Stephen C. Hirtle
Professor
2B01 IS Building
412-624-9434
shirtle@sis.pitt.edu
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Institution of highest degree:
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Research Interests:
Spatial information, cognitive science, geographic information systems, information visualization, cluster analysis, data mining.
Recent Publications:
Hirtle, S. C. Landmarks for navigation in humans and robots. In M.E. Jefferies and W.-K. Yeap (Eds.) Spatial Mapping Approaches in Robotic and Natural Mapping Systems. New York: Springer.
Hirtle, S. C. & Sorrows, M. E. (2007). Navigation in electronic environments. In G. Allen (Ed.), Applied Spatial Cognition: From Research to Cognitive Technology (pp. 103-126). Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Hirtle, S. C. (2006). Information design for the support of navigation. In J. Portugali (Ed.), Complex Artificial Environments: Simulation, Cognition and VR in the Study and Planning of Cities (pp. 235-244). Berlin: Springer.
Mark, D. M., Smith, B., Egenhofer, M. & Stephen Hirtle, S. C. (2004). Ontological foundations for geographic information science, In R.B. McMaster and L. Usery (eds.), Research Challenges in Geographic Information Science. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.