THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE CONFERENCE
SIGSPATIAL 2025
ACM Special Interest Group on Spatial Information
Source-attributed rosters checked 2026-09-13. 121 collected records; 106 await identity review and remain visible as unlinked names. Affiliations are preserved as stated by each source. Source gaps: Official 2025 PC page exposes chairs only; no member roster was published there.
SIGSPATIAL 2025 Application Track Chairs
3 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Song GaoIdentity not yet linked | Application Track Chairs | University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Dalton LungaIdentity not yet linked | Application Track Chairs | Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Shawn NewsamIdentity not yet linked | Application Track Chairs | University of California Merced, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
SIGSPATIAL 2025 BPC Committee Chairs
4 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theresa ChenIdentity not yet linked | BPC Committee Chairs | University of Minnesota, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Jina KimIdentity not yet linked | BPC Committee Chairs | University of Minnesota, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Ana UribeIdentity not yet linked | BPC Committee Chairs | University of Minnesota, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Jiaman WuIdentity not yet linked | BPC Committee Chairs | University of California, Berkeley, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
SIGSPATIAL 2025 Demo Chairs
3 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yanjie FuIdentity not yet linked | Demo Chairs | Arizona State University, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Chiara RensoIdentity not yet linked | Demo Chairs | ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Martin WernerIdentity not yet linked | Demo Chairs | Technical University of Munich, Germany | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
SIGSPATIAL 2025 General Chairs
3 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohamed MokbelIdentity not yet linked | General Chairs | University of Minnesota, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Shashi ShekarIdentity not yet linked | General Chairs | University of Minnesota, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Andreas ZüfleIdentity not yet linked | General Chairs | Emory University, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
SIGSPATIAL 2025 GIS-Cup Chairs
3 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toru ShimizuIdentity not yet linked | GIS-Cup Chairs | LY Corporation, Japan | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Kota TsubouchiIdentity not yet linked | GIS-Cup Chairs | LY Corporation, Japan | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Takahiro YabeIdentity not yet linked | GIS-Cup Chairs | New York University, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
SIGSPATIAL 2025 Industrial Track Chairs
3 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heba AlyIdentity not yet linked | Industrial Track Chairs | Amazon, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Mike EvansIdentity not yet linked | Industrial Track Chairs | Microsoft, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Dev OliverIdentity not yet linked | Industrial Track Chairs | ESRI, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
SIGSPATIAL 2025 Local Arrangement Chairs
3 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eleazar LealIdentity not yet linked | Local Arrangement Chairs | University of Minnesota Duluth, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Liang ZhaoIdentity not yet linked | Local Arrangement Chairs | Emory University, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Di ZhuIdentity not yet linked | Local Arrangement Chairs | University of Minnesota, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
SIGSPATIAL 2025 Proceedings Co-Chairs
3 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christine BassemIdentity not yet linked | Proceedings Co-Chairs | Wellsely College, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Fatme HachemIdentity not yet linked | Proceedings Co-Chairs | University of Milan, Italy | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Zhe JiangIdentity not yet linked | Proceedings Co-Chairs | University of Florida, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
SIGSPATIAL 2025 Program Committee Chairs
3 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yao-Yi ChiangIdentity not yet linked | Program Committee Chairs | University of Minnesota, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Maria Luisa DamianiIdentity not yet linked | Program Committee Chairs | University of Milan, Italy | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Moustafa YoussefIdentity not yet linked | Program Committee Chairs | The American University in Cairo, Egypt | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
SIGSPATIAL 2025 Publicity Chairs
2 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamada RizkIdentity not yet linked | Publicity Chairs | Osaka University, Japan | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Da YanIdentity not yet linked | Publicity Chairs | Indiana University, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
SIGSPATIAL 2025 Registration Chairs
2 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gengchen MaiIdentity not yet linked | Registration Chairs | University of Texas Austin, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Yiqun XieIdentity not yet linked | Registration Chairs | University of Maryland, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
SIGSPATIAL 2025 Short Papers Chairs
3 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto BelussiIdentity not yet linked | Short Papers Chairs | University of Verona, Italy | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Carola WenkIdentity not yet linked | Short Papers Chairs | Tulane University, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Lexie YangIdentity not yet linked | Short Papers Chairs | ORNL, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
SIGSPATIAL 2025 Sponsorship Chairs
5 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wan BaeIdentity not yet linked | Sponsorship Chairs | Seattle University, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Ahmed EldawyIdentity not yet linked | Sponsorship Chairs | University of California, Riverside, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| John KrummIdentity not yet linked | Sponsorship Chairs | University of Southern California, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Amr MagdyIdentity not yet linked | Sponsorship Chairs | University of California, Riverside, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Cyrus ShahabiIdentity not yet linked | Sponsorship Chairs | University of Southern California, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
SIGSPATIAL 2025 Student Research Competition Chairs
2 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liyue FanIdentity not yet linked | Student Research Competition Chairs | University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Ibrahim SabekIdentity not yet linked | Student Research Competition Chairs | University of Southern California, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
SIGSPATIAL 2025 Travel Grant Chair
2 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor AndersonIdentity not yet linked | Travel Grant Chair | George Mason University, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Ying SongIdentity not yet linked | Travel Grant Chair | University of Minnesota, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
SIGSPATIAL 2025 Tutorial Chairs
2 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyriakos MouratidisIdentity not yet linked | Tutorial Chairs | Singapore Management University, Singapore | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Mario NascimentoIdentity not yet linked | Tutorial Chairs | Northeastern University, Canada | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
SIGSPATIAL 2025 Vision Track Chairs
2 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egemen TaninIdentity not yet linked | Vision Track Chairs | University of Melbourne, Australia | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Goce TrajcevskiIdentity not yet linked | Vision Track Chairs | Iowa State University, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
SIGSPATIAL 2025 Webmasters
3 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hossein AmiriIdentity not yet linked | Webmasters | Emory University, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Youssef HusseinIdentity not yet linked | Webmasters | University of Minnesota, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Areeg MostafaIdentity not yet linked | Webmasters | University of Minnesota, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
SIGSPATIAL 2025 Workshop Chairs
3 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaron KanzaIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Chairs | AT&T, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Joon-Seok KimIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Chairs | Emory University, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Matthias SchubertIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Chairs | Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
PhD/Graduate Workshop and SRC
Workshop organizers 2 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liyue FanIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Ibrahim SabekIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | University of Southern California, USA | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
The 1st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Generative and Agentic AI for Multi-Modality Space-Time Intelligence (GeoGenAgent)
Workshop organizers 5 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yanjie FuIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Arizona State University | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Kunpeng Liu | Workshop Organizer | Portland State University | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Pengyang Wang | Workshop Organizer | University of Macau | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Xiao LuoIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | University of California, Los Angles | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Dongjie Wang | Workshop Organizer | University of Kansas | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
The 1st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Geospatial Computing for Public Health (GeoHealth)
Workshop organizers 4 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor AndersonIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | George Mason University | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Su Yeon HanIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Texas State University | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Joon-Seok KimIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Emory University | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Andreas Züfle | Workshop Organizer | Emory University | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
The 1st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Human-Centered Geospatial Computing (GeoHCC)
Workshop organizers 5 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidi WuIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | ETH Zurich | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Yizi ChenIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | ETH Zurich | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Jiaxin FengIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Dartmouth College | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Jina KimIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | University of Minnesota | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Yao-Yi Chiang | Workshop Organizer | University of Minnesota | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
The 1st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Polar Data Science (PoIDS)
Workshop organizers 7 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vandana P. JanejaIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Shashi ShekharIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | University of Minnesota | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Aneesh Subramanian | Workshop Organizer | University of Colorado Boulder | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Mathieu MorlighemIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Dartmouth College | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Mohamed MokbelIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | University of Minnesota | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Jianwu WangIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Josephine Namayanja | Workshop Organizer | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
The 1st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Quantum Computing for Spatial Data Systems and Applications (Q-Spatial)
Workshop organizers 3 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moustafa YoussefIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | American University in Cairo | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Ibrahim Sabek | Workshop Organizer | University of Southern California | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Amr MagdyIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | University of California, Riverside | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
The 1st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Spatial Intelligence for Smart and Connected Communities (SpatialConnect)
Workshop organizers 4 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guang Wang | Workshop Organizer | Florida State University | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Xinyue Ye | Workshop Organizer | Texas A&M University | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Yu Yang | Workshop Organizer | Lehigh University | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Yi DingIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | University of Texas at Dallas | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
The 1st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Urban Mobility Foundation Models (UMFM)
Workshop organizers 3 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shushman ChoudhuryIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Google Research | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Neha AroraIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Google Research | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Cyrus ShahabiIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | University of Southern California | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
The 2nd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Geospatial Anomaly Detection (GeoAnomalies)
Workshop organizers 7 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yao-Yi Chiang | Workshop Organizer | University of Minnesota | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Jack CooperIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | US Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Joon-Seok KimIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Emory University | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Enrico MatteiIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Expedition Technologies | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Khurram ShafiqueIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Novateur | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Carola WenkIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Tulane University | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Andreas Züfle | Workshop Organizer | Emory University | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
The 3rd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Advances in Urban-AI (UrbanAI)
Workshop organizers 4 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haoran NiuIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Hao XueIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | The University of New South Wales | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Liang ZhaoIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Emory University | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Femi OmitaomuIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
The 4th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Searching and Mining Large Collections of Geospatial Data (GeoSearch)
Workshop organizers 5 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abhishek PotnisIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Hao LiIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | National University of Singapore | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Martin WernerIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Technical University of Munich | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Dalton LungaIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Wenwen LiIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Arizona State University | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
The 4th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Spatial Big Data and AI for Industrial Applications (GeoIndustry)
Workshop organizers 6 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emre Eftelioglu | Workshop Organizer | Amazon | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Yiqun XieIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | University of Maryland | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Jinmeng RaoIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Google DeepMind | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Song GaoIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Heba AlyIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Amazon | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Yan LiIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Amazon | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
The 8th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on AI for Geographic Knowledge Discovery (GeoAI)
Workshop organizers 8 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam ArundelIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | U.S. Geological Survey | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Song GaoIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | University of Wisconsin, Madison | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Dalton LungaIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Gengchen MaiIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | University of Texas at Austin | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Bruno MartinsIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | University of Lisbon, Portugal | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Shawn NewsamIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | University of California, Merced | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Lexie YangIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Di ZhuIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
The 8th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Geospatial Simulation (GeoSIM)
Workshop organizers 4 service records| Person | Role | Affiliation as listed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joon-Seok KimIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Emory University | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Licia AmichiIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Taylor AndersonIdentity not yet linked | Workshop Organizer | George Mason University | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |
| Andreas Züfle | Workshop Organizer | Emory University | Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13 |