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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

🔧 The Science Computing & Digital Twin Workshop brought together leading experts to explore how digital twins can boost access to advanced computing. Focus: innovation, hardware needs, sustainable funding models, & more! 🤝🧠 #DigitalTwins #HPC #ResearchComputing #AI4Good

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

🧠🌐 Tackling illicit kidney trade with AI! Using BERT & LLMs, researchers built a geospatial database to map global networks of buyers, sellers & surgeons—more accurate than traditional NER. #GeoAI #HumanTrafficking #AIforGood #KidneyTrade #LLM #GeospatialAnalysis

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

🌍🤖 Dr. Zifu Wang shared his cutting-edge GeoAI research at CGA's Brownbag! Using LLMs to extract & visualize geospatial data from text—transforming conflict tracking, disaster response & more. #GeoAI #LLM #GIS #AI4Good #HarvardCGA #GeospatialTech

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

🔁 The Digital Twin & Grand Challenges workshop brought together 42 experts from 5 Mason colleges + 13 orgs to shape the future of digital twin tech 🌐🤝 Focus: innovation, AI, climate, health & more! #DigitalTwin #MasonResearch #Cyberinfrastructure #GrandChallenges #AI4Good

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

👋 Welcome ASSIP Students! 10 talented HS students from NJ to CA are diving into research from CS to environmental science 🌎💻. Excited for 7 weeks of discovery, impact & growth! 🚀 #ASSIP2025 #FutureScientists #STEM #ResearchJourney #HighSchoolResearchers

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

🚍 Excited to welcome Dr. Jielu Zhang & Dr. Zifu Wang to Harvard CGA! They're leading the EZ Routing Project—using AI + spatial analysis to create safer, healthier, and fairer school bus routes. Boosting equity, cutting pollution & traffic! 🌍📚🧠 #EZRouting #SmartCities #HarvardCGA #UrbanPlanning

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

🌍 The 2025 CGA Conference & ISSDS at Harvard was a global success! 🎓✨ With 272+ attendees from 20 countries, keynotes, workshops & groundbreaking talks on geospatial data & AI, it sparked bold new ideas! 🔎🗺️ #CGA2025 #Spatiotemporal #GeoAI #Harvard #DataScience #ISSDS

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

🎉 Congrats to ASSIP fellow Aadi Kenchammana on heading to UIUC for Computer Engineering! 🚀 His breakthrough work on NO₂ downscaling & ML, co-authored paper & MIT URTC talk show his bright future! 🔬💻 #ASSIP #MachineLearning #UIUC #STEM #Research #FutureEngineer 👏

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

🎓Congrats to Dr. Zifu Wang on earning his Ph.D. in Earth Systems & Geoinfo Science from GMU! His research fuses LLMs + geospatial data to address global crises like Sudan’s conflict & organ trafficking. Now at Harvard, he’s tackling student safety with AI.📊#PhD #Geospatial

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

🌏 700+ delegates from 30 nations met in Chongqing for the 14th #DigitalEarth Symposium to explore how AI, big data, satellites & digital twins can drive #SDGs, tackle climate change & boost global sustainability 🌐📡💡 #TechForGood #SDGSAT1 #EarthData #Sustainability #ClimateAction

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

🏆 Harvard’s India Policy Insights project wins the 2025 Health Data Visualization Award! 🇮🇳📊 Led by Prof. S.V. Subramanian, it uses interactive maps to guide better health, nutrition, and policy decisions across India. #HealthData #IndiaPolicy #DataViz #PublicHealth #Geospatial #NFHS #AAG2025

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

🚨New study shows rural cancer patients are 2-4x more likely to travel out of state for treatment🏥This leads to care gaps, poor provider communication, and lower satisfaction. Telehealth 🌐 offers a promising solution to boost access and equity! #CancerCare #Telehealth #RuralHealth #Medicare

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

🎉 Congrats to Phoebe Pan (TJHSST '25)! A Regeneron Top 300 Scholar, she spent 2 yrs on NASA AIST air quality digital twin, publishing a novel method using transformers to improve PM2.5 forecasting during events like wildfires. Off to top schools incl. Harvard! 🌫️🔥📊 #AI4Good #STEM #RegeneronSTS

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

🎓 Congrats to Dr. Zifu Wang! His PhD used LLMs (GPT, BERT) to extract & map spatiotemporal data from news—tackling conflicts & illegal trade with RAG, smart classification & auto-visualization. Now a postdoc at Harvard! 🌍🧠📍 #AI #LLM #Geoinfo #ConflictMapping #PhDDefense #HarvardBound #NewsAnalytics

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Exciting news! 🎉 EZRouting, Future Data Lab (FDL), and KNIME have committed additional funds to support key projects (HVD-21-01, HVD-21-07, HVD-24-01) through 2025 and beyond. 🚀 Huge thanks to our partners for their continued support and commitment! 🙏 #Innovation #Partnership #Growth #Tech 🛠️

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

🌱🚨 Groundbreaking research by Seren Smith & team on air quality monitoring! Using AI/ML models, like LSTM, to calibrate low-cost sensors for more accurate PM 2.5 data. A big leap in tackling air pollution and protecting ecosystems! 🌍💨 #AirQuality #MachineLearning #AI #ClimateAction #PurpleAir

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Explore how network community scanning (NCS) and big data can redefine urban agglomeration regions in China! 📊 This study reveals the dynamic connections between cities and their evolving structures. A step toward smarter urban policy! 🚀 #UrbanPlanning #BigData #CityNetworks #China #PolicyInnovation

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

📊 New study highlights cross-state travel for cancer care in the US! 🚗💼 Medicare patients with breast, colon, lung, or pancreatic cancer face increased travel for specialized care, especially in rural areas. 🏥📈 #CancerCare #Telehealth #RuralHealth #Medicare #HealthcareAccess #TelehealthReciprocity

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

🚀 A new study by Liu, Guan, Wang, & Bao introduces Visual Programming-based Geospatial Cyberinfrastructure (V-GCI) to tackle GIS challenges like big data & AI integration! 🌍 Enhancing open-source GIS education, research, & sustainability. #GIS #OpenSource #AI #Geospatial #Education3.0 📍

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Tackling the #RAndR crisis in spatiotemporal research! 📊 This study explores challenges like data availability, transparency, & balancing reproducibility with innovation 🔍 A step toward clearer, more reliable research! 🌍 #Replicability #SpatiotemporalResearch #DataTransparency #Innovation

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Join the 2025 Digital Twin Conference, hosted by Harvard’s Center for Geographic Analysis! 🌍💡 Explore cutting-edge topics like geospatial modeling, AR, big data, and more. Hybrid event with workshops, plenary sessions, and panel discussions. Don’t miss it! 🚀 #DigitalTwin #TechInnovation #CGA2025

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

📅 The 2025 Spatiotemporal Innovation Webinars are here! Hosted by the Spatial Data Lab Fellows, these free webinars explore spatiotemporal data science across sectors like health, environment, and business. Don’t miss out on practical insights & tools! 🌍💡 #SpatiotemporalData #OpenWebinars #DataSci

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

🌍🔬 The Spatial Data Lab (SDL), a collaboration of Harvard, KNIME, and more, is revolutionizing spatiotemporal research. By developing open-source platforms for data linkage, SDL is enhancing research across sectors like health, mobility, and the environment. 🌱 #SpatiotemporalData #OpenScience

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

New publication! 📰 "A Multi-Constraint Monte Carlo Simulation Approach to Downscaling Cancer Data" introduces a powerful method to estimate suppressed cancer counts at a county-level. #PublicHealth #CancerResearch #DataScience #HealthScience #MachineLearning #CancerTrends

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

New publication! 📰 "Delineating Urban Agglomeration Regions in China by Network Community Scanning" explores innovative Network Community Scanning (NCS) to analyze human flow patterns. 🌐📊 It offers fresh insights into urban agglomeration regions. #UrbanStudies #GeoAI #NetworkScience #China

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

📊 COVID-19 dashboards were crucial, but 66% of the 193 reviewed are now gone. Only 17% included geospatial data, missing insights on regional trends. A call for better storage & maintenance of this critical info for ongoing health research. 🌍🔍 #PublicHealth #COVID19 #DataVisualization

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Digital Twins (DT) combines research, innovation & data to solve real-world challenges like COVID campus reopening. Using simulations, sensors, and satellite data, DT helps inform decisions on safety measures and policies. 🏫🌍📊 #DigitalTwins #Innovation #CampusReopening #DataScience

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Phoebe Pan, Anusha Srirenganathan Malarvizhi, & Chaowei Yang published groundbreaking research on improving PM2.5 forecasting using Transformer models & data augmentation. Their work enhances predictions for extreme air pollution events, crucial for public health & policy. 🌿 #AirQuality #STEM

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Huge congrats to ASSIP intern Phoebe Pan! Her groundbreaking research on PM2.5 forecasting using Transformer models earned her a spot in the 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search! 🌟 #STEM #FutureLeader #Innovation #ScienceTalent #DataScience

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Tayven Stover, an STC NSF START Intern from NVCC, earned 2nd place at the Honors Symposium for his research on air pollution patterns. His work used LSTM models to predict pollution trends through a Webapp. #STCIntern #ResearchExcellence #EnvironmentalScience #STEM #Tech #TechForGood #STEMResearch

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

The CGA hosted a workshop on Dec 16, 2024, showcasing KNIME Business Hub for spatiotemporal data science. Experts from academia, government, and industry explored applications in healthcare, remote sensing, GIS, urban planning, & more. #DataScience #KNIME

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

The Spatiotemporal I/UCRC and DT-RICH had a dynamic week at AGU 2024, hosting five sessions and presenting research on wildfire, air quality, flooding, and more. The team showcased cutting-edge solutions for environmental and urban challenges, advancing collaboration and innovation. #DataScience

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Happy New Year from STC! As we enter the new year, we want to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone for their continued support. We look forward to sharing more with our amazing community in the year ahead. Wishing you and your families a joyful and prosperous New Year! #newyear #holiday #tech

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

As the year ends and winter break nears, we want to thank you for your hard work, dedication, and collaboration. Your contributions help make the Spatiotemporal Innovation Center what it is today, impacting our research and the community we serve. We truly appreciate all that you do! #holiday

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Dr. Chaowei Yang participated in the 2024 4th Quarter Digital Twin Consortium meeting in San Francisco (Dec. 10-12). Members, including NEC, AMD, Oakridge, Florida Central Univ., and National Univ. of Singapore, presented digital twin examples. #DigitalTwin #science #technology #University #global

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Funded by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, this project strengthens Harvard's GIS infrastructure by integrating platforms like KNIME and Heavy.ai. These tools are now accessible on Harvard's NERC and FASRC, supporting impactful geospatial analytics across Harvard schools. #sci #analytics

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Congrats to Spatial Data Lab interns Roshan and Yuvraj Taneja from Sacred Heart Prep for winning the NeurIPS High School Award! Their AI project, mentored by USC's Professor Siqing Wang, uses satellite data to improve water access for the Maasai Tribe, benefiting 4,000+ people. #AI #science #compsci

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Four NSF START interns—Theodore Spanbauer, Yayha Masri, Tayven Stover, and Gian Sung—placed 4th in HorizonHacks 2024 with BlueTemp, an AI platform predicting sea temperatures for hurricane forecasting and coral preservation. Despite challenges, they created an impactful, user-friendly tool. #compsci

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Dr. Jia Lu published a paper in the journal of geography to highlight the incredible success of the training internship program for two-year associate degree students. The START program, supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) IUCRC-

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The 22nd Spatiotemporal I/UCRC IAB Meeting, held virtually on November 15, 2024, reviewed the center’s research, addressed resource and membership issues, and identified challenges in the research agenda. Key topics included digital twin projects, outreach, open science, and geospatial toolkits.

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

EZRouting: Transforming K-12 Operations From bus routing to student tracking, EZRouting offers tools like EZDistrict, SafeDriver360, & FindMySchool. Our mission: streamline processes, ensure safety, & enhance communication for schools, parents, & admins. Empowering education through tech!

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

NeurIPS Spotlight! We presented our project on Water Harvesting for 4500+ Maasai in Tanzania. Using satellite imagery & AI, we trained a model on 10K images of Maasai Bomas to create density maps for precise water unit placement. Tackling water scarcity, improving lives, & scaling solutions!

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Visit HCI Huntsman Cancer Institute, Utah's only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, leads groundbreaking research in the Intermountain West. With 130+ members advancing cancer science, HCI is a beacon of hope. Located at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City. #CancerResearch #HCI #Hope

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

GeoAI for Cleaner Air Our AI tool calibrates low-cost PurpleAir sensors in real-time to match EPA standards, covering cities & rural areas. Tested on the 2020 Almeda Fire & 2023 Canadian wildfires, it improved accuracy for timely, reliable data. A scalable solution for communities and agencies!

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Sudan Project team (Zifu Wang, Anusha Srirenganathan, Yahya Masri, Tayven Stover, Samir Ahmed, & Dr. Yang) optimized location & date extraction using open-source LLMs + RAG! 6,946 articles on Sudan conflict scraped (Apr 2023–Oct 2024) Key insights via Gemma2. Papers incoming!

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Chaowei Yang, Director of STC Center, joined the 31st International Conference on Geoinformatics in Toronto, collaborating with global leaders to shape the future of GIS. He also visited Laval & McGill Universities to explore Digital Twins initiatives and foster potential international partnerships.

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

TRILLION PIXEL CHALLENGE: AI + Geospatial Digital Twins Sept 4-5, 2024 | Presented by Lingbo Liu The NASA/DOE-ORNL workshop explored AI foundation models driving geospatial digital twins for urban planning, disaster response, and environmental management.

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

After 19 incredible years, Wendy Guan, founding Executive Director of the CGA, announces her retirement, planning a six-month transition. She reflects on the joy of working with amazing colleagues, students, and collaborators. Recruitment for her successor has begun, but she will be deeply missed!

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Spatiotemporal Innovation Center @ George Mason University @stc-gmu.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Another new publication! Their study explores healthcare access challenges in Lesotho, despite progress toward universal health coverage. The team used GIS to assess access & identify optimal locations for new health facilities. A vital step forward in improving healthcare delivery!

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