Stefan Leyk photo portrait
Professor of Geography • GIScience, uncertainty modeling, small area estimation, cartographic pattern recognition • Ph.D. University of Zurich / Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape, 2005
GIS
stefan.leyk@colorado.edu
303-492-4695, GUGG 201F

Research Interests

  • Uncertainty in GIScience and spatial uncertainty modeling
  • Land cover change modeling; retrospective landscape assessments based on historical spatial information
  • Cartographic pattern recognition from historical maps
  • Spatial dynamic modeling approaches in public health

Recent Courses Taught

  • Fall 2024听 GEOG听4103/5103听听GIS: Spatial Analytics
  • Spring 2024听 GEOG听4103/5103听听GIS: Spatial Analytics
  • Spring 2024听 GEOG听4303/5303听GIS: Spatial Programming
  • Fall 2023听 GEOG听4103/5103听听GIS: Spatial Analytics
  • Summer 2023 GEOG 4603/5603 GIS in the听Social and Natural听Sciences
  • Fall 2022 GEOG 4203/5203 GIS: Spatial Modeling
  • Summer 2022 GEOG 4603/5603 GIS in the听Social and Natural听Sciences
  • Fall 2021听 GEOG听4103/5103听听GIS: Spatial Analytics
  • Spring 2020听听骋贰翱骋听4303/5303听GIS: Spatial Programming
  • Fall 2019听听骋贰翱骋听4103/5103听听GIS: Spatial Analytics
  • Summer 2019听骋贰翱骋听4603/5603听GIS in the听Social and Natural听Sciences
  • Spring 2019听听骋贰翱骋听4303/5303听GIS: Spatial Programming

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Recent Publications

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Maclaurin GJ; Leyk S
Published in:
Publication Date: 2016-11-01
Type: Journal Article

Building Consistent Multi-temporal Population Data at Fine Resolution through Spatially Refined Areal Interpolation

CU Boulder Authors: ;
All Authors: Zoraghein H; LEYK S; Buttenfield BP
Publication Date: 2016-09-27
Type: Conference Proceeding

A Regional Approach for Modeling Dog Cancer Incidences with Regard to Different Reporting Practices

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Boo G; LEYK S; Fabrikant S; Pospischil A
Publication Date: 2016-09-27
Type: Conference Proceeding

Assessing Spatiotemporal Agreement between MultiTemporal Built-up Land Layers and Integrated Cadastral and Building Data

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Uhl JH; LEYK S; Florczyk AJ; Pesaresi M; Balk D
Publication Date: 2016-09-27
Type: Conference Proceeding

Measuring Distance 鈥淎s the Horse Runs鈥�: Cross-Scale Comparison of Terrain-Based Metrics

CU Boulder Authors: ;
All Authors: Buttenfield BP; Ghandehari M; LEYK S; Stanislawski L; Brantley M; Qiang Y
Publication Date: 2016-09-27
Type: Conference Proceeding

Exploring the Potential of Integrated Cadastral and Building Data for Evaluation of Remote-Sensing based Multi-Temporal Built-up Land Layers

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Uhl JH; LEYK S; Florczyk AJ; Pesaresi M; Balk D
Publication Date: 2016-09-14
Type: Conference Proceeding

Spatio-temporal Small Area Analysis for Improved Population Estimation Based on Advanced Dasymetric Refinement

CU Boulder Authors: ;
All Authors: Zoraghein H; LEYK S; Buttenfield BP; Ruther M
Publication Date: 2016-09-14
Type: Conference Proceeding

Information Extraction of Hydrographic Features from Historical Map Archives using the Concept of Geographic Context

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: LEYK S; Chiang YY
Publication Date: 2016-09-14
Type: Conference Proceeding

The Role of Climate Strain in Population Redistribution: Migration Streams in Contemporary Mexico

CU Boulder Authors: ;
All Authors: Hunter L; Simon D; Riosmena F; LEYK S
Publication Date: 2016-08-20
Type: Conference Proceeding

Validation of Multi-Temporal Built-up Land Layers Using Open Data: A Tax Data Approach for the U.S.

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Uhl JH; LEYK S; Pesaresi M
Publication Date: 2016-08-05
Type: Conference Proceeding

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Chiang Y-Y; Leyk S; Nazari NH; Moghaddam S; Tan TX
Published in:
Publication Date: 2016-08-01
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors: ;
All Authors: Zoraghein H; Leyk S; Ruther M; Buttenfield BP
Published in:
Publication Date: 2016-07-01
Type: Journal Article

Rush from the Border: Contemporary Population Redistribution in Mexico

CU Boulder Authors: ;
All Authors: Hunter L; Riosmena F; Simon D; LEYK S
Publication Date: 2016-03-31
Type: Conference Proceeding

What Is Urban? Comparing Estimates of Urban People with Estimates of Urban Land. ; Balk D.L., Jones B., Dukhovnov D., Leyk S., Montgomery M.R., Gao J., O'Neill B.C. and Pesaresi M

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Balk DL; Jones B; Dukhovnov D; LEYK S; Montgomery MR; Gao J; O'Neill BC; Pesaresi M
Publication Date: 2016-03-31
Type: Conference Proceeding

Deriving Small Area Mortality Estimates Using a Probabilistic Reweighting Method

CU Boulder Authors: ;
All Authors: Ruther M; Leyk S; Buttenfield BP
Publication Date: 2016-03-31
Type: Conference Proceeding

Rush from the border? Explaining shifts in population mobility in contemporary Mexico

CU Boulder Authors: ; ;
All Authors: Hunter L; Riosmena F; Simon D; Leyk S
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Type: Conference Proceeding

CU Boulder Authors: ;
All Authors: Maclaurin G; Leyk S; Hunter L
Published in:
Publication Date: 2015-12-01
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors: ; ;
All Authors: Gartner MH; Veblen TT; Leyk S; Wessman CA
Published in:
Publication Date: 2015-11-10
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors: ;
All Authors: Buttenfield BP; Ruther M; Leyk S
Published in:
Publication Date: 2015-10-20
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Boo G; Fabrikant SI; Leyk S
Published in:
Publication Date: 2015-09-28
Type: Conference Proceeding

CU Boulder Authors: ;
All Authors: Ruther M; Leyk S; Buttenfield BP
Published in:
Publication Date: 2015-03-04
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors: ;
All Authors: Hunter LM; Nawrotzki R; Leyk S; Maclaurin GJ; Twine W; Collinson M; Erasmus B
Published in:
Publication Date: 2014-07-01
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors:
All Authors: Chiang Y-Y; Leyk S; Knoblock CA
Published in:
Publication Date: 2014-07-01
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors: ;
All Authors: Leyk S; Ruther M; Buttenfield BP; Nagle NN; Stum AK
Published in:
Publication Date: 2014-02-01
Type: Journal Article

CU Boulder Authors: ;
All Authors: Nagle NN; Buttenfield BP; Leyk S; Spielman S
Published in:
Publication Date: 2014-01-02
Type: Journal Article

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