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GIS, spatial analysis, visual analytics, environment modeling and simulation
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Employment (5)

University of South Florida: Tampa, Florida, US

2020-08-07 to present | Assistant Professor (School of Geosciences)
Employment
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Yi Qiang

University of Hawai'i at Manoa: Honolulu, HI, US

2017-01-01 to 2020-07-31 | Assistant Professor (Geography)
Employment
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Yi Qiang

University of Colorado Boulder: Boulder, CO, US

2016-07-01 to 2016-12-31 | Research Associate (The Earth Lab)
Employment
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Yi Qiang

Louisiana State University: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US

2012-12-01 to 2016-06-30 | Postdoctoral research associate (Environmental Sciences)
Employment
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Yi Qiang

UK e-Science Institute, University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, GB

2007-09-01 to 2007-12-30 | Research Associate
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Yi Qiang

Education and qualifications (3)

Ghent University: Ghent, BE

2008-05-15 to 2012-09-30 | Ph.D. in geography (Geography)
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Yi Qiang

Edinburgh University: Edinburgh, GB

2006-09-01 to 2007-08-30 | M.Sc. in Geographical Information Science (Institute of Geography)
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Yi Qiang

Beijing Normal University: Beijing, CN

2002-09-01 to 2006-06-30 | B.Sc. in Geographical Information Systems (School of Geography)
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Yi Qiang

Works (39)

A Disparate Disaster: Spatial Patterns of Building Damage Caused by Hurricane Ian and Associated Socio-Economic Factors

Remote Sensing
2024-10 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Md Zakaria Salim; Yi Qiang; Barnali Dixon; Jennifer Collins
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Using human mobility data to detect evacuation patterns in hurricane Ian

Annals of GIS
2024-04-14 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1947-5683
Part of ISSN: 1947-5691
Contributors: Xiang Li; Yi Qiang; Guido Cervone
Source: Self-asserted source
Yi Qiang

Large-area automatic detection of shoreline stranded marine debris using deep learning

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
2023-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1569-8432
Contributors: W. Ross Winans; Qi Chen; Yi Qiang; Erik Franklin
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Yi Qiang

Big Earth Data for quantitative measurement of community resilience: current challenges, progresses and future directions

Big Earth Data
2023-10-02 | Journal article | Conceptualization
Part of ISSN: 2096-4471
Part of ISSN: 2574-5417
Contributors: Yi Qiang; Lei Zou; Heng Cai; Yi Qiang
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Yi Qiang

Power outage and environmental justice in Winter Storm Uri: an analytical workflow based on nighttime light remote sensing

International Journal of Digital Earth
2023-10-02 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1753-8947
Part of ISSN: 1753-8955
Contributors: Jinwen Xu; Yi Qiang; Heng Cai; Lei Zou
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Yi Qiang

TopoBERT: a plug and play toponym recognition module harnessing fine-tuned BERT

International Journal of Digital Earth
2023-10-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1753-8947
Part of ISSN: 1753-8955
Contributors: Bing Zhou; Lei Zou; Yingjie Hu; Yi Qiang; Daniel Goldberg
Source: Self-asserted source
Yi Qiang

Analyzing multi-scale spatial point patterns in a pyramid modeling framework

Cartography and Geographic Information Science
2022-07-04 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1523-0406
Part of ISSN: 1545-0465
Contributors: Yi Qiang; BARBARA BUTTENFIELD; Jinwen Xu
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Yi Qiang

Analysing Information Diffusion in Natural Hazards using Retweets - a Case Study of 2018 Winter Storm Diego

Annals of GIS
2022-04-03 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1947-5683
Part of ISSN: 1947-5691
Contributors: Jinwen Xu; Yi Qiang
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Yi Qiang

Spatial–Temporal Land Loss Modeling and Simulation in a Vulnerable Coast: A Case Study in Coastal Louisiana

Remote Sensing
2022-02-13 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2072-4292
Contributors: Mingzheng Yang; Lei Zou; Heng Cai; Yi Qiang; Binbin Lin; Bing Zhou; Joynal Abedin; Debayan Mandal
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Yi Qiang
grade
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Urban Flood Mapping With Bitemporal Multispectral Imagery Via a Self-Supervised Learning Framework

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
2021 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1939-1404
Part of ISSN: 2151-1535
Contributors: Bo Peng; Qunying Huang; Jamp Vongkusolkit; Song Gao; Daniel B. Wright; Zheng N. Fang; Yi Qiang
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Yi Qiang

Spatial Assessment of Community Resilience from 2012 Hurricane Sandy Using Nighttime Light

Remote Sensing
2021-10-15 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2072-4292
Contributors: Jinwen Xu; Yi Qiang
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Yi Qiang
grade
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How to Measure Distance on a Digital Terrain Surface and Why it Matters in Geographical Analysis

Geographical Analysis
2021-07 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 0016-7363
Part of ISSN: 1538-4632
Contributors: Yi Qiang; Barbara P. Buttenfield; Maxwell B. Joseph
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Yi Qiang

Empirical assessment of road network resilience in natural hazards using crowdsourced traffic data

International Journal of Geographical Information Science
2020-12-01 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1365-8816
Part of ISSN: 1362-3087
Contributors: Yi Qiang; Jinwen Xu
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Yi Qiang

The shapes of US cities: Revisiting the classic population density functions using crowdsourced geospatial data

Urban Studies
2020-08 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 0042-0980
Part of ISSN: 1360-063X
Contributors: Yi Qiang; Jinwen Xu; Guohui Zhang
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Yi Qiang

Observing community resilience from space: Using nighttime lights to model economic disturbance and recovery pattern in natural disaster

Sustainable Cities and Society
2020-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2210-6707
Contributors: Yi Qiang; Qingxu Huang; Jinwen Xu
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Yi Qiang

Flood exposure of critical infrastructures in the United States

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
2019-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2212-4209
Contributors: Yi Qiang
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Yi Qiang

Disparities of population exposed to flood hazards in the United States

Journal of Environmental Management
2019-02 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 0301-4797
Contributors: Yi Qiang
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Yi Qiang

Re-Arranging Space, Time and Scales in GIS: Alternative Models for Multi-Scale Spatio-Temporal Modeling and Analyses

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
2019-02-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2220-9964
Contributors: Yi Qiang; Nico Van de Weghe
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Yi Qiang
grade
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Visibility analysis of oceanic blue space using digital elevation models

Landscape and Urban Planning
2019-01 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 0169-2046
Contributors: Yi Qiang; Suwan Shen; Qi Chen
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Yi Qiang

Mining Twitter Data for Improved Understanding of Disaster Resilience

Annals of the American Association of Geographers
2018-09-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2469-4452
Part of ISSN: 2469-4460
Contributors: Lei Zou; Nina S.N. Lam; Heng Cai; Yi Qiang
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Yi Qiang

Modeling the Dynamics of Community Resilience to Coastal Hazards Using a Bayesian Network

Annals of the American Association of Geographers
2018-09-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2469-4452
Part of ISSN: 2469-4460
Contributors: Heng Cai; Nina S.N. Lam; Lei Zou; Yi Qiang
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Yi Qiang

Understanding the Mississippi River Delta as a Coupled Natural-Human System: Research Methods, Challenges, and Prospects

Water
2018-08-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2073-4441
Contributors: Nina Lam; Y. Xu; Kam-biu Liu; David Dismukes; Margaret Reams; R. Pace; Yi Qiang; Siddhartha Narra; Kenan Li; Thomas Bianchette et al.
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Yi Qiang
grade
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Extending Resilience Assessment to Dynamic System Modeling: Perspectives on Human Dynamics and Climate Change Research

Journal of Coastal Research
2018-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0749-0208
Part of ISSN: 1551-5036
Contributors: Nina S.-N. Lam; Yi Qiang; Kenan Li; Heng Cai; Lei Zou; Volodymyr Mihunov#
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Yi Qiang

Changes in Exposure to Flood Hazards in the United States

Annals of the American Association of Geographers
2017-11-02 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2469-4452
Part of ISSN: 2469-4460
Contributors: Yi Qiang; Nina S. N. Lam; Heng Cai; Lei Zou
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Yi Qiang

Measuring County Resilience After the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
2016-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2095-0055
Part of ISSN: 2192-6395
Contributors: Xiaolu Li; Nina Lam; Yi Qiang; Kenan Li; Lirong Yin; Shan Liu; Wenfeng Zheng
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Yi Qiang

The impact of Hurricane Katrina on urban growth in Louisiana: an analysis using data mining and simulation approaches

International Journal of Geographical Information Science
2016-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1365-8816
Part of ISSN: 1362-3087
Contributors: Yi Qiang; Nina S.-N. Lam
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Yi Qiang

Assessing Community Resilience to Coastal Hazards in the Lower Mississippi River Basin

Water
2016-01-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2073-4441
Contributors: Heng Cai; Nina Lam; Lei Zou; Yi Qiang; Kenan Li
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Yi Qiang
grade
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A Qualitative Approach to the Identification, Visualisation and Interpretation of Repetitive Motion Patterns in Groups of Moving Point Objects

International Arab Journal of Information Technology
2015 | Journal article
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WOS:000360783800001

Contributors: Chavoshi, Seyed; De Baets, Bernard; Qiang, Yi; De Tre, Guy; Neutens, Tijs; Van de Weghe, Nico
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Yi Qiang via ResearcherID

Evaluating Land Subsidence Rates and Their Implications for Land Loss in the Lower Mississippi River Basin

Water
2015-12-26 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2073-4441
Contributors: Lei Zou; Joshua Kent; Nina Lam; Heng Cai; Yi Qiang; Kenan Li
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Yi Qiang
grade
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Wetland Accretion Rates Along Coastal Louisiana: Spatial and Temporal Variability in Light of Hurricane Isaac’s Impacts

Water
2015-12-22 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2073-4441
Contributors: Thomas Bianchette; Kam-biu Liu; Yi Qiang; Nina S.N. Lam
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Yi Qiang
grade
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A cyberinfrastructure for community resilience assessment and visualization

Cartography and Geographic Information Science
2015-08-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1523-0406
Part of ISSN: 1545-0465
Contributors: Kenan Li; Nina S. N. Lam; Yi Qiang; Lei Zou; Heng Cai
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Yi Qiang

Mapping and assessing coastal resilience in the Caribbean region

Cartography and Geographic Information Science
2015-08-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1523-0406
Part of ISSN: 1545-0465
Contributors: Nina S.-N. Lam; Yi Qiang; Helbert Arenas; Patricia Brito; Kam-biu Liu
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Yi Qiang
grade
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Modeling land use and land cover changes in a vulnerable coastal region using artificial neural networks and cellular automata

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
2015-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0167-6369
Part of ISSN: 1573-2959
Contributors: Yi Qiang; Nina S. N. Lam
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Yi Qiang
grade
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Multi-scale analysis of linear data in a two-dimensional space

Information Visualization
2014 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000337711400005

Contributors: Qiang, Yi; Chavoshi, Seyed H.; Logghe, Steven; De Maeyer, Philippe; Van de Weghe, Nico
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Yi Qiang via ResearcherID

Representing time intervals in a two-dimensional space: An empirical study

Journal of Visual Languages and Computing
2014 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000338482400014

Contributors: Qiang, Yi; Valcke, Martin; De Maeyer, Philippe; Van de Weghe, Nico
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Yi Qiang via ResearcherID

The continuous spatio-temporal model (CSTM) as an exhaustive framework for multi-scale spatio-temporal analysis

International Journal of Geographical Information Science
2014 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000334334400012

Contributors: Van de Weghe, N.; de Roo, B.; Qiang, Y.; Versichele, M.; Neutens, T.; de Maeyer, P.
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Yi Qiang via ResearcherID

Analysing Imperfect Temporal Information in GIS Using the Triangular Model

Cartographic Journal
2012 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000309971200008

Contributors: Qiang, Yi; Matthias, Delafontaine; Neutens, Tijs; Stichelbaut, Birger; De Tre, Guy; De Maeyer, Philippe; Van de Weghe, Nico
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Yi Qiang via ResearcherID

Interactive analysis of time intervals in a two-dimensional space

Information Visualization
2012 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000311598700001

Contributors: Qiang, Yi; Delafontaine, Matthias; Versichele, Mathias; De Maeyer, Philippe; Van de Weghe, Nico
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Yi Qiang via ResearcherID

Modelling imperfect time intervals in a two-dimensional space

Control and Cybernetics
2010 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000295512900005

Contributors: Qiang, Yi; Delafontaine, Matthias; Asmussen, Katrin; Stichelbaut, Birger; De Tre, Guy; De Maeyer, Philippe; Van de Weghe, Nico
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Yi Qiang via ResearcherID

Peer review (16 reviews for 11 publications/grants)

Review activity for Computers, environment and urban systems (2)
Review activity for International journal of disaster risk reduction. (2)
Review activity for Journal of environmental management. (2)
Review activity for Journal of geographical systems. (1)
Review activity for Journal of transport geography. (2)
Review activity for Landscape and urban planning. (1)
Review activity for Natural hazards. (2)
Review activity for Nature communications (1)
Review activity for npj urban sustainability. (1)
Review activity for Remote sensing of environment. (1)
Review activity for Science of the total environment. (1)