The Center for Human Dynamics and Mobile Age (HDMA) at San Diego State University Organized three paper sessions with total 13 papers on April 6th, (Thursday), 2017, in the 2017 AAG meeting at Boston. Please join us to learn more about the research related to Human Dynamics , Social Media and Big Data!

2280 Symposium on Human Dynamics in Smart and Connected Communities: Social Media and Big Data 1

Date & Time: 4/6/2017 (Thursday) 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM

Location: Berkeley, Marriott, Third Floor

Chair: Ming-Hsiang Tsou

10:00 AM:

  • Author(s): Shih-Lung Shaw, Professor - University of Tennessee
  • Abstract Title: Human Dynamics Research beyond Time Geography's Path and Prism Concepts

10:20 AM:

  • Author(s): Bo Zhao - Oregon State University, Daniel Sui - The Ohio State University, Zhaohui Li - The George Washington University
  • Abstract Title: Coming Out of Big Data: Mapping the Gay Community in Beijing Using Social Media Feeds

10:40 AM:

  • Author(s): *Atsushi Nara - San Diego State University
  • Abstract Title: Location-based social networks to examine urban dynamics

11:00 AM:

  • Author(s): *SU HAN -
  • Abstract Title: Estimating and mapping dynamically changing population using Twitter data

11:20 AM:

  • Author(s): *Tuuli Toivonen - University of Helsinki, Henrikki Tenkanen - University of Helsinki, Vuokko Heikinheimo - University of Helsinki, Enrico Di Minin - University of Helsinki
  • Abstract Title: Social Media Data to Understand the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics in the Recreational Use of Urban Greens

2480 Symposium on Human Dynamics in Smart and Connected Communities: Social Media and Big Data 2

Date & Time: 4/6/2017 (Thursday) 1:20 PM - 3:00 PM

Location: Berkeley, Marriott, Third Floor

Chair: Atsushi Nara - San Diego State University

1:20 PM:

  • Author(s): *Chen Xu - University of Wyoming
  • Abstract Title: Urban Informatics in the Era of Big Data

1:40 PM:

  • Author(s): *Cheng-Chia Huang - San Diego State University, Atsushi Nara - San Diego Sate University
  • Abstract Title: A social media data mining approach to identify sense of gentrification

2:00 PM:

  • Author(s): *Xinyue Ye - Kent State University, Lanxue Dang - Henan University, Jay Lee - Kent State University
  • Abstract Title: A Framework of Spatial Social Network Analytics

2:20 PM:

  • Author(s): *Xuan Shi - University of Arkansas
  • Abstract Title: Spark for geocomputation and data mining over big geospatial and social media data

2:40 PM:

  • Discussant: Lanxue Dang

2580 Symposium on Human Dynamics in Smart and Connected Communities: Social Media and Big Data 3

Date & Time: 4/6/2017 (Thursday) 3:20 PM - 5:00 PM

Location: Berkeley, Marriott, Third Floor

Chair: Tao Cheng - University College London

3:20 PM:

  • Author(s): Ming-Hsiang Tsou - The Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, San Diego State University, Hao Zhang - San Diego State University
  • Abstract Title: Working with Data Noises, Robots, User Biases, and System Errors in Geo-tagged Twitter Messages (Tweets)

3:40 PM:

  • Author(s): *Fang Fang - West Virginia University
  • Abstract Title: Are restaurant reviews better in tourist cities? A comparison of Yelp reviews between Las Vegas and Pittsburgh

4:00 PM:

  • Author(s): *Enrico Di Minin - Department of Geosciences and Geography
  • Abstract Title: Using social media data to monitor the illegal wildlife trade

4:20 PM:

  • Author(s): *Tao Cheng - University College London, Jidong Tian - University College London
  • Abstract Title: Using Social Media Data for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Surveillance in London

4:40 PM:

  • Discussant: Xinyue Ye - Kent State University