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Xin (Selena) FengAssistant Professor |
Education
- Ph.D., Geography (Spatial Analysis and Modeling), University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
- M.A., Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University, USA
- M.S., Remote Sensing & GIS, Peking University, China
- B.S., Cartography and Geographical Information System, Wuhan University, China
Research Interests
- Geographic information science
- Spatial optimization
- GeoAI
- Urban, regional, and natural resource planning and development
- Severe weather observation
- Emergency response
- Infrastructure and transportation systems
Honors and Awards
- 2022TRELIS Fellow, selected through a competitive process to participate in an intensive program of professional development for academic women in the geospatial sciences. Program funded by the US National Science Foundation (Award #1660400).
- 2021Finalist, William L. Garrison Award for Best Dissertation in Computational Geography, American Association of Geographers.
- 2019Excellence in Research Award, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- 20192nd Place, Student Paper Competition, Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group (GISS-SG), American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, April 3-7.
- 20182nd Place, Tiebout Prize, Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Western Regional Science Association 57th Annual Meeting, USA, February 11-14.
- 2016–2018Dangermond Travel Grant, Department of Geography, UCSB. (Winter 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Fall 2016)
- 2014Lounsbury Student Travel Fellowship, Arizona State University.
Kaggle Competitions
- New York City Taxi Fare Prediction, Hosted by Google and R Studio, Sept. 2018
Final Leaderboard Rank: 9/1488 (top 1%) - Google Analytics Customer Revenue Prediction, Hosted by Google Cloud and Coursera, Feb. 2019
Final Leaderboard Rank: 11/1089 (top 1%, Gold Medal)