Xun Li, Ph.D.

Senior Software Engineer & Scientist

Center for Spatial Data Science @ University of Chicago

Email: xunli at uchicago.edu; lixun910 at gmail.com

Education

· 2012 - Ph.D. (Geography) Arizona State University

· 2006 - M.S. - (Software Engineering) Peking University

· 2003 - B.S. - (Information Engineering) Wuhan University

Professional Appointments

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 8/1/2017-present

· Assistant Director for Data Science / Senior Software Engineer

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 3/2013-7/31/2017

· Data Scientist / Lead Software Engineer

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 8/2008-3/2013

· Research Assistant

Alcatel-Lucent, Beijing, China 3/2006-8/2008

· Software Engineer

Microsoft Research, Beijing, China 10/2005-3/2006

· Research Assistant

Motorola R&D, Beijing, China 8/2004-8/2005

· Software Engineer

Publications

Big Data, Data Mining and Machine Learning

  1. William Griffin and Xun Li. “Using Bayesian Nonparametric Hidden Semi-Markov Models to Disentangle Affect Processes during Marital Interaction”. PLOS One. 11.5 (2016): e0155706.

  2. Xun Li, Wenwen Li, Luc Anselin, Sergio Rey, Julia Koschinsky. “A MapReduce algorithm to create contiguity weights for spatial analysis of big data”. In Proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Analytics for Big Geospatial Data. p 50-53. ACM New York, USA. 2014.

  3. Xun Li. “Multi-day and multi-stay travel planning using geo-tagged photos”. In Proceedings of the Second ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Crowdsource and Volunteered Geographic Information. p 1-8. ACM New York, USA. 2013.

  4. Paul Torrens, Xun Li, William Griffin. “Building agent-based walking models by machine-learning on diverse databases of space-time trajectory samples”. Transactions in Geographic Information Science. 15(s1): 67-94. 2011

  5. Xun Li. “Introducing complexity measures to trajectory classification modeling to automatically detect movement types of unknown GPS trajectories”. American Journal of Geographic Information System. 3(2). 2014.

  6. William A. Griffin and Xun Li. “The complexity of two: dyadic processes and evolving social aggregations”. In the 2012 Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Spring Symposium Series. California, USA, March 26-28. 2012.

GIS and Spatial Data Analysis

  1. Sergio Rey, Luc Anselin, Xun Li, Robert Pahle, Jason Laura, Wenwen Li, Julia Koschinsky. “Open Geospatial Analytics with PySAL”. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 4(2), p815-836. 2015.

  2. Xun Li and William Griffin. “Using ESDA with social weights to analyze spatial and social patterns of preschool children’s behavior”. Applied Geography. 43, 67-80. 2013

Computer Simulation

  1. T Shen, X Zhang, X Lao, X Li, H Zhang and Z Liu. “Simulating the impacts of 2008 Olympic Games on real estate development in Beijing metropolitan area: An ABM approach”. Advances in Information Sciences and Service Sciences. 4 (21), 277-284. 2012.

  2. Paul Torrens, Atsushi Nara, Xun Li, Haojie Zhu, William Griffin, Scott Brown. “An extensible simulation environment and movement metrics for testing walking behavior in agent-based models”. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 36(1): 1-17. 2011.

  3. Tiyan Shen, Wei Wang, Xun Li and Rongfu Zhu. “The Influence of Transportation on the Urban Spatial Expansion in Beijing”. Urban Studies. 16(6). 2008.

  4. Tiyan Shen, Xun Li. “Research on Multi-Agent based Urban Simulation Platform”, Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis. 43(4), 502. 2007.

  5. T Shen, X Li, Z Guo, L Xue, K Yang, L Wang. “An integrated System of ABM and GIS with GRID Computing”. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on GeoComputation. Michigan, USA, July 31-August 3. 2005.

Technical Report

  1. 2013 Sergio Rey, Luc Anselin, Xun Li and Julia Konschinsky “Guide to Using the Crime Analytics for Space-Time (CAST) Desktop Software Program”, GeoDa center for geospatial analysis and computation, 2013, https://geodacenter.asu.edu/drupal_files/CAST_HowToGuide.pdf

Invited Talks

  1. 2015 Xun Li, Luc Anselin and Julia Konschinsky “GeoDa Web – enhancing web-based mapping with spatial analytics” at the 45th Symposium on the INTERFACE, Computing Science and Statistics, West Virginia, United States, 2015

  2. 2014 Xun Li “Progress of GeoDa: Models, Approaches and Software” at the 5th International Conference of Spatially Integrated Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing, China, 2014

Conference Participation and Presentations

  1. 2014 Xun Li, Wenwen Li, Luc Anselin, Sergio Rey and Julia Konschinsky “A MapReduce algorithm to create contiguity weights for spatial analysis of big data” at 2014 GeoCrowd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop.

  2. 2014 Anselin, L., S.J. Rey, P. Amaral, D. Arribas-Bel, D.C. Folch, R. Pahle, P. Stephens and X. Li. “The Many Faces of Spatial Regression in PySAL”. Regional Science Association International. Bethesda, November.

  3. 2013 Xun Li “Multi-day and multi-stay travel planning using geo-tagged photos” at 2013 GeoCrowd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop.

  4. 2012 Sergio Rey, Xun Li, Luc Anselin “Visualization of space-time dynamics in criminal activity” at 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings, San Diego, CA.

  5. 2012 William Griffin, Xun Li. “Unsupervised learning of dyadic processes: models, methods and simulation” at 2012 Computational Social Science Society of the Americas (CSSSA) Annual Conference, Santa Fe, NM.

  6. 2012 Julia Koschinsky, Xun Li “Geospatial Analytics, Tools, and Decision Support System” at RAND Corporation

  7. 2011 Xun Li “Data mining travel patterns from geo-tagged photos” at 55th Annual Meeting of Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Phoenix, AZ.

  8. 2010 William Griffin, Paul Torrens, Xun Li “Validating agent-based models: A modest proposal” at Computational Social Science Society (CSSS).

  9. 2010 Paul Torrens, William Griffin, Xun Li, Casey Sechler “Space-time geographic information systems for exploring the behavioral geography of social group dynamics” at Computational Social Science Society (CSSS).

  10. 2009 Li, X., Torrens, P. M., Griffin, W. A., Sechler, C. M., Smith, J., Zhu, H., Brown, S “A machine learning based computational modeling framework of human movement behavior” at North American Computational Social And Organizational Science (NAACSOS), Tempe, AZ.

  11. 2009 Li, X., Griffin, W. A., Torrens, P. M., Sechler, C. M., Smith, J., Zhu, H., Brown, S “An introduction to Netlogo PlayMate model” at North American Computational Social And Organizational Science (NAACSOS), Tempe, AZ.

  12. 2009 Li, X., Torrens, P. M., Griffin, W. A., Zhu, H., Brown, S “Visual GIS analysis and validation methods of individual behavioral models” at Association of American Geographers Meeting (Modeling Geographic Complexity session), Las Vegas, NV.

Professional Service

· Reviewer, International Journal of Geographical Information Science

· Reviewer, Applied Geography

· Reviewer, GeoInformatica

· Reviewer, Transactions in GIS

· Reviewer, Cartography and Geographic Information Science

· Reviewer, REGION

· Member, Program Committee, The International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services (2015, 2016)

· Member, Program Committee, The ACM SigSpatial International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (2014, 2015)

· Member, Program Committee, The 2014 AutoCarto International Symposium on Automated Cartography, Pennsylvania, USA, Oct 6-8, 2014

· Member, Program Committee, The 2014 Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Academic Summit, Alberta, Canada, Sep 15-16, 2014