Ying Song Department of Geography, Environment and Society University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 478 Social Science, 267-19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA Office: +1.612.625.2056 Fax: +1.612.624.1044 Skype: y7song yingsong@umn.edu Academic Rank Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Society, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA Education B.S. Wuhan University, School of Resource and Environmental Science 2007 Major: Geographic Information Science. Advisor: Min Wong. Dijkstra's Shortest Path Algorithm: Implementation and Evaluation with the Case Study of Transportation Network in Wuhan, China M.S. University of Utah, Department of Geography 2010 Major: Geography. Advisor: Harvey J. Miller Visual Exploration of Large Traffic Database Using Traffic Cubes Ph.D. The Ohio State University, Department of Geography 2015 Major Geography. Advisor: Harvey J. Miller Green Accessibility: Estimating the Environmental Costs of Spacetime Prisms for Sustainable Transportation Planning Positions/Employment University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Society Faculty Member, Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) The Ohio State University 2013 2015 Graduate Research Associate, Department of Geography University of Utah Research Assistant, Department of Geography 2012 2013 Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography 2008 2012 GIS Technician, Space Planning & Management 2007 2008 Wuhan Urban Drainage Development Co., LTD, China GIS Analyst 2004 2005 Member, Association of American Geographers Member, The Regional Science Association International 2009 date 1
HONORS AND AWARDS 2016 William L. Garrison Award for Best Dissertation in Computational Geography, Association of American Geographers 2016 The Outstanding Dissertation Award, Transportation Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers 2014 John Odland Award, Spatial Analysis and Modeling Special Group, Association of American Geographers 2013 2015 Graduate Scholarship, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University, USA 2008 2013 Graduate Scholarship, Department of Geography, University of Utah, USA RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, AND CREATIVE WORK Publications Refereed Journal Articles Under Review Song, Y., Miller, H. J., Zhou, X., and Stempihar, J. Green Accessibility: Estimating the Environmental Costs of Network-Time Prisms for Sustainable Transportation Planning, Journal of Transport Geography. Miller supervised the work and edited the paper, and Zhou and Stempihar provided technical and data supports.] Under Review Song, Y., Fan, Y., Li, X., and Ji, Y. Multidimensional Visualization of Smartcard Passenger Flow Database Using Space-Time Plots and Data Cubes, Transportation [Song took the lead on analytical development and computation implementation, Ji provided data supports, Song and Fan wrote the paper, Li and Ji edited the paper.] 2016 Song, Y., Miller, H. J., Zhou, X. and Proffitt, D. Modeling Visit Probabilities within Network Time Prisms using Markov Techniques, Geographical Analysis, 18(1), 18-42. doi:10.1111/gean.12076. Miller supervised the work and edited the paper, and Zhou and Proffitt provided technical and data supports.] 2016 Tang J., Song, Y., Miller, H. J., and Zhou, X. Estimating the Most Likely Space-Time Paths, Dwell Times and Path Uncertainties from Vehicle Trajectory Data: A Time Geography Method, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 66, 176-194. doi:10.1016/j.trc.2015.08.014. [Tang took the lead on analytical development, computation implementation and paper writing, Song participated in analytical development and paper writing, and Miller and Zhou provided the technical and data supported and edited the paper.] 2015 Song, Y. and Miller, H. J. Beyond the Boundary: New Insights from Inside the Space- Time Prism, Space-Time Integration in Geography and GIScience: Research Frontiers in the US and China, edited by Kwan, M-P., Richardson, D., Wang, D., and Zhou C., 2015, 189-209. Springer Netherlands, doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9205-9_12. and Miller supervised the work and edited the book chapter.] 2
2014 Song, Y. and Miller, H. J. Simulating Visit Probability Distributions within Planar Space-Time Prisms, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 28(1), 104-125. doi: 10.1080/13658816.2013.830308. and Miller supervised the work and edited the paper.] 2013 Tribby, C. P., Miller, H. J., Song, Y. and Smith, K. R. Do Air Quality Alerts Reduce Traffic? An Analysis of Traffic Data from the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area, Utah, USA. Transport Policy, 30, 173-185. doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2013.09.012. [Tribby took the lead on analytical development, computation implementation and paper writing, Miller participated in analytical development and paper writing, Song provided technical and data supports, and Smith provided practical suggestions.] 2012 Song, Y. and Miller, H. J. Exploring Traffic Flow Databases using Space-Time Plots and Data Cubes. Transportation, 39(2), 215-234. doi:10.1007/s11116-011-9343-z. [Song took the lead on analytical development, computation implementation, toolset development and paper writing, and Miller supervised the work and edited the paper.] 2006 Song, Y. Apply GIS in Small Business, Transaction of CEEIC National New Computer Science and Technology and Computer Continuing Education, China (in Chinese) Proceedings of Conferences 2017 Song, Y., Miller, H. J., Zhou, X., and Stempihar, J. Green Accessibility: Estimating the Environmental Costs of Network-Time Prisms for Sustainable Transportation Planning, Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, No. 17-04713. 2017. Miller supervised the work and edited the paper, and Zhou and Stempihar provided technical and data supports.] 2015 Song, Y., Miller, H. J., and Zhou, X. Modeling Visit Probabilities Within Network Time Prisms Using Continuous-Time Semi-Markov Techniques, Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, No. 15-4241. 2015. Miller supervised the work and edited the paper, and Zhou provided technical and data supports.] Reviews of Books 2017 Song, Y. Accessibility, Equity, and Efficiency: Challenges for Transport and Public Service, edited by Karst T. Geurs, Roberto Patuelli, and Tomaz Ponce Dentinho. 2016. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar. Journal of Regional Science, 57: 193 194. doi:10.1111/jors.12331 Presentations, Posters, and Exhibits Invited Presentations 2016 Song, Y. Green Accessibility: Estimating the Environmental Costs of Space-time Prisms for Sustainable Transportation Planning, Garrison Award special session, 2016 AAG Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, Mar. 29th-Apr. 2nd. 2015 Song, Y. Exploring Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age Using Hägerstrand s Time Geography, University of Minnesota 2015 Spatial Forum, Minneapolis, MN, USA. 3
Abstracts (published in electronic or paper format that are archived or searchable) 2016 Song Y., Miller H. J., Zhou, X., and Stempihar, J. Visual Exploration of Movement Patterns and Physics under Prism Constraints, 63 rd Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Nov. 9th-12th 2016 Song, Y., Miller, H. J., Zhou, X., Stempihar, J., and Reinau, K. H. Visual Exploration of Movement Patterns under Prism Constraints, 2016 AAG Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, Mar. 29th-Apr. 2nd. 2015 Song, Y., Miller, H. J. and Zhou, X. Estimating the Speed-related Costs of Network- Time Prisms with Applications in Emissions Modeling and Air Quality, 2015 AAG Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, Apr. 21th-25th. 2014 Song, Y., Miller, H. J., and Zhou, X. Modeling Visit Probabilities within Network Time Prisms using Markov Techniques, 8th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Vienna, Austria, Sep. 24th-26th. 2014 Song, Y., Miller, H. J. and Zhou, X. Simulating Visit Probabilities within Network-Time Prisms using Markov Chains and Truncated Brownian Bridges, 2014 AAG Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida, USA, Apr. 8th-12th. 2013 Song, Y. and Miller, H. J. Simulating and Validating Visit Probabilities within Network- Time Prisms, Mobile Ghent 13, Ghent, Belgium, Oct. 23th-25th. 2013 Song, Y. and Miller, H. J., Modeling Visit Probability within the Network-based Space- Time Prisms, 2013 AAG Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, USA, Apr. 9th-13th. 2013 Song, Y. and Miller, H. J. Modeling Visit Probabilities within Space-Time Prisms in Continuous Space and Time using Truncated Brownian Bridges, 12th International Conference on GeoComputation, Wuhan, Hubei, China, May. 23rd-25th. 2012 Song, Y. and Miller, H. J. Modeling Visit Probabilities within Space-Time Prisms using Directed Random Walk and Truncated Brownian Bridges, 7th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Columbus, Ohio, USA, Sep. 18th-21st. 2012 Song, Y. and Miller, H. J. Visit Probabilities within Space-Time Prisms, 2012 AAG Annual Meeting, New York, NY, USA, February 24th-28th. 2011 Song, Y. and Miller, H. J. The Expected Cost of Space-Time Prisms, 2011 AAG Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA, February 12th-16th. 2010 Song, Y. and Miller, H. J. Exploratory Space-Time Visualization of Transportation Flows Using Traffic Cubes, 2010 AAG Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA, April 14th-18th. Posters or Exhibitions 2017 Song, Y., Miller, H. J., Zhou, X., and Stempihar, J. Green Accessibility: Estimating the Environmental Costs of Network-Time Prisms for Sustainable Transportation Planning, Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Jan. 8th-12th. 2015 Song, Y., Miller, H. J. and Zhou, X. Modeling Visit Probabilities within Network Time Prisms using Continuous-time Semi-Markov Techniques, Transportation Research Board (TRB) 94th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Jan. 11th-15th. 4
Grants and Contracts University Sources 2015 Minnesota Department of Transportation. CTS Faculty Scholars Program, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota. (07/10/15 06/30/17), $5,000. TEACHING AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT University of Minnesota Courses, Seminars, and Instructional Units Taught Chief instructor. GEOG 3211: Geography of East Asia GEOG 3561: Principles of Geographic Information Systems (Lecture/Lab) GEOG 5561: Principles of Geographic Information Systems (Lecture/Lab) GEOG 5564: Urban Geographic Information Systems and Analysis (Lecture/Lab) Curriculum Development Developed lab exercises for spatial data management and analysis for use in courses related to geographic information science/systems. Collaborative Efforts and Activities Collaborated with government agencies, local communities, and consultant firms in Minnesota, and the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) and the Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) at University of Minnesota to design community-based projects for graduate and senior undergraduate students in course GEOG 5564 Faculty Development Activities regarding teaching Participated in the programs offered by Center for Teaching and Learning, including small group workshops, seminars, midterm evaluations, and in-class peer evaluations. 2015 2015 The Ohio State University Courses, Seminars, and Instructional Units Taught Guest lecturer 2013 2015 GEOG 5212: Geospatial Databases for GIS GEOG 5221: Spatial Simulation and Modeling University of Utah Courses, Seminars, and Instructional Units Taught Lab instructor 2008 2013 GEOG 3140: Introduction to Geographic Information Science GEOG 5140: Methods in Geographic Information Science GEOG 5150: Spatial Data Design for Geographic Information Systems GEOG 5160: Spatial Modeling with Geographic Information Systems 5
ADVISING AND MENTORING Undergraduate Student Activities In progress Thron Haley, BS, Geography Graduate Student Activities Starting 2017 Yuchuan Huang, MS, Geography Starting 2017 Erin Schaeffer, MS, Conservation Sciences SERVICE AND PUBLIC OUTREACH Service to the Discipline/Profession/Interdisciplinary Area(s) Journal Reviewing 2015 2017 Computers Environment and Urban Systems 2015 2017 International Journal of Geographical Information Science 2015 Journal of Spatial Information Science 2015 2017 Journal of Transport and Land Use 2015 2016 Transactions in GIS 2016 Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 2015 Travel Behaviour and Society 2015 2017 Transportation Review panels for external funding agencies, foundations, etc. 2016 Discussant, Big Data in Regional Science and Transport III in 63 rd Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Nov. 9th-12th 2016 Jaques May Thesis or Dissertation Award, Health and Medical Geography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, USA Organization of Conferences, Workshops, Panels, Symposia 2016 Program Committee Member, Workshop on Analysis of Movement Data (AMD2016), 2016 GIScience Conference, Montreal, Canada. Sep. 27th, 2016 Service to the University/College/Department Department Service 2017 Member, Award Committee, Department of GES, UMN 2015 2017 Member, Masters of GIS Executive Committee, UMN 2015 2016 Member, Admissions and Financial Aid Committee, Department of GES, UMN 6