School of Information Sciences

Hassan Karimi

Associate Professor

713 IS Building
412-624-4449

hkarimi@sis.pitt.edu
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Institution of highest degree:
Ph.D. University of Calgary

Research Interests:

Geoinformatics (Geospatial Information Systems, Global Navigation Satellite Systems, Remote Sensing), navigation, location-based services, mobile computing, computational geometry, parallel/distributed/grid computing, spatial analysis algorithms.

Recent Publications:

Liu, S. and Karimi, H.A. Grid Query Optimizer to Improve Query Processing in Grids. Future Generation Computer Systems. Vol. 24, pp. 342-353 (2008).

Akinci, B., Karimi, H.A., Pradhan, A., Wu, C., and Fichtl, G. CAD and GIS Interoperability through Semantic Web Services. ITcon, Vol. 13, pp. 39-56 (2008).

Karimi, H. A., Sutovsky, P., and Durcik, M. Accuracy and Performance Assessment of a Window-Based Heuristic Algorithm for Real-Time Routing in Map-Based Mobile Applications. In Map-Based Mobile Services—Design, Interaction and Usability (Eds: Meng, L., Zipf, A., and Winter, S). Springer (2008).

Liu, X. and Karimi, H. A. Semantic Discovery of Protein Web Services. The 2008 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP’08). Las Vegas, July (2008).

Kasemsuppakorn, P. and  Karimi, H. A. Data Requirements and Spatial Database for Personalized Wheelchair Navigation. 2nd International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology. Bangkok, Thailand, May 13-15 (2008).

Karimi, H. A. (Ed.) Handbook of Research on Geoinformatics. IGI Global (2008).

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