Research

Questions I’m chasing (with data and maps).

Spatial analytics + community insight, always.

Data visualization

GIS & Spatial Analytics

Leveraging geospatial technologies for smarter cities

  • Geostatistics and Spatial Analysis with Machine Learning
  • Geovisualization & Cartography
  • Agent-Based Modeling for urban systems
Transportation

Transportation Planning

Understanding human mobility & smart systems

  • Travel behavior modeling & data mining
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
  • GeoAI and remote sensing for urban planning
Urban infrastructure

Current Focus

Research fellow under Prof. Erick Guerra @ UPenn

Working on travel behavior and smart mobility research. Supporting equitable, efficient, and sustainable urban infrastructure through spatial data science and advanced analytics.

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GitHub Organizations

Open-source contributions & research code

  • Geography-and-Planning: coding resources for planners
  • MUSA-Zhanchao: coursework & research at UPenn MUSA
  • UPenn-Transport-Zhanchao: Penn transportation research