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Yao-Yi Chiang

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Machine Learning Applications In Geospatial Data Spatial Data Mining Geospatial Artificial Intelligence Location-Based Services

About

Yao-Yi Chiang joined the Department of Computer Science & Engineering in 2021 as an associate professor. He received his M.S. (2004) and Ph.D. (2010) degrees in computer science from the University of Southern California. Chiang also currently serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Information Science and Engineering and as an Editorial Board Member for Transactions in Geographic Information Systems. Prior to joining the University, he served as a senior software engineer for Fetch Technologies and Geosemble Technologies, a visiting researcher for Google AI, and as a machine learning consultant for Facebook.

Research Performance Summary

178
Total Papers
3804
Total Citations
35
H-Index
2004-2026
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Automatically and accurately conflating orthoimagery and street maps

Year: 2004

Citations: 90

Venue: Proceedings of the 12th annual ACM international workshop on Geographic

Latest Recorded Paper

TiCLS: Tightly Coupled Language Text Spotter

Year: 2026

Citations: 0

Venue: arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.04030

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2026
2
2025
30
2024
13
2023
17
2022
8
2021
17
2020
9
2019
18
2018
14
2017
6
2016
7

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 100
Journal 10
Book 5

Top Coauthors

Chiang Knoblock Lin

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 32
Citations 97
Avg. Citations / Paper 3
H-Index 3

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 64
Citations 1221
Avg. Citations / Paper 19.1
H-Index 19

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 48
Citations 1349
Avg. Citations / Paper 28.1
H-Index 19

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 19
Citations 561
Avg. Citations / Paper 29.5
H-Index 9

2005-2009

Period Stats
Papers 14
Citations 486
Avg. Citations / Paper 34.7
H-Index 9

2000-2004

Period Stats
Papers 1
Citations 90
Avg. Citations / Paper 90
H-Index 1

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

yaoyi@umn.edu

Detected Research Keywords

Road Vector Data Extracting Road Vector Vector Data Raster Data Raster Maps Data Historical Maps Water Sanitation Hygiene Recognition Historical Maps Time Series Data Exploiting Polygon Metadata Forecasting Performance Measurement