Eddie Bright
Senior Research & Development Staff
Phone: (865) 574-5430
Fax: (865) 241-6261
Email: brightea@ornl.gov
Education
MS, Geography, University of Tennessee (1982).
BA, Geography, University of Tennessee, magna cum laude (1980)
Expertise
Population Distribution and Dynamics,
Remote sensing
Land cover land use analysis
Professional Experience
1988 – Present, Senior R&D Staff Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1983 – 1988, Senior Progammer/Analyst Computer Science Department, University of Tennessee, ORNL Subcontract
Awards
- U.S. Patent: 7,247,024. Bright et al., “Method for Spatially Distributing a Population” July 24, 2007.
- R&D 100 Award: “LandScan 2004: Global Population Database” November 2006.
- 7 U.S. Copyright Awards for LandScan Global Population database.
- ORNL Significant Event Awards: June 2005; September 2004
Professional Interests
Spatial Modeling, Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems
Selected Publications
Potere, D., Feierabend, N., Bright, E., Strahler, A. (2008). Walmart from space: A new source for land cover change validation. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 74(7), 913-920.
Bhaduri, B., Bright, E., Coleman, P. & Urban, M. (2007) LandScan USA: A high resolution geospatial and temporal modeling approach for population distribution and dynamics. GeoJournal. 69(1), 103-117.
Cheriyadat, A., Bright, E.A., Bhaduri, B.,& Potere, D. (2007). Mapping of settlements in high resolution satellite imagery using high performance computing. GeoJournal, 69(1), 119-129.
Tobin, K., Bhaduri, B., Bright, E., Cheriyadat, A., Karnowski, T., Palathingal, P., Potok, T., & Price, J. R. (2006). Automated feature generation in large-scale geospatial libraries for content-based indexing. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 72(5) 531-540.
Dobson, J., Bright, E., Coleman, P., Durfee, R., & Worley, B. (2000). LandScan: A global population database for estimating populations at risk. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 66(7), 849–857.
