Yingjie Hu
Associate Professor
Buffalo, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYingjie Hu is an Associate Professor at the University at Buffalo who blends deep Geographic Information Science and GeoAI research with practical disaster management applications, backed by 12 years of academic and industry experience. Trained at UC Santa Barbara with a PhD in GIScience and Cartography, he has led projects ranging from semantic search and linked-data prototypes at Esri to web-based 3D GIS systems and sensor-driven activity recognition. His work bridges computer science and geography—reflected by an adjunct appointment in CSE—and focuses on making geospatial AI actionable for urban planning, emergency response, and spatial data discovery. Beyond publications and teaching, he runs a GeoAI lab that translates advanced spatial analytics into usable tools, demonstrating a consistent pattern of turning research prototypes into applied systems.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Geographic Information Science and Cartography, 3.69, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Geographic Information Science and Cartography, 3.69 at East China Normal UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geographic Information Science and Cartography, 4.0, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geographic Information Science and Cartography, 4.0 at University of California, Santa Barbara
English, Chinese, szechuan
Github Skills (2)
gis3
extensible2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
geoai-lab/HowDoPeopleDescribeLocations
May 2020 - Dec 2021
Contributions:14 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
YingjieHu/POI_Name
Feb 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:12 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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