Helena Mitasova
Professor
Associate Director for Geovisualization at the Center for Geospatial Analytics
Bio
I teach a graduate course focused on Geospatial Modeling and Analysis and advanced special topics courses including UAV/LIDAR Data Analytics and Geocomputing and Simulations. My expertise is in spatial interpolation and topographic analysis, lidar and UAV data applications, hydrologic and erosion modeling. I am also interested in geovisualization and tangible interfaces. I am active in the open source geospatial community as a member of the OSGeo Foundation and the Open Source GRASS GIS Project Steering Committee. Our NCSU GeoForAll Lab is a core laboratory at the Center for Geospatial Analytics.
NCSU GeoForAll Lab: publications and presentations
Education
MS Geodetic Cartography Slovak Technical University 1981
PhD Geodetic Cartography Slovak Technical University 1987
Area(s) of Expertise
Students in my group conduct research at the Center for Geospatial Analytics using advanced geovisualization technologies and open source GIS. We use tangible geospatial modeling environments, dynamic simulations of landscape processes, and analysis of lidar and UAS data time series to investigate coastal evolution, soil erosion control, natural hazards and sustainable land management. We also study geospatial aspects of human health and environment focusing on water quality, PFAS and COVID-19.