Look forward to presentations at upcoming AAG meetings

American Association of Geographers (AAG) 2023 Annual Meeting is approaching. All the members from GEAR Lab will deliver at least one presentation at this conference. These presentations' topics, sessions, times, and locations are listed below. Welcome to their presentations and discuss with them, and look forward to their presentations!

Compounding effects of natural hazards and pandemics: a case study of winter storm Uri and Covid-19 in Texas

First Author: Heng Cai, Texas A&M University Keywords: disaster resilience, geospatial analysis,

Link to Session: Symposium on Geospatial Approaches to Pressing Grand Challenges: Global Pandemics, Climate Change, and Food Security: Characterizing the Impact from the COVID-19 Global Pandemic

Date: 3/23/2023

Time: 4:30 PM - 5:50 PM Mountain Time

Room: Windows, Sheraton, I.M. Pei Tower, Second Level

Understanding Human-Pandemic Dynamics using Geospatial Big Data

First Author: Lei Zou, Texas A&M University

Link to Session: Symposium on Human Dynamics Research: Understanding Human-Pandemic Dynamics using Geospatial Big Data

Date: 3/24/2023

Time: 8:30 AM - 9:50 AM Mountain Time

Room: Capitol Ballroom 2, Hyatt Regency, Fourth Floor

Note: Dr.Lei Zou will give a panel discussion after all presentations in this session.

Sensing the Pulse of the Pandemic: Demographic Disparities of Public Sentiment toward Covid-19 through Social Media

First Author: Binbin Lin, Texas A&M University Keywords: Covid-19, social media, sentiment analysis, demographic bias

Link to Session: GISS-SG Student Honors Paper Competition I

Date: 3/24/2023

Time: 12:50 PM - 2:10 PM Mountain Time

Room: Granite A, Hyatt Regency, Third Floor

Social Media Reactions Reveals Spatial and Temporal Discrepancies during Hurricanes

First Author: Bing Zhou, Texas A&M University Keywords: Natural Language Processing, Social Sensing, Disaster, GIS

Link to Session: GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: GeoAI for Disaster Resilience I

Date: 3/25/2023

Time: 10:20 AM - 11:40 AM Mountain Time

Room: Capitol Ballroom 3, Hyatt Regency, Fourth Floor

Simulating coastal land losses and gains using neighborhood effect optimized convolutional neural networks (NeoCNN) and cellular automata

First Author: Mingzheng Yang, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University Keywords: Coastline Dynamics, Coastal Louisiana, Neighborhood Effect, Convolutional Neural Network, Cellular Automata, Landscape Prediction

Link to Session: Symposium on Human Dynamics Research: Emerging Disaster Vulnerability, Risk, and Resilience Modeling 1

Date: 3/25/2023

Time: 2:40 PM - 4:00 PM Mountain Time

Room: Centennial Ballroom C, Hyatt Regency, Third Floor

Deciphering Spatial-Temporal Dynamics of Flood Exposure in the United States

First Author: Joynal Abedin, Texas A&M University Keywords: Flood Exposure, Urban-Rural Disparities, Flood Zone; Moran’s I, Natural Hazard, Spatial Analysis

Link to Session: Jeanne X. Kasperson Student Paper Award I

Date: 3/26/2023

Time: 12:50 PM - 2:10 PM Mountain Time

Room: Capitol Ballroom 3, Hyatt Regency, Fourth Floor

Disparities of Flood Risks in Urban Areas and Historically Marginalized Communities in Sarasota County, FL

First Author: Tarik Brown, Texas A&M University Department of Geography Keywords: Spatial analysis, flood risk assessment, historically marginalized communities

Link to Session: Jeanne X. Kasperson Student Paper Award II

Date: 3/26/2023

Time: 2:40 PM - 4:00 PM Mountain Time

Room: Capitol Ballroom 3, Hyatt Regency, Fourth Floor