LEIBOVICI D, JACKSON M and WARE J M, 2012. Geospatial Information Integration for Authoritative and Crowd Sourced Road Vector Data Transactions in GIS. (In Press.)
• ANAND S, BATTY M, CROOKS A, HUDSON-SMITH A, JACKSON M, MILTON R, MORLEY J, 2011. Data mash-ups and the future of mapping Report commissioned by Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).
• PAWLOWICZ S, LEIBOVICI D, SAULL R, JACKSON M.J, YE C, JIANG W, ADAMS N, ANAND S and HAINES-YOUNG R., 2011. Interoperable Framework for Mobile Dynamic Surveying based on open source components In: Third Open Source GIS Conference.

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• SHAO J, KUK G, ANAND S, MORLEY J, JACKSON M and MITCHELL T, 2012. Mapping Collaboration in Open Source Geospatial Ecosystem Transactions in GIS. (In Press.)
• DU H, ANAND S, ALECHINA N, MORLEY J, HART G, LEIBOVICI D, JACKSON M and WARE J M, 2012. Geospatial Information Integration for Authoritative and Crowd Sourced Road Vector Data Transactions in GIS. (In Press.)
• ANAND S, BATTY M, CROOKS A, HUDSON-SMITH A, JACKSON M, MILTON R, MORLEY J, 2011. Data mash-ups and the future of mapping Report commissioned by Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).
• PAWLOWICZ S, LEIBOVICI D, SAULL R, JACKSON M.J, YE C, JIANG W, ADAMS N, ANAND S and HAINES-YOUNG R., 2011. Interoperable Framework for Mobile Dynamic Surveying based on open source components In: Third Open Source GIS Conference.
• DU H,ANAND S, MORLEY J, LEIBOVICI D, HART G,JACKSON M, 2011. Developing open source based tools for geospatial integration In: Third Open Source GIS Conference.
• LEIBOVICI, D.G. BASTIN, L. ANAND, S. HOBONA, G. AND JACKSON, M, 2011. Spatially Clustered Associations in Health Related Geospatial data Transactions in GIS. 15(3), 347-364
• DU H, JIANG W, ANAND S, MORLEY J, HART G, LEIBOVICI D and JACKSON M., 2011. Ontology Based Approach for Geospatial Data Integration In: International Cartography Conference 2011. (In Press.)
• ADAMS A, YE C, JIANG W, PAWLOWICZ S, ANAND S, LEIBOVICI D and JACKSON M,, 2011. Participatory Health Surveys Using Ubiquitous Computing: gastrointestinal illnesses application casestudy In: 19th Annual GIS Research UK Conference (GISRUK). (In Press.)
• LEIBOVICI, D.G. SWAN, J. ANAND, S. AND JACKSON, M, 2011. Coupling Outbreak detection of spatially clustered associations and data reduction principles In: The International Symposium on Spatial-Temporal Analysis and Data Mining. (In Press.)
• DU H, ANAND S, MORLEY J, HART G, LEIBOVICI D and JACKSON M., 2011. Geographical Information integration from disparate sources In: 19th Annual GIS Research UK Conference. (In Press.)
• HOBONA G, JACKSON M, ANAND S, 2011. Implementing Geospatial Web Services for Cloud Computing. In: ZHAO P AND DI L, ed., Geospatial Web Services:Advances in Information Interoperability IGI Publications USA. (In Press.)
• LEIBOVICI. D, BASTIN.L, ANAND. S, SWAN. J, HOBONA. G, JACKSON. M, J, 2010. Spatially Clustered Associations in Health GIS In: 18th Annual GIS Research UK Conference (GISRUK).
• ANAND S, MORLEY J, WENCHAO J, DU H, HART G, JACKSON M, 2010. When worlds collide: combining Ordnance Survey and Open Street Map data In: AGI Geocommunity conference. (In Press.)
• ANAND, S, SWAN.J, JACKSON M, WARE J.M, 2010. Automated schematization using open standards In: British Cartographic Society Annual Symposium. (In Press.)
• YE H, MENG X, ANAND S, YANG L, 2010. Autonomous Incident Detection with GPS In: European Navigation conference on Global Navigation Satellite Systems. (In Press.)
• LEIBOVICI, D.G. ANAND, S., 2010. Open Source and Open Standards in Health Mapping In: British Computer Society: Open Source Health Informatics conference. (In Press.)
• LEIBOVICI. D, ANAND.S, SWAN J, GOULDING J, HOBONA G, BASTIN.L, PAWLOWICZ S, JACKSON. M, J, JAMES R, 2010. Workflow issues for Health mapping mashups of OGC Web Services In: The 13th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Guimarães, Portugal. (In Press.)
• YE H, MENG X, YANG L, ANAND S, 2010. Location Awareness in Traffic Incident Management In: 7th International Symposium on LBS & TeleCartography. (In Press.)
• SWAN J, FOERSTER T, LEMMENS R, HOBONA G, ANAND S, JACKSON M, 2009. Persistent Geospatial Testbed for Europe GeoConnextions-International. 7(10),
• HOBONA G, JACKSON M, GOULD M, HIGGINS C, BRAUNER J, MATHEUS A, FOERSTER T, NASH E, ABELE S, SWAN J, ANAND S, STROBEL S, BISHR M, KORDUAN P AND JAMES P, 2009. Establishing a Persistent Interoperability Testbed for European Geospatial Research In: 12th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science,Hannover.
• HOBONA G, JACKSON M, ANAND S, DE ZORZI S, LEIBOVICI D, 2009. Modeling Rules for Integrating Heterogeneous Geographic Datasets In: 17th Annual GIS Research UK Conference.
• LEMMENS R, SWAN J, FOERSTER T, HOBONA G, ANAND S, JACKSON M, 2009. Schematisation service chain: A use case for the AGILE-EuroSDR-OGC Persistent Test Bed In: 12th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science.
• HOBONA G, JACKSON M, ANAND.S, 2009. Location based discovery of geoscientific datasets during fieldwork In: 6th International Symposium on LBS & TeleCartography.
• LEIBOVICI. D, ANAND. S, SWAN. J, GOULDING. J, HOBONA. G, JACKSON. M, JAMES. R, 2009. Geospatial mashups for health and epidemic mapping using OGC standards In: The use of mapping software and systems in health and academic research conference.
• LEIBOVICI D, SWAN J, ANAND S AND JACKSON M, 2009. A Spatial Structuration Heuristic for Integrated Automated Map Generalisation with Attribute and Geometry In: 17th Annual GIS Research UK Conference. (In Press.)
• ANAND.S, HOBONA G, JACKSON M, 2009. Role of Open Source GIS in sustainable development initiatives In: Reflections in Water Symposium. (In Press.)
• ANAND.S, 2009. Open Source Geospatial trends in government and National Mapping Agencies In: Ordnance Survey's Cambridge Conference Exchange. (In Press.)
• ANAND.S,, 2009. Geospatial mashups and Open Source GIS in government In: Public Sector Forums Conference. (In Press.)
• ANAND.S, 2009. Open Source Geospatial trends in government and National Mapping Agencies In: Ordnance Survey's Cambridge Conference Exchange.
• ANAND S, 2009. Geospatial Today At: Emerging Role of Open Source Geospatial Technologies in Geoinformatics
• LEIBOVICI D G, SWAN J, ANAND S, JACKSON M, 2008. Combining Attribute with Geometry for Automated Generalisation and Schematisation In: Auto Carto , USA.
• ANAND.S, WARE.J.M, JACKSON.M, SWAN. J, 2008. Evaluation results of automated schematic map tool for MobileLBS applications In: 5th International Symposium on Mobile Mapping Technology. (In Press.)
• SWAN. J, ANAND.S ,WARE J.M ,JACKSON M, 2008. Automated schematization using memetic algorithms In: 16th Annual GIS Research UK Conference.
• SWAN. J, ANAND.S ,WARE J.M ,JACKSON M, 2008. Road network schematization using web feature service- a case study In: International Conference on Cartography and GIS.
• SWAN. J, ANAND.S ,WARE J.M ,JACKSON M, 2008. Open standards based research platform for map schematization In: Tenth International Conference for Spatial Data Infrastructure.
• SWAN. J, JACKSON. M, ANAND.S ,YOU J, 2008. Persistent Test-Bed and Research Platform for Geospatial Interoperability In: EuroSDR and AGILE Workshops on Test-beds and Geospatial Web Services Interoperability, 10th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science.
• ANAND.S, SWAN.J, HOBONA G, 2008. Open Source Geospatial Software tools In: Geospatial Web Services. (In Press.)
• ANAND .S, 2008. How to unlock the massive profits the value-chain can make from digital mapping services In: Telematics Detroit. (In Press.)
• SWAN. J, ANAND. S, JACKSON. J, HOBONA. H, 2008. Map schematization use case for OGC-EuroSDR-AGILE Persistent Test Bed for Europe In: Geospatial Web Services. (In Press.)
• ANAND.S, AVELAR. S, WARE.J.M, JACKSON.M, 2007. Automated schematic map production using Simulated Annealing and Gradient Descent approaches In: 15th Annual GIS Research UK Conference.
• SWAN. J, ANAND.S ,WARE J.M ,JACKSON M, 2007. Automated schematization for web service applications Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 4857, 216-226
• ANAND.S, WARE.J.M, VAIRAVAMOORTHY.K, JACKSON.M, 2007. MobileGIS in Water Network Applications -Demand Modelling Approach In: 7th International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering.
• ANAND.S, JACKSON.M, 2007. Mobile GIS - technological and management issues In: Network for Management and Technology Integration. (In Press.)
• ANAND.S, WARE.J.M, TAYLOR.G.E, YOU.J, JACKSON.M, 2007. Automated time based schematic maps for transportation planning applications In: 14th Annual GIS Research UK Conference.
• ANAND.S, 2007. Interdisciplinary research in practice: Casestudy in MobileGIS In: Exploring Avenues to Cross-Disciplinary Research Conference. (In Press.)
• ANAND.S, WARE.J.M, SHARPLES.S, NIXON.J, JACKSON.M, 2006. Human factor considerations in Mobile Schematic mapping In: Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Information Visualisation (IEEE Computer Society). 316-324
• ANAND.S, WARE.J.M, SHARPLES.S, JACKSON.M, NIXON.J, 2006. Automated Mobile Schematic mapping: Simulated annealing technique Cognitive Processing. 7(5),
• ANAND.S, WARE.J.M, JACKSON.M, 2006. Optimization of network datasets for MobileGIS applications In: The Association of Geographic Information Conference.
• ANAND.S, YOU.J, WARE.J.M, JACKSON.M, TAYLOR.G.E, 2006. Automated travel time schematic maps for Location Based Services In: Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference.
• ANAND.S,WARE.J.M,TAYLOR.G.E, VAIRAVAMOORTHY.K, JACKSON.M,, 2006. Automated Schematic Maps for Water Network Applications- Simulated Annealing Approach In: 7th International Conference in HydroInformatics.
• ANAND, S.WARE J.M, TAYLOR G.E, 2006. Generalization and schematization of large scale digital geographic datasets for MobileGIS applications. In: , ed., Dynamic & mobile GIS: investigating change in space and time Taylor & Francis Ltd, London.
• WARE.J.M, ANAND.S TAYLOR.G.E, THOMAS.N, 2005. Automatic Generation of Schematic Maps for Mobile GIS Applications Transactions in GIS. 10(1), 25-42
• ANAND.S, WARE.J.M, TAYLOR.G.E, 2005. Schematic maps for small display location based service applications In: 13th Annual GIS Research UK Conference. (In Press.)
• ANAND.S, WARE.J.M, SHARPLES.S, NIXON.J, 2005. Human factor considerations in Mobile GIS: Schematic mapping perspective In: Disaster Management and Mitigation: The Role of Geospatial Interoperability. (In Press.)
• WARE.J.M, ANAND.S, 2005. Automated production of schematic maps for mobile applications In: Proceedings of Auto-Carto.
• ANAND.S, WARE.J.M, TAYLOR.G.E, 2004. Map Generalization for derivation of Schematic Maps from Large Scale Datasets In: The 30th Congress of the International Geographical Union.
• ANAND.S, WARE.J.M, TAYLOR.G.E, 2004. Map Generalization for OSMasterMap Data in Location Based Services & Mobile GIS Applications In: 12th International Conference on Geoinformatics - GeoSpatial Information Research : Bridging the Pacific and Atlantic.
• ANAND.S, WARE.J.M, TAYLOR.G.E, 2004. OSMasterMap : Map Generalization for Location Based Services In: Association for Geographic Information (AGI) Conference.