Binbin Lin,
Ph.D. Student
Geography, Texas A&M University
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Human-Pandemic Dynamics
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Multi-dimensional Social Sensing
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Mental Health
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Spatial-Temporal Analytics and Modeling
- Cartography and Geo-Visualization
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Geographic Information Science (GIScience)
Education
Ph.D.
​Texas A&M University
Geography
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College Station, Texas, USA
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Advisor: Prof. Lei Zou
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Dissertation: Inequality in Public Health: Insights from Multidimensional Social Sensing
M.S.
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
3S Integration and Meteorological Applications
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Nanjing, China
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Advisor: Prof. Xinfa Qiu
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Thesis: Analysis of the influence of DEM with different fineness on precipitation estimation model
GIS Summer Scholars Program
Saint Louis University
Geography
Missouri, USA
B.E.
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
Geographic Information Science
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Nanjing, China
Publications
- Total: 19
o Journal Articles – published & accepted: 9, in review/revision: 3
o Conference Proceedings – published & accepted: 6
o Book Chapters & Reports – published & accepted: 1
• Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
12. Lin, B., Zou, L., Yang, M., Zhou, B., Mandal, D., Abedin, J. Cai, H., and Ning, N. 2024. Understanding Human-COVID-19 Dynamics using Geospatial Big Data: A Systematic Literature Review. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. Under Review.
11. Lin, B., Dai, Y., Zou, L., and Ning, N. 2024. Statistical Machine Learning Meets High-Dimensional Spatiotemporal Challenges- A Case Study of COVID-19 Modeling. Computers, Environment and Urban System. Under Review. [Link]
10. Abedin, J., Zou, L., Yang, M., Rohli, R., Mandal, D., Qiang, Y., Akter, H., Zhou, B., Lin, B., and Cai, H. 2024. Deciphering Spatial-Temporal Dynamics of Flood Exposure in the United States. Sustainable Cities and Society. Available at SSRN 4626955. [Link]
9. Tian, H., Cai, H., Hu, L., Qiang, Y., Zhou, B., Yang, M., and Lin, B. 2024. Unveiling Community Adaptations to Extreme Heat Events Using Mobile Phone Location Data. Journal of Environmental Management. Under Review. [Link]
8. Lin, B., Zou, L., Zhao, B., Huang, X., Cai, H., Yang, M., and Zhou, B. 2024. Sensing the pulse of the pandemic: unveiling the geographical and demographic disparities of public sentiment toward COVID-19 through social media. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 1-19. [Link]
7. Zhou, B., Zou, L., Yang, M., Lin, B., Mandal, D., and Abedin, J. 2024. Overlooked voices under strict lockdown: mapping humanitarian needs in 2022 Shanghai COVID-19 outbreak. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 1-19. [Link]
6. Mandal, D., Zou, L., Abedin, J., Zhou, B., Yang, M., Lin, B., and Cai, H. 2023. Algorithmic Uncertainties in Geolocating Social Media Data for Disaster Management. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 1-18. [Link]
5. Lin, B., Zou, L., Duffield N., Mostafavi A., Cai, H., Zhou, B., Tao, J., Yang, M., Mandal, D. and Abedin, J. 2022. Revealing the Linguistic and Geographical Disparities of Public Awareness to Covid-19 Outbreak through Social Media. International Journal of Digital Earth, 15 (1), 868-889. [Link]
4. Zhou, B., Zou, L., Mostafavi, A., Lin, B., Yang, M., Gharaibeh, N., Cai, H., Abedin, J., and Mandal. D. 2022. VictimFinder: VictimFinder: Harvesting rescue requests in disaster response from social media with BERT." Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 95: 101824. [Link]
3. Yang, M., Zou, L., Cai, H., Qiang, Y., Lin, B., Zhou, B., Abedin, J., and Mandal. D. 2022. Spatial–Temporal Land Loss Modeling and Simulation in a Vulnerable Coast: A Case Study in Coastal Louisiana. Remote Sensing, 14 (4):896. [Link]
2. Hu, J., Zhang, B., Peng, D., Yu, R., Liu, Y., Xiao, C., Li, C., Dong, T., Fang, M., Ye, H., Huang, W., Lin, B., Wang, M., Cheng., E, and Yang., S. 2022. Estimation of wheat tiller density using remote sensing data and machine learning methods. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13. [Link]
1. Zheng, S., Zhang, B., Peng, D., Yu, L., Lin, B., Pan, Y., and Xie. Q. 2021. The trend towards a warmer and wetter climate observed in arid and semi-arid areas of northwest China from 1959 to 2019. Environmental Research Communications, 3 (11):115011. [Link]
• Conference Proceedings
6. Lin, B. Mapping the temporally evolved geographic disparities of public perceptions of COVID-19 through social media. In 31st International Cartographic Conference (ICC 2023), 6:142. [Link]
5. Zou, L., Li, W., Yang, M., Lin, B., Abedin, J. The impact of social isolation on sleep disturbances – evidence from geospatial big data during COVID-19. In 31st International Cartographic Conference (ICC 2023), 6:293. [Link]
4. Zou, L., Zhou, B., Lin, B., Mandal, D., Yang, M., Abedin, J. Smart Disaster Response with GeoAI and Big Data. In AGU 2023. Vol. 2023. [Link]
3. Zou, L., Cai, H., Mandal, D., Abedin, J., Yang, M., Lin, B. Empowering smart disaster response with social media and GeoAI. In AGU 2022. Vol. 2022. [Link]
2. Cai, H., Lin, B., Li, D., Zou, L. Revealing Disaster Resilience Inequalities during Texas 2021 Winter Storm through Geospatial Data Mining. In AGU 2022. Vol. 2022. [Link]
1. Abedin, J., Zou, L., Yang, M., Rohli, R., Mandal, D., Qiang, Y., Akter, H., Zhou, B., Lin, B., Cai, H. Deciphering Spatial-Temporal Dynamics of Flood Exposure in the United States. In AGU 2022. Vol. 2022. [Link]
• Book Chapter
1. Zou, L., Mostafavi, A., Zhou, B., Lin, B., Yang, M., Abedin, J., Mandal, D., Cai, H. GeoAI for Disaster Response. Handbook of GeoAI (Editors: Song Gao, Yingjie Hu, and Wenwen Li). [Link]
Awards
2021
2023
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ICA Scholarship, $300
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Second place in the AAG 2023 GISS-SG Student Honors Paper Competition, 2023 AAG, $450.
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USNC Travel Funding for attending the ICC Conference, 2023 ICA, $2778.
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Spatial Analysis and Modeling (SAM) Specialty Group Student Travel Awards, 2023 AAG, $250.
2022
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First place at TxGIS day 2022 Graduate student research presentations, TAMU, $200.
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AutoCarto 2022 Student Assistantship, 2022 AutoCarto, $750.​
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Department of Geography Excellence in Research and Teaching Awards, TAMU, $500.
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Student Travel Fund, 2022 AAG, $50.
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2021
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Best Paper Award (ranks 1st out of 35 selected presentations as 2nd author), International Symposium on Geospatial Approaches to Combating Covid-19.​
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First place in the Geographic Information Science and Systems student paper competition (as 3rd author), 2021 AAG.​
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Student Travel Fund, 2021 AAG, $50.
2013 ~ 2016
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Second Prize in the 5th National GIS Application Skills Competition for College Students, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China
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Jiangsu Provincial State Scholarship for College Students Who Wish to Participate in Short-time Exchange Study Abroad, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China.​
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First-level Merit-based Scholarship, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China.
2017 ~ 2019
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Second-level Progress Award in National Geomatics Science and Technology Field in 2019, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China.
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First-level Merit-based Scholarship for New Graduate Students of NUIST, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China.​
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Excellent Undergraduate Graduation Thesis among Geomatics Majors in Jiangsu in 2017, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China.
Presentations
Teaching Experience
Guest Lecture
What does Social Media tell us about Disaster? Taking Twitter as an example
TAMU, GEOG695, Forentiers in GIS
2024 Spring
How does Geodatabase empower social media data mining to sense the pulse of COVID-19
TAMU, GEOG659, GeoDatabase
2023 Fall
Applications of GIS in Public health
TAMU, GEOG476, GeoScience Application
2022 Spring
Teaching Assistant
Advanced GIS
TAMU, GEOG475
2024 Spring
GIS Programming
TAMU, GEOG392
2023 Fall
Academic Services
Conference Organizations
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Session Chair/Organizer: AAG 2024 - GeoAI and Deep Learning Symposium: GeoAI and Social Sensing for Human-Pandemic Dynamics
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Session Chair/Organizer: AAG 2023 - Understanding Human-Pandemic Dynamics using Geospatial Big Data
Invited Reviews
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International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
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Annals of GIS
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International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
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International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance
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Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
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Social Network Analysis and Mining
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Computational Urban Science
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IEEE Access
Student Mentorship
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2024 Silin Ji, Graduate student, Department of Statistics, TAMU.
Evolving Effects of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) on COVID-19 Health Impacts in the United States -
2023 Raul Devora, Undergraduate student, Department of Geography, TAMU.
Spatial-temporal Dashboard Design for Visualizing Human Responses to COVID-19 and Its Health Impacts.
Others
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2023-pres. Member of GIStory, a sub-program within the non-profit GISPhere. Responsible for conducting interviews with influential figures in Geography, inspiring students to pursue careers in the field.