Dr. Xie is the Director of the International Center for Innovation in Geospatial Analytics and Earth Observation.
Dr. Xie is an Associate Professor at the Dept. of Geographical Sciences, and an Affiliate Faculty at the AI Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM), at the University of Maryland. He received his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Minnesota, and his research addresses fundamental challenges facing AI for spatio-temporal data and scientific problems. His work focuses on advancing use-inspired AI models with explicit geo-awareness and knowledge-guidance to improve model generalizability for large-scale applications and accelerate scientific discoveries. He is leading multiple interdisciplinary Geo+AI projects funded by NSF, NASA, and Google, with research published in both top AI and domain science venues. His work has been recognized by multiple best paper awards from premier venues and was highlighted by the Great Innovative Ideas program by CCC at the Computing Research Association. He delivered invited panel talks on GeoAI for committee meetings of the National Academies on Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) and the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC).
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xie@umd.edu