Cources and Supervising  Geographical Information System and their applications Mathematical modeling and simulations in geography and ecology Applied statistics and geostatistics

Courses

• Introduction to geoinformatics (BA), together with Prof Eyal Ben-Dor and Mr. Zion Struk
  Introductory course for beginners. The basic notions of Geodesy, Remote Sensing, GIS and Saptial Analysis. Software - MapInfo
• Fundamentals of GIS (BA)
  Annual course for beginners. Vector and raster data structures, thematic mapping, spatial databases, SQL, topology, georeferencing, address matching, basic methods of spatial analysis,
  3D, Coordinate systems, Algorithms. Software - ArcGIS, MapInfo.
• Quantitative methods in Geography (BA)
  Application of statistical methods in geographic research. Linear regression, Cross-Tabulation, Analysis of spatial patterns, Multiple regerssion, Planning of experiment.
  Software - SPSS, Geoda, ArcGIS.
• Modeling and Simulation in Geography (BA)
  Course for beginners. Review of the geographic modeling from 1950s with focus on the Cellular Automata and Agent-Based Systems. Software - Excel, NetLogo
• Spatial decision-making (MA)
  Course for advanced GIS students. Multi-criteria decision making and its implementation in GIS, architecture of Decision Support Systems, organization of databases for Spatial DSS. Software - ArcGIS
• Establishing enterprise GIS (MA)
  Course for advanced GIS students. Relational DBMS theory, SQL3, Client-Server architecture, Building simple client applications, GIS and Internet. Software - Microsoft SQL Server, ArcGIS.
• Advanced statistical methods in geography (MA)
  Multidimensional statistical methods - cluster analysis, factor analysis, canonical variables analysis, multivariate analysis of variance. Software - SPSS
• Geostatistics (MA)
  Spatial autocorrelation, Variogram, Kriging, Simulation, Spatial sampling. Software - ArcGIS, Geostatistical analysis module

PhD Students

• Shlomit Flint, 2006, (with Dr. Nurit Alfasi, BGU) Statutory planning versus urban reality: Jerusalem as a test case
• Gennady Waizman, 2007, (with Prof. Shraga Shouval, AUC) High-Resolution Modeling of Vehicle-Pedestrian Interactions
• Yulia Grinblat, 2009, (with Prof Daniel Czamanski, Technion) Land-use dynamics on the urban-agriculture-nature interface
• Daniel Broitman, 2009, (Technion, with Prof Daniel Czamanski) The fusion of economic and non-economic factors in the land-use models
• Yonathan Almagor, 2009, (with Dr. Nurit Alfasi, BGU) The role of developers in city dynamics: field studies and simulation modeling

PhD Graduated

• Adital Levi, graduated 2006, Association between Air Pollution and Acute Respiratory Illnesses in Tel-Aviv area
• Erez Hatna, graduated 2007, Individual Behavior and Emerging City Structure  

MA Students

• Amit Rozenthal, 2010, High-resolution modeling of the bus accessibility in the city
• Jenny Shavit, 2010, High-resolution modeling of the car accessibility in the city
• Asaf Bar Josef, 2010, Private car versus public trasport in the city
• Nadav Levy, 2010, Development of the model of drivers' parking behavior and cruising for parking in the city
• Tiferet Zilberman, 2010, Vulnerability of the Northern Negev landscapes
• Eilon Blank, 2010, Experimental studies of the drivers' and pedestrians' behavior on the road junctions
• David Tal, 2010, Development of the web-based catalog and search engine for the library of historical maps
• Diana Khachaturyan, 2009, The influence of rapid transit network (metro) on accessibility in Tel Aviv metropolitan
• Igor Aksinenko, from 2008, Field studies of parking place utilization in densely populated area of Tel Aviv
• Ariela Kwartler, 2007, Development of GIS-based methodology for estimating accessibility by means of public transport
• Uzi Shamir, from 2007, Effects of artificial water sources on distribution patterns of desert-dwelling bat species in the Negev and Judea deserts

MA Graduated

• Yonatan Almagor, 2009, Study of the land-use dynamics versus development programs, the examples of the Arab settlements Sachnin and Tamra
• Natalin Bergman (BGU), 2009, The meaning of tolerant behavior in process of urban renewal
• Ido Porat (BGU), 2008, Long-term planning versus local factors in regional development
• Moti Zohar, 2008, Spatial distribution of earthquakes in Mediterranean
• Adi Vitman, 2007, The Influence of the Geographic Location on Development of Non-Agricultural Businesses in Israeli Kibbutzim
• Anna Venitsianov, 2007, Development of spatially explicit high-resolution model of urban residential dynamics and its application for Modiin
• Slava Birfir, 2006, The model of parking search along the streets
• Udi Or, 2005, The high-resolution study of residential distribution in Israeli cities
• Ilanit Melamed, 2005, Development of the local segregation measures
• Dov Pash, 2005, High-resolution segregation in the city
• Rahel Rodnitski, 2004, Comparative study of the street networks' morphology
• Sigal Mesika, 2003, GIS application for estimating the risk of the forest fires
• Erez Hatna, 2002, Agent-Based model of population residential dynamics in Yaffo, Tel-Aviv
• Adital Levi, 2002, GIS as a tool for studying spatial distribution of archaeological sites