Phil Graniero

Associate Professor
Leader, Sensor Web Automation Network (SWAN)
Program Chair, Environmental Studies

Phone: 519-253-3000 ext. 2485 Office: GLIER Rm 303
Memorial Hall Rm 211
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Expertise:

• GIS, geospatial technology, and Sensor Webs
• Software development methods
• Spatial simulation modeling
• Watershed hydrology

Education:
Ph.D. 2001, Environmental Modeling, Geographic Information Systems, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M.E.S 1996, Hydrology, Geographic Information Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
B.E.S 1994, Geography, Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Past Academic Positions:

• Assistant Professor (tenured), Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada, 2005-2007
  
• Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Earth & Environmental Science, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada, 2001-2005
  
• Lecturer, Earth & Environmental Science, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada, 2000-2001
  
• Teaching Assistant Coordinator, Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1999-2000
  

Research Interests:
My research group creates new geospatial tools and technologies for solving resource and hazard management problems. We develop advanced software to integrate geographic information technology, terrain and environmental models, and environmental sensor networks into spatial decision support systems. We are developing these systems in the context of real-time, adaptive hydrological and watershed monitoring, as well as real-time hazard monitoring (e.g. floods, slope failures and landslides).

Recent and Selected Publications:
McCarthy, J.D., Graniero, P.A., Rozic, S.M. 2008. An integrated GIS-expert system framework for live hazard monitoring and detection. Sensors 8:830-846.

Janeur, N., McCarthy, J.D., Xing, X., Graniero, P.A. 2008. A knowledge-oriented meta-framework for integrating sensor network infrastructures, Computer & Geoseciences 34(4):12 pp doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2008.04.006 In Press.

Graniero, P.A. 2007. The influence of landscape heterogeneity and local habitat effects on the response to competitive pressures in metapopulations. Ecological Modelling 203(3-4):97-109.

Richardson, M.C., Branfireun, B.A., Robinson, V.B., Graniero, P.A. 2007. Towards simulating biogeochemical hot spots in the landscape: a geographic object-based approach. Journal of Hydrology 342(1-2): 97-109.

McCarthy, J.D., Graniero, P.A. 2006. A GIS-based borehole data management and 3D visualization system. Computers & Geosciences, 32(10):1699-1708.

Current Research Projects:

• New environmental monitoring systems that are easier to design and configure, and that can more easily provide intensive measurements in difficult field environments
• New measurement and analysis strategies that provide more relevant information about environmental conditions and events
• New monitoring systems that automatically examine measurements in the context of the landscape and the monitoring problem, and adjust the data collection strategy to better capture critical environmental events.

Current Graduate Students:

• Dan D’Alimonte (M.Sc. candidate – Earth Sciences)
• Haibin Dong (Research Programmer)
  

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