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ThemeAll themesAll themesPerceptionPerceptionPsycho/Neural GeographyPsycho/Neural GeographyUrban Visual IntelligenceUrban Visual IntelligenceSoundscapeSoundscapeGeoAIGeoAICartographyCartographyHealthHealthGIScience EducationGIScience EducationOthersOthers33 papers10 papers2 papers17 papers3 papers21 papers5 papers3 papers2 papers2 papers

2026

33. How multi-sensory experience shapes place-based human sentiments: A hyperlocal analysis using environmental sensing and social media data in the Bronx, New York City
Zhang, X., Kang, Y., Mora, S., Duarte, F., Ratti, C. and Wang, A., 2026.
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 130, p.102489.
PerceptionUrban Visual Intelligence
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@article{zhang2026multisensory,
  title={How multi-sensory experience shapes place-based human sentiments: A hyperlocal analysis using environmental sensing and social media data in the Bronx, New York City},
  author={Xiaotong Zhang and Yuhao Kang and Simone Mora and Fábio Duarte and Carlo Ratti and An Wang},
  journal={Computers, Environment and Urban Systems},
  volume={130},
  pages={102489},
  year={2026},
  doi={10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2026.102489}
}
32. Uncovering the associations between human Big Five personality traits and built environment characteristics from street view imagery
Ito, K., Kang, Y., Gosling, S.D., Yao, X., Potter, J. and Biljecki, F., 2026.
Annals of the American Association of Geographers (in press).
Psycho/Neural GeographyUrban Visual IntelligenceGeoAI
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@article{ito2026personality,
  title={Uncovering the associations between human Big Five personality traits and built environment characteristics from street view imagery},
  author={Koichi Ito and Yuhao Kang and Samuel D. Gosling and Xihan Yao and Jeff Potter and Filip Biljecki},
  journal={Annals of the American Association of Geographers},
  note={In press; arXiv:2608.07489},
  year={2026}
}
31. SounDiT: Geo-contextual soundscape-to-landscape generation
Wang, J., Tan, H., Liao, B., Jiang, A., Fei, T., Huang, Q., Zhou, B., Tu, Z., Ye, S. and Kang, Y., 2026.
Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), pp.32659–32670.
SoundscapeGeoAI
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@inproceedings{wang2026soundit,
  title={SounDiT: Geo-contextual soundscape-to-landscape generation},
  author={Junbo Wang and Haofeng Tan and Bowen Liao and Albert Jiang and Teng Fei and Qixing Huang and Bing Zhou and Zhengzhong Tu and Shan Ye and Yuhao Kang},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
  pages={32659--32670},
  year={2026}
}
30. Street view imagery analysis in a computational notebook
Kang, Y., 2026.
REGION, 13(1), pp.43–60.
Urban Visual IntelligenceGeoAI
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@article{kang2026streetview,
  title={Street view imagery analysis in a computational notebook},
  author={Yuhao Kang},
  journal={REGION},
  volume={13},
  number={1},
  pages={43--60},
  year={2026},
  doi={10.18335/region.v13i1.575}
}
29. Why people cycle? Uncovering the mismatch between cycling visual environment and cycling behavior
Hou, C., Zhong, C., Chen, H., Kang, Y., Wang, S., Wang, Y. and Zhang, F., 2026.
Transactions in Urban Data, Science, and Technology, 5(1), pp.99–125.
Urban Visual IntelligenceGeoAI
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@article{hou2026cycle,
  title={Why people cycle? Uncovering the mismatch between cycling visual environment and cycling behavior},
  author={Ce Hou and Chen Zhong and Huanfa Chen and Yuhao Kang and Shiqi Wang and Yikang Wang and Fan Zhang},
  journal={Transactions in Urban Data, Science, and Technology},
  volume={5},
  number={1},
  pages={99--125},
  year={2026},
  doi={10.1177/27541231261416070}
}
28. Measuring maternal healthcare accessibility in Florida by a data-driven extension of V2SFCA
Li, H., Wang, F., Zhang, R., Qin, A., Javan, E., Reddy, R., Harper, L., Hung, P. and Kang, Y., 2026.
Health & Place, 98, p.103608.
Health
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@article{li2026maternal,
  title={Measuring maternal healthcare accessibility in Florida by a data-driven extension of V2SFCA},
  author={Hanqi Li and Fahui Wang and Ran Zhang and Andy Qin and Emily Javan and Rajesh Reddy and Lorie Harper and Peiyin Hung and Yuhao Kang},
  journal={Health \& Place},
  volume={98},
  pages={103608},
  year={2026},
  doi={10.1016/j.healthplace.2026.103608}
}
27. Envisioning generative artificial intelligence in cartography: mapmaking, map use, and ethics
Kang, Y. and Wang, C., 2026.
International Journal of Cartography, 12(2), pp.334–360.
GeoAICartography
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@article{kang2026cartography,
  title={Envisioning generative artificial intelligence in cartography: mapmaking, map use, and ethics},
  author={Yuhao Kang and Chenglong Wang},
  journal={International Journal of Cartography},
  volume={12},
  number={2},
  pages={334--360},
  year={2026},
  doi={10.1080/23729333.2025.2582231}
}
26. Decoding human safety perception with eye-tracking systems, street view images, and explainable AI
Kang, Y., Chen, J., Liu, L., Sharma, K., Mazzarello, M., Mora, S., Duarte, F. and Ratti, C., 2026.
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 123, p.102356.
PerceptionPsycho/Neural GeographyGeoAI
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@article{kang2026decoding,
  title={Decoding human safety perception with eye-tracking systems, street view images, and explainable AI},
  author={Yuhao Kang and Junda Chen and Liu Liu and Kshitij Sharma and Martina Mazzarello and Simone Mora and Fábio Duarte and Carlo Ratti},
  journal={Computers, Environment and Urban Systems},
  volume={123},
  pages={102356},
  year={2026},
  doi={10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2025.102356}
}
25. What makes a place safe? Assessing AI-generated safety perception scores using Stockholm’s street view images
Ceccato, V., Kang, Y., Abraham, J., Näsman, P., Duarte, F., Gao, S., Ljungqvist, L., Zhang, F. and Ratti, C., 2026.
The British Journal of Criminology, 66(2), pp.265–289.
PerceptionUrban Visual Intelligence
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@article{ceccato2025placesafe,
  title={What makes a place safe? Assessing AI-generated safety perception scores using Stockholm's street view images},
  author={Vania Ceccato and Yuhao Kang and Jonatan Abraham and Per Näsman and Fábio Duarte and Song Gao and Lukas Ljungqvist and Fan Zhang and Carlo Ratti},
  journal={The British Journal of Criminology},
  volume={66},
  number={2},
  pages={265--289},
  year={2026},
  doi={10.1093/bjc/azaf017}
}

2025

24. Urban visual uniqueness: A landmark-free framework to quantify city’s identity and distinctiveness from everyday scenes
Guo, S., Jang, K.M., Duarte, F., Kang, Y. and Ratti, C., 2025.
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 122, p.102351.
Urban Visual Intelligence
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@article{guo2025uniqueness,
  title={Urban visual uniqueness: A landmark-free framework to quantify city's identity and distinctiveness from everyday scenes},
  author={Song Guo and Kee Moon Jang and Fábio Duarte and Yuhao Kang and Carlo Ratti},
  journal={Computers, Environment and Urban Systems},
  volume={122},
  pages={102351},
  year={2025}
}
23. Crime and visually perceived safety of the built environment: A deep learning approach
Abraham, J., Kang, Y., Ceccato, V., Näsman, P., Duarte, F., Gao, S., Ljungqvist, L., Zhang, F. and Ratti, C., 2025.
Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 115(7), pp.1613–1633.
PerceptionUrban Visual Intelligence
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@article{abraham2025crime,
  title={Crime and visually perceived safety of the built environment: A deep learning approach},
  author={Jonatan Abraham and Yuhao Kang and Vania Ceccato and Per Näsman and Fábio Duarte and Song Gao and Lukas Ljungqvist and Fan Zhang and Carlo Ratti},
  journal={Annals of the American Association of Geographers},
  volume={115},
  number={7},
  pages={1613--1633},
  year={2025}
}
22. CartoAgent: A multimodal large language model-powered multi-agent cartographic framework for map style transfer and evaluation
Wang, C., Kang, Y., Gong, Z., Zhao, P., Feng, Y., Zhang, W. and Li, G., 2025.
International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 39(9), pp.1904–1937.
GeoAICartography
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@article{wang2025cartoagent,
  title={CartoAgent: A multimodal large language model-powered multi-agent cartographic framework for map style transfer and evaluation},
  author={Chenglong Wang and Yuhao Kang and Zhaoya Gong and Pengjun Zhao and Yu Feng and Wenjia Zhang and Ge Li},
  journal={International Journal of Geographical Information Science},
  volume={39},
  number={9},
  pages={1904--1937},
  year={2025}
}
21. Where are GIScience faculty hired from? Analyzing faculty mobility and research themes through hiring networks
Chen, Y., Nelson, J.K., Zhou, B., Zhou, R.Z., Ye, S., Liu, H., Gu, Z., Kar, A., Kwon, H., Chen, P., Sun, M. and Kang, Y., 2025.
Cartography and Geographic Information Science.
GIScience Education
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@article{chen2025giscience,
  title={Where are GIScience faculty hired from? Analyzing faculty mobility and research themes through hiring networks},
  author={Yanbing Chen and Jonathan K. Nelson and Bing Zhou and Ryan Zhenqi Zhou and Shan Ye and Haokun Liu and Zhining Gu and Armita Kar and Hoeyun Kwon and Pengyu Chen and Maoran Sun and Yuhao Kang},
  journal={Cartography and Geographic Information Science},
  year={2025}
}
20. Generative AI for thematic analysis in a maternal health study: Coding semistructured interviews using large language models
Qiao, S., Fang, X., Wang, J., Zhang, R., Li, X. and Kang, Y., 2025.
Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 17(3), e70038.
GeoAIHealth
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@article{qiao2025genai,
  title={Generative AI for thematic analysis in a maternal health study: Coding semistructured interviews using large language models},
  author={Shan Qiao and Xingyu Fang and Junbo Wang and Ran Zhang and Xiaoming Li and Yuhao Kang},
  journal={Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being},
  volume={17},
  number={3},
  pages={e70038},
  year={2025}
}
19. Quantitative assessment of autonomous boats in harmful algal control: Unveiling effectiveness and uncertainty
Sun, Y., Peng, W., Zheng, Q. and Kang, Y., 2025.
Big Earth Data.
GeoAIOthers
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@article{sun2025boats,
  title={Quantitative assessment of autonomous boats in harmful algal control: Unveiling effectiveness and uncertainty},
  author={Yifei Sun and Wenzhe Peng and Qinmin Zheng and Yuhao Kang},
  journal={Big Earth Data},
  year={2025}
}
18. Leveraging reinforcement learning for maternity care resource reallocation: A case study in Florida
Qin, A., Kang, Y., Li, H., Wang, S., Zhou, B., Wang, F. and Hung, P., 2025.
Proceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, pp.1106–1109.
GeoAIHealth
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@inproceedings{qin2025rl,
  title={Leveraging reinforcement learning for maternity care resource reallocation: A case study in Florida},
  author={Andy Qin and Yuhao Kang and Hanqi Li and Shiqi Wang and Bing Zhou and Fahui Wang and Peiyin Hung},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems},
  pages={1106--1109},
  year={2025}
}
17. Artificial intelligence for cartography and maps
Kang, Y., Wang, C., Feng, Y., Touya, G. and Kim, J., 2025.
In GeoAI and Human Geography: The Dawn of a New Spatial Intelligence Era, pp.219–237.
GeoAICartography
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@incollection{kang2025aicartography,
  title={Artificial intelligence for cartography and maps},
  author={Yuhao Kang and Chenglong Wang and Yu Feng and Guillaume Touya and Jina Kim},
  booktitle={GeoAI and Human Geography: The Dawn of a New Spatial Intelligence Era},
  pages={219--237},
  year={2025}
}
16. Generative AI for autonomous driving: Frontiers and opportunities
Wang, Y., Xing, S., Cui, C., Li, R., Hua, H., Tian, K., Mo, Z., Gao, X., Wu, K., Zhou, S., …, Kang, Y., …, Tu, Z., 2025.
arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.08854.
GeoAI
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@article{wang2025genaidriving,
  title={Generative AI for autonomous driving: Frontiers and opportunities},
  author={Yuping Wang and Shuo Xing and Can Cui and Renjie Li and Hongyuan Hua and Kexin Tian and Zhaobin Mo and Xiangbo Gao and Keshu Wu and Sulong Zhou and others and Yuhao Kang and others and Zhengzhong Tu},
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.08854},
  year={2025}
}
15. Transferring population group knowledge from multimodal large language model to small model: Using urban safety perception evaluation as case study
Hou, C., Zhang, F., Kang, Y., Fan, Z. and Li, S., 2025.
Research Square preprint.
PerceptionUrban Visual IntelligenceGeoAI
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@article{hou2025transferring,
  title={Transferring population group knowledge from multimodal large language model to small model: Using urban safety perception evaluation as case study},
  author={Ce Hou and Fan Zhang and Yuhao Kang and Zhuangyuan Fan and Sen Li},
  journal={Research Square preprint},
  year={2025},
  doi={10.21203/rs.3.rs-6351052/v1}
}
14. Crime-associated inequality in geographical access to education: Insights from the municipality of Rio de Janeiro
Knoblauch, S., Muthusamy, R.K., Moritz, M., Kang, Y., Li, H., Lautenbach, S., Pereira, R.H.M., Biljecki, F., Gonzalez, M.C., Barbosa, R., Hirata, D.V., Ludwig, C., Adamiak, M., Rocha, A.A.A. and Zipf, A., 2025.
Cities, 160, p.105818.
PerceptionUrban Visual Intelligence
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@article{knoblauch2025crime,
  title={Crime-associated inequality in geographical access to education: Insights from the municipality of Rio de Janeiro},
  author={Steffen Knoblauch and Ram Kumar Muthusamy and Maya Moritz and Yuhao Kang and Hao Li and Sven Lautenbach and Rafael H.M. Pereira and Filip Biljecki and Marta C. Gonzalez and Rogerio Barbosa and Daniel Veloso Hirata and Christina Ludwig and Maciej Adamiak and Antônio A. de A. Rocha and Alexander Zipf},
  journal={Cities},
  volume={160},
  pages={105818},
  year={2025}
}
13. Do you know your neighborhood? Integrating street view images and multi-task learning for fine-grained multi-class neighborhood wealthiness perception prediction
Qiu, Y., Wu, M., Huang, Q. and Kang, Y., 2025.
Cities, 158, p.105703.
PerceptionUrban Visual IntelligenceGeoAI
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@article{qiu2025neighborhood,
  title={Do you know your neighborhood? Integrating street view images and multi-task learning for fine-grained multi-class neighborhood wealthiness perception prediction},
  author={Yang Qiu and Meiliu Wu and Qunying Huang and Yuhao Kang},
  journal={Cities},
  volume={158},
  pages={105703},
  year={2025}
}
12. Feeling nature: Measuring perceptions of biophilia across global biomes using visual AI
Lefosse, D.C., Duarte, F., Sanatani, R.P., Kang, Y., van Timmeren, A. and Ratti, C., 2025.
npj Urban Sustainability, 5(1), p.4.
PerceptionUrban Visual Intelligence
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@article{lefosse2025biophilia,
  title={Feeling nature: Measuring perceptions of biophilia across global biomes using visual AI},
  author={Deborah C. Lefosse and Fábio Duarte and Rohit Priyadarshi Sanatani and Yuhao Kang and Arjan van Timmeren and Carlo Ratti},
  journal={npj Urban Sustainability},
  volume={5},
  number={1},
  pages={4},
  year={2025}
}
11. No “true” greenery: Deciphering the bias of satellite and street view imagery in urban greenery measurement
Huang, Y., Sanatani, R.P., Liu, C., Kang, Y., Zhang, F., Liu, Y., Duarte, F. and Ratti, C., 2025.
Building and Environment, 269, p.112395.
Urban Visual Intelligence
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@article{huang2025greenery,
  title={No “true” greenery: Deciphering the bias of satellite and street view imagery in urban greenery measurement},
  author={Yingjing Huang and Rohit Priyadarshi Sanatani and Chang Liu and Yuhao Kang and Fan Zhang and Yu Liu and Fabio Duarte and Carlo Ratti},
  journal={Building and Environment},
  volume={269},
  pages={112395},
  year={2025}
}
10. GISphere knowledge graph for geography education: Recommending graduate Geographic Information System/Science programs
Gu, Z., Li, W., Zhou, B., Wang, Y., Chen, Y., Ye, S., Wang, K., Gu, H. and Kang, Y., 2025.
Transactions in GIS, 29(1), e13283.
GIScience Education
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@article{gu2025gisphere,
  title={GISphere knowledge graph for geography education: Recommending graduate Geographic Information System/Science programs},
  author={Zhining Gu and Wenwen Li and Bing Zhou and Yikang Wang and Yanbing Chen and Shan Ye and Kejin Wang and Hongkai Gu and Yuhao Kang},
  journal={Transactions in GIS},
  volume={29},
  number={1},
  pages={e13283},
  year={2025}
}
9. Urban sensing in the era of large language models
Hou, C., Zhang, F., Li, Y., Li, H., Mai, G., Kang, Y., Yao, L., Yu, W., Yao, Y., Gao, S., Chen, M. and Liu, Y., 2025.
The Innovation, 6(1), p.100749.
Urban Visual IntelligenceGeoAI
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@article{hou2025urbansensing,
  title={Urban sensing in the era of large language models},
  author={Ce Hou and Fan Zhang and Yong Li and Haifeng Li and Gengchen Mai and Yuhao Kang and Ling Yao and Wenhao Yu and Yao Yao and Song Gao and Min Chen and Yu Liu},
  journal={The Innovation},
  volume={6},
  number={1},
  pages={100749},
  year={2025}
}
8. Transferred bias uncovers the balance between the development of physical and socioeconomic environments of cities
Hou, C., Zhang, F., Kang, Y., Gao, S., Li, Y., Duarte, F. and Li, S., 2025.
Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 115(1), pp.148–166.
Urban Visual Intelligence
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@article{hou2025transferredbias,
  title={Transferred bias uncovers the balance between the development of physical and socioeconomic environments of cities},
  author={Ce Hou and Fan Zhang and Yuhao Kang and Song Gao and Yong Li and Fábio Duarte and Sen Li},
  journal={Annals of the American Association of Geographers},
  volume={115},
  number={1},
  pages={148--166},
  year={2025}
}
7. Human-centered geospatial data science
Kang, Y., 2025.
In International Encyclopedia of Geography, pp.1–9.
GeoAIOthers
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@incollection{kang2025humancentered,
  title={Human-centered geospatial data science},
  author={Yuhao Kang},
  booktitle={International Encyclopedia of Geography},
  pages={1--9},
  year={2025},
  doi={10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg2209}
}

2024

6. Estimating urban noise along road network from street view imagery
Huang, J., Fei, T., Kang, Y., Li, J., Liu, Z. and Wu, G., 2024.
International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 38(1), pp.128–155.
Urban Visual IntelligenceSoundscapeGeoAI
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@article{huang2024noise,
  title={Estimating urban noise along road network from street view imagery},
  author={Jing Huang and Teng Fei and Yuhao Kang and Jun Li and Ziyu Liu and Guofeng Wu},
  journal={International Journal of Geographical Information Science},
  volume={38},
  number={1},
  pages={128--155},
  year={2024}
}
5. Artificial intelligence studies in cartography: A review and synthesis of methods, applications, and ethics
Kang, Y., Gao, S. and Roth, R.E., 2024.
Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 51(4), pp.599–630.
GeoAICartography
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@article{kang2024aistudies,
  title={Artificial intelligence studies in cartography: A review and synthesis of methods, applications, and ethics},
  author={Yuhao Kang and Song Gao and Robert E. Roth},
  journal={Cartography and Geographic Information Science},
  volume={51},
  number={4},
  pages={599--630},
  year={2024}
}
4. From hearing to seeing: Linking auditory and visual place perceptions with soundscape-to-image generative artificial intelligence
Zhuang, Y., Kang, Y., Fei, T., Bian, M. and Du, Y., 2024.
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 110, p.102122.
SoundscapeGeoAI
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@article{zhuang2024hearing,
  title={From hearing to seeing: Linking auditory and visual place perceptions with soundscape-to-image generative artificial intelligence},
  author={Yonggai Zhuang and Yuhao Kang and Teng Fei and Meng Bian and Yunyan Du},
  journal={Computers, Environment and Urban Systems},
  volume={110},
  pages={102122},
  year={2024}
}
3. Place identity: A generative AI’s perspective
Jang, K.M., Chen, J., Kang, Y., Kim, J., Lee, J., Duarte, F. and Ratti, C., 2024.
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), p.1156.
PerceptionUrban Visual IntelligenceGeoAI
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@article{jang2024placeidentity,
  title={Place identity: A generative AI's perspective},
  author={Kee Moon Jang and Junda Chen and Yuhao Kang and Junghwan Kim and Jinhyung Lee and Fabio Duarte and Carlo Ratti},
  journal={Humanities and Social Sciences Communications},
  volume={11},
  number={1},
  pages={1156},
  year={2024}
}
2. Understanding urban perception with visual data: A systematic review
Ito, K., Kang, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, F. and Biljecki, F., 2024.
Cities, 152, p.105169.
PerceptionUrban Visual Intelligence
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@article{ito2024urbanperception,
  title={Understanding urban perception with visual data: A systematic review},
  author={Koichi Ito and Yuhao Kang and Ye Zhang and Fan Zhang and Filip Biljecki},
  journal={Cities},
  volume={152},
  pages={105169},
  year={2024}
}

2023

1. The ethics of AI-generated maps: DALL·E 2 and AI’s implications for cartography
Zhang, Q., Kang, Y. and Roth, R., 2023.
In 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2023), pp.93:1–93:6.
GeoAICartography
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@inproceedings{zhang2023ethics,
  title={The ethics of AI-generated maps: DALL·E 2 and AI's implications for cartography},
  author={Qianheng Zhang and Yuhao Kang and Robert Roth},
  booktitle={12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2023)},
  pages={93:1--93:6},
  year={2023}
}

Looking for earlier work? Publications from before 2023 are listed on the GeoDS Lab site at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where Prof. Kang completed his Ph.D. A complete list is always available on Google Scholar.