6 papers
NORA: A Harness-Engineered Autonomous Research Agent for End-to-End Spatial Data Science
Bing Zhou, Xiao Huang, Huan Ning +3
The automation of scientific research workflows has emerged as a transformative frontier in artificial intelligence, yet existing autonomous research agents remain largely domain-a…
Nationwide Hourly Population Estimating at the Neighborhood Scale in the United States Using Stable-Attendance Anchor Calibration
Huan Ning, Zhenlong Li, Manzhu Yu +3
Traditional population datasets are largely static and therefore unable to capture the strong temporal dynamics of human presence driven by daily mobility. Recent smartphone-based…
Estimating Hourly Neighborhood Population Using Mobile Phone Data in the United States
Huan Ning, Zhenlong Li, Manzhu Yu +2
Traditional population estimation techniques often fail to capture the dynamic fluctuations inherent in urban and rural population movements. Recognizing the need for a high spatio…
SIM: A mapping framework for built environment auditing based on street view imagery
Huan Ning, Zhenlong Li, Manzhu Yu +1
Built environment auditing refers to the systematic documentation and assessment of urban and rural spaces' physical, social, and environmental characteristics, such as walkability…
GIScience in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: A Research Agenda Towards Autonomous GIS
Zhenlong Li, Huan Ning, Song Gao +13
The advent of generative AI exemplified by large language models (LLMs) opens new ways to represent and compute geographic information and transcends the process of geographic know…
GIS Copilot: Towards an Autonomous GIS Agent for Spatial Analysis
Temitope Akinboyewa, Zhenlong Li, Huan Ning +1
Recent advancements in Generative AI offer promising capabilities for spatial analysis. Despite their potential, the integration of generative AI with established GIS platforms rem…