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Name:Yu Liu
Title:Professor
TEL:Professor
Position:
E-mail:liuyu@urban.pku.edu.cn
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

1999.09--2003.07

Ph.D.

Software Engineering, Peking University

1994.09--1997.07

M.S.

GIS & Remote Sensing, Peking University

1989.10--1994.07

B.S.

Human Geography, Peking University

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

2013.08--to now

Professor, Institute of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems, Peking University.

2004.08--2013.08

Associate Professor, Institute of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems, Peking University.

2011.09--2012.09

Visiting scholar, Louisiana State University

2005.09--2007.02

Visiting scholar, University of California, Santa Barbara, and University of California, Merced

2001.10--2004.08

Lecturer, Institute of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems, Peking University.

1997.09--2001.10

Lecturer, Department of Geography (Urban and Environmental Sciences), Peking University.

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

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RECENT COURSES TAUGHT

1. Development of GIS Algorithms and Applications (for graduate students, 2009-present)

2. Introduction to Computer (for freshman, 2004-present)

3. Introduction to Geographical Information Systems (for undergraduate students, 2013-present)

4. Spatial Cognition and Spatial Data Model (for graduate students, 2005-2009)

5. The C Programming Language and Data Structure (for sophomores, 1997-1999);

6. Processing of Remote Sensing Image (for graduate students,1997-1998).

7. Software Engineering (for sophomores, 2000).

8. Introduction to Geographical Information Systems, (for seniors, 2000)

9. The C& C++ Programming Language (for sophomores, 1999-2001).

10. Algorithm and Data Structure, (for sophomores, 1999-2003).

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor

2013-present, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Editorial Board Member

2012-present, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

2007-present, Journal of Spatial Information Sciences

2003-present, Geography and Geo-information science (A Chinese Journal)

BOD Member

2011-2012, Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Sciences (CPGIS)

2014-2016, Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Sciences (CPGIS)

Chair of Program Committee

2010, The 18th International Conference on GeoInformatics (Beijing)

Member of Program Committee

2014, Mobile Tartu (Mobile Data, Geography, LBS) 2014 (Tartu)

2014, The Second International Conference on CyberGIS and Geodesign (Redlands)

2014, The 21th International Conference on GeoInformatics (Kaohsiung)

2014, The 8th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (Vienna)

2013, The 1st International Conference on Geo-Informatics in Green Ecology &

Environment (Wuhan)2013, The 21th International Conference on GeoInformatics (Kaifeng)

2013, The 12th International Conference on GeoComputation (Wuhan)

2012, The 20th International Conference on GeoInformatics (Hong Kong)

2012, The 7th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (Columbus)

2011, The International Conference on Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation

Engineering (Nanjing)

2011, The 19th International Conference on GeoInformatics (Shanghai)

Guest Editor of Journals

2012, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

External Reviewer

NSFC (2006-)

863 Program (2007)

US NSF (2012)

Referee of Journals

Annals of GIS

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Cities

Cognitive Processing

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Environment and Planning A

Geographical Analysis

GIScience & Remote Sensing

Information Sciences

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Journal of Geographical Systems

Knowledge-Based Systems

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications.

PLoS ONE

SCIENCE CHINA D: Earth Sciences

Transportation

Transportation Research Part C

EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANT HISTORY

2012-2015 NSFC: Modeling Intra-urban Human Mobility Patterns Using Large Volumes of Spatio-temporal Data PI

2011-2014 NSFC: Representation and Reasoning of Uncertain Geospatial Knowledge and Applications in GIR Co-PI

2009-2010 NSFC: Evolutions of Transport Networks and CoPI Systems of Cities in China

2007-2010 National High-Tech Research and Development Plan of China: On General Chinese Place Name Services Considering Geographical Semantics

PI

2004-2005 National High-Tech Research and Development Plan of China: Research on next generation of GISSoftware architect and 1st researcher in data model supporting next generation of GIS

2003-2004 National High-Tech Research and Development Plan of China: Application of 3S techniques in railway logistics Software architect and designer of spatio-temporal data model

1996-2000 Development of Citystar - A 3S Integrated Software 2nd researcher in charge of System Analysis, Design,Implementation and Development Management

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Monographs

1. Guide of the Urban-GIS Standardization (one of the co-author, the Portion of Data Structure), 1997,

Beijing: Science Press. 237 Pages.

2. Geographical Information Systems and Management Decision (one of the co-author, the portion of

Spatial Data Model and Data Structure). Beijing: Peking University Press, 2000. 281 Pages

3. Geographical Information System: Principles, Functionaries and Applications (Second author).

Beijing: Science Press, 2000. 470 Pages

Refereed Journal Papers (in English)

1. Li Gong, Xi Liu, Lun Wu, Yu Liu*, Inferring trip purposes and uncovering travel patterns from taxi

trajectory data. Cartography and Geographic Information Science. In press (doi: 10.1080/15230406.

2015.1014424)

2. Xi Liu, Li Gong, Yongxi Gong, Yu Liu*, Revealing travel patterns and city structure with taxi trip data.

Journal of Transport Geography, 2015, 43, 78-90. (doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.01.016)

3. Li Shi, Guanghua Chi, Xi Liu, Yu Liu*, Human mobility patterns in different communities: a mobile

phone data based social network approach. Annals of GIS, 2015, 21(1), 15-26. (doi: 10.1080/19475683.

2014.992372)

4. Guanghua Chi, Jean-Claude Thill, Daoqin Tong, Li Shi, Yu Liu*, Uncovering regional characteristics

from mobile phone data: a network science approach. Papers in Regional Science. In press. (doi:

10.1111/pirs.12149)

5. Yu Liu, Daoqin Tong, Xi Liu, Measuring spatial autocorrelation of vectors. Geographical Analysis. In

press. (doi: 10.1111/gean.12069)

6. Yu Liu, Xi Liu, Song Gao, Li Gong, Chaogui Kang, Ye Zhi, Guanghua Chi, Li Shi, Social sensing: A

new approach to understanding our socio-economic environments. Annals of the Association of

American Geographers. In press. (doi: 10.1080/00045608.2015.1018773)

7. Lingxiao Ying , Zehao Shen , Shilong Piao , Yu Liu, George P. Malanson, Terrestrial surface-area

increment: The effects of topography, DEM resolution, and algorithm. Physical Geography. 2014, 35

(4), 297-312. (doi: 10.1080/02723646.2014.886923)

8. Lun Wu, Yu Zhi, Zhengwei Sui, Yu Liu*, Intra-urban human mobility and activity transition: Evidence

from social media check-in data. PLOS ONE, 2014, 9(5): e97010. (doi: 10.1371/journal.

pone.0097010)

9. Yu Liu, Zhengwei Sui, Chaogui Kang, Yong Gao, Uncovering patterns of inter-urban trip and spatial

interaction from social media check-in data. PLOS ONE, 2014, 9(1), e86026. (doi: 10.1371/journal.

pone.0086026)10. Yu Liu, Fahui Wang, Chaogui Kang, Yong Gao, Yongmei Lu, Analyzing relatedness by toponym

co-occurrences on web pages. Transactions in GIS. 2014, 18(1), 89-107 (doi: 10.1111/tgis.12023)

11. Song Gao, Yu Liu, Yaoli Wang, Xiujun Ma, Discovering spatial interaction communities from mobile

phone data, Transactions in GIS. 2013, 17(3), 463-481. (doi: 10.1111/tgis.12042)

12. Chaogui Kang, Yi Zhang, Xiujun Ma, Yu Liu*, Inferring properties and revealing geographical impacts

of intercity mobile communication network of China using a subnet data set, International Journal of

Geographical Information Science. 2013, 27(3), 431-448. (doi: 10.1080/13658816.2012.689838)

13. Yu Xiao, Fahui Wang, Yu Liu, Jiaoe Wang, Reconstructing gravitational attractions of major cities in

China from air passenger flow data 2001-2008: A particle swarm optimization approach. The

Professional Geographer. 2013, 65(2), 265-282. (doi: 10.1080/00330124.2012.679445)

14. Song Gao, Yaoli Wang, Yong Gao, Yu Liu*, Understanding urban traffic flow characteristics: A

rethinking of betweenness centrality. Environment & Planning B, Planning and Design. 2013, 40(1),

135-153. (doi:10.1068/b38141)

15. Chaogui Kang, Yu Liu*, Xiujun Ma, Lun Wu, Towards estimating urban population distributions from

mobile call data, Journal of Urban Technology. 2012, 19(4), 3-21. (doi: 10.1080/10630732.

2012.715479)

16. Yongxi Gong, Lun Wu, Yaoyu Lin, Yu Liu*, Probability issues in locality descriptions based on

Voronoi neighbor relationship, Journal of Visual Languages and Computing. 2012, 23(4), 213-222.

(doi: 10.1016/j.jvlc. 2012.04.002)

17. Menglong Yan, Thomas Blaschke, Yu Liu, Lun Wu, An object based analysis filtering algorithm for

Airborne Laser Scanning, International Journal of Remote Sensing. 2012, 33(22), 7099-7116. (doi:

10.1080/01431161.2012. 699694)

18. Yu Liu, Chaogui Kang, Song Gao, Yu Xiao, Yuan Tian, Understanding intra-urban trip patterns from

taxi trajectory data. Journal of Geographical Systems. 2012, 14(4), 463-483. (doi:10.1007/s10109

-012-0166-z)

19. Yu Liu, Fahui Wang, Yu Xiao, Song Gao, Urban land uses and traffic 'source-sink areas': Evidence

from GPS-enabled taxi data in Shanghai. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2012, 106(1), 73-87. (doi:

10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.02.012).

20. Yongxi Gong, Guicai Li, Yuan Tian, Yaoyu Lin, Yu Liu*, A vector-based algorithm to generate and

update multiplicatively weighted Voronoi diagrams for points, polylines, and polygons. Computers &

Geosciences. 2012, 42, 118-125. (doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.09.003).

21. Yu Liu, Qinghua Guo, Yuan Tian, A software framework for classification models of geographical data,

Computers & Geosciences. 2012, 42, 47-56. (doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.02.006).

22. Yihong Yuan, Martin Raubal, Yu Liu, Correlating mobile phone usage and travel behavior - A case

study of Harbin, China. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 2012, 36(2), 118-130. (doi:

10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2011.07.003).23. Chaogui Kang, Xiujun Ma, Daoqin Tong, Yu Liu*, Intra-urban human mobility patterns: an urban

morphology perspective. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 2012, 391(4),

1702-1717. (doi: 10.1016/j.physa.2011.11.005).

24. Qinghua Guo, Wenkai Li, Yu Liu, Daoqin Tong, Predicting potential distributions of geographic events

using one-class data: concepts and methods. International Journal of Geographical Information

Science, 2011, 25(10), 1697-1715. (doi: 10.1080/13658816. 2010.546360).

25. Paul J. Doherty, Qinghua Guo, Yu Liu, John Wieczorek, Doke Jared, Georeferencing incidents from

locality descriptions and its applications: a case study from Yosemite National Park search and rescue.

Transaction in GIS, 2011, 15(6), 775-793. (doi: 10.1111/j.1467- 9671.2011.01290.x).

26. Qinghua Guo, Yu Liu, ModEco: An integrated software package for ecological niche modeling,

Ecography. 2010, 33(4), 637-642. (doi: 10.1111/ j.1600-0587.2010. 06416.x).

27. Yongxi Gong, Guicai Li, Yu Liu, Jian Yang, Positioning Localities from Spatial Assertions based on

Voronoi Neighboring, Science China: Technological Sciences, 2010, 53(S1), 143-149.

28. Yong Gao, Song Gao, Runqiang Li, Yu Liu*, A semantic geographical knowledge wiki system mashed

up with Google Maps, Science China: Technological Sciences, 2010, 53(S1), 52-60.

(doi:10.1007/s11431-010-3208-0).

29. Daming Wang, Shawn Laffan, Yu Liu, Lun Wu, Morphometric characterisation of landform from

DEMs, International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 2010, 24(2), 305-326. (doi:

0.1080/13658810802467969).

30. Yu Liu, Yihong Yuan, Danqing Xiao, Yi Zhang, Jiangquan Hu, A point-set-based approximation for

areal objects: A case study of representing localities, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems,

2010, 34(1), 28-39. (doi: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys. 2009.05.001).

31. Yongxi Gong, Yu Liu*, Lun Wu, Yubo Xie, Boolean operations on conic polygons, Journal of

Computer Science and Technology, 2009, 24(3), 568-577. (doi:10.1007/ s11390-009-9246-z).

32. Yu Liu, Qinghua Guo, John Wieczorek, Michael F. Goodchild, Positioning localities based on spatial

assertions. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 2009, 23(11), 1471-1051. (doi:

10.1080/136588108022 47114).

33. Guiyun Jia, Yuan Tian, Yu Liu, Yi Zhang, A static and dynamic factors-coupled forecasting model of

regional rainfall-induced landslides: A case study of Shenzhen. Science in China, Series E:

Technological Sciences, 2008, 51(S2), 164-175. (doi: 10.1007/s11431-008-6013-2).

34. Yuan Tian, Chenchao Xiao, Yu Liu, Wu Lun, Effects of raster resolution on landslide susceptibility

mapping: A case study of Shenzhen. Science in China, Series E: Technological Sciences, 2008, 51(S2),

188-198. (doi: 10.1007/s11431-008-6009-y).

35. Qinghua Guo, Yu Liu, John Wieczorek, Georeferencing locality descriptions and computing associated

uncertainty in a probabilistic approach, International Journal of Geographical Information Science,

2008, 22(10), 1067-1090. (doi: 10.1080/13658810701851420)36. Yu Liu, Qinghua Guo, Maggi Kelly, A framework of region-based spatial relations for non-overlapping

features and its application in object based image analysis, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry &

Remote Sensing, 2008, 63(4), 461-475. (doi: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2008.01.007)

37. Junhua Teng, Fahui Wang, Yu Liu, An efficient algorithm for raster-to-vector data conversion,

Geographic Information Sciences, 2008, 14(1), 54-62. (doi: 10.1080/10824000809480639)

38. Yu Liu, Yuan Tian, Jingnong Weng, Probabilistic composition of cone-based cardinal direction

relations, Science in China, Series E: Technological Sciences, 2008, 51(S),81-90.

39. Xiaohang Liu, Yu Liu, The accuracy assessment in areal interpolation: an empirical investigation,

Science in China, Series E: Technological Sciences, 2008, 51(S), 62-71.

40. Yu Liu, Michael F. Goodchild, Qinghua Guo, Yuan Tian, Lun Wu, Towards a General Field model and

its order in GIS, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 2008, 22(6), 623-643.

(doi: 10.1080/13658810701587727)

41. Yu Liu, Yi Zhang, Yong Gao, GNet: A generalized network and its applications in qualitative spatial

reasoning, Information Sciences, 2008, 178(9), 2163-2175. (doi: 10.1016/j.ins.2008.01.002)

42. Yu Liu, Yong Gao, Yinghui Wang, Lun Wu, Lifu Wang, A component-based geo-workflow framework:

A discussion on methodological issues, Journal of software, 2005, 16(8), 1395-1406.

43. Yinghui Wang, Yu Liu, Shikun Zhang, Study on multi agent-based large scope distributed software

architecture, Chinese Journal of Electronics, 2004, 13(2), 268-271.

44. Kunqing Xie, Yongqiu Wu, Xiujun Ma, Yu Liu, Baoyuan Liu, R. Hessel, Using contour lines to

generate digital elevation models for steep slope areas: A case study of the Loess Plateau in north

China, CATENA, 2003, 54, 161-171. (doi: 10.1016/S0341- 8162(03)00063-8)

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