Yalin Yang
Education
2019–2024 - Ph.D. in Geospatial Information Sciences
University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, USA
2017–2019 - M.A. in Geography
Binghamton University (SUNY), New York, USA
2013–2017 - B.S. in Geographic Information Science
Yunnan University, Yunnan, China
Appointments
2024 - Senior GIS Analyst
City of Dallas, Dallas, TX
2021–2024 - GIS Administrator
GAIA Lab, UT Dallas, University of Texas at Dallas
2019–2024 - Teaching Assistant
Department of GIScience, UT Dallas, University of Texas at Dallas
2018–2019 - Teaching Assistant
Department of Geography, Binghamton University (SUNY), Binghamton University
Publications
2025 - Griffith, D. A., Conway, C., Gamarra, A., Hutchison, M., Kim, D., & Yang, Y.
Political Districts Versus Customized Polygons: Implementing Geographic Tessellation Stratified Random Sampling
Transactions in GIS
2024 - Maxwell, A. E., Farhadpour, S., Das, S., & Yang, Y.
geodl: An R package for geospatial deep learning semantic segmentation using torch and terra
PLoS One
2024 - Yang, Y., Wu, Y., & Yuan, M.
What Local Environments Drive Opportunities for Social Events? A New Approach Based on Bayesian Modeling in Dallas, Texas, USA
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
2024 - Wu, Y., Yang, Y., & Yuan, M.
Location Analytics of Routine Occurrences (LARO) to Identify Locations with Regularly Occurring Events with a Case Study on Traffic Accidents
Information
2023 - Wu, Y., Yang, Y., & Yuan, M.
Understanding the role of geographical environments in emergency dispatches with GPS trajectories
Abstracts of the ICA
2019 - Yang, Y.
A Framework for Analyzing Real-Time House Rent Using Open Data
Master's thesis, State University of New York at Binghamton
Grants & Awards
2024 - Geospatial Cyberinfrastructure Workshop Scholarship
National Science Foundation
2024 - Betty and Gifford Travel Award
University of Texas at Dallas
2023 - AAG Student Travel Grants
American Association of Geographers (AAG)
2023 - Betty and Gifford Travel Award
University of Texas at Dallas
2023 - I-GUIDE
Summer School Travel Award
National Science Foundation
2023 - Pioneer
Student Research Grants.
University of Texas at Dallas
2022 - ICA
Scholarship.
International Cartographic Assoication (ICA)
2022 - Pioneer Student Research Grants.
University of Texas at Dallas
2022 - Esri EIP student of the Year Award.
ESRI
2021 - Ph.D.
Research Small Award.
University of Texas at Dallas
2019 - Pioneer
Student Research Grants
University of Texas at Dallas
2019 - AAG-UCGIS Summer School Travel Award
University Consortium for
Geographic Information Science (UCGIS)