September 2018 Hurricane Florence

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March 2011 Tohoku, Japan Tsunami and Earthquake

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December 2017 Thomas Fire

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Research

Projects

  • 2022:  DSFAS-AI: Developing an Integrated Deep Learning Modeling Framework for County-Level Crop Yield Prediction in support of USDA NASS Operation, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 1/1/2022 – 6/1/2024, $649,786 (Co-PI). PI: Dr. Zou Zhang
  • 2020:Fusing Social Media Data and GeoAI for Disaster Event Detection, Vilas Associates Award, UW-Madison, 6/1/2020 – 6/1/2022, $89,272. PI: Qunying Huang
  • 2020: Self-Supervised Deep Learning and Computer Vision for Real-Time Large-Scale High Definition Flood Extent Mapping, Microsoft AI for Earth Grant, Microsoft, 6/1/2020 – 6/1/2022, $30,000 (Co-I). PI: Bo Peng
  • 2019: CoPe EAGER: Collaborative Research: A GeoAI Data-Fusion Framework for Real-Time Assessment of Flood Damage and Transportation Resilience by Integrating Complex Sensor Datasets, National Science Foundation, 1/1/2020 – 1/1/2022, $299,709. PI: Qunying Huang
  • 2019: Contextualized Daily Prediction of Lapse Risk in Opioid Use Disorder by Digital Phenotyping, National Institute of Health, 8/1/2019 – 6/30/2024, $3,416,728 (Co-I). PI: Dr. John Curtin
  • 2017: Risk-based Assessment and MANagement (RAMAN) Online Visualization Tools for Health of Bluff, Beach, and Nearshore Environments on Wisconsin’s Coast, NOAA Sea Grant, 02/01/2019 – 02/01/2021, $142,000 (Co-I). PI: Dr. Chin Wu
  • 2017: A 3D Visualization System for Human Mobility Study Using Online Footprints, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), 04/01/2018 – 06/30/2019, $39,270. PI: Qunying Huang
  • 2016: EPIGRIDS: Electric Power Infrastructure and Grid Representation in Interoperable Data Sets, Department of Energy, 08/10/2016 – 11/09/2019, $1,476,000 (Co-I). PI: Dr. Christopher L. DeMarco
  • 2016: Resource Demand Estimation for Effective Disaster Response Using Crowdsourcing Data, WARF, 09/01/2017 – 09/01/2018, $46,765. PI: Qunying Huang
  • 2015: Evaluation of Big Data Containers for Popular Storage, Retrieval, and Computation Primitives in Earth Science Analysis, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 06/01/2015 – 06/01/2017, $50,000. PI: Qunying Huang
  • 2015: Developing an Intelligent System for Disaster Situational Awareness Based on Social Media, WARF, 07/01/2015 – 06/30/2016, $31,979. PI: Qunying Huang
  • 2014: Developing a Cloud-enabled Interactive Mapping System for Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), WEDC, 06/01/2014 – 06/01/2015, $10,000 (Co-I). PI: Dr. Howard Veregin
  • 2012: ESIP Testbed: Cloud Cost Model, Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), 09/01/2012 – 08/30/2013, $5000. PI: Qunying Huang
  • 2011: Cloud Enable GEOSS Clearinghouse, Microsoft, 06/01/2011 – 05/30/2012, $100,000 (Co-I). PI: Dr. Chaowei Yang
  • 2010: Geospatial Cloud Processing, ESIP student funding, 09/01/2010 – 08/30/2011, $3000. PI: Qunying Huang
  • 2009: GeoCloud Initiative, Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), 09/01/2009- 08/30/2010, $30,000 (Co-I). PI: Dr. Chaowei Yang