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Marshall (Xiaogang) Ma Associate Professor
Positions
- Participating Faculty, Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation (IMCI)
- Member, Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST) , Institute for Interdisciplinary Data Sciences (IIDS)
- Research Faculty, Institute for Health in the Human Ecosystem , University of Idaho
- Member, Idaho EPSCoR 2016 -
- Associate Professor, Computer Science , College of Engineering 2022 -
- Assistant Professor, Computer Science , College of Engineering 2016 - 2022
- Associate Research Scientist, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2014 - 2016
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2012 - 2014
Xiaogang (Marshall) Ma is an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Idaho. He received his doctorate of Earth Systems Science and GIScience from University of Twente, Netherlands in 2011. Before joining UI he was an associate research scientist of Data Science and Semantic eScience at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research focuses on deploying data science in the Semantic Web to support cross-disciplinary collaboration and scientific discovery, with broad interests in participatory knowledge engineering, data interoperability and provenance, and visualized exploratory analysis of Big and Small Data. Ma is active in several international societies of data science and geoinformatics, and is experienced in research management and community service. He received the IAMG Vistelius Research Award in 2015 and the inaugural ICSU-WDS Data Stewardship Award in 2014. He won the ESIP Funding Friday Competition Award twice in 2013 and 2012.
Research Areas
- Big Data
- Data Mining
- Data Science
- Geodesy
- Geoinformatics
- Geology
- Geology, Structural
- Knowledge Engineering
- Knowledge Graph
- Remote sensing
- Semantic Web
- Water resources development
- Water--Waste
Geographic Focus
- Africa Continent
- China Country
- Europe Continent
- North America Continent
- Pacific Northwest Geographic Region
People
member of
- Idaho EPSCoR Member 2016 -
has collaborator
- Abatzoglou, John T Person
- Anderson, John W VTL Co-Manager, Associate Professor in Virtual Technology & Design
- Donohoe, Gregory Faculty Member Emeritus
- Gessler, Paul E Professor of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Ecology
- Jamil, Hasan M Associate Professor
- Liao, Felix Haifeng Associate Professor
- Sheldon, Frederick T Professor
- Sheneman, Luke Director, UI Northwest Knowledge Network (NKN)
attended event
- AGU Fall Meeting 2015
- AGU Fall Meeting 2016
- AbSciCon2017 2017
- Annual Idaho NSF-EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) Conference 2016 -
- Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers 2014
- ESIP Summer Meeting 2016
- ESIP Winter Meeting 2016
- Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2016
- International Data Week 2016
- RDA 8th Plenary Meeting 2016
- SciDataCon 2016 2016
Publications
selected publications
editor of
presentations
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invited talk
- An entity linking service for documents and datasets in Earth , ESIP Testbed Showcase Webcast 2015
- Exploring the Web of Data for Earth and Environmental Sciences, McGill University 2015
- Geodata sharing and application in the Semantic Web, China University of Geosciences 2015
- Geoinformatics in the Semantic Web, IAMG Conference 2015
- Illuminate Knowledge Elements in Geoscience Literature, AGU Fall Meeting 2015
- Science 3.0: Open Science in an Open World, Global Young Academy Annual Meeting 2015
- A Golden Spike Information Portal Enabled by Semantic Technologies and Data Visualization, Webinar - NSF EarthCube Collaboration and Cyberinfrastructure for Paleogeosciences 2014
- A formal geologic time model and its application for harmonizing heterogeneous geoscience information, The Deep-Time Data Workshop 2014
- Capturing and Presenting Provenance of Global Change Research, Tetherless World Constellation TWed Talk Series 2014
- Data Sharing and Interoperability in the Deep Carbon Observatory, EarthCube Data Facilities Workshop 2014
- Deep Carbon Virtual Observatory: Leveraging data science to facilitate earth science research, DCO EPC Workshop 2014
- Deep Earth Computer: A Platform for Linked Science of the Deep Carbon Observatory Community, Deep Carbon Observatory Early Career Scientist Workshop 2014
- Deep-Time Data Infrastructure, The Deep-Time Data Workshop 2014
- Deep-Time Data Infrastructure: A socio-technical System, The Deep-Time Data Workshop 2014
- Experience in Ontology Engineering with the Global Change Information System, Webinar of ESIP 2014
- Knowledge evolution in distributed geoscience datasets and the role of semantic technologies, AGU Fall Meeting 2014
- Semantic similarity computation and concept mapping in Earth and environmental science, Poster Advisor, ESIP Winter Meeting 2014
- Technologies and Functionalities of the Platform for Linked Science of the Deep Carbon Observatory Community, Deep Carbon Observatory Early Career Scientist Workshop 2014
- Why Data Science Matters, SciDataCon 2014
- Why Data Science Matters and What We Can Do With It, DCO Summer School 2014
- A Use Case-Driven Iterative Method for Building a Provenance-Aware GCIS Ontology, ESIP Summer Meeting 2013
- Data Management Plans for the Deep Carbon Observatory: What, Why and How?, Deep Carbon Observatory International Science Meeting 2013
- Deep Energy Science Discovery using DCO's Data Infrastructure, Management, and Science Network, DCO - Deep Energy Workshop 2013
- Form interoperability to interactivity: a test of exploratory visualization with semantic web technologies, ESIP Winter Meeting 2013
- Geo-Informatics and the Semantic Web, Webinar for Purdue University 2012
- Ontology Spectrum for Geological Data Interoperability, China University of Geosciences 2011
- Building and Using Geoscience Thesauri, Geological Survey of the Netherlands 2010
- Development of a SKOS-based Multilingual Thesaurus for Automatic Translation of Geological Time Scale Terms in Online Geological Maps, IUGS-CGI and OneGeology-Europe International Geoscience Language Workshop 2010
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presentation
- Adoption of RDA DTR and PID in Deep Carbon Observatory Data Portal, RDA Fifth Plenary Meeting 2015
- RDA DTR and PID in the Deep Carbon Observatory Data Portal, Writer, RDA Sixth Plenary Meeting 2015
- Encoding meanings into maps and visualization: an example of semantically enhanced geologic map service, AAG Annual Meeting 2014
- Linked Vocabulary API for the Earth Sciences Community, Presenter, AGU Fall Meeting 2014
- Ontology development for provenance tracing in National Climate Assessment of the US Global Change Research Program, AGU Fall Meeting 2013
- Exploratory visualization of earth science data in a Semantic Web context, AGU Fall Meeting 2012
- Modelling and approaching pragmatic interoperability of distributed geoscience data, EGU General Assembly 2010
Research
research overview
- Dr. Ma's research focuses on deploying data science in the Semantic Web to support cross-disciplinary collaboration and scientific discovery, with broad interests in participatory knowledge engineering, data interoperability and provenance, and visualized exploratory analysis of Big and Small Data.
principal investigator on
- Elements: Software: HDR: A knowledge base of deep time to facilitate automated workflows in studying the co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere awarded by NSF Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) 2018 - 2021
- Leveraging Data Science to Explore Co-Relationships Between Elements and Minerals 2017 - 2018
- An Entity Linking Service for Documents and Datasets in Earth and Environmental Sciences awarded by Foundation for Earth Sciences 2015
- Exploratory Visualization of Earth Science Data in Semantic Web awarded by Foundation for Earth Sciences 2012 - 2013
- IAMG Student Chapter at ITC, University of Twente awarded by International Association for Mathematical Geosciences 2010 - 2011
- Ontology Spectrum for Geological Data Interoperability awarded by ITC Research Fund 2008 - 2011
- 3D Visualization of Geologic Bodies and Kriging Method awarded by International Association for Mathematical Geosciences 2006 - 2007
co-principal investigator on
- Deploying Research Data Alliance Data Type Registry and Persistent Identifier Information Types in the Deep Carbon Observatory Data Portal 2015
- CODATA: Early Career Data Professionals Group 2014 - 2015
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: Deep Carbon Observatory Data Science Day 2014
- Semantic Similarity Computation and Concept Mapping in the Earth and Environmental Sciences awarded by Foundation for Earth Sciences 2013 - 2014
investigator on
Teaching
teaching activities
- CS 404/504 Data Science Instructor 2017
- ISEM 301 The Beauty of Data Science Instructor 2017
Service
reviewer of
- Applied Ontology (Journal)
- Cluster Computing (Journal)
- Computers Environment and Urban Systems (Journal)
- Computers and Geosciences (Journal)
- Data Science Journal (Journal)
- Earth Science Informatics (Journal)
- Environmental Management (Journal)
- Environmental Modelling and Software (Journal)
- Expert Systems with Applications (Journal)
- GeoResJ (Journal)
- IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (Journal)
- ISPRS International Journal of Geo-information (Journal)
- International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (Journal)
- International Journal of Digital Earth (Journal)
- International Journal of Geographic Information Science (Journal)
- International Journal of Information Retrieval Research (Journal)
- International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology (Journal)
- International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (Journal)
- Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (Journal)
- Oceanographic and Marine Cross Domain Data Management for Sustainable Development (Book)
- Semantic Web (Journal)
- Spatial Cloud Computing: A Practical Approach (Book)
- Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (Journal)
- The Semantic Web in Earth and Space Science: Current Status and Future Directions (Book)
- Transactions in GIS (Periodical)
professional service activities
- International Union for Geological Sciences Representative to CODATA 2017 -
- CODATA Task Group Leader 2016 -
- International Association for Mathematical Geosciences Councilor 2016 - 2020
outreach and community service activities
- 2014 Deep Carbon Observatory Summer School Data Science Instructor 2014
- International Association for Mathematical Geosciences President of Student Chapter at University of Twente 2010 - 2011
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Earth Systems Science & GIScience, University of Twente 2011
- Ph.D. in D. Eng: Geoinformatics Engineering, China University of Geosciences 2009
- B.E. in Land Resource Management, China University of Geosciences 2002
awards and honors
advisee of
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faculty mentoring relationship
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graduate advising relationship
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postdoc or fellow advising relationship
Contact
full name
- Marshall (Xiaogang) Ma
mailing address
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Computer Science Department, Univ. of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 1010
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1010
USA