Shriram Ilavajhala
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Hello! I'm Shriram Ilavajhala. Welcome to my Web home at the University of Maryland.

I work as a Faculty Research Assistant in the Department of Geography at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD USA.

My current job responsibilities include working on cutting-edge Geographic Information Systems (GIS) research projects and developing innovative state-of-the-art Web-based GIS systems and spatial decision support systems.

Quicker ways to contact me:
  • Through Email: silav [AT] umd [DOT] edu
  • By Phone: 301-405-8105 New!
  • In person: Geography Research Laboratory, LeFrak Hall.
Shriram Ilavajhala
Areas of Interest
  • Spatial Decision Support Systems
  • Open Source WebGIS Development
  • User Interface Design
Current Research Projects
Select Publications / Papers
  • Wong, M. Min, Davies, D., Ilavajhala, S. 2008. Distributing Global Wildfire Information through the Fire Information Resource Management System (FIRMS). 2008 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, July 6-11, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Peer reviewed.)

  • Ilavajhala, S., Davies, D. 2008. Mobile Alerting of Global Wildfires in Near Real-Time. The 2008 Association of American Geographers' Annual Meeting, April 15-19 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

  • Davies, D., Ilavajhala, S., Wong, M. and Justice, C.O. 2008. Fire Information for Resource Management System: Archiving and Distributing MODIS Hotspot information. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (TGARS) Journal, Special issue on Data Archiving and Distribution. (Peer reviewed.)

  • Ilavajhala, S., Davies, D. September 2007. Putting the Pieces together: Combining different Open Source components toward developing a powerful WebGIS application framework. The 2007 Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference, Victoria, Canada. (Peer reviewed.)

  • Ilavajhala, S., Davies, D. April 2007. An Open Source GIS Solution for Delivering MODIS Fire Alerts Globally. AAG Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

  • Davies, D., & Ilavajhala, S. November 2006. Using MODIS data for Disaster Management Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS). 32nd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment. San Jose, Costa Rica, 2006.

  • Sugumaran, R., Ilavajhala, S., Sugumaran, V. October 2006. Developing a Web-based Spatial Decision Support System using Expert System and GIS, Emerging Spatial Information Systems and Applications, Idea Group Publishing, Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing and Idea Group Reference.

  • Ilavajhala, S., Sugumaran, R., Villavicencio, A., and Salim, M.D., 2005. A Web-based Intelligent GIS for efficient planning and management of snowplowing operations. AAG Annual Meeting, April 5-9, Denver, CO.

  • Ilavajhala, S. 2005. A Web-Based Intelligent Spatial Decision Support System for Planning Snow Removal Operations. Master's Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA.

  • Sugumaran, R., Ilavajhala, S., and Sugumaran, V. 2005, Experiences with Implementing a Spatial Decision Support System for Planning Snow Removal Operations, Proceedings of Americas Conference on Information Systems, Omaha, Nebraska, August 11- 14 (Peer Reviewed).

  • Ilavajhala, S., Sugumaran, S. 2005. Providing Intelligent Spatial Decision Support Using Expert System and Web Technologies. Mid-Continent Transportation Research Symposium, Ames, IA. August 18-19, 2005. (Peer Reviewed).

  • Chhabra, D., Lutz, G., Ilavajhala, S., Hall, J., Gerard., M, Pieper, R., et al. 2005. Socioeconomic Impact of Gambling on Iowans. Final Draft Presentation of Research Study to Iowa Legislative Council.

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