VIDEOS, PICTURES:
- Feb. 7th, 2020: Short Video Interview titled
How geo-spatial data can help track coronavirus?,
ZDNet / CBS Interactive,
Tonya Hall Show
- September, 2018: Keynote sppech
at the IEEE Smart Cities Conference .
Pictures (
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3 ,
4 ,
5
),
Short talk at S&CC Aspiring PI Workshop ,
SLIDES:
ABSTRACT:
Spatial data and methods have a rich history of reforming cities and communities.
For example,
John Snow's
1854
London Cholera map
spurred
creation of urban sewer systems to protect drinking water and
provision of green spaces for public health
.
Today, Geospatial data and mapping is among
Technology that cities use the most
for numerous strategic (e.g., long-term planning, land-use, identify underserved areas),
tactical (e.g., zoning, property tax, site selection, asset tracking)
and operational (e.g., E-911, situation awareness, gunshot location) use cases.
Moreover, they help citizens navigate (e.g., Google Maps) ,
drones stay clear of restricted spaces (e.g., airports, stadiums),
and sharing-economy (e.g., Uber) match consumers with nearby providers.
Future
spatial computing
opportunities for
smart cities
are even more compelling.
Next generation GPS and positioning may help better locate E-911 callers in high-rise buildings or
underground spaces.
Higher resolution and continuous remote sensing may
help monitor sensitive areas, map tree species (e.g., Ash) or poorly-insulated buildings
and create high-fidelity maps for self-driving vehicles.
Spatial Databases
may help identify under-served areas and geographic interdependence across infrastructures
(e.g., water main above a train tunnel with a crucial optical fiber)
to improve access and resilience.
Spatial Data Science may identify infrastructure deprivation hotspots
and their correlates (e.g., co-locations, tele-connections) to generate hypothesis for theory formation.
GIS may help re-imagine, redesign, see
and compare alternative infrastructure futures to address risks (e.g., climate change, rising inequality)
and opportunities (e.g., autonomous vehicles, distributed energy production).
This talk will discuss the above topics leveraging research agenda and early results from our
NSF S&CC project titled
Connecting Smart-City Paradigm with a Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Systems Framework to Advance Equity in Communities.
More details are available in the following publication:
Transforming Smart Cities With Spatial Computing,
Proc. IEEE International Smart Cities Conference ,
(with Y. Xie, J. Gupta, Y. Li), 2018.
KEYWORDS:
Smart Communities, Smart Cities, Spatial Computing, GPS, Remote Sensing, GIS, Spatial Data Science.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (Smart and Connected Communities Program)
as well as the University of Minnesota.
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