Pengyu Chen

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Open to collaboration on: GeoAI · Remote Sensing · Spatial Statistics · AI for Good

Starting my Ph.D. in Geospatial and Environmental Analysis at Virginia Tech in Fall 2026.

Education

M.S. in Geographic Information Science 2024 – 2026

University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Thesis: VLM4S: A Vision-Language Model Framework for Geographically and Environmentally Informed Soundscape Assessment
Advisor: Dr. Sicheng Wang

Visiting Student 2023 – 2024

Wuhan University, China

Advisor: Prof. Teng Fei

B.S. in Geographic Information Science 2020 – 2024

Wuhan University of Technology, China

Thesis: Transformer-based geographic scene description
Advisor: Prof. Wei Cui

Research & Internship

Graduate Research Assistant Jul – Aug 2025

University of South Carolina (Funded by City of Columbia)

• Developed a deep learning pipeline using SegFormer to automate tree canopy detection from historical aerial imagery (2005–2023).
• Conducted multi-temporal analysis to assess urban canopy change and its environmental impact.

Research Intern (Spatial Data Lab) May – Sept 2024

Harvard University (CGA)

Focus: Geographic Big Data Analytics and Spatio-Temporal Data Mining under the supervision of Dr. Yuhang Pan.

Research Assistant & Visiting Student 2023 – 2024

Wuhan University

• Developed a YOLO-based Intelligent Bear Deterrence System to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts.
• Optimized and deployed computer vision models to K210 microcontrollers for real-time edge computing.

Research Intern Sept 2022 – Jan 2023

Clemson University (Remote)

Co-authored research in Journal of Transport Geography; processed mobility datasets and generated impact curves for extreme temperatures.