Dr. Shaowen Wang

Professor

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Biography

Shaowen Wang is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science and the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He holds affiliate faculty appointments in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and the School of Information Sciences. Currently, he serves as Associate Dean for Natural Mathematical Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and is a Senior Faculty Fellow in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. He is the founding director of the CyberGIS Center for Advanced Digital Spatial Studies and leads the national Institute for Geospatial Understanding through an Integrative Discovery Environment (I-GUIDE) funded by the National Science Foundation. Previous positions include Head of the Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science and Associate Director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications CyberGIS. His research focuses on advancing cyberGIS, geospatial data science, and spatial artificial intelligence to develop scalable solutions for complex geospatial problems and sustainability challenges.

Research Interests

Courses

Getting Started with CyberGIS Advanced Digital Spatial Studies Principles of GIS Advanced GIS Foundations of CyberGIS Geospatial Data Science Introduction to GIS

Requirements for University of Illinois

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:17
Reading
Required:19
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:103
GRE General
Prerequisites
Mathematical background Linear Algebra Calculus
Application Checklist
  • Online application
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  • 3 Letters of Recommendation
  • Academic Statement of Purpose
  • Resume/CV
Specialization Notes

GRE is optional for admission to all graduate programs in Statistics. Full status admission requires higher language scores than limited status.