Principal investigator : Dr. WEN, Tzai-Hung  溫在弘    中文簡歷
  Academic Identifiers:  ORCID: 0000-0002-9151-8336 | Web of Science ResearcherID: H-2635-2018
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    My academic career focuses on shaping the knowledge of geographic information science (GIScience) and developing geospatial computational methods for improving the understanding of public health and the human environment. I began this work when I was trained as a doctoral student in the National Taiwan University (NTU) Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering in 2000-2006, and afterwards a postdoctoral fellow at the Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica in 2007-2008. My early independent research and teaching experiences started in Spring 2008, as being a project-appointed Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at NTU, which was funded by the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan-CDC). During these periods, I broadened my scope to conduct geospatial studies on infectious disease transmission dynamics.
    In August 2009, I joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in the NTU Department of Geography. I was promoted to Associate Professor in 2013 and Full Professor in 2017. My major research topics focus on modeling geospatial process in human environment, especially spatial diffusion of epidemics, population mobility structures, and human-environment interactions from local, regional to global scales . Currently and in the near future, I am developing three main interdisciplinary research tracks. The first, I concentrate on developing geospatial computational algorithms for profiling collective human behaviors in time and space. The second track is from a spatial epidemiological perspective on characterizing spatial-temporal structures of diffusion and detecting the outbreak thresholds for epidemic early warning. The last, my research interests also cover the statistical analysis of serial event data in time and space, such as trajectories of pedestrians, serial crimes, eye tracking or any movement data. In recent years, my research/teaching accomplishments include the Excellent Young Investigator Grant awarded from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) in Taiwan (2014-2016); the Wu Da-Yu Memorial Award from the MOST (2015), which is the most prestigious recognition for young investigators in Taiwan; the Breakthrough Technology Award from the MOST's Future Tech Expo (2017); the NTU Teaching Awards (2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2023) and the Faculty Merit Pay (2016-2023). I am also in charge of several academic journal editorial boards, departments and associations, including editor-in-chief of Journal of Population Studies (2020-2023), guest editor of  Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease (2022-2023), the chairpersons of NTU Department of Geography (2018-2021), the Geographical Society of ROC (2019-2022), and the Chinese Cartographic Association (2019-2023).
    My research continues to be focusing on examining the causes, process and impacts of geospatial spreading and mobility in time and space, especially visualizing and analyzing multidimensional spatial-temporal data from mobile geo-sensors, crowdsourced and open data platforms. Through shaping advanced geospatial sciences, these studies will provide  better understandings of spatial-temporal structures and behavior interactions in human environment.

Curriculum Vitae  | English | 中文版 | 

Education

Working Experiences [Full time]

Academic Services [Part time]

* Academic Directorship	* 學術行政
2024/06 - present    Division Director, NTU Center for Weather and Climate Disaster Research	臺大氣候天氣災害研究中心 綜合業務組長
2023/08 - present    Division Director, NTU Center for Population and Gender Studies	臺大人口與性別研究中心 人口研究組長
2021/01 - present    Director, NTU Spatial Information Research Center	臺大理學院空間資訊研究中心 主任
2018/08 - 2021/07   Chair, NTU Department of Geography	臺大地理環境資源學系 系主任
2014/01 - 2017/07   Division Director, NTU Global Change Research Center	臺大全球變遷研究中心 組長
2010/08 - 2018/07   Division Director, NTU Center for Population and Gender Studies	臺大人口與性別研究中心 組長
* Joint Faculty	* 合聘教師
2024/08 - present     NTU Graduate Institute of Public Affairs	臺大公共事務研究所 link
2023/06 - present     Mahidol University (Thailand) Department of Epidemiology	泰國瑪希敦大學流行病學系 (兼任教授) link
2022/02 - present     NTU Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine	臺大流行病學與預防醫學研究所 link
2021/08 - present     NTU TIGP in Earth System Science (TIGP-ESS)	臺大地球系統科學國際研究生學程 link
2020/08 - present     NTU Center for Teacher Education	臺大師資培育中心 link
2013/02 - present     NTU Master's Program in Statistics	臺大統計碩士學位學程 link
2009/08 - present     MOHW-NTU Infectious Disease Research and Education Center	衛福部暨臺大傳染病防治研究及教育中心 link
2008/02 - 2009/07    Department of History, National Chengchi University (adjunct)	政大歷史學系 (兼任)
* NTU Faculty Representative	* 臺大各級會議教師代表
2019-2021 Committee Member, NTU Campus Planning Office	臺大校園規劃小組委員
2015-2016, 2020-2021 University Affairs Council	臺大校務會議
2014, 2016, 2018-2021 College Affairs Council, NTU College of Science	臺大理學院院務會議
2018- present College Faculty Evaluation Committee, NTU College of Science	臺大理學院教師評審委員會
* Academic Outreach	* 學術社群參與
2020/01 - 2023/12   Council Member, Chinese Federation of Surveying & Mapping	中華測繪聯合會 理事 link
2019/11 - 2023/11   Chairperson, Chinese Cartographic Association	中華民國地圖學會 理事長
2019/08 - 2022/08   National Committee (Chinese Taipei) of International Geographical Union	國際地理聯合會 國家委員代表 (中華臺北)  link
2018/09 - 2022/08   Council Member, Taiwan Geographic Information Society (TGIS)	臺灣地理資訊學會 理事
2018/08 - 2020/07   Open Government Data Consultation Committee, Taiwan EPA	行政院環保署 政府資料開放諮詢小組
2018/01 - 2019/12   MOST Grant Review Committee on Regional Science & Geography	科技部 區域研究及地理學門 複審委員
2018/01 - 2020/12   MOST Grant Review Committee on Geospatial Information Technology	科技部 空間資訊科技學門 複審委員
2017/11 - 2019/10   Secretary-General, Chinese Cartographic Association	中華民國地圖學會 秘書長
2017/08 - 2023/07   Executive Council Member/Supervisor, Population Association of Taiwan	臺灣人口學會 常務理事/監事
2017/08 - 2023/07   Council Member (as Chairperson 2019-2022), Geographical Society	中華民國地理學會 理事長
2016/03 - 2019/12   National Mosquito-Borne Diseases Control Research Center	國家蚊媒傳染病研究中心 防疫研究專家
* Journal Editorial Board	* 學術期刊編輯
2022/01 - 2023/01   Guest Editor of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	《熱帶醫學與傳染病》客座主編 (SCI)
2021/06 - 2021/12  Guest Editor of GeoDigital Life (2021. Vol.3)	國土資訊系統《空間數位生活》特刊主編
2020/02 - 2023/07  Editor-in-chief, Journal of Population Studies (Digital Communication)	《人口學刊》主編 (TSSCI) link (人口異溫層)
2018/03 - present    Editorial Board (Biostatistics and Methods), BMC Public Health	《BMC Public Health》編輯委員 (SCI)
2015/09 - 2018/07   Editorial Board, Journal of Geographical Science	《地理學報》編輯委員會 (TSSCI)
2013/08 - 2017/07   Editor-in-chief, Bulletin of the Geographical Society	《中華民國地理學會會刊》主編
2011/08 - 2019/07   Editorial Board/Deputy Editor, Journal of Population Studies	《人口學刊》編輯委員會/責任編輯 (TSSCI)
* High-School Geography Education & Promotion	* 高中地理教育與推廣
2013/01 - present   College Entrance Examination Center	大學入學考試中心 (地理科)
2012/01 - present   Editorial Board for High-School Geography Textbooks	高中地理教科書 編輯團隊
2011/10 - 2018/09  Geography Olympiad Committee, Geographical Society	地理學會  地理奧林匹亞競賽委員
* International Engagement	* 國際學術參與
2019 - 2022  National Committee of International Geographical Union (IGU)	國際地理聯合會 國家委員代表
2019  Session Chair, International Cartographic Conference (ICC)	國際地圖學研討會 議程主持人
2017 - present  External Reviewer, Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong	香港研究資助局 外部審查人
2017 Committee Member for Asian Seminar in Regional Science (ASRC)	區域科學亞洲地區會議 籌備委員
2016 - 2019 Joint Research, Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo	日本東京大學 國際合作計畫
2015 Program Review Committee for Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)	電腦模擬國際研討會 議程審查委員
2013 - 2017  Program Review Committee for PNC Conference	太平洋鄰里會議 議程審查委員
2013 External Reviewer, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research	荷蘭科學研究組織 外部審查人

Awards and Honors     

Contact
     Phone: 886-2-3366-5847 (Office)
     E-mail: wenthung@ntu.edu.tw
     Mailing Address:  Room No. 501, Department of Geography, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan.