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Topic: Geospatial Applications in Historical Geography and Social Sciences

Period: 2006- present

Presentation, Published Paper, and Research Report:
Tzai-Hung Wen (2006), Analyzing Spatial Structure of Social Network between Markets and Villages in Ch'ing China.
Tzai-Hung Wen (2007), Space, Time, and Social Structures. Academia Sinica. (Invited Talk)
Tzai-Hung Wen (2007), GIS in Historical Geography: Market Network in Ch'ing China, Workshop on GIS in Humanities

Topic:

Geospatial Analysis in Health Care Management

Period:

2006- present

Presentation, Published Paper, and Research Report:
Duan-Rung Chen, Tzai-Hung Wen (2007), A Socioeconomic and Spatial Analysis of Obesity: An Integrated Approach of Spatial Autocorrelation and Multi-level Modeling, 2007 Survey Research Methodology Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tzai-Hung Wen (2006), Dynamic Social Networks in Time and Space: A Perspective of Computer Simulation. (Invited Talk)
Tzai-Hung Wen (2006), Applied Geographic Information Analysis For Public Health Policy-Making and Healthcare Management. Part 1: Spatial Statistics , Part 2: Computer Simulation. (Invited Talk)
Duan-Rung Chen, Ji-Ping Lin, Tzai-Hung Wen (2006), Network Structure and GIS Mapping on Job History Patterns among Large-scale Hospital Directors in Taiwan, 2006 Survey Research Methodology Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tzai-Hung Wen, Ming-Daw Su, Bor-Wen Tsai (2006), Point Pattern Analysis for Spatial Allocation of Healthcare Resources: A Case Study of Spatial Planning for Long-term Caring Facilities, 2006 Survey Research Methodology Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.

Topic: Regional Water Allocation During Droughts and
Spatial Risk Mapping & Analysis

Period: 2004-2006

Presentation, Published Paper, and Research Report:
Tzai-Hung Wen (2006), The Impact of Water Transfer among Sectors on Regional Drought Risk Distribution, PhD Dissertation in Dept. of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, National Taiwan University. (Best PhD Dissertation Award of 2007 TGIS)
Tzai-Hung Wen , Hsin-Yi Hsieh , Hsiao-Hui Chang , Ming-Daw Su (2006), A Spatial Risk Model for Potential Agricultural Drought Assessment, presented at Hydraulics Engineering Conference, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Ming-Daw Su, Tzai-Hung Wen (2005-2006), Application of Spatial Data Analysis in Irrigation Demand Planning and
Water Reallocation (I)-(II), Research Report funded by the Council of Agriculture, Taiwan.
Tzai-Hung Wen , Hsin-Yi Hsieh , Hsiao Hui Chang , Ming-Daw Su (2005), Regional Water Allocation Model For Evaluating Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Water Shortage in Paddy-Farming Areas, presented at International Conference on Management of Paddy and Water Environment for Sustainable Rice Production, Kyoto, Japan.
Tzai-Hung Wen, Hsin-Yi Hsieh, Chi-Fan Pan, Ming-Daw Su (2004), Using Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) to Analyze Spatial Non-stationary of Regional Industrial Water Use, presented at Taiwan Geographic Information Systems (TGIS) Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.

Topic: Analyzing Spatial-Temporal Patterns for Epidemic Risk Identification:
Focus on Dengue Fever/Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever

Period: 2002-present

Presentation, Published Paper, and Research Report:
Tzai-Hung Wen (2007),Modeling the Spatial Effects of Mosquito Density on the Occurrence of Dengue Cases, presented at Taiwan Geographic Information Systems (TGIS) Conference, Chaiyi, Taiwan.
Tzai-Hung Wen, Neal Lin, Katherine Lin, I-Chun Fan, Ming-Daw Su, Chwan-Chuen King (2007), A Spatial-Temporal Approach to Differentiate Epidemic Risk Patterns, In Lai, P.C. and Mak, S.H. (eds). GIS for Health and the Environment: Development in the Asia Pacific Regions. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Tzai-Hung Wen (2006), A Spatiotemporal Diffusion Patterns & Risk Model for Dengue Fever. (Invited Talk)
Tzai-Hung Wen, Neal Lin, Chun-Hung Lin, Chwan-Chuen King, Ming-Daw Su (2006), Spatial Mapping of Temporal Risk Characteristics to Improve Environmental Health Risk Identification: A Case Study of a Dengue Epidemic in Taiwan, Science of the Total Environment 367: 631–640. (SCI)
Tzai-Hung Wen, Neal Lin, I-Chun Fan, Ming-Daw Su, Chwan-Chuen King (2006), A Spatial-Temporal Approach to Epidemic Risk Identification, presented at International Conference in GIS and Health: Geospatial Research and Application Frontiers in Environmental and Public Health Systems, Hong Kong.
Ming-Daw Su, Tzai-Hung Wen (2006), Modeling Spatial-Temporal Kinetics of Dengue Epidemic for Identifying Spatial Risk Areas and Evaluating Dengue Control Measures, Research Report funded by Center for Disease Control (CDC), Department of Health (DOH), Taiwan (No. DOH95-DC-1026)
Tzai-Hung Wen, Ming-Daw Su, Chwan-Chuen King (2003), The Framework of Simulating Spatial Dynamics for Infectious Disease Outbreaks and Spreading, presented at Taiwan Public Health Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tzai-Hung Wen, Ming-Daw Su, Min-Huei Wu,Tsung-Shu Wu, Chwan-Chuen King (2004) Spatial Prediction Modeling for Epidemiology of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Taiwan, presented at Taiwan Public Health Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tzai-Hung Wen, Ming-Daw Su, I-Chun Fan, Hsuan-Min Liao, Chwan-Chuen King (2003), What Can GIS Be Helpful to Control Infectious Diseases More Efficiently, presented at the Conference of Inter-City Joint Force for SARS Control, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tzai-Hung Wen, Chwan-Chuen King, Chuhsing Kate Hsiao, Eric YenI-Chun Fan, Ming-Daw Su (2002), Application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Epidemiological Surveillance, Data Analysis, and Effective Control in Infectious Diseases, Taiwan Journal of Public Health 21(6)：449-456. (TSSCI)
Tzai-Hung Wen, Chwan-Chuen King, Ming-Daw Su (2002), Application of Geospatial Information to Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control, presented at Chinese Geographic Information Systems (CGIS) Conference, Taichung, Taiwan.

Topic: Integrating Database Management Systems with Geographic Information
for Disaster Mitigation & Emergency Response

Period: 2002 - 2003

Presentation, Published Paper, and Research Report:
Tzai-Hung Wen, Ming-Daw Su (2003), Integrating Database Management Systems with Geographic Information
for Disaster Mitigation, presented at Taiwan Geographic Information Systems (TGIS) Conference, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Ming-Daw Su, Bor-Wen Tsai, Tzai-Hung Wen (2002-2003), Establishment of Material Resources and Man Power Database for Transportation Development (I)-(II), Research Report funded by Ministry of Transportation and Communication (MOTC), Taiwan. (No: MOTC-STA0-01-13, GPN：1009105662)
Ming-Daw Su, Bor-Wen Tsai, Chun-Hung Lin, Tzai-Hung Wen (2002), Establishment of a Database System Managing Engineering Facilities for Disaster Mitigation & Emergency Response, Research Report funded by Public Construction Commission (PCC), Taiwan. (No. 91-R-13, GPN：1009104720)

Topic: Implementation of Spatial Scenario-based Planning:
Spatial Decision Support Systems in Water Management

Period: 1997 - 2004

Presentation, Published Paper, and Research Report:
Tzai-Hung Wen , Chun-Hung Lin, Ching-Tien Chen, Ming-Daw Su, (2007), Spatial Scenario Analysis Aiding Decision-Making of Regional Irrigation Water Demand Planning, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering - ASCE (SCI) 133(5): 455-467. .
Tzai-Hung Wen, Ming-Daw Su, Yih-Lung Yeh (2004), A GIS-based Framework of Regional Irrigation Water Demand Assessment, Paddy & Water Environment 2:33-39.
Ming-Daw Su,Tzai-Hung Wen (2004), Application of Spatial-Scenario Based Simulation to Decision-Making of Regional Water Resources Planning, Engineering 77(1)：30-41.
Tzai-Hung Wen, Yu-Hsiu Su, Ming-Daw Su (2004), A Spatial Data Structure of Irrigation Canal Systems, Journal of Chinese Agricultural Engineering 50(3): 19-31 .
Tzai-Hung Wen, Ming-Daw Su (2004), Decision Support System for Regional Water Resources Planning: A System Integration Perspective, World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Tzai-Hung Wen, Ming-Daw Su (2003), Evaluating the Impact of Changing Cropping Patterns on Regional Agricultural Water Demand Planning：A Perspective of Decision Support Systems, presented at the Symposium on Application of Information Technology in Agriculture, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tzai-Hung Wen, and Ming-Daw Su (2002) “An Integrated Spatial-Scenario Based Framework for Regional Water Resources Planning”, International Conference on Water Resources Planning & Management, Roanoke, Virginia, USA.
Ming-Daw Su, Tzai-Hung Wen (2001), “Spatial Decision Support System for Irrigation Demand Planning”, World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Ming-Daw Su, Tzai-Hung Wen (1999-2001), Decision Support Systems (DSS) for Agricultural Water Demand Planning (I)-(III), Research Report funded by Dept. of Irrigation and Engineering, Council of Agriculture, Taiwan. (No: 88-AST-1.7-FOD-01-(5))
Tzai-Hung Wen (1998), Application of Spatial Decision Support Systems to Regional Agricultural Water Demand Planning, Master Thesis in Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, National Taiwan University.

	Topic:	Geospatial Applications in Historical Geography and Social Sciences
	Period:	2006- present
*Presentation, Published Paper, and Research Report:* Tzai-Hung Wen (2006), Analyzing Spatial Structure of Social Network between Markets and Villages in Ch'ing China. Tzai-Hung Wen (2007), Space, Time, and Social Structures. Academia Sinica. (Invited Talk) Tzai-Hung Wen (2007), GIS in Historical Geography: Market Network in Ch'ing China, Workshop on GIS in Humanities

	Topic:	Geospatial Analysis in Health Care Management
	Period:	2006- present
Presentation, Published Paper, and Research Report: Duan-Rung Chen, Tzai-Hung Wen (2007), A Socioeconomic and Spatial Analysis of Obesity: An Integrated Approach of Spatial Autocorrelation and Multi-level Modeling, 2007 Survey Research Methodology Conference, Taipei, Taiwan. Tzai-Hung Wen (2006), Dynamic Social Networks in Time and Space: A Perspective of Computer Simulation. (Invited Talk) Tzai-Hung Wen (2006), Applied Geographic Information Analysis For Public Health Policy-Making and Healthcare Management. Part 1: Spatial Statistics , Part 2: Computer Simulation. (Invited Talk) Duan-Rung Chen, Ji-Ping Lin, Tzai-Hung Wen (2006), Network Structure and GIS Mapping on Job History Patterns among Large-scale Hospital Directors in Taiwan, 2006 Survey Research Methodology Conference, Taipei, Taiwan. Tzai-Hung Wen, Ming-Daw Su, Bor-Wen Tsai (2006), Point Pattern Analysis for Spatial Allocation of Healthcare Resources: A Case Study of Spatial Planning for Long-term Caring Facilities, 2006 Survey Research Methodology Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.

	Topic:	Regional Water Allocation During Droughts and Spatial Risk Mapping & Analysis
	Period:	2004-2006
*Presentation, Published Paper, and Research Report:* Tzai-Hung Wen (2006), The Impact of Water Transfer among Sectors on Regional Drought Risk Distribution, PhD Dissertation in Dept. of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, National Taiwan University. (Best PhD Dissertation Award of 2007 TGIS) Tzai-Hung Wen , Hsin-Yi Hsieh , Hsiao-Hui Chang , Ming-Daw Su (2006), A Spatial Risk Model for Potential Agricultural Drought Assessment, presented at Hydraulics Engineering Conference, Taoyuan, Taiwan. Ming-Daw Su, Tzai-Hung Wen (2005-2006), Application of Spatial Data Analysis in Irrigation Demand Planning and Water Reallocation (I)-(II), Research Report funded by the Council of Agriculture, Taiwan. Tzai-Hung Wen , Hsin-Yi Hsieh , Hsiao Hui Chang , Ming-Daw Su (2005), Regional Water Allocation Model For Evaluating Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Water Shortage in Paddy-Farming Areas, presented at International Conference on Management of Paddy and Water Environment for Sustainable Rice Production, Kyoto, Japan. Tzai-Hung Wen, Hsin-Yi Hsieh, Chi-Fan Pan, Ming-Daw Su (2004), Using Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) to Analyze Spatial Non-stationary of Regional Industrial Water Use, presented at Taiwan Geographic Information Systems (TGIS) Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.

	Topic:	Analyzing Spatial-Temporal Patterns for Epidemic Risk Identification: Focus on Dengue Fever/Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
	Period:	2002-present
*Presentation, Published Paper, and Research Report:* Tzai-Hung Wen (2007),Modeling the Spatial Effects of Mosquito Density on the Occurrence of Dengue Cases, presented at Taiwan Geographic Information Systems (TGIS) Conference, Chaiyi, Taiwan. Tzai-Hung Wen, Neal Lin, Katherine Lin, I-Chun Fan, Ming-Daw Su, Chwan-Chuen King (2007), A Spatial-Temporal Approach to Differentiate Epidemic Risk Patterns, In Lai, P.C. and Mak, S.H. (eds). GIS for Health and the Environment: Development in the Asia Pacific Regions. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. Tzai-Hung Wen (2006), A Spatiotemporal Diffusion Patterns & Risk Model for Dengue Fever. (Invited Talk) Tzai-Hung Wen, Neal Lin, Chun-Hung Lin, Chwan-Chuen King, Ming-Daw Su (2006), Spatial Mapping of Temporal Risk Characteristics to Improve Environmental Health Risk Identification: A Case Study of a Dengue Epidemic in Taiwan, Science of the Total Environment 367: 631–640. (SCI) Tzai-Hung Wen, Neal Lin, I-Chun Fan, Ming-Daw Su, Chwan-Chuen King (2006), A Spatial-Temporal Approach to Epidemic Risk Identification, presented at International Conference in GIS and Health: Geospatial Research and Application Frontiers in Environmental and Public Health Systems, Hong Kong. Ming-Daw Su, Tzai-Hung Wen (2006), Modeling Spatial-Temporal Kinetics of Dengue Epidemic for Identifying Spatial Risk Areas and Evaluating Dengue Control Measures, Research Report funded by Center for Disease Control (CDC), Department of Health (DOH), Taiwan (No. DOH95-DC-1026) Tzai-Hung Wen, Ming-Daw Su, Chwan-Chuen King (2003), The Framework of Simulating Spatial Dynamics for Infectious Disease Outbreaks and Spreading, presented at Taiwan Public Health Conference, Taipei, Taiwan. Tzai-Hung Wen, Ming-Daw Su, Min-Huei Wu,Tsung-Shu Wu, Chwan-Chuen King (2004) Spatial Prediction Modeling for Epidemiology of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Taiwan, presented at Taiwan Public Health Conference, Taipei, Taiwan. Tzai-Hung Wen, Ming-Daw Su, I-Chun Fan, Hsuan-Min Liao, Chwan-Chuen King (2003), What Can GIS Be Helpful to Control Infectious Diseases More Efficiently, presented at the Conference of Inter-City Joint Force for SARS Control, Taipei, Taiwan. Tzai-Hung Wen, Chwan-Chuen King, Chuhsing Kate Hsiao, Eric YenI-Chun Fan, Ming-Daw Su (2002), Application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Epidemiological Surveillance, Data Analysis, and Effective Control in Infectious Diseases, Taiwan Journal of Public Health 21(6)：449-456. (TSSCI) Tzai-Hung Wen, Chwan-Chuen King, Ming-Daw Su (2002), Application of Geospatial Information to Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control, presented at Chinese Geographic Information Systems (CGIS) Conference, Taichung, Taiwan.

	Topic:	Integrating Database Management Systems with Geographic Information for Disaster Mitigation & Emergency Response
	Period:	2002 - 2003
*Presentation, Published Paper, and Research Report:* Tzai-Hung Wen, Ming-Daw Su (2003), Integrating Database Management Systems with Geographic Information for Disaster Mitigation, presented at Taiwan Geographic Information Systems (TGIS) Conference, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Ming-Daw Su, Bor-Wen Tsai, Tzai-Hung Wen (2002-2003), Establishment of Material Resources and Man Power Database for Transportation Development (I)-(II), Research Report funded by Ministry of Transportation and Communication (MOTC), Taiwan. (No: MOTC-STA0-01-13, GPN：1009105662) Ming-Daw Su, Bor-Wen Tsai, Chun-Hung Lin, Tzai-Hung Wen (2002), Establishment of a Database System Managing Engineering Facilities for Disaster Mitigation & Emergency Response, Research Report funded by Public Construction Commission (PCC), Taiwan. (No. 91-R-13, GPN：1009104720)

	Topic:	Implementation of Spatial Scenario-based Planning: Spatial Decision Support Systems in Water Management
	Period:	1997 - 2004
*Presentation, Published Paper, and Research Report:* Tzai-Hung Wen , Chun-Hung Lin, Ching-Tien Chen, Ming-Daw Su, (2007), Spatial Scenario Analysis Aiding Decision-Making of Regional Irrigation Water Demand Planning, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering - ASCE (SCI) 133(5): 455-467. . Tzai-Hung Wen, Ming-Daw Su, Yih-Lung Yeh (2004), A GIS-based Framework of Regional Irrigation Water Demand Assessment, Paddy & Water Environment 2:33-39. Ming-Daw Su,Tzai-Hung Wen (2004), Application of Spatial-Scenario Based Simulation to Decision-Making of Regional Water Resources Planning, Engineering 77(1)：30-41. Tzai-Hung Wen, Yu-Hsiu Su, Ming-Daw Su (2004), A Spatial Data Structure of Irrigation Canal Systems, Journal of Chinese Agricultural Engineering 50(3): 19-31 . Tzai-Hung Wen, Ming-Daw Su (2004), Decision Support System for Regional Water Resources Planning: A System Integration Perspective, World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Tzai-Hung Wen, Ming-Daw Su (2003), Evaluating the Impact of Changing Cropping Patterns on Regional Agricultural Water Demand Planning：A Perspective of Decision Support Systems, presented at the Symposium on Application of Information Technology in Agriculture, Taipei, Taiwan. Tzai-Hung Wen, and Ming-Daw Su (2002) “An Integrated Spatial-Scenario Based Framework for Regional Water Resources Planning”, International Conference on Water Resources Planning & Management, Roanoke, Virginia, USA. Ming-Daw Su, Tzai-Hung Wen (2001), “Spatial Decision Support System for Irrigation Demand Planning”, World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, Orlando, Florida, USA. Ming-Daw Su, Tzai-Hung Wen (1999-2001), Decision Support Systems (DSS) for Agricultural Water Demand Planning (I)-(III), Research Report funded by Dept. of Irrigation and Engineering, Council of Agriculture, Taiwan. (No: 88-AST-1.7-FOD-01-(5)) Tzai-Hung Wen (1998), Application of Spatial Decision Support Systems to Regional Agricultural Water Demand Planning, Master Thesis in Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, National Taiwan University.