The State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Geography.

Joined November 2020
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How well does #ChatGPT do with respect to extracting building attributes (e.g., age, use & height) from street view images? Find out in our new publication: Evaluating the Feasibility of ChatGPT for Mapping Building Attributes ebooks.iospress.nl/volumeart… @qingqingchen77 @LindaMSee
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Congratulations to Dr. Ling Bian who has been awarded the @UCGIScience fellow status. To quote from the site, this is "in recognition of her advancement of research, education, and community service in the broad geospatial community." More details at ucgis.org/site/ling-bian

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Are you interested in how generative AI intersects with #GIScience and geographic knowledge? If so checkout “Geography According to Foundation Models” co-edited by @Yingjie_Hu: ebooks.iospress.nl/volume/ge… #GeoAI
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Congratulations Ying and Andrew
Interested in how NLP and geolocated social media can be used to explore fear in cities? Check out my new paper with Ying Zhou (@chou_zing) entitled: Exploring Fear in Urban Environments: Place and Space Analysis of Social Media Data" Available at sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Congratulations to Festus Adegbola (@Festuus) for receiving a 2026 SUNY Graduate Research Empowering and Accelerating Talent (GREAT) Award for his work on Remote Sensing for Conservation. Full details at: suny.edu/sunygreat/2026/ @AdamWilsonLab
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Two of our PhD students (@BoyuWang_ & Festus Adegbola) represented the Department in the Art of Research competition hosted by the Graduate School at @UBuffalo #ArtofResearch
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As this academic year winds to an end, we came together to celebrate our students success with our annual awards ceremony. To find out more about the awards and scholarships see: buffalo.edu/cas/geography/gr…
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This past Monday we had the pleasure of hosting our alumnus, Dr. Hui Lin (PhD ’92), for a visit to the department. Our graduate students had the opportunity to join him for a lunch and engaging discussion session, which was both insightful and enjoyable for all involved.
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Thanks to all who attended our Alumni and Friends Reception #AAG2026. Until next year.
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If you are interested in how #AI can be used in #wildfires, check out this story showcasing the great work of @Yingjie_Hu and colleagues. See buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/20…
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Congratulations to Le "Leo" Wang for receiving the AAG Outstanding Contribution Award in Remote Sensing. Read the full story at buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/20…
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Going to the AAG in San Francisco next week? If so please feel free to stop by our SUNY Buffalo Alumni and Friends Reception on 3/18/2026 between 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM in the Yosemite Room B, Ballroom Level, Hilton, Tower 1,2,3.
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Call for abstracts #AAG2026. We (@geoai_yin @geokang0614 @JJiangna @AndyCrooks @ajheppenstall @ComplexityWise & others) are organizing a session on Geosimulations (ABM, MAS, microsimulation, AI Agents). Submit by Oct 30. More details: bit.ly/46YTMIn

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Join us for Cookies with Professors
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Excited to share that my research and recognition in geospatial data science & AI were featured in UB News: buffalo.edu/news/releases/20…
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The university-level Cluster hire in Sustainability and Resilience @NUSgeog. Please help circulate @theAAG @cpgis_media @HealthGeography @UCSBgeog @psugeography @GeographyUb @urbanalyticslab @InstAustGeog @AAG_TGSG @EGSG_AAG @IGU_Online_ careers.nus.edu.sg/job/Profe…

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Congratulations 🎊🎈🍾 @qingqingchen77
Officially Dr. Chen! 🥳🥳 Huge thanks to my amazing committee: @AndyCrooks @JaredAldstadt @Yingjie_Hu @atepoorthuis and to everyone who’s been part of this journey. Can’t believe this chapter is really over but the story is still going! 🌈
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Officially Dr. Chen! 🥳🥳 Huge thanks to my amazing committee: @AndyCrooks @JaredAldstadt @Yingjie_Hu @atepoorthuis and to everyone who’s been part of this journey. Can’t believe this chapter is really over but the story is still going! 🌈
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Congratulations @qingqingchen77
Are you interested in how you can perceive smells in cities? If so check out our new paper led by the amazing @qingqingchen77 & @atepoorthuis entitled "Mapping the Invisible: Decoding Perceived Urban Smells Through Geosocial Media in New York City" : tandfonline.com/eprint/DVTV9…
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Please join us for our 2025 AAG Gathering for Alumni and Friends. When: Thursday March 27th 7 to 9pm . Where: Riverfront Salon West, Level 1, Huntington Place
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