Zevi Azzaino is a Ph.D. Candidate in Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University. His research focuses on the study of Binary and Combinatorial Optimization problems in the areas of watershed management, historic preservation and unique natural areas (UNA) in New York State. He has been a guest lecturer in Geographic Information System courses at Cornell, and recently provided his GIS expertise by creating maps and satellite images for Aceh Relief Fund, a nonprofit organization which he co-founded. He received several scholarship awards for academic excellencies, including from the Asian Development Bank, Intelligent Information Systems Institute, Cornell's CIPA and CISER.

Selected Publication
Azzaino, Z., J.M. Conrad, P. Ferarro. 2002. Optimizing the Riparian Buffer: Harold Brook in the Skaneateles Lake Watershed, New York. Land Economics, 78(4):501-514.


Research Experience
Summer 2004. Intelligent Information Systems Institute, IISI. Computing and Information Science, Cornell University. Research Assistant.

Spring 2004. Agglomeration Economies in the U.S. Metropolitan Areas. Cornell Institute of Public Affairs (CIPA). Research Assistant.

Fall 2002 - Spring 2003. Decision Tools for Post Disaster Planning: Quality of Life as an Overarching Framework. Social Science Seed Grant - Cornell CISER. Research Assistant.

Spring 2001. Distance Functions and the Targeting of Conservation Contracts: an Application to Watershed Management. NSF Award, with Paul J. Ferarro, Ph.D (PI).

Spring 2001. Right Whales in the Western North Atlantic: Population Dynamics and the Mortality from Shop Strikes and Entanglement in Fishing Gear. with Prof. Jon. M. Conrad: AEM Working Paper.

Fall 2001. Economic Perspectives on Watershed Management: Three Essays. US Geological Survey (USGS), US Department of Interior, New York State Water Resource Institute, Cornell University.

Selected Awards
• Cornell University Regional Science Distinguished Student Award

• Asian Development Bank (ADB) CBUIM: Master and Ph.D Program Scholarship

Teaching Experiences
• CRP404/504: Urban Economics, Spring 2007. Teaching Assistant to Prof. Kieran Donaghy.

• Guest Lecturers, CRP508: Intro to Geographic Information System (GIS), Spring 2001, 2002, 2003.

Professional Membership and Activities
• Regional Science Association International (RSAI)
• American Water Resources Association (AWRA)
• Indonesian Society of Engineers (PII)
• Indonesian Society of Sanitary and Environmental Engineers (IATPI)

Computer & IT Skills
Software:
• GIS: ESRI ArcView GIS 3.2, ArcGIS/ArcInfo/ArcView v8 and v9, Manifold, MapInfo
• Microsoft: Windows XP/Vista, Office 2003/2007 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Visio)
• Graphics & Multimedia: Adobe CS, Photoshop, CorelDraw, Pinnacle Studio, Ulead, Cyberlink
• Web: Frontpage, Adobe Dreamweaver, Content Management System (CMS)
• Server: Windows Server 2003 and 2008
• Statistics: Matlab, SAS
• MAC OS X

Hardware:
• PC design, Custom built systems, Overclocking
• RAID array and backup system
• Wireless and Local Access Networking
• Solid State Drives (SSD)
• Blu-ray devices and HDCP components