Within the paradigm of smart cities, smart devices can be considered as a tool to enhance
safety. Edge sensing, Internet of Things (IoT), big data, social media analytics, edge …

Resilient city construction requires cities to be able to cope with and resist disasters on their
own. With the advent and explosive growth of social media such as microblogs, citizens …

Rapid estimation of the intensity of seismic ground motions is crucial for an effective rapid
response when an earthquake occurs. To this end, maps of updated grond-motion fields (or …

POI-level geo-information of social posts is critical to many location-based applications and
services. However, the multi-modality, complexity, and diverse nature of social media data …

When a fast kinetic natural disaster occurs, it is crucial that crisis managers quickly
understand the extent of the situation, especially through the development of “big picture” …

Geographical information provided in social media data is useful for many valuable
applications. However, only a small proportion of social media posts are explicitly …

It is often difficult to promptly perceive the extent of the consequences of a natural disaster
when roads are cut, mobile phone is saturated, and the fragmentary information coming from …

Social geolocation is an important problem of predicting the originating locations of social
media posts. However, this task is challenging due to the need for a substantial volume of …

Accurate prediction of activity location is a crucial component in various mobility applications
and is particularly vital for the creation of customized, environmentally friendly transport …

Predicting an individual's future location is a challenging task that has significant
implications for a variety of real-world applications. In this paper, we present a novel location …