Zong-Guo Xia
Area of Expertise
Professor Zong-Guo Xia’s teaching and research interests include computer & analytical cartography, remote sensing, digital image processing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and their applications in environmental modeling, natural resources management, urban & regional planning, and policy analysis.
Degrees
Central South University (in China), Geology, B.S., 1976
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, Geological Science, M.S., 1983
State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, Geography, M.A., 1985
Graduate Center of the City University of New York Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ph.D., 1993
Professional Publications & Contributions
Representative Publications
Hongyan Cui, Bo Zhang, Yuyang Chen, Tao Yu, Zong-Guo Xia, and Yunjie Liu, 2019. SDN-Based Optimization Model of Virtual Machine Live Migration Over Layer 2 Networks, in Bhatia S., Tiwari S., Mishra K., and Trivedi M. (eds.), Advances in Computer Communication and Computational Sciences, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 760, Springer, Singapore, P. 473-483.
Hongyan Cui, Zunming Chen, Longfei Yu, Kun Xie, and Zong-Guo Xia, 2017. Authentication Mechanism for Network Applications in SDN Environments: 2017 20th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), December 17-20, 2017, Bali, Indonesia, doi: 10.1109/WPMC.2017.8301788, p. 1-5.
Hongyan Cui, Linfei Yang, Tao Yu, Yajun Fang, Honggang Zhang, and Zong-Guo Xia, 2017. Load Balancing Scheme for Data Center Based on SDN: 2017 20th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), December 17-20, 2017, Bali, Indonesia, doi: 10.1109/WPMC.2017.8301843, p. 385-391.
Hongyan Cui, Tao Yu, Lili Zheng, Tao Wang, Guoping Zhang, and Zong-Guo Xia, 2017. How to Insure Reliability and Delay in Multi-Controller Deployment: Proceedings of the 5th Annual 2017 International Conference on Geo-Spatial Knowledge and Intelligence, December 8-10, 2017, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Springer, Singapore, p. 146-157.
Hongyan Cui, Xiaofei Liu, Tao Yu, Honggang Zhang, Yajun Fang, and Zong-Guo Xia, 2017. “Cloud Service Scheduling Algorithm Research and Optimization,” Security and Communication Networks, vol. 2017, Article ID 2503153, doi:10.1155/2017/2503153, 7 pages.
Xia, Zong-Guo, 2013. Missions of Different Types of Academic Institutions in the United States: In Daren Huang (Editor), Organization and Administration of Higher Education, The Commercial Press, Beijing, p. 311-328.
Tu, Jun, and Xia, Zong-Guo, 2008. Examining Spatially Varying Relationships between Land Use and Water Quality Using Geographically Weighted Regression I: Model Design and Evaluation, Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 407, No. 1, p. 358-378.
Tu, Jun, Xia, Zong-Guo, Clarke, Keith, and Frei, Allan, 2007. Impact of Urban Sprawl on Water Quality in Eastern Massachusetts, USA: Environmental Management, Vol. 40, p. 183-200.
Liu, Wenbao, Xia, Zong-Guo, and Honglei Dai, 2002. A New Approach for Assessing the Positional Accuracy of Maps Generated by GIS Overlay Operations: Geo-Spatial Information Science, Vol. 5, No. 2, p. 45-50.
Dai, Hong-Lei, Xia, Zong-Guo, and Huang, Xing-Yuan, 2002. Analysis of Visual Indices of Positional Uncertainty in GIS: Journal of Image and Graphics, Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 165-169.
Liu, Wenbao, Xia, Zong-Guo, and Deng, Min, 2001. Modeling Geographic Objects within Fuzzy Fields: Geo-Spatial Information Science, Vol. 4, No. 4, p. 37-42.
Liu, Wenbao, Deng, Min, and Xia, Zong-Guo, 2000. Modeling Positional Errors of Geographic Lines in Vector GIS: Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 4, No. 4, p. 316-321.
Gong, Jianya, and Xia, Zong-Guo, 1999. An Integrated Data Model in Three Dimensional GIS: Geo-Spatial Information Science, Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 1-8.
Gao, Feng, Strahler, Alan H., Lucht, Wolfgang, Xia, Zong-Guo, and Li, Xiaowen, 1998. Retrieving Albedo in Small Sample Size: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, July 6-10, 1998, Seattle, Washington, Vol. V, p. 2411-2413.
Henderson, Floyd M., and Xia, Zong-Guo, 1998. Chapter 15: Radar Applications in Urban Analysis, Settlement Detection, and Population Estimation: In Floyd M. Henderson and Anthony J. Lewis, (Editors), Manual of Remote Sensing, Volume II, Principles and Applications of Imaging Radar, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, p. 733-768.
Henderson, Floyd M., and Xia, Zong-Guo, 1997. SAR Applications in Human Settlement Detection, Population Estimation and Urban Land Use Pattern Analysis: A Status Report: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 79-85.
Xia, Zong-Guo, and Henderson, Floyd M., 1997. Understanding the Relationships between Radar Response Patterns and the Bio- and Geophysical Parameters of Urban Areas: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 35, No. 1, p. 93-101.
Xia, Zong-Guo, and Clarke, Keith C., 1997. Approaches to Scaling of Geo-Spatial Data: in Dale A. Quattrochi and Michael F. Goodchild, (Editors), Scale in Remote Sensing and GIS, CRC/Lewis Publishers, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, p. 309-360.
Gao, Jay, and Xia, Zong-Guo, 1996. Fractals in Physical Geography: Progress in Physical Geography, Vol. 20, No. 2, p. 178-191.
Additional Information
Professor Zong-Guo Xia was a Co-Director of the Joint Center for GIS and Spatial Analysis at the University of Cincinnati from 1990 to 1993 and the Director of the Program in Geographic Information Technologies at the University of Massachusetts Boston from 1993 to 2003. He was the Chairman of the Department of Environmental, Geographic & Geological Sciences and then the founding Vice President in Information Technology/Chief Information Officer at Lehman College. He became the Associate Provost for Graduate Studies at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2008, and was the Vice Provost for Research & Strategic Initiatives and Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston from 2009 to 2017. He served as the Chair of the Faculty Council of the University of Massachusetts Boston from 2022 to 2024.