Sessions

Papers Proceedings for each track, with each paper titled paperID_LastName

  • Applications track papers are available here
  • Research track papers are available here.
  • Industry track papers are available here.
  • Demo track papers are available here.
  • Short papers track are available here.
  • Vision track papers are available here.
  • Tutorials are available here.
  • TSAS papers are available here.
  • PhD/Grad Workshop and SRC papers are available here.
  • GISCup papers are available here.

Day 1 - Monday, November 3

Tutorials (Room: Meridian 1)

PhD/Graduate Workshop and SRC (Room: Topgolf Swing Suite)

Workshops

GISCUP (Room: Think 2)

Day 2 - Tuesday, November 4

Lightning Talks Session 1 (Demos, Short Papers, ACM TSAS) (8:15 - 9:30)

Short Paper Track

  • 01S - Streamlining Vehicle Logistics: Maximizing Pickup and Delivery While Considering Loading and Unloading Costs
    Kousik Kumar Dutta: Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
    Venkata M. V. Gunturi: University of Hull

  • 02S - Iti-Validator: A Guardrail Framework for Validating and Correcting LLM-Generated Itineraries
    Shravan Gadbail: Data Sciences and Analytics Center, International Institute of Information Technology
    Masumi Desai: Data Sciences and Analytics Center, International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad
    Kamalakar Karlapalem: Data Sciences and Analytics Center, International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad

  • 03S - A Spatially Adapted SHAP Approach for Interpreting Deep Bike Usage Learning and Prediction
    Congcong Miao: University of Connecticut
    Suining He: University of Connecticut
    Yuyao Li: University of Connecticut
    Chuanrong Zhang: University of Connecticut

  • 04S - MapLibre Tile: A Next Generation Vector Tile Format
    Markus Tremmel: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Roland Zink: Deggendorf Institute of Technology

  • 05S - Exploiting Polygon Metadata to Recolor Historical Maps
    Fandel Lin: USC Information Sciences Institute
    Craig Knoblock: USC Information Sciences Institute
    Binh Vu: University of Southern California
    Yao-Yi Chiang: University of Minnesota

  • 06S - Exploiting Polygon Metadata to Colorize Draft Maps
    Fandel Lin: USC Information Sciences Institute
    Craig Knoblock: USC Information Sciences Institute
    Binh Vu: University of Southern California
    Basel Shbita: IBM Research
    Yao-Yi Chiang: University of Minnesota

  • 07S - Spatial Regionalization: A Hybrid Quantum Computing Approach
    Yunhan Chang: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside
    Amr Magdy: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside
    Federico Spedalieri: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, USC
    Ibrahim Sabek: Department of Computer Science, USC

  • 08S - Classical Feature Embeddings Help in BERT-Based Human Mobility Prediction
    Yunzhi Liu: University of New South Wales
    Haokai Tan: University of New South Wales
    Rushi Kanjaria: University of New South Wales
    Lihuan Li: University of New South Wales
    Flora D. Salim: University of New South Wales

  • 09S - Modeling Stopped Vehicle Dynamics on Urban Backstreets via GraphLSTM-Attn: A Context-Aware GeoAI Approach
    Jiwon Kim: Ewha Womans University
    Jiyoon Lee: Ewha Womans University
    Youngok Kang: Ewha Womans University

  • 10S - VisitFrequency-Diffusion: Leveraging Recurrent Visits for Long-Term Individual Trajectory Forecasting
    Ziyan Yang: School of Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Beijing
    Shuhui Gong: School of Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Beijing
    Xinqi Liu: School of Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Beijing
    Jiahao Lv: School of Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Beijing
    Changjian Liu: School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University
    Jilin Hu: East China Normal University, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Big Data Management
    Hongbin Pei: School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Xian Jiaotong University

  • 11S - TrafficNetQA: Question Answering Datasets for Evaluating LLM Performance on Traffic Network Files
    Donghoon Kwon: University of Minnesota
    Seungmo Kang: Korea University
    Seongjin Choi: University of Minnesota

  • 12S - ST-EMS: A Spatio-Temporal Framework for Forecasting Emergency Medical Service Demand and Adaptive Hospital Routing
    Sai Deepthi Yeddula: Oakland University
    Sarath S. Shanker: Oakland University
    Abhijeet Bhattacharya: Oakland University
    Chen Jiang: Auburn University
    Julian Rrushi: Oakland University
    Wei-Shinn Ku: Auburn University

  • 13S - GeoFlow: Agentic Workflow Automation for Geospatial Tasks
    Amulya Bhattaram: University of Texas at Austin
    Justin Chung: University of Texas at Austin
    Stanley Chung: University of Texas at Austin
    Ranit Gupta: University of Texas at Austin
    Janani Ramamoorthy: University of Texas at Austin
    Kartikeya Gullapalli: University of Texas at Austin
    Diana Marculescu: University of Texas at Austin
    Dimitrios Stamoulis: University of Texas at Austin

  • 14S - Fair-Coverage Facility Location: Optimizing Distance and Diversity
    Majid Mirzanezhad: Ohio University

  • 15S - EfficientLocNet: High-Performance and Lightweight Radio Source Localization with Multi-Scale Attention
    Thanh Dat Le: University of North Texas
    Sourabh Yadav: University of North Texas
    Xinpeng Xie: University of North Texas
    Chenxi Qiu: University of North Texas
    Yan Huang: University of North Texas
    Xinrong Li: University of North Texas

  • 16S - Enhancing Contrastive Learning for Geolocalization by Discovering Hard Negatives on Semivariograms
    Boyi Chen: Professorship Big Geospatial Data Management, School of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich
    Zhangyu Wang: University of Maine
    Fabian Deuser: University of the Bundeswehr Munich
    Johann Maximilian Zollner: Professorship Big Geospatial Data Management, School of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich
    Martin Werner: Professorship Big Geospatial Data Management, School of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich

  • 17S - Expert Guided Diffusion for Synthetic Aperture Radar Despeckling
    Ping-Chun Lin: University of Washington
    Hayato Ushijima-Mwesigwa: Fujitsu Research of America
    Wing Yee Au: Fujitsu Research of America

  • 18S - An Improvement to the Sliding Window Staypoint Detection Algorithm to Handle Dropouts
    Lance Kennedy: Emory University
    Andreas Züfle: Emory University

  • 19S - TyphoFormer: Language-Augmented Transformer for Accurate Typhoon Track Forecasting
    Lincan Li: Department of Computer Science, Florida State University
    Eren Erman Ozguven: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
    Yue Zhao: University of Southern California
    Guang Wang: Florida State University
    Yiqun Xie: University of Maryland, College Park
    Yushun Dong: Florida State University

  • 20S - A First Look at Predictability and Explainability of Pre-request Passenger Waiting Time in Ridesharing Systems
    Jie Wang: Independent Researcher
    Guang Wang: Florida State University

  • 21S - LLM-Based Multi-Agent System and Simplicial Self-Supervised Learning Model for Regional Cancer Prevalence Estimation Using Satellite Imagery
    Jiue-An Yang: City of Hope Beckman Research Institute
    Yuzhou Chen: University of California, Riverside
    Calvin Tribby: City of Hope Beckman Research Institute
    Huikyo Lee: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    Loretta Erhunmwunsee: City of Hope Beckman Research Institute
    Tarik Benmarhnia: University of California San Diego
    Caroline Thompson: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Yulia R. Gel: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Marta Jankowska: City of Hope Beckman Research Institute

  • 22S - MobText-SISA: Efficient Machine Unlearning for Mobility Logs with Spatio-Temporal and Natural-Language Data
    Haruki Yonekura: The University of Osaka, RIKEN Center for Computational Science
    Ren Ozeki: The University of Osaka, Japan Meteorological Agency
    Tatsuya Amano: The University of Osaka, RIKEN Center for Computational Science
    Hamada Rizk: The University of Osaka, Tanta University, RIKEN Center for Computational Science
    Hirozumi Yamaguchi: The University of Osaka, RIKEN Center for Computational Science

Demo Track

  • 23D - Search by Spatial Query: Text to Pictorial Queries [Demo]
    Nicole Schneider: University of Maryland, United States
    Avik Das: University of Maryland, United States
    Kent O'Sullivan: University of Sydney, Australia
    Hanan Samet: University of Maryland, United States

  • 24D - ALFA: Elevation-Guided 3D Flood Map Annotation on Earth Imagery by Consistency-Enhanced Active Learning [Demo]
    Saugat Adhikari: Indiana University Bloomington, United States
    Da Yan: Indiana University Bloomington, United States
    Naman Nimbale: Indiana University Bloomington, United States
    Akhlaque Ahmad: Indiana University Bloomington, United States
    Jiao Han: Indiana University Bloomington, United States
    Lyuheng Yuan: Indiana University Bloomington, United States

  • 25D - PortVIS: An Interactive Platform for Port-to-Port Trajectory Imputation and Visual Analytics [Demo]
    Zhiwen Zhang: LocationMind Inc., Japan
    Zipei Fan: Jilin University, China
    Wei Yuan: The University of Tohoku, Japan
    Shun Iwazaki: LocationMind Inc., Japan
    Ryosuke Shibasaki: LocationMind Inc., Japan

  • 26D - Demonstration of FutureFarmNow: Interactive Spatial Data Exploration for Precision Agriculture
    Zhuocheng Shang: University of California, Riverside, United States
    Ahmed Eldawy: University of California, Riverside, United States
    Elia Scudiero: UCR, Environmental Sciences, United States
    George Vellidis: University of Georgia, United States
    José Andreis: AUSTN, Brazil

  • 27D - RouteSys: A Future Route Data Management System
    Zizhuo Xu: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
    Doucheng Pan: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (GZ), China
    Lei Li: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (GZ), China
    Mengxuan Zhang: The Australian National University, Australia
    Yehong Xu: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
    Xiaofang Zhou: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

  • 28D - AIDA: A Spatial Data Augmentation Tool for Machine Learning Dataset Preparation
    Sara Migliorini: University of Verona, Italy
    Alberto Belussi: University of Verona, Italy

  • 29D - EpiScale: Large-Scale Simulation of Infectious Disease Based on Human Mobility [Demo]
    Ruochen Kong: Emory University, United States
    Taylor Anderson: George Mason University, United States
    David Heslop: The University of New South Wales, Australia
    Matthew Scotch: Arizona State University, United States
    Flora D. Salim: The University of New South Wales, Australia
    Chandini Raina Macintyre: The University of New South Wales, Australia
    Andreas Züfle: Emory University, United States

  • 30D - UrbanXplain: A Language-Driven Urban Planning System with Explainable Reasoning and Real-Time 3D Rendering
    Yanan Xiao: Northeast Normal University, China
    Rui Song: Northeast Normal University, China
    Yinan Xiao: Northeast Normal University, China
    Lu Jiang: Dalian Maritime University, China
    Minghao Yin: Northeast Normal University, China
    Pengyang Wang: University of Macau, China

  • 31D - SHM-DB - A Shared Memory Database for FAIR Geospatial Algorithm Development (Demo Paper)
    Martin Werner: Technical University of Munich, Germany
    Katharina Anders: Technical University of Munich, Germany

  • 32D - A Spatially-Grounded Conversational Planner for Personalized Urban Itineraries [Demo]
    Chiara Pugliese: IIT-CNR, Pisa, Italy
    Maddalena Amendola: IIT-CNR, Pisa, Italy
    Raffaele Perego: ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy
    Chiara Renso: ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy

Research Track

TSAS

Application Track

  • 50A - A topology-based approach to extract pressure ridges from sea ice surfaces
    Yunting Song: University of Maryland at College Park
    Leila De Floriani: University of Maryland at College Park
    Kyle Duncan: University of Maryland at College Park
    Sinead Farrell: University of Maryland at College Park

Research 1: Mobility 1: Anomaly Detection and Trajectory Generation (11:00 - 12:30)

Session Chair: Amr Magdy

Location: Meridian 1/2

Industry 1: Applied Routing: From Last-Mile Delivery to Maritime Navigation (11:00 - 12:30)

Session Chair: Jinmeng Rao

Location: Room 2

Research 2: Geo-Foundation Models and Representations (2:00 - 3:30)

Session Chair: W Randolph Franklin

Location: Meridian 1/2

Application 1: Earth Science/Agriculture/Food Systems (2:00 - 3:30)

Session Chair: Shawn Newsam

Location: Meridian 3/4

Research 3: Urban Computing and Land Use (4:00 - 5:50)

Session Chair: Peer Kroeger

Location: Meridian 1/2

Posters and Demos for Lightning Talks Session 1 (4:00 - 5:50)

Location: Pinnacle Foyer

Day 3 - Wednesday, November 5

Lightning Talks Session 2 (Demos, Short Papers) (8:00 - 9:00)

Demo Track

  • 60D - Hecatoncheir: Scaling up and out spatial data management
    Thanasis Georgiadis: University of Ioannina, Greece
    Achilleas Michalopoulos: University of Ioannina, Greece
    Dimitris Dimitropoulos: University of Ioannina, Greece
    Dimitris Tsitsigkos: Archimedes, Athena RC, Greece
    Nikos Mamoulis: University of Ioannina, Greece

  • 61D - Planet Scale Mars Image Retrieval for Fast Mapping with Interactive Refinement [Demo]
    Jichao Fang: Northern Illinois University, United States
    Lei Zhang: Northern Illinois University, United States
    Wei Luo: Northern Illinois University, United States

  • 62D - GRAFMOVE: Graph-based Mobility Optimization and Visualization Engine [Demo]
    Federica Rollo: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
    Laura Po: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

  • 63D - RailEstate: An Interactive System for Metro Linked Property Trends
    Chen-Wei Chang: Virginia Tech, United States
    Yu-Chieh Cheng: Virginia Tech, United States
    Yun-En Tsai: Virginia Tech, United States
    Fanglan Chen: Virginia Tech, United States
    Chang-Tien Lu: Virginia Tech, United States

  • 64D - Coincidental Data Discovery Engine: A Portal for Global-Scale Cross-Platform Satellite Data Search [Demo]
    Ruichen Wang: University of Maryland College Park, United States
    Yiqun Xie: University of Maryland College Park, United States
    Leo Du: University of Maryland College Park, United States
    Jia Yu: Wherobots Inc, United States
    Kyle Duncan: University of Maryland College Park, United States
    Sinéad Farrell: University of Maryland College Park, United States
    Zhili Li: University of Maryland College Park, United States
    Kangyang Chai: University of Maryland College Park, United States

  • 65D - [Demo] VisLN: An Interactive Visualization System for Vision Language Navigation
    Isaac Huang: University of Waterloo, Canada
    Zhiqiang Jiang: University of Calgary, Canada

  • 66D - Query-Aware Route Enrichment for Handling Complex Direction Queries and Grounding Large Language Models
    Antonios Karatzoglou: Microsoft, United States
    Michael Snider: Microsoft, United States
    Varun Kakkar: Microsoft, United States
    Michael R. Evans: Microsoft, United States
    Dragomir Yankov: Microsoft, United States
    Goran Predovic: Microsoft, United States

  • 67D - Partitioning Areas With Obstacles for Fleet of Drones [Demo]
    Kenneth Scheuman: Iowa State University, United States
    Nicholas Kokott: Iowa State University, United States
    Cole Stuedeman: Iowa State University, United States
    Melani Hodge: Iowa State University, United States
    Everett Duffy: Iowa State University, United States
    Samuel Russett: Iowa State University, United States
    Goce Trajcevski: Iowa State University, United States

  • 68D - EV Energy Trading Dashboard: Cost-Emission Reduction Through Spatiotemporal Forecasts and Smart Charging [Demo]
    Muhammad Insan Al-Amin: Monash University, Australia
    Jinchun Du: Monash University, Australia
    Muhammad Aamir Cheema: Monash University, Australia
    Isma Farah Siddiqui: Monash University, Australia
    Mahsa Salehi: Monash University, Australia

  • 69D - [DEMO] Rotation and Scale-Invariant Shape Extraction from Vessel Trajectories for HumanInTheLoop Monitoring
    Cristiano Landi: University of Pisa, Italy
    Natalia Andrienko: Fraunhofer Institute IAIS Germany
    Gennady Andrienko: Fraunhofer Institute IAIS Germany

Research Track

Application Track

Research 4: Best Papers Candidates (10:30 - 12:20)

Session Chair: Walid Aref

Research 5: Spatiotemporal Learning 1: Casuality, Learning and Fairness (1:50 - 3:40)

Session Chair: Ahmed Eldawy

Location: Meridian 1/2

Research 6: Mobility 2: Mobility Representation and Behavior (4:10 - 6:00)

Session Chair: Emre Eftelioglu

Location: Meridian 1/2

Posters and Demos for Lightning Talks Session 2 (4:10 - 6:00)

Location: Meridian Foyer

Day 4 - Thursday, November 6

Vision Session (9:00 - 10:30)

Research 7: Mobility 3: Prediction, Routing and Recommendation (11:00 - 12:30)

Session Chair: Mario Nascimento

Location: Meridian 1/2

Application 2: Mobility/Transportation (11:00 - 12:30)

Session Chair: Song Gao

Location: Meridian 3/4

Research 8: Spatiotemporal Learning 2: Models and Systems (02:00 - 03:30)

Session Chair: Martin Werner

Location: Meridian 1/2

Industry 2: Industry Applications in Spatial Data and Search (02:00 - 03:10)

Session Chair: Dev Oliver

Location: Room 2

Research 9: (03:10 - 03:30)

Session Chair: Dev Oliver

Location: Room 2

Research 10: Climate, Environment, and Mapping (04:00 - 05:30)

Session Chair: Maria Luisa Damiani

Location: Meridian 1/2

Application 3: Disaster/Urban Studies/Cartography (04:00 - 05:30)

Session Chair: Dalton Lunga

Location: Meridian 3/4