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Gilbert L. Rochon
Associate Vice President for Collaborative Research & Engagement, ITaP
Chief Scientist, Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC)
Director, Purdue Terrestrial Observatory, Purdue University
[email protected]
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/research/
Professional Preparation:
Xavier University, New Orleans, LA
Yale Univ. School of Medicine/Public Health
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) Dept. of Urban Studies & Planning
English
Health Services Administration
Planning Support Systems; International
Development & Regional Planning
B.A. 1969
M.P.H. 1976
Ph.D. 1999
Appointments:
2006-present
Adjunct Professor, Natural Resources & Environmental Management, Mae Fah Luang University
Fulbright Senior Specialist-Environmental Science/Environ. Technology, Chiang Rai, Thailand
2005-present
Chief Scientist, Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC), Purdue University
2004&2005Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Public Health-Environmental Health Sciences, Indiana University Medical
summer
School, Indiana University–Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI)
2002-present
Associate Vice President for Collaborative Research & Engagement, Information Technology at
Purdue (ITaP); Director, Purdue Terrestrial Observatory; Courtesy Professor: Purdue University,
Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Dept. of Agronomy, Dept. of Agricultural & Biological
Engineering; Editor, Journal of Terrestrial Observation; Director, IndianaView Consortium
2000-02
Research Community Planner- Remote Sensing & subsequently, Research Team Leader, Landuse &
Hydrology, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research & Development,
National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL). Recipient, EPA Superior Achievement
Award. EPA ORD Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio
Fall 2001
Adjunct Professor, University of Cincinnati, School of Planning, College of Design, Art, Architecture
& Planning. Cincinnati, OH
1982-2000
Chair/Director, Urban Studies & Public Policy Institute, Tenured Associate Professor & appointment
to Conrad N. Hilton Endowed Professorship, Dillard University, & Principal Investigator – Remote
Sensing & GIS Laboratory, New Orleans, LA
1997-99
University Affiliates Coordinator, Programming Environment & Training (PET) Program, DOD High
Performance Computing Modernization Program, under Northrop Grumman/Logicon Sub-contracts,
Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS
1996-97
Physical Scientist, DOD US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO), under Intergovernmental
Personnel Agreement (IPA), Stennis Space Center, MS
1992-96
Geographer/Remote Sensing & GIS Research Scientist. USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest
Experiment Station, Institute for Quantitative Studies, New Orleans, LA
1990-92
EO Officer, NASA John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
1986-87
Lecturer, Tulane University, School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine,
& 1983-84
Department of Health Systems Management.
1979-82
Coordinator, Planning & Evaluation Unit, Office of Environmental Affairs, City of Boston, Dept. of
Health & Hospitals, Boston, MA
Selected relevant publications:
Rochon, G. L., D. Szlag, F.B. Daniel and C. Chifos. “Remote Sensing Applications for Sustainable Watershed
Management and Food Security,” in Gerard Begni, editor. Observing Our Environment from Space: New Solutions for a
New Millennium. Lisse, The Netherlands: A.A. Balkema Publishers, 2002.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Chris Johannsen, David Landgrebe, Bernard Engel, Jonathan Harbor, Sarada Majumder and
Larry Biehl, “Remote Sensing for Monitoring Sustainability,” in Subhas K. Sikdar, Peter Glavič and Ravi Jain, Editors.
Technological Choices for Sustainability. Berlin, Heidelberg & NY: Springer-Verlag Publishers, 2004.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Loring F. Nies, Chad T. Jafvert, Julie A. Stuart, Rabi H. Mohtar, Joseph Quansah and Akilah
Martin. “Education in Sustainable Production in U.S. Universities”. 2nd Meeting North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) -Committee on the Challenges to Modern Society (CCMS) Pilot Study – Phase II – Clean Products & Processes.
Budapest, Hungary, May 2-6, 2004. Clean Technologies & Environmental Policy, Springer-Verlag, February, 2006.
Gilbert Rochon, Budhendra L. Bhaduri, Gordon Wells, Bernard A. Engel1, Larry Biehl, Joseph Essamuah
Quansah, Sebastien Goasguen, and Krishna P.C. Madhavan “Collaborative Remote Sensing Among Multiple
Ground Stations in a High Bandwidth Environment.” Presented at ASPRS 2005, American Society for
Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing Annual Conference. Baltimore, Maryland, March 7-11, 2005
Virgil L. Sharpton & Gilbert L. Rochon. Invited presentation, “Archival and Real-Time Satellite Remote Sensing
in Support of Environmental Sustainability within NATO Countries: Toward NATO View,” North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) Committee on the Challenges to Modern Society (CCMS) Pilot Study on Clean Products &
Processes Phase II, June 17-15, 2005, Alesund, Norway.
Dev Niyogi, Melba M. Crawford, Mohamed A. Mohamed, Gilbert L. Rochon, Joseph E. Quansah, Amy
Neuenschwander and Soulemane Fall. Integration of Real-Time and Archival Remote Sensing with Dynamic
Modeling to Support Flood Disaster Mitigation in Africa. Submitted for Presentation at the 3rd African Association
for Remote Sensing of Environment (AARSE) Conference, Cairo Egypt, Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2006
Gilbert L. Rochon. Remote Sensing for Infectious Disease Mapping and Vector Habitat Monitoring. Invited and
accepted for presentation at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Access Grid Workshop
on Infectious Disease Informatics. University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign (UIUC), September 8, 2006.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Dev Niyogi, U.C. Mohanty, Alok Chaturvedi, Raj Arangarasan, Krishna Madhavan, Maruti Ram
Ponaganti, Larry Biehl, Joseph E. Quansah, Hsin-I Chang, Anil Kumar, Aisha Chini Reed and Hussam Nour
MODELING, VISUALIZATION & FUSION OF ARCHIVAL AND REAL-TIME MULTI-SENSOR SATELLITE
DATA, SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA AND IN SITU DATA IN SUPPORT OF DISASTER MITIGATION. 2nd
International Symposium on Geo-Information for Disaster Management (Gi4DM), September 25-26, 2006, to be
held in Goa, India.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Dev Niyogi, Alok Chaturvedi, U.C. Mohanty , Larry Biehl, Joseph E. Quansah, Krishna
Madhavan, Rajarathinam Arangarasan, Maruti Ram Ponaganti, Hussam Nour, Aisha Chini Reed, Anil
Kumar and Hsin-I Chang TOWARD INTELLIGENT AND SUSTAINABLE ARCHIVING OF GEO-SPATIAL
DATA. Paper accepted for presentation at the International Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
International Symposium on Geospatial Databases for Sustainable development, to be held Sept. 27-30, 2006 in
Goa, India.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Satellite Remote Sensing Research & Education in Support of Disaster Mitigation and
Environmental Sustainability,” Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand, June 2, 2006.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Interdisciplinary Utility of Archival and Real-Time Satellite Remote Sensing,” Kasetsart
University, School of Forestry, Bangkok, Thailand, June 1, 2006.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Spatial Technologies as Tools for Trans-Boundary Management and Eco-System Monitoring,”
“Collaborative Research & Training Initiatives; The Role of Bi-lateral, Multi-lateral & NGO Resources,” “NREM:
Natural Resources & Environmental Management Case Studies,” “Universities & Sustainable NREM.” Four keynote addresses presented as an invited Fulbright Senior Specialist-Environmental Sciences at the Innovative
Approaches to Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM): Spatial Technologies Perspectives for
Thailand and the GMS [Greater Mekong Sub-Region] Seminar. Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand,
May 23-24, 2006.
Gilbert L. Rochon. “Satellite Remote Sensing Supporting Multi-Sectoral Sustainable Development,” Invited
Presentation, Aeronautical & Space Technology Institute (ASTIN), Air Force Academy, Istanbul, Turkey, May 11,
2006.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Virgil Sharpton & Okan Ersoy. “Networking Satellite Groundstations to Support Global
Science: Toward a Distributed Shared Spatial Data Archive & Grid Access to Near-Real-Time Remote Sensing
Data.” North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Committee on the Challenges to Modern Society (CCMS) Pilot
Study on Clean Products & Processes Annual Meeting. Istanbul, Turkey, May 5-12, 2006.
Gilbert L. Rochon, Hildred Sarah Rochon & Joseph E. Quansah. The Role of Technology in Facilitating a
Coalition Between Conventional Medical Practitioners and Indigenous Healers in the Struggle Against HIV/AIDS in
Africa. Invited Presentation at the Global Summit on HIV/AIDS, Traditional Medicine and Indigenous Knowledge.
Accra, Ghana, March, 2006.
Other selected publications:
Rochon, G.L., C. Johannsen, D. Landgrebe, B. Engel, J. Harbor, S. Majumder and L. Biehl. “Remote Sensing
as a Tool for Achieving and Monitoring Progress Toward Sustainability,” Clean Technologies & Environmental
Policy, Vol. 5, Nos. 2/3, Springer-Verlag, August, 2003.
Gilbert Rochon, Budhendra L. Bhaduri, Gordan Wells, David Maidment, Thomas Urban, Larry Biehl and Rajarathinam
Arangarasan. “TERAGRID: Urban Flood Modeling,” SC2004, High Performance Computing, Networking & Storage
Conference, Exhibitors’ Forum- Purdue Univ./Notre Dame Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 6-12, 2004
Gilbert L. Rochon, Mohamed A. Mohamed and J. Paul Robinson. Remote Sensing Applications within a High
Bandwidth and High Performance Computing Environment. International Conference on Peace, Development &
Reconstruction. Islamic Network for Engineering & Technology (ISNET). Khartoum, Sudan. October, 2005.
Gilbert L. Rochon, J. Quansah, M. Mohamed, Y. Twumasi, T. Coleman, V. Taylor, C. Luther, C. Johannsen
and D. Landgrebe. “Applicability of Near-Real-Time Satellite Data Acquisition and Analysis and Distribution of
Geo-information in Support of African Development,” United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN
ECA), Committee for Development Information, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April, 2005.
Gilbert L. Rochon and J. Paul Robinson. “The Reality and Potential of Remote Sensing & Multispectral Analysis
for Societal Benefit,” Invited Plenary Speaker, Recent Advances in Space Technology (RAST 2005): Space in the
Service of Society, Istanbul, Turkey, June 9-11, 2005.
Synergistic Activities
1. Summer, 2000: Visiting Scientist, EPA/NAFEO Faculty Research Fellow, US EPA NRMRL, remote sensing
applications for watershed monitoring, resulting in a federal research staff appointment and subsequent receipt
of an EPA Superior Achievement Award.
2. Spring, 1999: Research Fellow, International Nutrition Foundation, Boston, MA, dissertation research for MIT,
focusing on scientific visualization of remotely sensed data for drought related famine conditions in Sudan.
3. Summer, 1997: Visiting Faculty Fellow, Oxford Univ., Environmental Change Unit, Oxford, UK, research on
climate change impact on food security in Africa’s Sahel region and development of a cooperative agreement
between Oxford Parallel and DOD NAVOCEANO HPCMO PET program to facilitate a training workshop on
Bulk Synchronous Parallelism (BSP) as an alternative to Message Passing Interface (MPI).
4. Summer, 1994: Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia, Russia, collaborating with the Russian Academy of Sciences,
utilizing GPS and spectrometers for monitoring lacustrine ecosystems
5. Summer, 1993: NASA/JOVE Faculty Research Fellow. Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Cartographic
Applications Group, CalTech, Pasadena, CA Review of multi-temporal, multi-sensor remotely sensed data for
agricultural regions within the Sudan.
CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS:
Ph.D. Dissertation Committees for 4 Purdue students
Senior Member, IEEE
Int’l. Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society
UWG for NASA SEDAC-Columbia University
IEEE Society for Social Implications of Technology
Dir., IndianaView Consortium (USGS AmericaView)
Urban & Regional Information Systems Association
Fulbright Senior Specialist Candidate- Environ. Sci.
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Exec. Comm. Purdue Climate Change Research Cntr.
Education Committee, Supercomputing (SC’05 & ’06)
International Comm., AARSE 2006 (Cairo, Egypt)
American Society of Agronomy
OTHER RESARCH FELLOWSHIPS:
NASA/ASEE Faculty Fellow (Goddard & Stennis)
United Nations University (UNU) Fellow
UNCF/Mellon Doctoral Fellow; MIT Dean’s Fellow