News

πŸ”ˆ [NEW] My course URP 535 Introduction to Urban Informatics is hiring a Graduate Student Instructor (tuition waived + stipend); this is only open to current UMich students. Apply before December 3rd here. (November 27th)

πŸ”ˆ [NEW] My students and I presented at Detroit GIS Day! (November 20th)

πŸ”ˆ [NEW] I joined Michigan Institute for Data & AI in Society as an affiliated faculty! (November 4th)

πŸ”ˆ [NEW] I will be at ACSP 2024 and AAG 2025 this calendar year. Looking forward to meeting friends and colleagues (November 4th)

πŸ”ˆ [NEW] I gave a talk on our Intercity Conenctivity and Innovation paper at Asia Cities Research Workshop at MIT Center for Real Estate (October 7th)

πŸ”ˆ [NEW] I am highly motivated to work with a PhD student who is interested in the participatory AI and/or urban networks system direction. Find more details at Work with Me page (August 19th)

πŸ“„ My new paper titled Lessons from a Human-in-the-Loop Machine Learning Approach for Identifying Vacant, Abandoned, and Deteriorated Properties in Savannah, Georgia is published in Journal of Planning Education and Research! This multi-year project works with City of Savannah to explore how human expertise can be integrated into machine learning model and how such human-in-the-loop model may differ from a traditional ML model and the city’s current practice.

πŸ”ˆ I gave a seminar talk at Shenzhen University and was interviewed by Prof. Yue Yang. See Bilibili talk links here (β€œδΉθ°ˆGISβ€β€”β€”ε―Ήθ―ζ’ζ™“εΈ†εšε£«οΌˆδΈŠοΌ‰ | θ·¨ε­¦η§‘ηš„η’°ζ’žοΌšη€ΎδΌšε­¦+AI+θ§„εˆ’ηš„β€œι’ζ€’β€ε­¦ζœ―δΉ‹ζ—…; β€œδΉθ°ˆGISβ€β€”β€”ε―Ήθ―ζ’ζ™“εΈ†εšε£«οΌˆδΈ‹οΌ‰ | ζ–‡η§‘η”Ÿε¦‚δ½•θ½¬ζ’ζ€η»΄ε†™δ»£η ) (August 5th).