Ahmed Ahmouda

PhD, Alumnus

Dr. Ahmed Ahmouda
ahmouda12@ufl.edu

Education

• PhD, Geomatics Concentration, University of Florida, 2018
  • Dissertation Title: Analyzing the Effect of Political and Natural Crises on Contribution Patterns to Crowed-Sourced Data Platforms and Social Media Activities
• M.S., Geographic Information Systems, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, USA, 2014
• B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Engineering Academy Tajoura, Tajoura (Tripoli), Libya, 2004

Recent Certificates

• Graduate Certificate, Geospatial Analysis, University of Florida, 2016

Recent Publications

Papers in peer-reviewed journals:

• Ahmouda, A. & Hochmair, H. H. (2018). “Analyzing the Effect of Earthquakes on OpenStreetMap Contribution Patterns and Tweeting Activities”. Geo-spatial Information Science, 21(3), 195-212. https://doi.org/10.1080/10095020.2018.1498666 
• Ahmouda, A. & Hochmair, H.H. (2017). Using Volunteered Geographic Information to Measure Name Changes of Artificial Geographical Features as a Result of Political Changes: A Libya Case Study. GeoJournal. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10708-016-9764-5/fulltext.html.

Conference papers:

• Hochmair, H. H., Bardin, E., and Ahmouda, A. (2017). “Estimating Bicycle Trip Volume for Miami-Dade County from Strava Tracking Data”. Paper presented at the Transportation Research Board – 96th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Conference presentations:

• Ahmouda, A. (2014). Libyan Transportation Infrastructure Inventory. 2014 ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA. pdf.

Awards

• Certificate of Outstanding Academic Achievement for 4.0 GPA (Fall 2015)
• 2nd Place, 2014 ESRI International User Conference (UC) Map Gallery, Best Product Utilizing Community Maps (2014). poster pdf link.