Brent Vlodarchyk
Graduate Assistant
vlodarcb@uwindsor.ca
Thesis Topic
Predicting Landslides in Costa Rica Using Self-Organizing Map Machine Learning and Spectral Clustering.
Work Experience
09/2018 - Present
University of WindsorGraduate Assistant
Responsibilities include: Assisting the professor in preparing exams, grading assignments and exams, proctoring exams, and holding office hours for students.
05/2016 - 09/2018
Town of AmherstburgGIS Technician
Use of GIS programs to complete database entry, layer creation, layer edits, data analysis and, network analysis. Complete document research to assist in the creation and updating of data in the Towns GIS database. Creating and updating various online and Web Mapping Applications. Training staff in ArcView GIS and in Web Mapping Applications. Also acts as asset management clerk for the Towns Tangible Capital Assets. Also includes GPS fieldwork, updating various spatial datasets.
Education
05/2018 - Present
University of WindsorM.Sc. (Masters of Earth Science)
09/2013 - 12/2018
University of WindsorB.E.S [H] (Bachelor of Environmental Studies, Honours)
Accomplishments
12/2019
The American Geophysical Union
Predicting Landslides in Costa Rica using Self Organizing Maps and Spectral Clustering
04/2017 & 04/2018
American Association of Geographers Poster Presenter
(1) Spatial and Temporal Variation in Drownings on the Great Lakes: 2010-2017 (2) Spatio-temporal Variations of Drownings on The Great Lakes: Future Opportunity for Machine Learning Approach
03/2017 & 03/2018
UWill Discover Poster Presenter
(1) Spatial and Temporal Variation in Drownings on the Great Lakes: 2010-2017