Papers Published: Multiple papers accepted by top conferences and journals such as NeurIPS, ACM SIGSPATIAL, Communications of the ACM, Remote Sensing of Environment, etc.; Awards: NSF Collaborations in AI and Geosciences (CAIG) Award (as PI), 2025 Early Career Impact Award, etc.; Projects: NASA AIST project selected for funding (as PI); Organizing Activities: Invited to join the Organizing Committee of ACM SIGSPATIAL as the Registration Chair, IEEE ICDM as the Local Chair, etc.
Research Experience
Currently an Assistant Professor of Geospatial Information Science at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Advisor: Dr. Shashi Shekhar; Year: 2020.
Background
Research Interests: Spatial data science and artificial intelligence (a.k.a. Spatial-AI or GeoAI); Professional Field: Geospatial Information Science; Brief Introduction: Assistant Professor of Geospatial Information Science at the University of Maryland, College Park, also a member of the Center for Geospatial Information Science and Department of Geographical Sciences, and an affiliate faculty member of the Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM).