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=Lee De Cola= DATA to Insight

LDECOLA@COMCAST.NET

EDUCATION

 * Ph.D., Geography 1984 University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Dissertation: “A crossnational analysis of urban concentration, with particular reference to urbanization in Africa,” 343 pp.
 * Course work for the Ph.D. in Economics and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971-1974.
 * Master of City Planning 1969 University of California, Berkeley, specialization in systems and quantitative methods in planning.
 * B.A., Mathematics 1967 University of California, Berkeley.

RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

 * Virginia Tech: Data structures in geographic information systems (GIS), at West Falls Church, VA, 2010-.
 * University of Maryland Baltimore County: Professional seminars in data visualization and GIS & health, at The Universities at Shady Grove, 2010-.
 * 1990–2010 Research Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA: Environmental spatial analysis and forecasting, spatial analysis of health and health services, assistance to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.