Shipeng Sun
Associate Professor
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolShipeng Sun is an Associate Professor and GIScientist with 11 years of academic experience translating spatial theory into practical GIS algorithm development and classroom instruction in GIS, remote sensing, and geoinformatics. Trained with a PhD in Geography/GIScience from the University of Minnesota and advanced degrees from Peking University, he has held research and teaching positions across North American institutions, including postdoctoral work and applied research roles. Based in New York, he combines rigorous spatial analysis with software-oriented tooling—aptly summarized by his GitHub tagline "Coding the Earth"—to produce reusable geospatial methods and teach their implementation. His work bridges environmental geology, structural geoinformation, and computational GIS, often focusing on algorithms that make complex spatial data more actionable for researchers and students.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Geography, GIScience, PhD, Geography, GIScience at University of MinnesotaMS, GeoInformation Systems, Structural Geology, MS, GeoInformation Systems, Structural Geology at Peking University
Github Skills (12)
menu10
pylint8
python-extension8
bubble8
intellisense8
threejs6
python6
vscode6
vscode-extension6
react6
visual-studio5
visual-studio-code5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
SunCodeEarth/SunCodeEarth.github.io
Jul 2019 - Apr 2025
Contributions:109 pushes, 8 branches in 5 years 9 months
SunCodeEarth/bubblemenu
Mar 2015 - Apr 2022
A Bubble Menu created using D3.js
Contributions:3 releases, 20 commits, 9 PRs in 7 years 2 months
reactmenububbled3-jsthreejs
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