GeoCompute Research Lab

At the GeoCompute Lab, we develop scalable geospatial computing and AI methods to transform big spatial data into actionable knowledge for environmental, societal, and infrastructure challenges.

Director:

Fangzheng Lyu, Assistant Professor@VT Geography, Research Interests: GIScience, Geospatial Data Science, Spatial AI, Computational Science, Urban Informatics

Current Member:

Raj Bhattarai, Master Student@VT Geography, Research Interests: GeoAI, Urban Retrofitting
Royal Silwal, Master Student@VT Geography, Research Interests: GeoAI, VGI, WebGIS
Liam Murphy, Undergraduate Student@VT Computer Science, Research Interests: GNN, Transportation
Alexander Yang, Undergraduate Student@UCI Computer Science, Research Interests: AI, GeoSimulation
Zhiyuan Wu, Undergraduate Student@VT Computer Science, Research Interests: AI, Social Media Data

Recent Collabrator:

Shaowen Wang, UIUC
Alexander Michels, University of Texas Dallas
Shaohua Wang, Chinese Academy of Science
Jinwoo Park, Kyung Hee Univeristy
Yan Song, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jinwoo Park, Kyung Hee Univeristy
Anand Padmanabhan, UIUC
Chunyua Diao, UIUC
Zijun Yang, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Jeon-Young Kang, Kyung Hee Univeristy
Shaowen Wang, UIUC
Zhenhong Du, Zhejiang University
Su Yeon Han, Texas State

External Grant:

CIS250619: AI‑Driven Quantification, Detection, and Analysis of Urban Retrofitting, 2025, NSF ACCESS