Faculty

Daniel W. Goldberg

Research Assistant Professor of Spatial Science &
Associate Director, USC GIS Research Laboratory

Spatial Sciences Institute
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0374

Office:     AHF B57G
Phone:    (213) 740-0521
E-mail:    dwgoldbe@usc.edu

Biographical Sketch
Curriculum Vitae
Thesis

Education

Ph.D., University of Southern California, 2010
M.Sc., University of Southern California, 2003
B.Sc., Rutgers University, 2002

Courses Taught

•    USC GEOG 582 - Spatial Databases
•    USC GEOG 586 - GIS Customization and Programming

Research Interests

•    Environmental exposure estimation
•    Geocoding
•    Geocomputation
•    Geographical information science
•    Spatial data accuracy and uncertainty

Honors and Awards

Professional

Mentor Fellowship Recipient, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries

2011

Certificate of Appreciation, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries

2009

Graduate

Finalist, William L. Garrison Award for Best Dissertation in Computational Geography, Association of American Geographers

2010

ESRI Development Center Student of the Year, Environmental Sciences Research Institute

2010

APRU Travel Provost Award, University of Southern California

2009

Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program Fellowship, United States Department of Defense

2007

2nd Place, GIS Specialty Group Honors Competition for Student Papers on GIS, Association of American Geographers

2007

University Scholarship Program Recipient, United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation

2005

Undergraduate

National Society of Collegiate Scholars

1999

Golden Key International Honour Society

1999

Dean's List, Rutgers University

1999

Publications

Books

1.

Goldberg DW. A Geocoding Best Practices Guide. Springfield, IL, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (2008).

Book Chapters

2.

Goldberg DW. Privacy and Security of Geospatial Information. In Warf B, Jankowski P, Solomon BD, and Welford M (eds.). Encyclopedia of Geography. Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications (2010).

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Goldberg DW, Wilson JP, Knoblock CA. Exploring the Use of Gazetteers and Geocoders for the Analysis and Interpretation of a Dynamically Changing World. In Hornsby KS and Yuan M (eds.). Understanding Dynamics of Geographic Domains. Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press: 51-76 (2008).

Refereed Journal Articles

10.

Ghosh JKC, Wilhelm M, Su J, Goldberg DW, Cockburn MG, Jerrett M, Ritz B. Assessing the influence of traffic-related air pollution on term LBW based on land use regression models and air toxics measures. American Journal of Epidemiology. Accepted 11/6/2011.
9.

Goldberg DW, Cockburn MG. The Effect of Administrative Boundaries and Geocoding Error on Cancer Rates in California. Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Epidemiology. Accepted 10/30/2011.
8.

Henry KA, Boscoe FP, Johnson CJ, Goldberg DW, Sherman R, Cockburn MG. Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis: Is Travel Time Important? Journal of Community Health 36(6): 933-942 (2011).

7.

Goldberg DW. Improving Geocoding Match Rates with Spatially-Varying Block Metrics. Transactions in GIS 15(6): 827–848 (2011)

6.

Boscoe FP, Johnson CJ, Henry KA, Goldberg DW, Shahabi K, Elkin EB, Ballas LK, Cockburn MG. Geographic Proximity to Treatment for Early Stage Breast Cancer and Likelihood of Mastectomy. The Breast  20(4): 324-328 (2011).

5.

Cockburn MG, Mills P, Zhang X, Goldberg DW, Ritz B. Prostate cancer and ambient pesticide exposure in agriculturally intensive areas in California. American Journal of Epidemiology 173(11)  (2011).

4.

Goldberg DW, Cockburn MG.  Improving Geocode Accuracy with Candidate Selection Criteria. Transaction in GIS 14(S1): 129-146 (2010).

3.

Goldberg DW, Wilson JP, Knoblock CA. Extracting geographic Features from the internet to automatically build detailed regional gazetteers. International Journal of Geographic Information Science 23(1): 93-128 (2009).

2.

Goldberg DW, Wilson JP, Knoblock CA, Ritz B, Cockburn MG. An effective and efficient approach for manually improving geocoded data. International Journal of Health Geographics 7(60): (2008).

1.

Goldberg DW, Wilson JP, Knoblock CA. From Text to Geographic Coordinates: The Current State of Geocoding. URISA Journal 19(1): 33-46 (2007).

Collections Edited

2.

Goldberg DW, Jacquez GM. Guest Editors. Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Epidemiology Special Issue on Geocoding. In Press.

1.

Goldberg DW. Guest Editor. Transactions in GIS Special Issue on Geocoding 15(6): 723-886 (2011).

Non-Refereed Journal Articles

4.

Goldberg DW, Jacquez GM. Guest Editorial. Advances in Geocoding for the Health Sciences. Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Epidemiology. Accepted 10/31/2011.

3.

Goldberg DW. Guest Editorial. Advances in Geocoding Research and Practice. Transactions in GIS 15(6): 727-733 (2011)
2. Goldberg DW. Staying Disciplined during and Inter-Disciplinary Degree. Crossroads, the ACM Student Journal 16(2): 3-5 (2009).
1. Goldberg DW. State Considerations in Distributed Systems. Crossroads, the ACM Student Journal 15(3): 7-11 (2009).

Conference and Symposium Proceedings

3.

Goldberg DW, Wilson JP, Cockburn MG. Toward Quantitative Geocode Accuracy Metrics. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Leicester, UK: 329-332 (2010).

2.

Goldberg DW, Curtis AC, Cockburn MG. Facilitating GIS Usage with Open-Source Web-Based API’s and Services. In Proceedings of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association GIS in Public Health Conference, New Orleans, LA (2008).

1.

Goldberg DW, Zhang X, Marusek JC, Wilson JP, Ritz B, Cockburn MG. Development of an Automated Pesticide Exposure Analyst for the California's Central Valley. In Proceedings of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association GIS in Public Health Conference, New Orleans, LA: 136-156 (2007).

Technical Reports and Working Papers

8.

Goldberg DW. Geocoding Best Practices: Central Cancer Registry Geocoding Needs. Los Angeles, CA, USC GIS Research Laboratory Technical Report No. 13 (2009).

7.

Goldberg DW. Geocoding Best Practices: Address Standardization. Los Angeles, CA, USC GIS Research Laboratory Technical Report No. 12 (2009).

6.

Goldberg DW. The USC WebGIS Geocoding Platform. Los Angeles, CA, USC GIS Research Laboratory Technical Report No. 11 (2009).

5.

Goldberg DW, Swift JN, Wilson JP. Geocoding Best Practices: Review of Eight Commonly Used Geocoding Systems. Los Angeles, CA, USC GIS Research Laboratory Technical Report No. 10 (2008).

4.

Goldberg DW, Swift JN, Wilson JP. Geocoding Best Practices: Analysis of Geocoding User Requirements. Los Angeles, CA, USC GIS Research Laboratory Technical Report No. 9 (2008).

3.

Goldberg DW, Swift JN, Wilson JP. Geocoding Best Practices: Reference Data, Input Data, and Feature Matching. Los Angeles, CA, USC GIS Research Laboratory Technical Report No. 8 (2008).

2.

Swift JN, Ghaemi P, Goldberg DW, Wilson JP. USC Digital Library Archive Prototype Geographic Search and Query Tools. Los Angeles, CA, USC GIS Research Laboratory Technical Report No. 4 (2005).

1.

Wilson JP, Goldberg DW, Lam CS. The ArcGIS Coastal Sediment Analyst: A Prototype Decision Support Tool for Regional Sediment Management. Los Angeles, CA, USC GIS Research Laboratory Technical Report No. 3 (2004).

Magazine Articles

1.

Swift JN, Ghaemi P, Goldberg DW, Wilson JP. Prototype Geographic Search and Query Tools for a Library Digital Archive. ArcUser Magazine 9(2): 30-32 (2006).

Other Publications

3. Goldberg DW. Shortest Path Service To Launch Soon. NAACCR Narrative Newsletter. Fall (2011).

2.

Goldberg DW, Sherman RL, Boscoe FP, Henry KA. Shortest Path Project Concludes. NAACCR Narrative Newsletter. Spring (2011).

1.

Goldberg DW. Geospatial Services and the Need for Transparency within the NSF Cyberinfrastructure. Position paper in The National Science Foundation TeraGrid Workshop on Cyber-GIS, Washington, DC (2010).

Conference and Symposium Presentations

26. Goldberg DW, Hodges HH, Cockburn MG. The Effect of Administrative Boundaries and Geocoding Error on Cancer Rates. Annual Meeting of the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, Louisville, KY (2011).
25. Henry KA, Boscoe FP, Johnson CJ, Goldberg DW. Geographic Proximity to Treatment for Early Stage Breast Cancer and Likelihood of Mastectomy. The 2011 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in New Jersey. UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ (2011).
24. Sedano L, Goldberg DW. Geospatial Tools and Volunteered Information for Public Advocacy: The Los Angeles Billboard Project. The Inaugural USC Los Angeles Geospatial Summit. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (2011).
23. Sedano L, Goldberg DW. The USC Billboard Map. Scenic America Scenic Symposium, Los Angeles, CA (2011).
22. Goldberg DW. Environmental Exposure Estimation with Spatially-Based Geocode Quality Metrics. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, WA (2011).
21. Shahabi K, Goldberg DW, Wilson JP. Targeted Trojan Alerts: A Location-Based Evacuation Planning System. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, WA (2011).

20.

Goldberg DW. Targeted Trojan Alerts: Enabling Dynamic Location-Based Evacuation Strategies. University of Southern California Integrated Media Systems Center Retreat, Los Angeles, CA (2011).

19.

Goldberg DW. VEGIST: A Virtual Enterprise GIS&T Platform For Connecting Research, Teaching & Implementation. UCGIS Winter Meeting, Washington, DC (2011).
18. Goldberg DW. Mapping and spatial analysis for human services & social work professionals. University of Southern California Social Work GIS Day, Los Angeles, CA (2010).
17. Goldberg DW. Toward Quantitative Geocode Accuracy Metrics. The Ninth International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Leicester, UK (2010).

16.

Goldberg DW. The UCGIS-ESRI Virtual Enterprise Network Project. University Consortium for Geographic Information Science Summer Meeting, Hilton Head, SC (2010).

15.

Goldberg DW. Improving Geocode Accuracy with Candidate Selection Criteria. The 2010 ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA (2010).

14.

Goldberg DW. Approximate Geocoding using a Spatially-Varying Neighborhood Distance Metric. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC (2010).

13.

Goldberg DW. Tools and Techniques for Temporal Data Integration. University of Southern California Spatially-Enabled Real-Time Data Capture Working Group, Los Angeles, CA (2010).
12. Shahabi K, Goldberg DW. The NAACCR Travel Time and Distance Calculator. Annual Meeting of the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, San Diego, CA (2009).

11.

Goldberg DW. A Framework for Evaluating Geocoding Research and Practice. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, NV (2009).

10.

Goldberg DW. Facilitating GIS Usage with Open-Source Web-Based API’s and Services. Urban and Regional Information Systems Association GIS in Public Health Conference, New Orleans, LA (2008).

9.

Goldberg DW, Wilson JP. Enabling Dynamic Tools for Modeling, Analyzing, and Integrating Data in a Dynamically Changing World and Data Environment. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA (2008).

8.

Goldberg DW. Open Source Web Tools for Manual Geocode Correction. Annual Meeting of the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, Denver, CO (2008).

7.

Goldberg DW, Wilson JP, Cockburn MG. Geocoding Best Practices, and Understanding, Analyzing, and Utilizing Spatial Error in Geocoding Process. National Cancer Institute, Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Manager's and PI Meeting, Rockville, MD (2007).

6.

Goldberg DW, Wilson JP, Cockburn MG. Development of an Automated Pesticide Exposure Analyst for the California’s Central Valley. Urban and Regional Information Systems Association GIS in Public Health Conference, New Orleans, LA (2007).

5.

Goldberg DW. A Mediator Based Method for Iterative Gazetteer Generation. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Specialty Group Honors Competition for Student Papers on GIS, San Francisco, CA (2007).

4.

Goldberg DW. Geocoding: Getting up to Speed. Annual Meeting of the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (2006).

3.

Goldberg DW. A Geospatial Information Integration Approach to Building High Resolution Gazetteers. 10th Annual IMSC Student Conference: Inventing the Future, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (2006).

2.

Goldberg DW. Extracting Geographic Features from the Internet to Automatically Build Detailed Regional Gazetteers. Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative, 2nd Annual Cultural Congress, Shanghai, China (2005).

1.

Goldberg DW, Wilson JP. The ArcGIS Coastal Sediment Analyst: A decision support tool for Regional Sediment Management. Headwaters to Ocean Conference (H2O) Conference, Huntington Beach, CA (2005).

Poster and Demo Presentations

4. Shahabi K, Goldberg DW, Wilson JP. Real-Time Location-Dependent Evacuation Routing. Poster at the University of Southern California Department of Computer Science Research Review, Los Angeles, CA (2011).

3.

Shahabi K, Goldberg DW, Wilson JP. Targeted Trojan Alerts: Enabling Dynamic Location-Based Evacuation Strategies. Poster at the University of Southern California Integrated Media Systems Center Retreat, Los Angeles, CA (2011).

2.

Goldberg DW. Improving Geocode Accuracy with Candidate Selection Criteria. Poster at the University of Southern California Department of Computer Science Research Review, Los Angeles, CA (2010).
1. Goldberg DW, Shahabi K. Systems, Services, and Tools for the Creation and Analysis of Health-Related Spatial Data. Demonstration at the Redlands GIS Week Space-Time Modeling and Analysis Workshop, Redlands, CA (2010).

Invited Panels, Lectures and Seminars

17. Panelist. USC Social Work GIS Day, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. “Mapping and spatial analysis for human services/social work professionals”. November, 2011.
16. Instructor and Facilitator. “Geocoding Basics and Beyond: Applied Geocoding for Public Health”. One day workshop at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention GeoSWG Geography Awareness Week 2011 Workshop, Atlanta, GA. November, 2011.
15. Invited Lecture. “GIS in Social Services Research and Practice”. Applied Child Welfare Research Seminar Series, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. October, 2011.
14. Invited Lecture. “Deriving Quantitative Spatial Error Metrics for Geocoded Data”. CCTS Biomedical Informatics Seminar Series, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY, Louisville, KY. June, 2011.
13. Instructor and Facilitator. “Geocoding Basics and Beyond: Applied Geocoding for Cancer Registries”. One day workshop at the Annual Meeting of the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, Louisville, KY. June, 2011.
12. Panelist. Futures of Spatial Sciences Meeting, University of Southern California Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, Two Harbors, Catalina Island. April, 2011.
11. Instructor. University of Southern California, Department of Geography. GEOG-482L Principles of Geographic Information Science, “An Introduction to Geocoding”. March, 2011.

10.

Instructor. University of Southern California, Department of Computer Science. CSCI-599 Geospatial Information Integration, “Geocoding – Getting Up to Speed & Advanced Research Topics”. February, 2011.

9.

Panelist. UCGIS Winter Meeting, Washington, DC. “National Network of Regional GIS Nodes Panel and Discussion”. February, 2011.
8. Panelist. USC Social Work GIS Day, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. “Mapping and spatial analysis for human services/social work professionals”. November, 2010.

7.

Instructor. University of Southern California, Department of Geography. GEOG-482L Principles of Geographic Information Science, “Advanced Topics in Geocoding Research and Practice”. October, 2010.

6.

Instructor. University of Southern California, Department of Computer Science. CSCI-548 Information Integration on the Web, “Techniques for Error and Uncertainty Reduction in the Geocoding Process”. March, 2010.

5.

Instructor. University of Southern California, Department of Geography. GEOG-481 Map Design and Analysis, “An Introduction to Geocoding”. April, 2010.

4.

Instructor. University of Southern California, Department of Computer Science. CSCI-548 Information Integration on the Web, “Information Integration for Geocoding and Gazetteer Construction”. April, 2009.

3.

Instructor. University of Southern California, Department of Geography. GEOG-482 Principles of Geographic Information Science, “Geocoding Research and Development”. November, 2008.

2.

Facilitator. North American Association of Central Cancer Registries Annual Meeting, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Geocoding Best Practices Document Phase I: Development of Annotated Outline. June 2006.

1.

Instructor. University of Southern California, Department of Computer Science. CSCI-548 Information Integration on the Web, “An Introduction to XQuery”. March, 2006.

Teaching

Courses Taught

2. GEOG 586: GIS Customization and Programming, University of Southern California

1.

GEOG 582: Spatial Databases, University of Southern California

Short Courses and Workshops Taught

4.

“ArcGIS Essentials Short Course”. One and a half day course offered monthly. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (Co-instructor with Maryam Taher). Monthly, 2010 - Pressent.

3.

“Geocoding Basics and Beyond: Applied Geocoding for Public Health”. One day workshop at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention GeoSWG Geography Awareness Week 2011 Workshop, Atlanta, GA (Co-Instructor with Kevin Henry and Recinda Sherman). November, 2011
2.  “Geocoding Basics and Beyond: Applied Geocoding for Cancer Registries”. One day workshop at the Annual Meeting of the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, Louisville, KY (Co-Instructor with Kevin Henry and Recinda Sherman). June, 2011
1. “Geocoding Best Practices Document Phase I: Development of an Annotated Outline”. One-day workshop offered at the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries Annual Meeting, Regina, Canada (Workshop Facilitator). June, 2006.

Academic Advisees

Masters Students

2. Matt Davis. University of Southern California, Masters of Science in Geographic Information Science and Technology. Committee Member. 2011 - Present.

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Ronald Lehman. University of Southern California, Masters of Science in Geographic Information Science and Technology. Committee Member. 2010-2011.

Professional Service

International

12. Local Organizing Chair, ACM SIGSPATIAL, November 6-9, 2012. Los Angeles, CA. 2012.
11. Conference Chair, First International Geospatial Geocoding Conference, December 6-7, 2011. Redlands, CA. 2011.
10. Member, Board of Directors, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science. 2011 – Present.
9 Student Paper Competition Judge, Geographic Information System Committee, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. 2011.
8. Vice Chair, Geographic Information System Committee, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. 2010 – Present.
7 Student Paper Competition Judge, Geographic Information System Committee, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. 2010.
6. University Delegate, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science. 2010 – Present.
5. Program Committee Member, Knowledge Engineering, Discovery and Dissemination in Health (KEDDH) Workshop at IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics & Biomedicine (BIBM-10). 2010.
4. Workshop Reviewer, Addressing Workshop, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association Annual Conference. 2010.
3. Member, Geographic Information System Committee, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. 2008 – Present.
2. Associate Editor, ACM Crossroads: The Student Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery, Association for Computational Machinery . 2006 – 2010.

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 Workshop Facilitator, “Geocoding Best Practices Document Phase I: Development of Annotated Outline”, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries Annual Meeting, Regina, Canada. 2006.

National

3. Academic Councilor, Association of American Geographers Geographic Information Systems and Science Specialty Group. 2011 - Present.
2. Student Paper Competition Judge, Association of American Geographers Geographic Information Systems and Science Specialty Group. 2011.

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 Conference Organizer, The Inaugural USC Los Angeles Geospatial Summit. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. 2011.

 University

2. Instructor, ArcGIS Essentials Short Course. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Monthly, 2010 - Present.

1.

 Member, University of Southern California Spatially-Enabled Real-Time Data Capture Working Group. 2009