Assistant Professor Department of Geography University of Tennessee, Knoxville Yingjie Hu Office: 206A Burchfiel Geography Bldg. Tel: (865) 974-5343 Email: yhu21@utk.edu Research Interests Geographic Information Science, Geospatial Semantics, Information Value, Data Mining, Spatial Data infrastructures Academic Employment 8/2016 present: Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Education 9/2011 6/2016: PhD in Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA 9/2008 7/2011: MS in Cartography and GIScience, East China Normal University, China 92004 7/2008: BS in Cartography and GIScience, East China Normal University, China Publications Peer-reviewed Journal Articles 1. Zhu, R., Hu, Y., Janowicz, K., & McKenzie, G. (2016): Spatial signatures for geographic feature types: examining gazetteer ontologies using spatial statistics. Transactions in GIS, 20(3), 333-355. 2. Hu, Y., Janowicz, K., & Chen, Y. (2016): Task-oriented information value measurement based on space-time prisms, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 30(6), 1228-1249. 3. Hu, Y., Gao, S., Janowicz, K., Yu, B., Li, W., & Prasad, S. (2015): Extracting and understanding urban areas of interest using geotagged photos, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 54, 240-254. 4. Hu, Y., Janowicz, K., Prasad, P., & Gao, S. (2015): Metadata topic harmonization and semantic search for Linked-Data-driven geoportals: a case study using ArcGIS Online. Transactions in GIS, 19(3), 398-416. 5. Hu, Y., Lv, Z., Wu, J., Janowicz, K., Zhao, X., & Yu, B. (2015): A multistage collaborative 3D GIS to support public participation. International Journal of Digital Earth, 8 (3), 212-234. 6. Shi, K., Yu, B., Hu, Y., Huang C., Chen Y., Huang Y., Chen Z., & Wu J. (2015): Modelling and mapping total freight traffic in China using NPP-VIIRS nighttime light composite data. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 52(3), 274-289. 7. Chen, Z., Yu, B., Hu, Y., Huang, C., Shi, K., & Wu J. (2015): Estimating house vacancy rate in metropolitan areas using NPP-VIIRS nighttime light composite data, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 8(5), 2188-2197. 8. Yu, B., Shi, K., Hu, Y., Huang, C., Chen, Z., & Wu, J. (2015): Poverty evaluation using NPP-VIIRS nighttime light composite data at the county level in China. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 8(3), 1217-1229. 9. McKenzie, G., Janowicz, K., Gao, S., Yang, J., & Hu, Y. (2014): POI Pulse: a multi-granular, semantic signature-based information observatory for the interactive visualization of big geosocial data, Cartographica, 50(2), 71-85.
10. Shi, K., Yu, B., Huang, Y., Hu, Y., Yin, B., Chen, Z., Chen, L., & Wu, J. (2014): Evaluating the ability of NPP-VIIRS nighttime light data to estimate the gross domestic product and the electric power consumption of China at multiple scales: A comparison with DMSP-OLS data. Remote Sensing, 6, (2), 1705-1724. 11. Lin, H., Yu, B., Chen, Z., Hu, Y., Huang, Y., Wu, J., & Ge, R. (2013): A geospatial web portal for sharing and analyzing greenhouse gas data derived from satellite remote sensing images. Frontiers of Earth Science, 7(3), 295-309. 12. Chen, Z., Yu, B., Huang, Y., Hu, Y., Lin, H., & Wu, J. (2013): Validation of total ozone column derived from OMPS using ground-based spectroradiometer measurements. Remote Sensing Letters, 4(10), 937-945. 13. Yu, B., Liu, H., Wu, J., Hu, Y., & Zhang, L. (2010): Automated derivation of urban building density information using airborne LiDAR data and object-based method. Landscape and Urban Planning, 98, 210-219. 14. Hu, Y., & Wu, J. (2010). Design of enterprise three-dimensional GIS based on skyline and ExtJS. Science of Surveying and Mapping, 35(6), 247-249 (in Chinese). 15. Li, J., Wu, J., & Hu, Y. (2009). Development of three-dimensional urban scanning system using TerraExplorer Pro. Computer Technology and Development, 6, 66-68 (in Chinese). Peer-reviewed Book Chapters 1. Hu, Y. & Janowicz, K. (2016): The Semantic Trajectory Pattern. In P. Hitzler, A. Gangemi, K. Janowicz, A. Krisnadhi, and V. Presutti (Eds), Ontology Engineering with Ontology Design Patterns: Foundations and Applications. IOS Press, 327-333. 2. Hu, Y. & Janowicz, K. (2016): Enriching top-down geo-ontologies using bottom-up knowledge mined from Linked Open Data. In, H. Onsrud, & W. Kuhn, eds., Advancing Geographic Information Science: The Past and Next Twenty Years. GSDI Association Press, 183-198. Peer-reviewed Conference Articles (full papers only) 1. Krisnadhi, A., Hu, Y., Janowicz, K., Hitzler, P., Arko, R., Carbotte, S., Chandler, C., Cheatham, M., et al. (2015): The GeoLink modular oceanography ontology, In Proceedings of the 14th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC), Springer International Publishing, 301-309. 2. Hu, Y., Janowicz, K., Prasad, S., & Gao, S. (2015): Enabling Semantic Search and Knowledge Discovery for ArcGIS Online: A Linked-Data-driven Approach. In Proceedings of the 18th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science (AGILE), 107-124. 3. Hu, Y., Janowicz, K., & Prasad S., (2014): Improving Wikipedia-based Place Name Disambiguation in Short Texts Using Structured Data from DBpedia, In Proceedings of the 8th ACM SIGSPATIAL Workshop on Geographic Information Retrieval (GIR), ACM Press, 1-8. 4. Hu, Y., Janowicz, K., McKenzie, G., Sengupta, K., & Hitzler, P. (2013): A Linked-Data-driven and Semantically-enabled Journal Portal for Scientometrics. In Proceedings of the International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 114-129. 5. Hu, Y., Janowicz, K., Carral, D., Scheider, S., Kuhn, W., Berg-Cross, G., Hitzler, P., Dean, M., & Kolas, D. (2013): A Geo-Ontology Design Pattern for Semantic Trajectories. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT). Springer International Publishing, 438-456. 6. Gao, S., Hu, Y., Janowicz, K., & McKenzie, G. (2013): A Spatiotemporal Scientometrics Framework for Exploring the Citation Impact of Publications and Scientists. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL), ACM Press, 204-213. 7. Lin, H., Hu, L., Hu, Y., Wu, J., Yu B., (2011): An integrated framework for retrieving and analyzing geographic information in Web pages, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Geoinformatics (Geoinformatics), IEEE.
8. Lv, Z., Hu, Y., Zhong, H., Yu, B., Wu, J., Li, B., & Zhao, H. (2010): Spatial indexing of global geographical data with HTM. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Geoinformatics (Geoinformatics), IEEE. 9. Hu, Y., Wu, J., Zhong, H., Lv, Z., & Yu, B. (2010): An approach for integrating geospatial processing services into three-dimensional GIS. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Web Information Systems and Mining (WISM). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 6318, 154-161. 10. Lv, Z., Hu, Y., Zhong, H., Wu, J., Li, B., & Zhao, H. (2010): Parallel K-Means clustering of remote sensing images based on MapReduce. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Web Information Systems and Mining (WISM). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 6318, 162-170. 11. Hu, Y., Wu, J., Lv, Z., Zhong, H., & Yu, B. (2010): A method for representing thematic data in threedimensional GIS. In Proceedings of the international conference on Geoinformatics (Geoinformatics), IEEE. 12. Lv, Z., Hu, Y., Zhong, H., Yu, B., Wu, J., Li, B., & Zhao, H. (2010): Spatial indexing of global geographical data with HTM. In Proceedings of the international conference on Geoinformatics (Geoinformatics), IEEE. 13. Zhong, H., Li, P., Hu, Y., Lv, X., Yin, J., Yu, B., & Wu J. (2010): A solution for the data collection in the field survey based on mobile and wireless GIS, In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Geoinformatics (Geoinformatics), IEEE. 14. Yin, J., Xu, S., Wang, J., Zhong, H., Hu, Y., Yin, Z., Wang, K., & Zhang X. (2010): Vulnerability assessment of combined impacts of sea level rise and coastal flooding for China's coastal region using remote sensing and GIS, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Geoinformatics, (Geoinformatics), IEEE. Peer-reviewed Short Papers or Extended Abstracts 1. Hu, Y., Janowicz, K., Hitzler, P., & Sengupta K. (2015): The Semantic Web Journal as Linked Data, In: Proceedings of International Semantic Web Conference (demos and posters track). Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. 2. Janowicz, K., Krisnadhi, A., Hu, Y., Suh, S., Weidema, B., Rivela, B., Tivander, J., Meyer, D., Berg-Cross, G., Hitzler, P., et al. (2015): A Minimal Ontology Pattern for Life Cycle Assessment Data, In Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Ontology and Semantic Web Patterns, accepted. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. 3. Yan, B., Hu, Y., Kuczenski, B., Janowicz, K., Ballatore, A., Krisnadhi, A., Ju, Y., Hitzler, P., Suh, S., & Ingwersen, W. (2015): An ontology for Specifying Spatiotemporal Scopes in Life Cycle Assessment, In Proceedings of the Diversity++ Workshop, accepted. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. 4. Gao, S., Yang, J., Yan, B., Hu, Y., Janowicz, K., & McKenzie, G. (2014): Detecting origin-destination mobility flows from geotagged Tweets in Greater Los Angeles Area, Extended Abstract in the Eighth International Conference on Geographic Information Science. Sep. 23, 2014, Vienna, Austria. 5. Gao, S., Yang, J., Janowicz, K., Hu, Y., Yan B., & McKenzie, G. (2014): TrajAnalyst: matching data to trajectory analysis modules via a conceptual framework, In Proceedings of Workshop on Analysis of Movement Data. Sep. 23, 2014, Vienna, Austria. 6. Hu, Y., McKenzie, G., Yang, J., Gao, S., Abdalla, A., & Janowicz, K. (2014): A Linked-Data-driven Web portal for Learning analytics: data enrichment, interactive visualization, and knowledge discovery, in Proceedings of the Workshops at the Learning Analytics and Knowledge 2014 Conference, Mar. 24-28, 2014, Indianapolis, IN, USA. 7. Abdalla, A., Hu, Y., Carral, D., Li, N., & Janowicz K. (2014): An ontology design pattern for activity reasoning, In Proceedings of 5th Workshop on Ontology and Semantic Web Patterns. Oct. 18, 2014, Riva del Garda, Trentino, Italy. 8. McKenzie, G., Janowicz, K., Hu, Y., Sengupta, K., Hitzler, P. (2013): Linked scientometrics: designing interactive scientometrics with Linked Data and Semantic Web reasoning, In Proceedings of the 12th International Semantic Web Conference, Oct. 21-25, 2013, Sydney, Australia.
9. Hu, Y., & Janowicz, K. (2012): Improving personal information management by integrating activities in the physical world with the semantic desktop, In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, Nov. 6-9, 2012, Redondo Beach, California, USA, pp. 578-581. 10. Hu, Y., Li, W., Janowicz, K., Deutsch, K., McKenzie, G., Goulias. K. (2012): Using spatial-temporal signatures to infer human activities from personal trajectories on location-enabled mobile devices, In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Sep.19-21, 2012, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Presentations 1. Oral presentation (2015): Metadata topic harmonization and semantic search for Linked-Data-driven geoportals: a case study using ArcGIS Online, in 2015 Esri User Conference: GIScience Research Session, Jul 20-24, 2015, San Diego, California, USA. 2. Oral presentation (2015): Enriching top-down geo-ontologies using bottom-up knowledge mined from Linked Open Data, in Advancing Geographic Information Science: The Past and Next Twenty Years, Jun 29-Jul 3, 2015, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA. 3. Oral presentation (2015): Enabling semantic search and knowledge discovery for ArcGIS Online: a Linked- Data-driven approach, in the 18th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science, June 9-12, 2015, Lisbon, Portugal. 4. Poster presentation (2015): Metadata topic harmonization and semantic search for Linked-Data-driven geoportals: a case study using ArcGIS Online, in NSF EarthCube All-Hands Meeting, May 27-29, 2015, Arlington, Virginia, USA. 5. Oral presentation (2015): Extracting and understanding urban areas of interest using geotagged photos, in 2015 Annual Meeting of AAG, April 21-25, 2015, Chicago, Illinoise, USA. 6. Oral presentation (2014): Improving Wikipedia-based place name disambiguation in short texts using structured data from DBpedia, in the 8th ACM SIGSPATIAL Workshop on Geographic Information Retrieval, Nov. 4, 2014, Dallas, Texas, USA. 7. Oral presentation (2014): A Linked-Data-driven Web portal for Learning analytics: data enrichment, interactive visualization, and knowledge discovery, 2nd Prize Award, in the LAK Challenge at the Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference, Mar. 24-28, 2014, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 8. Oral presentation (2013): Citation Map: visualizing the spread of scientific ideas through space and time, in 2013 Robert Raskin mashup competition at the annual meeting of AAG, April 9-13, 2013, Los Angeles, California, USA. 9. Oral presentation (2013): A geo-ontology design pattern for semantic trajectories, in the 2013 Conference On Spatial Information Theory, Sept. 2-6, 2013, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK. 10. Demo presentation (2012): Improving personal information management by integrating activities in the physical world with the semantic desktop, in the 20th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference, Nov. 6-9, 2012, Redondo Beach, California, USA. 11. Oral presentation (2012): Using spatial-temporal signatures to infer human activities from personal trajectories on location-enabled mobile devices, in the 7th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Sep.19-21, 2012, Columbus, Ohio, USA. 12. Poster presentation (2010): An approach for integrating geospatial processing services into three-dimensional GIS, in the International Conference on Web Information Systems and Mining, Oct. 23-24, 2010, Sanya, Hainan, China. 13. Oral presentation (2010): A method for representing thematic data in three-dimensional GIS, in the 18th International Conference on Geoinformatics, Jun. 18-21, 2010, Beijing, China. 14. Poster presentation (2009): Design of enterprise three-dimensional GIS based on skyline and ExtJS, in the 6th
International Symposium on Digital Earth, Sept. 8-12, 2009, Beijing, China. Teaching Courses I teach at University of Tennessee, Knoxville GEOG 411: Intermediate Geographic Information Science GEOG 414: Geospatial Database Design Courses I taught at University of California, Santa Barbara GEOG 12: Maps and Spatial Reasoning GEOG 176A: Introduction to Geographic Information Science GEOG 176B: Technical Issues in GIS GEOG 176C: GIS Project Management Services Peer reviewer for journals and conferences International Journal of Geographical Information Science Transactions in GIS Cartography and Geographic Information Science International Journal of Digital Earth ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information Computers, Environment and Urban Systems Journal of Spatial Information Science International Journal of Remote Sensing Remote Sensing Semantic Web Journal Applied Ontologies Computers and Electronics in Agriculture Program committee member for conferences and workshops WOP 2016: 7th Workshop on Ontology and Semantic Web Patterns WOP 2015: 6th Workshop on Ontology and Semantic Web Patterns AAAI 2015: 29th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence EKAW 2014: 19th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management Organizer for professional events UCSB GIS Day Colloquium Volunteer for community services Member of UCSB Geography Events Committee Volunteer for Santa Barbara Transition House Program Member of UCSB Geography Computing Committee Student volunteer for ACM SIGSPATIAL Conference Student volunteer for Geoinformatics Conference Fellowships and Awards National Award for Outstanding Chinese PhD Students Studying Abroad, 2016 Graduate Scholarship from Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association, 2016 Doctoral Scholarship from the Cartography and Geographic Information Society, 2016 UCSB Graduate Dissertation Fellowship, 2015 UCSB Affiliates Dissertation Fellowship, 2015 AAG International Geographic Information Fund Award, 2015
2nd Prize for Learning Analytics and Knowledge Data Challenge, 2014 Jack Dangermond Graduate Fellowship, 2013 Finalist Prize for AAG Robert Raskin Mashup Mapping Competition, 2013 UCSB Geography Doctoral Scholars Fellowship, 2011 Excellent Master Thesis, 2011 ECNU Graduate Fellowship, 2010, 2011 Excellent Graduate of Shanghai Municipality, 2008 Excellent Bachelor Thesis, 2008 ECNU Undergraduate Fellowship, 2005, 2007 Travel Grants UCSB Graduate Division travel grant, 2015 UCSB Graduate Student Association travel grant, 2015 NSF EarthCube Early Career Scholar travel grant, 2015 NSF travel grant for the 20th ACM GIS conference, 2012 NSF travel grant for the 6th RR Conference, 2012 Jack Dangermond travel grant, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015