Social Sensing and Big Data Computing for Disaster Management

Zhenlong Li is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of South Carolina, USA where he established and leads the Geoinformation and Big Data Research Laboratory. His primary research focuses on geospatial big data analytics, spatiotemporal analysis/modelling, and CyberGIS/GeoAI. By synthesizing advanced computing technologies, geospatial methods, and spatiotemporal principles, his research aims to advance knowledge discovery and decision making to support domain applications including disaster management, climate change, human mobilities, and public health.

Qunying Huang is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Her fields of expertise include spatial computing, spatial data mining, and spatial data analytics. Dr. Huang's research bridges the gap between computer and information science (CIScience) and GIScience by generating new computational algorithms and methods to make sense of complex big spatial datasets obtained from both the physical sensing (e.g. remote sensing) and social (e.g. social media) sensing networks. The problem domains of her research are related to natural hazards and human mobility.

Christopher T. Emrich is Endowed Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Public Administration within the School of Public Administration and a founding member of the newly formed National Center for Integrated Coastal Research at the University of Central Florida (UCF Coastal), USA. His research/practical service includes applying geospatial technologies to emergency management planning and practice, long-term disaster recovery, and the intersection of social vulnerability and community resilience in the face of catastrophe.

李振龍是美國南卡羅來納大學地理學系的副教授，他在該校建立並領導地理資訊和大數據研究實驗室。他的主要研究領域包括地理空間大數據分析、時空分析/建模以及CyberGIS/GeoAI。通過綜合先進的計算技術、地理空間方法和時空原理，他的研究旨在推進知識發現和決策支持領域應用，包括災害管理、氣候變化、人類流動和公共衛生。

黃群英是美國威斯康辛大學麥迪遜分校地理學系的副教授。她的專業領域包括空間計算、空間數據挖掘和空間數據分析。黃博士的研究橋接了計算機和信息科學（CIScience）與地理信息科學（GIScience），通過生成新的計算算法和方法，對從物理感知（例如遙感）和社交感知（例如社交媒體）網絡獲得的複雜大型空間數據集進行解讀。她的研究問題領域與自然災害和人類流動有關。

克里斯托弗·T·艾默里奇是美國中佛羅里達大學（UCF Coastal）公共行政學院環境科學和公共行政領域的特聘副教授，也是新成立的國家綜合沿海研究中心的創始成員。他的研究/實踐包括將地理空間技術應用於緊急管理規劃和實踐、長期災後恢復，以及社會脆弱性和社區抵禦災難能力的交叉領域。