Kevin M. Curtin

 
Professor Curtin (Ph.D. 2002 University of California – Santa Barbara) is an Associate Professor of Geography at George Mason University. He performs primary research in the field of Geographic Information Science with specializations in facilities location science, urban and environmental resource allocation, data modeling and database design, and transportation, logistics, and network GIS.

He has geographic area specializations in Colombia and Sardinia. Professor Curtin teaches extensively at both the undergraduate and graduate university levels, and has developed several classes including a series of GIS courses and a graduate course in Network GIS that is offered nowhere else in the world. Professor Curtin uses his skills in facility location to determine the optimal locations for many types of facilities given a goal to optimize and a set of constraints. He disseminates his research through publication in peer-reviewed geographic journals (including recently Geographical Analysis, Networks and Spatial Economics, The Journal of Geographical Systems, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, and The International Journal of Geographical Information Science) in addition to conference presentations and articles in edited volumes.

He has received grants from a variety of local, state, and federal agencies for both primary and applied geographic analyses. He is the Coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Geographic and Cartographic Sciences, and serves on several administrative committees within the university.

Publications (short list):

  • Curtin, K.M. (2007) “Network analysis in geographic information science: Review, assessment, and projections” Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, 34(2), 103-111.
  • Curtin, K.M. and R.L. Church (2006) “A Family of Multiple-Type Discrete Dispersion Models”, Geographical Analysis 38 (3) 248-270.
  • Curtin, K.M., K. Hayslett-McCall, and F. Qiu (2008) “Determining Optimal Police Patrol Areas with Maximal Covering and Backup Covering Location Models” Networks and Spatial Economics, Online First
  • Curtin, K.M. (In Press 2008) “Network Data Structures” The Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science, Karen Kemp (ed), Sage Publications.
  • Curtin, K.M., R. R. Arifin, and G. Nicoara (2007) “A Comprehensive Process for Linear Referencing” URISA Journal, 19(2): 41-50.