I am currently on sabbatical leave. For inquiries regarding the graduate program, please reach out to the Interim Director of Graduate Studies, Dr. LaToya Eaves.

Dr. Qiusheng Wu is an Associate Professor and the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Geography & Sustainability at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He also serves as an Amazon Visiting Academic. Dr. Wu specializes in geospatial data science and open-source software development, with a research focus on utilizing big geospatial data and cloud computing to study environmental changes, particularly in surface water and wetland inundation dynamics. He is the creator of several widely used open-source Python packages, including geemap, leafmap, and segment-geospatial, which are designed for advanced geospatial analysis and visualization. Explore his open-source contributions on GitHub at https://github.com/opengeos.

Courses taught at UTK:

• GEOG 111 – Our Digital Earth
• GEOG 312 – First Steps in GIS Programming
• GEOG 411 – Intermediate GIS
• GEOG 414 – Spatial Data Management
• GEOG 422 – Geographic Software Design
• GEOG 501 – Colloquium in Geography
• GEOG 510 – Geographic Software Design

Books:

Wu, Q. (2025). Introduction to GIS Programming: A Practical Python Guide to Open Source Geospatial Tools. Independently published. ISBN 979-8286979455 (Amazon | Leanpub | Source code)

Wu, Q. (2023). Earth Engine and Geemap: Geospatial Data Science with Python. 408 pages. ISBN (Print) 978-1-7387675-1-9,  ISBN (PDF) 978-1-7387675-2-6. Locate Press. (Publisher | Amazon | Source code)

YouTube Channel:

Check out his YouTube channel for open-source geospatial tutorials.