GISS Activities on Day 3 of AAG 2025

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Day 3 – March 26 (Wednesday)

Welcome to Day 3 of AAG 2025! The GISS Specialty Group will sponsor the following sessions on Day 3! Enjoy the conference!

GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: GeoAI for Human Geography

Date: 3/26/2025
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:50 AM 
Room: 251A, Level 2, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/22837

AAG 2025 Symposium on Spatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability: Artificial intelligence and complex human-environment systems: Mutual linkages and benefits

Date: 3/26/2025
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:50 AM 
Room: 356, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23616

AAG 2025 Symposium on Spatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability: Advances in multitemporal remote sensing for terrestrial ecosystems

Date: 3/26/2025
Time: 10:10 AM – 11:30 AM 
Room: 356, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/22813

Recent Advances in Computational Movement Analysis, Session 1 (of 2)

Date: 3/26/2025
Time: 10:10 AM – 11:30 AM 
Room: 411A, Level 4, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/22997

GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: GeoAI for Human Geography II

Date: 3/26/2025
Time: 10:10 AM – 11:30 AM 
Room: 251A, Level 2, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23202

Past, Present and Future of GIScience: Reflections on Webinar Series and Path Ahead

Date: 3/26/2025
Time: 10:10 AM – 11:30 AM 
Room: 420A, Level 4, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/24013

Spatial perception, behavior, and cognition

Date: 3/26/2025
Time: 10:10 AM – 11:30 AM 
Room: 411C, Level 4, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/24127

Recent Advances in Computational Movement Analysis, Session 2

Date: 3/26/2025
Time: 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM 
Room: 411A, Level 4, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23328

Advancing a Geographic Approach for Conservation Science

Date: 3/26/2025
Time: 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM 
Room: 252B, Level 2, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23476

UCGIS Future Directions: A Strategic Conversation about Geospatial in Higher Education and Beyond

Date: 3/26/2025
Time: 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM 
Room: 142C, Level 1, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23520

Uncertainties in Big Data Analytics in Disaster Research

Date: 3/26/2025
Time: 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM 
Room: 250C, Level 2, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23629

Symposium on Geospatial Approaches to Pressing Grand Challenges: Global Pandemics, Climate Change, and Food Security – Opening Keynote

Date: 3/26/2025
Time: 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM 
Room: 330B, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23735

AAG 2025 Symposium on Spatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability – Human-Environment Interactions and Spatial Data Science

Date: 3/26/2025
Time: 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM 
Room: 356, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23756

GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: Generative AI – Opportunities and Challenges for GIScience Research

Date: 3/26/2025
Time: 2:30 PM – 3:50 PM 
Room: 251A, Level 2, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/22816

GIScience and Hazards I

Date: 3/26/2025
Time: 2:30 PM – 3:50 PM 
Room: 250C, Level 2, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23628

GIScience and Hazards – II

Date: 3/26/2025
Time: 4:10 PM – 5:30 PM 
Room: 250C, Level 2, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23686

Advancing a Geographic Approach for Conservation Science II

Date: 3/26/2025
Time: 4:10 PM – 5:30 PM 
Room: 250A, Level 2, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/24205

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GISS Activities on Day 2 of AAG 2025

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Day 2 – March 25 (Tuesday)

Welcome to Day 2 of AAG 2025! The GISS Specialty Group will sponsor the following sessions on Day 2! Enjoy the conference!

GISS Specialty Group Paper Competition I

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:50 AM 
Room: 360, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/22822

Symposium on Human Dynamics Research: Micromobility Matters: Geospatial, Health, and Equity Perspectives in the Age of Smart Transport

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:50 AM 
Room: 357, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/22834

GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: GeoAI for Cartography

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:50 AM 
Room: 250A, Level 2, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23150

AAG 2025 Symposium on Spatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability: GeoAI and Large Language Models: Tools, Techniques, and Sustainable Applications

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:50 AM 
Room: 356, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23443

GISS Specialty Group Paper Competition II

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 10:10 AM – 11:30 AM 
Room: 360, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/22823

AAG 2025 CISG Robert Raskin Student Paper Competition

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 10:10 AM – 11:30 AM 
Room: 334, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23196

Using GIS to solve Real World Problems

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 10:10 AM – 11:30 AM 
Room: Hall E, Level 1, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/24321

GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: Generative AI in GIScience: opportunities and challenges towards autonomous GIS

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM 
Room: 251A, Level 2, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23157

AAG 2025 Symposium on Spatial AI & Data Science for Sustainability: Geospatial Artificial Intelligence, Remote Sensing, and Deep Learning

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM 
Room: 356, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23436

A Guide to the Geographic Approach

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM 
Room: 412B, Level 4, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/24066

GISS Waldo Tobler and TGIS Distinguished Lecture in GIScience

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 2:30 PM – 3:50 PM 
Room: 360, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23554

Symposium on Human Dynamics Research: Urban Environmental Intelligence and Human-Climate Interactions (1)

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 2:30 PM – 3:50 PM 
Room: 357, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23561

New Approaches in GIS Education

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 2:30 PM – 3:50 PM 
Room: 412B, Level 4, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/24073

Symposium on Human Dynamics Research: Urban Environmental Intelligence and Human-Climate Interactions (2)

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 4:10 PM – 5:30 PM 
Room: 357, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23718

GISS Award Ceremony and Reception

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 4:10 PM – 5:30 PM 
Room: 360, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/24038

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GISS Activities on Day 1 of AAG 2025

Posted on March 24, 2025 by | Leave a comment

Welcome to Day 1 of AAG 2025! The GISS Specialty Group will sponsor the following sessions on Day 1! Enjoy the conference!

Strengthening Community Resilience with Innovative Data, Techniques, and Models #1

Date: 3/24/2025
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:50 AM 
Room: 320, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/22753

Open Science in Geography I – Tools and Approaches

Date: 3/24/2025
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:50 AM 
Room: 353, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23216

GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium – Advancing GeoAI for Feature Extraction and Recognition

Date: 3/24/2025
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:50 AM 
Room: 251A, Level 2, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23440

Symposium on Human Dynamics Research: Exploring the Synergy Between Human Dynamics and GeoAI I

Date: 3/24/2025
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:50 AM 
Room: 357, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23699

Open Science in Geography II – Remote Sensing

Date: 3/24/2025
Time: 10:10 AM – 11:30 AM 
Room: 353, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23416

GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium – Advancing GeoAI for Feature Extraction and Recognition – Part II

Date: 3/24/2025
Time: 10:10 AM – 11:30 AM 
Room: 251A, Level 2, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23457

Strengthening Community Resilience with Innovative Data, Techniques, and Models #2

Date: 3/24/2025
Time: 10:10 AM – 11:30 AM 
Room: 320, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23638

Symposium on Human Dynamics Research: Advances in Dynamic Environmental  Exposure, Mobility Patterns, and Health Outcomes I

Date: 3/24/2025
Time: 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM 
Room: 357, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23367

GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium – Advancing GeoAI for Feature Extraction and Recognition – Part III

Date: 3/24/2025
Time: 12:50 PM – 2:10 PM 
Room: 251A, Level 2, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23655

Open Science in Geography III – Directions in Research and Education

Date: 3/24/2025
Time: 2:30 PM – 3:50 PM 
Room: 353, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23418

Symposium on Human Dynamics Research: Advances in Dynamic Environmental Exposure, Mobility Patterns, and Health Outcomes II

Date: 3/24/2025
Time: 2:30 PM – 3:50 PM 
Room: 357, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23473

GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium – Advancing GeoAI for Feature Extraction and Recognition IV

Date: 3/24/2025
Time: 2:30 PM – 3:50 PM 
Room: 251A, Level 2, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/24048

Transportation & Environmental Exposure

Date: 3/24/2025
Time: 4:10 PM – 5:30 PM 
Room: 412B, Level 4, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/22851

GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: Representing geographic locations in AI models: Methods and Applications

Date: 3/24/2025
Time: 4:10 PM – 5:30 PM 
Room: 251A, Level 2, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/22944

GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: Spatial Data Science and GeoAI Ethics: Bridging Research and Education

Date: 3/24/2025
Time: 4:10 PM – 5:30 PM 
Room: 250A, Level 2, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23218

Panel: Open Science in Geography

Date: 3/24/2025
Time: 4:10 PM – 5:30 PM 
Room: 353, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23551

Symposium on Human Dynamics Research: Advances in Dynamic Environmental Exposure, Mobility Patterns, and Health Outcomes III

Date: 3/24/2025
Time: 4:10 PM – 5:30 PM 
Room: 357, Level 3, Huntington Place

https://aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/solicitations/82/sessiongallery/23560

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The Waldo Tobler and TGIS Distinguished Lecture in GIScience and Reception at AAG 2025

Posted on March 23, 2025 by | Leave a comment

Dear geographers, colleagues, and friends,

We are very excited to invite you to join the Waldo Tobler and TGIS Distinguished Lecture in GIScience and Award Ceremony & Reception at AAG 2025, co-organized by the Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group (GISS-SG) and Transactions in GIS journal (Editor: Dr. John Wilson). 

This year, we are honored to host Dr. Kathleen Stewart (University of Maryland – College Park) and Dr. Song Gao (University of Wisconsin-Madison) as keynote speakers. The keynote and reception will take place in Room 360, Level 3, Huntington Place, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM.

Event Details: 

GISS Waldo Tobler and TGIS Distinguished Lecture in GIScience

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 2:30 PM – 3:50 PM 
Room: 360, Level 3, Huntington Place

Keynote Speaker:

·       Dr. Kathleen Stewart (University of Maryland – College Park): “Analyzing human mobility using mobile device trajectory data: A multi-year study across the US“

·       Dr. Song Gao (University of Wisconsin – Madison): “Artificial GIS Analyst: From Spatial Questions to Geospatial Intelligence“

GISS Award Ceremony and Reception

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 4:10 PM – 5:30 PM 
Room: 360, Level 3, Huntington Place

RSVP: https://forms.gle/jpRZD7y272pkSVrv8 (First 100 RSVPs Receive a Free Drink Ticket!)

Do not hesitate to contact me (lzou@tamu.edu) if you have any questions. Feel free to share this event widely and encourage more geographers to join us. Thanks! 

We look forward to seeing you at AAG 2025 in Detroit!

Lei

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GISS-SG Student Honors Paper Competition at AAG 2025

Posted on March 23, 2025 by | Leave a comment

Dear colleagues and friends, 

I am pleased to invite you to attend the GISS-SG Student Honors Paper Competition at AAG 2025 (Lead Organizer: Dr. Yingjie Hu from the University at Buffalo). This year’s competition features presentations from ten outstanding students showcasing their innovative research on cutting-edge GIScience methods and applications.

Event details:

Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Location: Room 360, Level 3, Huntington Place

Session Schedule:

We look forward to welcoming you to this exciting event and seeing you at AAG 2025 in Detroit!

Best regards,

Dr. Lei Zou

on behalf of the 2024-2025 GISS-SG BOD (Gengchen Mai, Song Gao, Yingjie Hu, Yi Qiang, Nan Ding, Samantha Arundel, Binbin Lin)

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GISS Specialty Group is Sponsoring 90 Sessions at AAG 2025!

Posted on March 23, 2025 by | Leave a comment

Dear GISS Specialty Group Members,

We are thrilled to announce that the GISS Specialty Group is sponsoring 90 sessions at the 2025 AAG Annual Meeting in Detroit! 

These sessions showcase cutting-edge advancements in GeoAI, human dynamics, remote sensing, spatial data science, health and environmental resilience, and GIScience education, reflecting interdisciplinary innovations that tackle global challenges.

Below is the list of our sponsored sessions organized by day:

Day 1 – March 24

Day 2 – March 25

Day 3 – March 26

Day 4 – March 27

Day 5 – March 28

We look forward to your participation and engaging discussions at AAG 2025!

If you have any questions or need further information, please feel free to reach out. Thank you for being a part of the GISS community; we appreciate your continued support!

Best regards,

Binbin Lin on behalf of

AAG GISS-SG BOD

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2024 AAG-GISSG Student Honors Paper Competition Result

Posted on October 15, 2024 by | Leave a comment

I hope you are having a fantastic time at the AAG 2024 Annual Conference. 


On behalf of the AAG Geographic Information Science and Systems (GISS) Specialty Group, I am very pleased to announce the winners of this year’s student honors paper competition: 


Graduate Group


1st place ($700):


Nemin Wu, University of Georgia, Spatial-temporal Explicit Deep Gravity Model (STExDGM) for Origin-Destination Flow Generation


2nd place ($450):


Hao Tian, Texas A&M University, Unveiling Human Mobility Dynamics during Heat Waves Using Mobile Phone Location Data in the Houston Metropolitan Area


3rd place ($300):


Jacob Kruse, University of Wisconsin–Madison, The Spatially-Weighted Temporal Rich Club: Identifying Rich Clubs in Spatiotemporal Interaction Networks


Honorable mentions ($200 each):


Yifei Liu, University of California, Santa Barbara, An Advanced Time-geographic Approach for Analyzing Spatio-temporal Interactions between Turkey Vultures


Hanlin Zhou, University of Toronto, Associating Dynamic Built Environmental Exposures and Active Transport


Congratulations to all student winners!  Many thanks to the GISS BOD review committee and all participants for joining us yesterday! 


We are looking forward to next year’s student paper competition!  


AAG-GISS BOD

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GISS Activities on Day 5 of AAG 2024

Posted on April 20, 2024 by | Leave a comment

Welcome to the last day of AAG 2024! The GISS Specialty Group will sponsor the following sessions on Day 5! Enjoy the conference!

GeoAI Deep Learning Symposium: GeoAI for Feature Detection and Recognition – Part III

GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: GeoAI for Spatial Analytics and Modeling

Geospatial AI and Informatics for Urban & Ecosystems Analytics 1

Digital geographies: Migration. Method. Policy.

GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: GeoHealth Data Science

Geospatial AI and Informatics for Urban & Ecosystems Analytics 2

AAG 2024 Symposium on Geospatial Data Science for Sustainability: Advances in multitemporal remote sensing for terrestrial ecosystems 1

AAG 2024 Symposium on Geospatial Data Science for Sustainability: Advances in multitemporal remote sensing for terrestrial ecosystems 2

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GISS Activities on Day 4 of AAG 2024

Posted on April 19, 2024 by | Leave a comment

Welcome to Day 4 of AAG 2024! The GISS Specialty Group will sponsor the following sessions on Day 4! Enjoy the conference!

AAG 2024 Symposium on Geospatial Data Science for Sustainability: A repeatable, reproducible, and expandable (RRE) framework integrating GeoAI and spatiotemporal simulation – Series II

Diverse Perspectives in Geography: Examining Space Through the Lenses of Disability

Geography and Data Science for Public Good II: Data-Driven Evidence and Solutions to Social and Spatial Inequalities.

Advancing health research: Harnessing geospatial big data and geoanalytical techniques

Environmental Data Deserts 1: Understanding the Causes and Consequences of the Unequal Coverage of Environmental Monitoring Networks

Geography and Data Science for Public Good III: Data-Driven Evidence and Solutions to Social and Spatial Inequalities.

Error and Change Analysis in GIS and Remote Sensing

Geospatial Approaches to Mobility and Health Issues: Under-examined Cities (Symposium on Geospatial Approaches to Pressing Grand Challenges: Global Pandemics, Climate Change, and Food Security)

AAG 2024 Symposium on Geospatial Data Science for Sustainability: A repeatable, reproducible, and expandable (RRE) framework integrating GeoAI and spatiotemporal simulation – Series I

Environmental perception and spatial behavior

Geography and Data Science for Public Good: Data-Driven Evidence and Solutions to Social and Spatial Inequalities.

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GISS Activities on Day 3 of AAG 2024

Posted on April 18, 2024 by | Leave a comment

Welcome to Day 3 of AAG 2024! The GISS Specialty Group will sponsor the following sessions on Day 3! Enjoy the conference!

AAG 2024 Symposium on Geospatial Data Science for Sustainability: Navigating Cities – Exploring Human Mobility through Innovative Geospatial Science Approaches

Exploring Geospatial Methods and Human Dynamics to Address Challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3: Methods to Support the SDGs

Place & the Social-Spatial Determinants of Health Symposium 2

AAG 2024 Symposium on Geospatial Data Science for Sustainability: Geospatial Platform for Sustainability Research and Education

GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: GeoAI for Sustainable and Computational Agriculture I

GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: GeoAI for Sustainable and Computational Agriculture II

AAG 2024 Symposium on Geospatial Data Science for Sustainability: The Geospatial Component in the Decarbonization of Net-zero Emissions Energy Systems

GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium – Responsible GeoAI I: Privacy and Fairness

AAG 2024 Symposium on Geospatial Data Science for Sustainability: Multiscale Mapping That Works: Harnessing Intelligent Methods for Cartographic Display and Analysis

Exploring Geospatial Methods and Human Dynamics to Address Challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2: Sustainable Development

GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium – Responsible GeoAI II: Justice and Accuracy

GISS-SG Student Honors Paper Competition

Place & the Social-Spatial Determinants of Health Symposium 1

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