CPGIS Educational Webinars on “Spatiotemporal Study of Urban Dynamics"

China Data Institute and Future Data Lab

This webinar series focus on the spatiotemporal study of urban dynamics with talks on theories, data, methods, tools, and empirical studies

CPGIS Educational Webinar Series : “Spatiotemporal Study of Urban Dynamics”9:00PM-10:00 PM, Thursday, Feb 25-May 20, 2021 (US Eastern Time)Co-sponsors：	International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographical Information Sciences	NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center 	Urban Institute, Tsinghua University	School of Geography, Jiangxi Normal University	China Data Institute &amp; Future Data Lab	Journal of Computational Urban Science Presentations:9:00PM-10:00 PM, Thursday, Feb 25, 2021 (US EDT)“Tracking and modeling diseases in urban spaces”, Dr. Xun Shi, Dartmouth CollegeChair: Hui Lin, Jiangxi Normal University9:00PM-10:00 PM, Thursday, Mar 11, 2021 (US EDT)“Computational Urban Science”, Dr. Xinyue Ye, Texas A&M UniversityChair: Qiusheng Wu, University of Tennessee9:00PM-10:00 PM, Thursday, Mar 25, 2021 (US EDT) “Measuring place connectivity using big social media data“, Dr. Zhenlong Li, University of South CarolinaChair: Song Gao, University of Wisconsin-Madison9:00PM-10:00 PM, Thursday, April 8, 2021 (US EDT)“Global urban land dynamics monitoring”, Dr. Peng Gong, University of Hong KongChair: CuiZhen Wang, University of South Carolina9:00PM-10:00 PM, Thursday, April 22, 2021 (US EDT) “Deep learning and process understanding for data-driven urban prediction”, Dr. Feng Zhang, Zhejiang UniversityChair: Min Chen, Nanjing Normal University9:00PM-10:00 PM, Thursday, May 6, 2021 (US EDT) “Impacts of Ride-hailing on Urban Mobility”。Dr. Hui Kong, University of MinnesotaChair: Fan Zhang, MIT9:00PM-10:00 PM, Thursday, May 20, 2021 (US EDT) “Utilizing spatiotemporal computing to address air quality and urban heat problems”, Dr. Chaowei Yang, Georgia Mason UniversityChair: Wendy Guan, Harvard UniversityBackground: With the increased population, continuously propelling of urbanization and climate change, cities are facing unprecedented challenges regarding various safety, security, and health issues. Meanwhile, the increasing penetration of digital technologies is changing the way we perceive cities. This bi-weekly webinar series will focus on the spatiotemporal study of urban dynamics with invited talks on theories, data, methods, tools, and empirical studies of urban growth and safety in environment, public health, disaster, public security, crime, etc. The webinars are open to the public.