Yanbing Chen

Position title: Graduate Student in Cartography and GIS

Pronouns: She/Her

Email: yanbing.chen@wisc.edu

Phone: Advisor: Dr. Jonathan K. Nelson

RESEARCH AREA

  • Cartography, Multi-scale Visualization, Web Mapping, Information Visualization

EDUCATION

  • M.S., Cartography and GIS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2025 (Expected)
  • B.S., Geography and Economics, McGill University, 2023

AFFILIATION

MAP GALLERY

CONFERENCE AND PRESENTATION

  • Raster-to-Vector Heat Maps: Multiscale Visualization Approach to Mapping with Big Geospatial Data (NACIS 2024)
  • Investigating Mobility and Research Themes through Faculty Hiring Network in GIScience(UCGIS symposium 2024)
  • Facilitating Global Connections in Geographic Information Science Education, Research, and Practice (AAG 2024)
  • Digital Cartography and Historical Insights: Mapping a New Course for the Past in the Digital Age (AAG 2024)
  • Academic Recruiting in GIScience: Demographics, Mobility and Hierarchy (SKI Conference Canada 2023)
  • Mobile Tracker of Volunteered Geographic Information; Using Story Map as Visual Storytelling (McGill GIS Day 2022)

GRANTS AND AWARDS

  • 2024 Graduate Student 1st Place​ Petchenik Map Competition
  • 2024 CAGIS Rising Award, The Cartography and Geographic Information Society. Kang Y., Chen Y., Zhou B., Gu Z.  Characterizing and Promoting Cartography and GIS Graduate Programs through Research Theme Discovery and Online Seminars
  • 2024 Master’s Student Research Grant, AAG Cartography Special Group
  • 2024 Travel Grant, NACIS
  • 2024 Scholarship for CaGIS & UCGIS Symposium, International Cartographic Association
  • 2024 Trewartha Conference Travel Awards, University of Wisconsin – Madison
  • 2023 University Graduate Fellowship, University of Wisconsin – Madison
  • 2022 Dean’s Honour List, Arts Research Internship Awards, Arts Undergraduate Awards, McGill University