Yanan Wu

Assistant Professor of Geography at Central Arkansas University

Department of Geography
Central Arkansas University

ywu@uca.edu

https://gisynw.github.io

Conway, Arkansas

Education

2019–2024   Ph.D. in Geospatial information sciences.
2017–2019   M.A. in Geography.
2013–2017   B.S. in Resource Environment and Urban-Rural Planning Management.

Academic Appointments

2025–now   Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Central Arkansas University
2024–2025   Visiting Assistant Professor, Geography Department, Clark University
2024–2024   GIS Analyst, Information Technology Services, City of Lewisville
2023-2024   Teaching Assistant, Gepspatial Information Scicences Department,
2021-2023   Instructor, Gepspatial Information Scicences Department, UTD
2020-2021   Teaching Assistant, Gepspatial Information Scicences Department,
2019-2020   Research Assistant, Gepspatial Information Scicences Department,
2017-2019   Graduate Assistant, Geography, Binghamton Department

Publications

2025
Yang, Y., Wu, Y., Yuan, M. (2025). Simulation‐Tested Spatial Association Mining of Co‐Location Patterns From Multiple Point‐Feature Classes. Transactions in GIS, 29(7), e70145.
2024
Yang, Y., Wu, Y., & Yuan, M. (2024). What Local Environments Drive Opportunities for Social Events? A New Approach Based on Bayesian Modeling in Dallas, Texas, USA. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 13(3), 81.
2024
Wu, Y., Yang, Y., & Yuan, M. (2024). Location Analytics of Routine Occurrences (LARO) to Identify Locations with Regularly Occurring Events with a Case Study on Traffic Accidents. Information, 15(2), 107.
2023
Wu, Y., Yang, Y., & Yuan, M. (2023). Understanding the role of geographical environments in emergency dispatches with GPS trajectories. Abstracts of the ICA, 6, 276.
2022
Wu, Y., Yang, Y., Yuan, M. (2022). Analyze emergency-vehicle dispatches in Dallas, Texas, USA. Unknown Journal.
2021
Wu, Y., & Yuan, M. (2021). Where and why there: location analytics of routine occurrences (LARO) with a case study on traffic accidents. Abstracts of the ICA, 3, 318.
2019
Wu, Y. (2019). Integration of Earth Observation and in Situ Data for Analyzing Lake Level Changes in Minnesota (1992–2016). Master's thesis, State University of New York at Binghamton.

Grants & Awards

2023
Second Place in Graduate Paper Competition, SWAAG conference
2023
International Cartographic Association Scholarship
2023
Travel award from USNC for ICA with NSF funding to attend the ICC2023
2023
Betty & Gifford Johnson Travel Award, UTD
2022
Graduate student participants of the Grad WINGS Workshop, UCGIS
2022
International Cartographic Association Scholarship
2022
Second Place, Student Lightning Talk Award, UCGIS Symposium
2022
Third Place in GIS Day 2022 Awarded by Geospatial Information Sciences Program, UTD
2022
Travel award from UCGIS to attend the UCGIS Symposium
2022
The University of Texas at Dallas 2022 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, Finalist
2022
Honorable mentions, GI Science & Systems Student Honors Paper Competition session, AAG
2021
Travel award from USNC for ICA with NSF funding to attend the ICC2021
2021
Pioneers Student Research Fund, Geospatial Information Sciences Program, UTD
2021
PhD Research Small Grants Awarded by the Office of Graduate Education, UTD
2021
First Place in GIS Day 2021 Awarded by Geospatial Information Sciences Program, UTD
2019
First Place in GIS Day 2019 Awarded by Geospatial Information Sciences Program, UTD
2019
Pioneers Student Research Fund, Geospatial Information Sciences Program, UTD
2019
First Place in GIS Day 2019 Awarded by the Geography Department at Binghamton University
2015
Outstanding Prize in GeoDesign at Esri GIS Software Development Contest