Teaching
Course syllabi, teaching awards, and academic experience.
Course Syllabi
- INFOSCI 102 — Computation and Problem Solving
- More current syllabi coming here
Former Class Materials
- INFOSCI 302 — Introduction to GIS
- More former syllabi coming here
Research and Teaching Awards
- Duke Kunshan University Data+X Grant, Jointly Awarded with Keping Wu
- Duke Kunshan University Faculty Travel Grant, 2021
- Duke Kunshan University Summer Research Scholarship Program, 2021
- Center for Contemporary China Studies at Duke Kunshan University, Summer Research Grant, 2021
- AWS China Research Grant, 2020, 2,900 USD
- Google Research COVID-19 Rapid Grant, 2020, 3,500 USD
- University of Wisconsin–Madison Teaching Academy, Future Faculty Partner, 2014
- University of Wisconsin–Madison Teaching Academy, Vilas Travel Grant, 2014
- University of Wisconsin–Madison Wisconsin Ecology Community Building Grant, Charles Chang, Jiangxiao Qiu, and Huan Gu, 2014
- University of Wisconsin–Madison Global Steward Sustainability Prize, Honorable Mention, Charles Chang and Zhiwei Ye, 2013
- National Science Foundation, Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT), Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development in Southwest China, 2010–2011
Teaching and Research Project Experience
- 2020–2021 Lecturer, Social Science Division, Duke Kunshan University
Computation and Problem Solving (Fall 2020, Spring 2021) - 2019 Lecturer, East Asian Studies, Sociology, and Anthropology, Yale University
Digital China: Using Computational Methods to Illuminate Society, Politics, Culture, and History (Spring 2019) - 2017 Lecturer, Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University
Digital China: Using Computational Methods to Illuminate Society, Politics, Communication, and Environment (Spring 2017)
Guest Lecturer, Department of Communication, Stanford University
Big Data and Causal Inference (Winter 2017)
Guest Lecturer, Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University
Core course for master program (Fall 2016) - 2014–2016 Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Introduction to GIS (Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015)
Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Summer 2015) - 2012–2014 Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Introduction to GIS (Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013)
GIS Application (Spring 2014)
Project specialist, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Summer 2013, Summer 2014)
Studied policies related to water quality in the Yahara Watershed, Wisconsin - 2009–2012 Research Assistant, Center for Sustainability and Global Environment, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Assessed urbanization and underlying socioeconomic changes in Western China - 2006–2009 Research Assistant, Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences
Integrated multi-dimensional information to understand risks of a handful of infectious diseases, such as SARS, H1N1, and H5N1
Research Assistant, Joint research team of second China–European Union Dragon Program
Modeled the spread and potential risks of avian influenza
Research Assistant, State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Studied spatial and temporal distribution of epidemics with assistance of geoinformatics
Research Assistant, State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science
Studied spatial clustering of infectious diseases and their environmental risks