Song Gao
Scholar

Song Gao

Google Scholar ID: eLdz_6IAAAAJ
Associate Professor of Geographic Information Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison; AAG Fellow
GIScienceGeoAIGeospatial Data ScienceHuman MobilitySocial Sensing
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
10,463
 
H-index
53
 
i10-index
136
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
79
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • 2024 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Fellow; 2023 Web of Science Top 1% Global Highly Cited Researchers List (Social Sciences); 2023 Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List (by Stanford University); 2023 UW-Madison H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship; 2022 Web of Science Top 1% Global Highly Cited Researchers List (Social Sciences); 2022 Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List (by Stanford University); 2022 UCGIS Early/Mid-Career Research Award, etc.
Research Experience
  • Associate Professor (H.I. Romnes Fellow & AAG Fellow) and Director of the Geospatial Data Science Lab at the Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Courses taught include Introduction to Geocomputing (with Python programming), Advanced Quantitative Analysis in Geography (with R programming), Advanced Geocomputing & Geospatial Big Data Analytics (with Python programming), Seminar in Geographic Information Science, and Seminar in Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI).
Education
  • 2012-2017: Ph.D. in GIScience, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA; 2009-2012: M.S. in Cartography and GIS, Peking University, China; 2005-2009: B.S. Honors in Geography, Beijing Normal University, China.
Background
  • Research areas include GIScience, GeoAI, Geospatial Data Science, Human Mobility, Social Sensing, Spatial Networks, and Urban Informatics.
Miscellany
  • Affiliate Faculty, Department of Computer Sciences; Affiliate Faculty, Data Science Institute.