Richard Church and the Tobler Lecture happening now! The amazing legacy of ⁦UCSB Geography⁩ in action!

@ Nat Academy of Sciences BO is talking about deep fake geography right now

Geospoofing & geopolitics: The Russian Navy had the location of its vessels faked in the Black Sea to simulate a 'Z'. MarineTraffic

"Location spoofing" is no longer limited to Pokémon Go for obtaining more game rewards; it has been weaponized in the Russo-Ukrainian War! Mia Bennett

UW Geography'll host the GeoAI Prompt Contest. By harnessing generative Artificial Intelligence, the contest fosters deep reflection and artistic expression concerning pressing issues such as climate change, food security, social and economic inequality, globalization, and more.

Get the word out and mark your calendars for a week of geographic exploration and excitement at the UW's Geography Awareness Week (November 13-17, 2023)!

1st Place of UW GeoAI Prompt Contest: Buy Now, Get Newer - Tomorrow. Worry-Free Returns. More can be found from geography.washington.edu/news/2023/11/1…

2nd Place of UW GeoAI Prompt Contest: Modern Loneliness. More can be found from geography.washington.edu/news/2023/11/1…

3rd Place of UW GeoAI Prompt Contest: A Detached Glimpse. More can be found from geography.washington.edu/news/2023/11/1…

I'm excited that my book Silicon Valley Imperialism is coming out soon, and it turns out that there are a few more days to preorder it for half off with the 50% coupon CYBER23. dukeupress.edu/silicon-valley… Also so grateful to include the amazing Alex Horghidan's artwork on the cover!

Join Dr. Bo Zhao for a captivating webinar on 'Humanistic GIS: Towards a Research Agenda' . Dive into the evolution of GIS technology and its humanistic approach. 📅 Feb 19, 1 PM PST. Register now! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

📢 Please join us with Dr. Bo Zhao from University of Washington Geography for the UCGIS Webinar on 'Humanistic GIS: Towards a Research Agenda'. Dive into the evolution of GIS technology and its humanistic approach. 📅 Feb 19, 1 PM-2PM PST. Register now bit.ly/ucgis-webinar2…

I'm very sorry to hear this news. Don has consistently been an inspiration for my work.

Announcing: ICA Workshop on AI, Geovisualization, and Analytical Reasoning, September 7th ahead of EuroCarto 2024! Hope to see you in Warsaw this fall! use.icaci.org/2024-ica-works…

Can’t believe it, but Silicon Valley Imperialism is a real book! There are tons of people to thank for helping make it happen, including Alex Horghidan for the brilliant cover art, and so many others. Extra thanks to Elizabeth Ault for guiding the entire process dukeupress.edu/silicon-valley…

Join me on March 11th at 3 PM at HKU Geography, where I'll be presenting my latest research in Humanistic GIS. I'm incredibly grateful for the invitation from Prof. Yanjia Cao and the organization by Prof. Junxi Qian

Excited to share our latest paper "Navigating the Ethical Landscape Behind ChatGPT"! We delve into ethical issues of AI, discussing #ChatGPT as a case study. Topics include AI authorship, biases in development, human-AI relationships, etc . Big Data & Society journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…

Full article: The study of emotion in GIScience: status and prospects tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New article! Jiaxin Feng, BO and Shih-Lung Shaw review and explore how we study #emotion in GIScience #GISchat doi.org/10.1080/152304…

My true love is still movies. I finally wrote an 'academic' paper about it! Read on my new article: Understanding the Spatial Narratives of Puzzle Films Using Cognitive Maps tandfonline.com/eprint/YXG59CF…