Shashi Shekhar McKnight Distinguished University Professor Department of Computer Science Institute of Technology University of Minnesota shekhar at cs dot umn dot edu (612) 624-8307 :fax: (612) 625-0572 address: 4-192, EE/CS Bldg., 200 Union St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Overview:	Biography ,
Research:
	Interests: Spatial Databases, Data and Knowledge Engineering, Spatial Data Mining Book: Spatial Databases: A Tour (Prentice Hall 2003, ISBN 0-13-017480-7): flyer Overview: text, talks Details : Group home for Papers, slides, etc. , Current projects , Open problems , Proposal Related Info.
Teaching:	Fall 2008: CS 4707 (DataBase I)
	Old Portfolios
Service:
	Geo Informatica Journal: website , flyer , ranking
	NAS NRC - Mapping Science Committee
	Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science: brochure , index , website , CHOICE review,
Other:	Related Links
	Spatio-temporal Data Mining: Story (SoundByte 2007), overview ,
	Evacuation Route Planning: Story 1 , Story 2 , overview , Fox 9 video ( avi - 65Mb , quicktime H.264 - 128Mb ) ; umfoundation video avi ),
	Why Spatial ?: Nature on Mapping Opportunities , NYT on GIS , National Academies on Learning to Think Spatially , Wikipedia on GIS , Spatial Databases ,
	Spatial Applications: NewScientist ( Crime Mapping , ), NYT:( spatial clustering of innovation ), Fortune ( Homeland Defense ), AAAS: ( Human Rights and GIS ), ,
	Local spatial data: MetroGIS , Twincities (false color composite) ,