Hongbo Yu
         
  Curriculum Vita (updated on February 26, 2009)
 

 

Ph.D. 2005, Geography, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, U.S.A.
M.Phil. 2001, Geography, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China
B.S. 1997, Geography, Peking University, Beijing, P.R. China
   
 
08/2005 - present

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University

   
08/2006 - present

GIS Certificate Coordinator, Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University

   
 
03/2006 PhD Dissertation Award in Transportation Geography from the Transportation Geography Specialty Group (TGSG) of the Association of American Geographers (AAG)
   
04/2005 First Place in the Geographic Information Systems and Science Specialty Group (GISSG)  Student Paper Competition at the 101st Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG)
   
10/2004 Winner of Cartography and Geographic Information Science (CaGIS) Award for Student Paper Competition in UCGIS 2004 Annual Assembly
   
10/2004 Travel Awards for Graduate Student Presentations, 2004 UCGIS Annual Assembly
   
08/2004 Student Assistantship, 2004 ESRI International User Conference, San Diego
   
04/2004 Robert G. Long Outstanding Graduate Student, Department of Geography, University of Tennessee
   
(* peer-reviewed publication)
2009* Shaw, S-L. and H. Yu. A GIS-based time-geographic approach of studying individual activities and interactions in a hybrid physical-virtual space. Journal of Transport Geography, in press, (doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2008.11.012).
   
2008* Yu, H. and S-L. Shaw. A space-time GIS for exploring stations in large tracking datasets of moving objects. In T. Cova et al (eds.) Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (Extended Abstracts), Park City, Utah, September 23-26, 2008, pp. 220-225.
   
2008 Yu, H. Book Review: The Geography of Transport Systems by J.-P. Rodrigue, C. Comtois, and B. Slack. New York: Routledge. The Professional Geographer, 60(3), 435-437.
   
2008* Shaw, S-L., H. Yu, and L. Bombom. A space-time GIS approach to exploring large individual-based spatiotemporal datasets. Transactions in GIS, 12(4), 425-441.
   
2008* Yu, H. and S-L. Shaw. Exploring potential human activities in physical and virtual spaces: A spatio-temporal GIS approach.  International Journal of Geographic Information Science, 22(4), 409-430.
   
2007* Yu, H. Visualizing and analyzing activities in an integrated space-time environment: Temporal GIS design and implementation.  Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2024, 54-62.
   
2007 Yu, H. and S-L. Shaw. Revisiting Hägerstrand’s time-geographic framework for individual activities in the age of instant access. In H. Miller (ed.) Societies and Cities in the Age of Instant Access. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Science, 103-118.
   
2006* Yu, H. Spatio-temporal GIS Design for Exploring Interactions of Human Activities. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 33(1), 3-19.
   
2005 Yu, H. Temporal GIS Design of an Extended Time-geographic Framework for Physical and Virtual Activities. PhD Dissertation, The University of Tennessee.
   
2004 Yu, H. and Shaw, S-L. Representing and Visualizing Travel Diary Data: A Spatio-temporal GIS Approach. Proceedings of the 2004 ESRI International User Conference, available on CD-ROM and at http://www.esri.com/library/userconf/archive.html.
   
2001 Yu, H. Data Model for Routing on the Multi-modal Public Transportation System: A Prototype of Hong Kong Island. Thesis for Master Degree, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
   
1999 Yu, H. and Lin, H. Critical Issues in Developing Urban GIS for Transportation. Urban GeoInformation System Forum. (in Chinese)
   
 
2006-2008 National Science Foundation, Division of Behavior & Cognitive Science (BCS). Towards a GIS-based Analytical Time-geographic Framework for Physical and Virtual Activities (Award# BCS-0616724). Co-PI (PI: Shih-Lung Shaw, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville). August 2006 - July 2008. $212,045. [web site]
   
2007 FY08 A&S Summer Research Grant and +1 Supplement, Oklahoma State University. Incorporating Population Characteristics in Routing Decision for Radioactive Waste in Oklahoma: A GIS Approach. PI. August 2007. 
   
2007 FY08 Dean's Incentive Grant (DIG), Oklahoma State University. A Temporal GIS Approach for Analyzing Migration Histories. PI. July 2007. $3,000.
   
2006 FY07 A&S Summer Research Grant, Oklahoma State University. A GIS Implementation to Analyze the Process of Human Activities. PI. August 2006. 
   
2006 FY07 Dean's Incentive Grant (DIG), Oklahoma State University. Exploring Spatio-temporal Pattern Changes of Human Activities in the Information Age. PI. July 2006. $3,000.
   
 
2008 Yu, H., S-L. Shaw. A space-time GIS for exploring stations in large tracking datasets of moving objects. Presented at the 5th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Park City, UT, September 23-26, 2008.
   
2008 Shaw, S-L., H. Yu, and L. S. Bombom. A space-time GIS approach to exploring large individual-based spatiotemporal datasets. Presented at the 2008 ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA, August 4-8, 2008.
   
2008 Yu, H., S-L. Shaw, and L. S. Bombom. Exploring patterns in individual-based activity datasets: a space-time GIS approach. Presented at the 104th Annual Meeting of The Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, April 15-19, 2008.
   
2008 Shaw, S-L. and H. Yu. A space-time GIS for time geography: requirements and challenges. Presented at the 104th Annual Meeting of The Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, April 15-19, 2008.
   
2008 Bombom, L. S., H. Yu, S-L. Shaw, and Y. Zhao. Visualizing large sets of space-time paths in GIS. Presented at the 104th Annual Meeting of The Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, April 15-19, 2008.
   
2008 Yin, L., S-L. Shaw, and H. Yu. A time-geographic approach for activity planning and scheduling with virtual activities. Presented at the 104th Annual Meeting of The Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, April 15-19, 2008.
   
2008 Huang, X., S-L. Shaw, and H. Yu. Exploring migration patterns in space and time: a case study of Northern Great Plains. Presented at the 104th Annual Meeting of The Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, April 15-19, 2008.
   
2008 Shaw, S-L. and H. Yu. A GIS-based time-geographic framework for spatio-temporal analysis of individual activities and interactions. Presented at the 3rd Meeting on ICT, Everyday Life and Urban Change, Coombe Lodge, Bristol, UK, March 16-19, 2008.
   
2007 Yu, H. Exploring Emerging Spatio-temporal Patterns of Human Activities with a GIS-based Extended Time-geographic Framework. Presented at the 6th Hawaii International Conference on Social Science, Honolulu, HI, May 30-June 2, 2007.
   
2007 Yu, H. and S-L. Shaw. A temporal GIS design for exploring spatio-temporal patterns of acquisition projects. Presented at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), San Francisco, CA, April 17-22, 2007.
   
2007 Shaw, S-L. and H. Yu. An extended time-geographic framework for studying human activities in physical and virtual spaces. Presented at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), San Francisco, CA, April 17-22, 2007.
   
2007 Yu, H. Visualizing and Analyzing Activities in an Integrated Space-time Environment: Temporal GIS Design and Implementation. Presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C., January 21-25, 2007.
   
2006 Yu, H. A 3D GIS Approach of Implementing the Space-time Prism Concept. Presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SWAAG), Norman, OK, October 25-28, 2006.
   
2006 Yu, H. Exploring Spatio-temporal Relationships of Space-time Paths at Various Scales: GIS Design and Implementation. Presented at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), Chicago, IL, March 7-11, 2006.
   
2005 Yu, H. and S-L. Shaw. Revisiting Hägerstrand’s Time-Geographic Framework for Individual Activities in the Age of Instant Access. Presented at Research Symposium on Societies and Cities in the Age of Instant Access, Salt Lake City, UT, November 10-12, 2005.
   
2005 Yu, H. Exploring Potential Human Activities in Physical and Virtual Spaces: A Spatio-temporal GIS Approach., presented at the 101st Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), Denver, CO, April 5-9, 2005.
   
2004 Yu, H. Spatio-temporal GIS Design for Exploring Interactions of Human Activities, presented at the Third International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2004) and 2004 UCGIS Annual Assembly and Summer Retreat, Adelphi, Maryland, October 20-23, 2004.
   
2004 Yu, H. and S-L. Shaw. Representing and Visualizing Travel Diary Data: A Spatio-temporal GIS Approach, presented at the 2004 ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, California, August 9-13, 2004.
   
2004 Shaw, S-L. and H. Yu. An Extended Time-geographic Framework for Physical and Virtual Activities: GIS Design and Implementation, presented at the Third STELLA Focus Group 2 Workshop, Budapest, Hungary, April 22-23, 2004.
   
2004 Yu, H. Spatio-temporal GIS Design for Representation of Activity-Travel Diary Data, presented at the 100th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 15-19, 2004.
   
2003 Yu, H. A Web-based GIS Application for Campus Navigation at UTK, presented at the GIS Day 2003, Knoxville, Tennessee, November 17, 2003.
   
2003 Yu, H. A Geographical Approach to Transportation Problems in Logistics Management, presented at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), New Orleans, Louisiana, March 4-9, 2003
   
2000 Yu, H. and H. Lin. Data Model for the Multi-modal Mass Transit System of Hong Kong, presented at GeoInformatics 2000, the International Conference of Geospatial Science and Technology, Monterey Bay, California, June 21-23, 2000
   
 
03/2006-present Board Member of Transportation Geography Specialty Group (TGSG) of AAG
   
03/2003-04/2005 Board Member (Student Representative) of Transportation Geography Specialty Group (TGSG) of AAG
   
10/2002-present Member of the Association of American Geographers (AAG)
   
07/2004-present Manuscript Reviewer for: International Journal of Geographic Information Science (2008), Geography Compass (2008), Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (2008), Annals of the Association of American Geographers (2007), Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design (2007), the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (2007, 2008), Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conference (2007), The Professional Geographer (2006), Journal of Transport Geography (2004).
   
08/2003-08/2004 Web Master of the Department's web site, Department of Geography, University of Tennessee
   
01-05/2003 Member of Search Committee for a new faculty position (Graduate Student Representative), Department of Geography, University of Tennessee
   
01/1999-01/2003 Member of The International Association of Chinese Professionals in GIScience (CPGIS)
   

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