Lezing 'Meet the Expert - Urban Big Data Analytics: From SpaceTimeAI to SpaceTime GenAI'
- Voor wie
- Medewerkers , Studenten
- Wanneer
- 23-06-2025 van 10:00 tot 23:30
- Waar
- Campus Sterre, Building S8, Leslokaal 2.4, Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Ghent
- Voertaal
- Engels
- Door wie
- Department of Geography - Faculty of Sciences
- Contact
- haosheng.huang@ugent.be
Lecture by Prof Tao Cheng (University College London) on how geospatial AI (GEoAI) enables smart urban big data analytics.
This talk explores the evolution of urban big data analytics from SpaceTimeAI to SpaceTime Generative AI (ST GenAI), demonstrating how the integration of spatiotemporal modelling, network-based structures, and generative AI is reshaping urban analytics.
Traditional SpaceTimeAI has advanced predictive modelling in urban systems, with applications in transport, mobility, and crime prevention. However, ST GenAI goes beyond prediction to generation—"Models Here and Now, Insights Everywhere and Beyond."
Prof Cheng will showcase advancements in transformer-based fusion of “Big” and “Small” data, graph-based deep learning for cross-city prediction, and spatial representation learning using urban Points of Interest (POIs). By incorporating generative AI with space-time dynamics, ST GenAI opens new possibilities for mobility optimisation, infrastructure resilience, and sustainable urban development.