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Wei Luo

Coor Hall 5515 School of Geographical Sciences & Urban
Lattie F. Coor Hall 975 S Myrtle Ave,
Tempe
Postdoc Research Associate
Post Doctoral Scholars
TEMPE Campus
Mailcode
5302
Postdoc Rsrch Assoc FSC 2008
Post Doctoral Scholars
TEMPE Campus
Mailcode
5302
Google Scholar
Research Interests
My research has two major focuses: visual analytics and high performance computational spatial and social science. I have very broad application domains including infectious disease transmission and control (e.g., influenza, HIV), climate change impacts, international trade, social media, as well as crime analysis.
Publications
Refereed Journal Publications
- Luo W, Steptoe M, Chang Z, Link R, Clarke L, and Maciejewski R. The Impact of Spatial Scales on the Inter-Comparison of Climate Scenarios. 2017 IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications Special Issue: Geographic Data Science [doi]
- Luo W 2016 Visual Analytics of Geo-Social Interaction Patterns for Epidemic Control. International Journal of Health Geographics. 15(28). [doi]
- Zhang YF, Luo W, Mack AE, and Maciejewski R. 2016 Visualizing the Impact of Geographical Variations on Multivariate Clustering. Computer Graphics Forum 35(3). [doi]
- Peuquet DJ, Robinson AC, Stehle S, Hardisty F, and Luo W. 2015 A method for discovery and analysis of temporal patterns in complex event data. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 29(9). [doi]
- Luo W, Yin PF, Di Q, Hardisty F, and MacEachren AM. 2014 A Geovisual Analytic Approach to Understanding Spatial-Social Relationships in the International Trade Network. PLoS ONE 9(2): e88666. [doi]
- Luo W, MacEachren AM. 2014 Geo-Social Visual Analytics. Journal of Spatial Information Science. 8. [doi]
- Roth RE, Ross KS, Finch BG, Luo W, and MacEachren AM. 2013. Spatiotemporal crime analysis in U.S. law enforcement agencies: Current practices and unmet needs. Government Information Quarterly. [doi]
- Blanford JI, Kumar S, Luo W, and MacEachren AM. 2012. It's a long, long walk: accessibility to hospitals, maternity and integrated health centers in Niger. International Journal of Health Geographics. 11(24). [doi]
- Chen WL, Wu XS, Luo W, Yang XJ, and Zhao R. 2007. Risk Analysis of Land Use of large historic sites in the suburb—A case Study of Chang’an City of Han Dynasty. Resources Science. 29(3): 198-205. [link]
Book Chapters
- Luo W, Wang YL, Liu X, and Gao S (Accepted). Cities as Spatial and Social Networks: towards a Spatio-Socio-Semantic Analysis Framework. In: Ye XY and Liu XJ ed. Cities as Spatial and Social Networks.
- Gao S, Chen HZ, Luo W, Hu YJ, and Ye XY (Accepted). Spatiotemporal-Network Visualization for Exploring Human Activities and Interactions in Physical and Virtual Space. In: Shaw SL and Sui D ed. Human Dynamics Research in the Changing World.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
- Luo KL, Xu, YF, Zhang Huili, Luo W. On-line Scheduling with a Monotonous Subsequence Constraint. In: FAW 2017: 11th International Frontiers of Algorithmics Workshop. [doi]
- Steptoe M, Krueger R, Zhang YF., Liang X, Garcia R, Kadambi S, Luo W, Ertl T, and Maciejewski R. 2015 VAST Challenge 2015: Grand Challenge - Team VADER/VIS Award for Outstanding Comprehensive Submission. In: 2015 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST). Chicago, Illinois: Oct 25-30. [doi]
- Luo W, Chang Z, Kong LL, Link R, Hejazi M, Clarke L, and Maciejewski R. 2015 Web-Based Visualization of the Global Change Assessment Model. In: Proceedings of Visualization in Environmental Sciences (EnvirVis 2015), EuroVis 2015. Cagliari, Italy: May 25-26. [doi]
- Lukasczyk J, Liang X, Luo W, Ragan E, Middel A, Bliss N, White D, Hagen H, and Maciejewski R. 2015 A Collaborative Web-Based Environmental Data Visualization and Analysis Framework. In: Proceedings of Visualization in Environmental Sciences (EnvirVis 2015), EuroVis 2015. Cagliari, Italy: May 25-26. [doi]
- Lei T, Liang X, Mascaro G, Luo W, White D, Westerhoff P, and Maciejewski R. 2015 An Interactive Web-Based Geovisual Analytics Tool to Explore Water Scarcity in Niger River Basin. In: Proceedings of Visualization in Environmental Sciences (EnvirVis 2015), EuroVis 2015. Cagliari, Italy: May 25-26. [doi]
- Luo W, MacEachren AM, Yin PF, and Hardisty F. 2011. Spatial-Social Network Visualization for Exploratory Data Analysis. In: Proceedings of 3rd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Location-Based Social Networks (LBSN 2011), 19th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2011). Illinois, Chicago: November 1-4. [doi]
- Savelyev, A, Janowicz, K, Thatcher, J, Xu, S, Mülligann, C, and Luo, W. 2011. Volunteered Geographic Services: Developing a Linked Data Driven Location-based Service. In: SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Spatial Semantics and Ontologies in conjunction with the ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2011). Illinois, Chicago: November 1-4. [doi]
- Thatcher, J, Mülligann, C, Luo, W, Xu, S, Guidero, E, and Janowicz, K. 2011. Hidden ontologies - how mobile computing affects the conceptualization of geographic space. In: Proceedings of Workshop on Cognitive Engineering for Mobile, Conference on Spatial Information Theory: COSIT'11. Belfast, Maine: September 12-16. [link]
- Roth RE, Ross KS, Finch BG, Luo W, and MacEachren AM. 2010. A user-centered approach for designing and developing spatiotemporal crime analysis tools. In: Proceedings of GIScience 2010. Zurich, Switzerland: September 15. [link]
Other Publications and Reports
- Savelyev A, MacEachren AM, Pezanowski S, Karimzadeh M, Luo W, Jonathan N, and Robinson, A.C. 2014: Report on New Methods for Representing and Interacting with Qualitative Geographic Information, Stage 2: Task Group 4: Message-focused use case. Report on New Methods for Representing and Interacting with Qualitative Geographic Information, Contract #: W912HZ-12-P-0334, University Park, PA: GeoVISTA Center, Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University. [link]
- MacEachren AM, Savelyev A, Luo W, Pezanowski S, Karimzadeh M, Robinson AC and Mitra P. 2014: Report on New Methods for Representing and Interacting with Qualitative Geographic Information, Stage 2: Task Group 3: Social-focused use case. Report on New Methods for Representing and Interacting with Qualitative Geographic Information, Contract #: W912HZ-12-P-0334, University Park, PA: GeoVISTA Center, Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University. [link]
- MacEachren AM, Karimzadeh M, Banerjee S, Luo W, Savelyev A, Pezanowski S, Robinson AC, and Mitra P. 2013: Report on New Methods for Representing and Interacting with Qualitative Geographic Information, Stage 2: Task Group 2: Tweeter-focused use case. Report on New Methods for Representing and Interacting with Qualitative Geographic Information, Contract #: W912HZ-12-P-0334, University Park, PA: GeoVISTA Center, Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University. [link]
Presentations
2014 Instructor
Department of Geography, Penn State University
Geography 160 Web (Mapping Our Changing World one semester)
2013 Laboratory Teaching Assistant
Department of Geography, Penn State University
Geography 160 (Mapping Our Changing World one semester)
2010-2012 Laboratory Teaching Assistant
Department of Geography, Penn State University
Geography 363 (Geographic Information Systemsfour semesters)
Invited Lectures
- Luo W. 2016. Introduction to Spatial Autocorrelation In: Geog 172: Intermediate geographical data analaysis, Santa Barbara, CA: Nov 2.
- Luo W. 2014. Career Module 1 In: ASU 101-FSE Tempe, AZ: Oct 16.
- Luo W. 2014. Exploratory Geovisualization EDA, ESDA, and Interacting with Data In: Geography 461W: Dynamic Cartographic Representation (geovisualization) University Park, PA: Feb 14.
- Luo W. 2013. Introduction to Geovisualization. In: Geography 160 (Mapping Our Changing World). University Park, PA.
- Luo W. 2012. Geovisualization. In: Geography 363 (Geographic Information Systems). University Park, PA.
Honors/Awards
- Award for Outstanding Comprehensive Submission from VADER/VIS-Grand Challenge 2015. Nominated along with M Steptoe, R Krueger, YF. Zhang, X Liang, R Garcia, S Kadambi, W Luo, T Ertl, R Maciejewski.
- Best Presentation from National GeospatialIntelligence Agency (NGA) fall symposium 2013. Nominated along with DJ. Peuquet, S Stehle, F Hardisty, A Robinson, W Luo, Q Di, Jl Yang for the title: STempo: An Integrated Statistical and Visualization Environment for Discovery and Analysis of Patterns in Complex Space-Time Event Data.
- Academic Enrichment Award from the Ruby S. Miller Endowment Fund 2012. Received for the title: Geovisual Analytics Approaches for the Integration of Geography and Social Network Contexts at VisWeek 2012. ($404.10)
- E. Willard Miller Award in Geography, PhD Level: 1st Place. 2012. Received for the title Geo-Social Visual Analytics. ($600)
- Academic Enrichment Award from the Ruby S. Miller Endowment Fund. 2011. Received for the title: Spatial-Social Network Visualization for Exploratory Data Analysis at the 19th Annual ACM SIGSPATIAL Conference. ($174)
- GIScience Best Paper Award: Finalist, Extended Abstract Category. 2010. One of four extended abstracts (of 98) nominated for best in category. Nominated along with KS Ross, BG Finch, W Luo, and AM MacEachren for the title "A user-centered approach for designing and developing spatiotemporal crime analysis tools" at GIScience 2010.
- University Scholarship. 2004-2006. Northwest University
- NSF Travel Grant 2016. Received for the title: Visual Analytics of Geo-Social Interaction Patterns for Epidemic Control at workshop on measuring and analyzing interactions among mobile entities at UT-Austin. ($750)
- NSF Travel Grant 2015. Received for the title: Visual Analytics for Climate Change and its Cascading Threats at CCS 2015. ($1000)
- NSF Travel Grant 2015. Received for the title: A Spatiotemporal visual analytics for event storytelling at AAG 2015. ($1000)
- VisWeek Travel Grant 2012. Received for the title: Geovisual Analytics Approaches for the Integration of Geography and Social Network Contexts at VisWeek 2012. ($1,517)
- NSF Travel Grant 2012. Received for the title: GeoSocialApp: A Visual Exploratory Data Analysis Tool for Spatial-Social Network at CyberGIS'12. ($800)
- NSF Travel Grant. 2011. Received for the title: Spatial-Social Network Visualization for Exploratory Data Analysis at the 19th Annual ACM SIGSPATIAL Conference. ($882.93)
- University Travel Grant. 2009. Received for the title: A Two-layer Scale-free Network for the Spread of Infectious Diseases at the 105th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. ($250)
Editorships
Reviewing
- International Journal of Geographical Information Science
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Cartography and Geographic Information Science
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Spatial Cognition and Computation: An Interdisciplinary Journal
- Applied Geography
- ACM SIGSPATIAL
- ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
- Big Data & Society
- EuroVis
- PacificVis
- Journal of Information Technology
- Journal of Information Science and Engineering
- Geographical Information Systems: Trends and Technologies
- International Journal of Health Geographics
- Algorithms
- Annals of GIS
- Journal of Spatial Information Science
- Frontiers of Earth Science
- Cities as Spatial and Social Networks
Professional Associations
2008- AAG (Association of American Geographers) 2008- CPGIS (The International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographical Information Sciences) 2011- ICA (International Cartographic Association) Commission on Cognitive Visualization
Service
External Service
2017 International Scientific Committee: International Workshop on Open Geographical Modeling and Simulation, NanJing, China
2017 Sponsorship Committee: Facilitate SuperMap sponsorship to the 25TH International Conference on Geoinformatics, 2017, Buffalo, U.S. ($10,000)
2016 Election Committee: The International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographical Information Sciences CPGIS
2016 International Steering Committee: International Conference on Cartographic Visualization of Big Data for Early Warning and Disaster/Crisis Management (EW & CM): Methodology, Techniques and Applications
2016- Research Committee: University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS)
2016- Education Committee Chair: The International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographical Information Sciences CPGIS
2015-2017 Board Members: CPGIS
2014-2016 Program Committee: 7th, 8th, and 9th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Location-Based Social Networks
2014 Program Committee: IEEE Big Data on Spatial Connectivity
2014- Health GIS Committee: CPGIS
2011- 2016 Education Committee: CPGIS
Internal Service
2016- UCSB Postdoc Union Stewards
2014 Global Program Orientation Leader
2012-2014 President: Innovation Interdisciplinary Collaboration Community
2012 No)Boundaries Interdisciplinary Student Conference Committee
2011-2014 Department Representative: EMS Graduate Student Council
2011-2013 PSU Department of Geography Graduate School Mentor Program
2010-2011 Treasurer: Network Science Reading Group
Graduate Faculties / Mentoring History
Arizona State University Membership on Master's Committees 2014 2015 Zheng Chang, School of Computing, Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering