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We are excited to welcome new cohorts of interns to the Spatial Data Lab (SDL) Internship Program. Our current internship is coordinated by **Yogya Kalra** and **Yogender Yadav**, who are supporting the progress tracking and fellow assignments across our projects.

**Yogya Kalra**, a CGA Affiliate since 2021, is an undergraduate student at Western University in Canada, pursuing a double degree in Biology and Business Administration. With a strong background in geospatial analysis and science communication, Yogya has contributed to numerous data-driven initiatives at CGA and now leads the SDL internship program to foster youth engagement in geospatial research.

**Yogender Yadav** is a PhD student in Urban and Regional Development at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Bringing expertise in urban planning and geospatial data visualization, Yogender is committed to applying advanced tools—including LiDAR, photogrammetry, and spatial modeling—to real-world challenges. His involvement with SDL provides valuable mentorship and coordination support to interns, while complementing his own academic research.

**24001** [**Enabling Conversational Analytics on Indian Policy Insights Projects using LLMs**](/project-24001 "24001 Enabling Conversational Analytics on Indian Policy Insights Projects using LLMs")

**Mentors:**

- S V Subramanian, School of Public Health, Harvard University
- Devika Kakkar, Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University

**24002** [**Exploring ESRI’s GeoAI toolbox for Advanced Geospatial Analysis on Indian Policy Insights**](/project-24002 "24002 Exploring ESRI’s GeoAI toolbox for Advanced Geospatial Analysis on Indian Policy Insights")

**Mentors:**

- S V Subramanian, School of Public Health, Harvard University
- Devika Kakkar, Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University

**24003** [**Decoding Ancient Landscapes with AI: Leveraging Large Language Models for Archaeological Spatial Analysis**](/project-24003 "24003 Decoding Ancient Landscapes with AI: Leveraging Large Language Models for Archaeological Spatial Analysis")

**Mentor:** Bryce Peacher, University of Central Florida

**24004** [**Crime Data Analysis with Google Data Science Agent**](/project-24004 "24004 Crime Data Analysis with Google Data Science Agent ")

**Mentor:** Yanqing Xu, Wuhan University

**24005** [**Social Media Hate Speech Detection**](/project-24005 "24005 Social Media Hate Speech Detection")

**Mentor:** Alexander Hohl, The University of Utah

**24006**[ **Geocomplexity Learning for Spatial Prediction**](/project-24006 "24006 Geocomplexity Learning for Spatial Prediction")

**Mentor:** Yongze Song, Curtin University

**24007** [**The Geography of Hate**](/project-24007 "24007 The Geography of Hate")

**Mentor:** Alexander Hohl, The University of Utah

**24008** [**Data Science Workflow in the Metaverse of DePin: Tokeneconomy and Geospatial Analysis for Social Good and Sustainability**](/project-24008 "24008 Data Science Workflow in the Metaverse of DePin: Tokeneconomy and Geospatial Analysis for Social Good and Sustainability")

**Mentor:** Luyao Zhang, Duke Kunshan University

**24009** [**Climate Risk Aware Digital Business Twin Using Spatial Indexing and GeoAI**](/project-24009 " 24009 Climate Risk Aware Digital Business Twin Using Spatial Indexing and GeoAI")

**Mentor:** Nakul Gupta, Management Development Institute Gurgaon

**24010** [**Adaptation of Telecoupling Toolbox – ArcGIS Toolbox into KNIME**](/adaptation-telecoupling-toolbox-%E2%80%93-arcgis-toolbox-knime "24010 Adaptation of Telecoupling Toolbox – ArcGIS Toolbox into KNIME")

**Mentors:**

- Nan Jia, Michigan State University
- Nakul Gupta, Management Development Institute Gurgaon

**24011** [**Data Preparation Workflows for Vertical Industrial AI Applications**](/data-preparation-workflows-vertical-industrial-ai-applications "24011 Data Preparation Workflows for Vertical Industrial AI Applications")

**Mentors:**

- Dr. Alex Liu, former IBM Chief Data Scientist and RMDS Lab director.
- Dr. Tom Lu, NASA JPL Senior AI Scientist
- Dr. Hui Su, Adjunct Professor of UCLA and lead of a Global GeoAI Project

**24012** [**Ecosystem-Based Research Acceleration with AI for Geographical and Social Analysis**](/ecosystem-based-research-acceleration-ai-geographical-and-social-analysis "24012 Ecosystem-Based Research Acceleration with AI for Geographical and Social Analysis")

**Mentors:**

- Dr. Alex Liu, former IBM Chief Data Scientist and RMDS Lab director.
- Dr. Tom Lu, NASA JPL Senior AI Scientist
- Dr. Hui Su, Adjunct Professor of UCLA and lead of a Global GeoAI Project
- Professor Sijun Wang, Marketing Professor at LMU

**24013** [**The Geography of the Opioid Epidemic**](/geography-opioid-epidemic "24013 The Geography of the Opioid Epidemic")

**Mentor:** Alexander Hohl, The University of Utah

**24014** [**Barrier-free facilities real-time monitoring for smart mobility of people with disabilities**](/barrier-free-facilities-real-time-monitoring-smart-mobility-people-disabilities "24014 Barrier-free facilities real-time monitoring for smart mobility of people with disabilities")

**Mentor:** Xintao Liu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

**24015** [**AI Reporting for School Transportation Operation**](/ai-reporting-school-transportation-operation "24015 AI Reporting for School Transportation Operation")

**Co-Mentors:**

- Xiao Huang, Emory University
- Nan Ding, Chief Product Officer, EZRouting

**24016** [**Commerical Determinants of Health**](/24016-commerical-determinants-health "24016 Commerical Determinants of Health")

**Mentors**: Lingbo Liu and Bryn Austin, Harvard University

**24017** [**Create a Data Science Workflow in the Metaverse of DePin: Tokeneconomy and Geospatial Analysis for Social Good and Sustainability**](/24017-create-data-science-workflow-metaverse-depin-tokeneconomy-and-geospatial-analysis "24017 Create a Data Science Workflow in the Metaverse of DePin: Tokeneconomy and Geospatial Analysis for Social Good and Sustainability")

**Mentor**: Luyao Zhang, Duke Kunshan University

**24018** [**Development of a Climate Risk Aware Digital Business Twin Using Spatial Indexing and GeoAI**](/24018-development-climate-risk-aware-digital-business-twin-using-spatial-indexing-and "24018 Development of a Climate Risk Aware Digital Business Twin Using Spatial Indexing and GeoAI")

**Mentor**: Nakul Gupta, Management Development Institute Gurgaon, India

**24019** [**CGA's Data Science/Big Data Projects**](/24019-cgas-data-sciencebig-data-projects "24019 CGA's Data Science/Big Data Projects")

**Mentor**: Devika Jain, Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University

**24020** [**GeoAI-based Flood Susceptibility Mapping Using TAB Transformer Algorithms Optimized by Meta-Heuristic Techniques: A Climate Change Perspective**](/24020-geoai-based-flood-susceptibility-mapping-using-tab-transformer-algorithms "24020 GeoAI-based Flood Susceptibility Mapping Using TAB Transformer Algorithms Optimized by Meta-Heuristic Techniques: A Climate Change Perspective")

**Mentor**: ABOLGHASEM SADEGHI-NIARAKI, Sejong University, South Korea

**24021** [**GeoAI in Human Geography and Human-environmental Interaction**](/24021-geoai-human-geography-and-human-environmental-interaction "24021 GeoAI in human geography and human-environmental interaction")

**Mentor**: Sisi Wang, University of Southern California

**24022** [**GeoAI and Social Science**](/24022-geoai-and-social-science)

**Mentor**: Minxuan Lan, The University of Toledo

**24023** [**OpenAI and Urban Imagibility**](/project-title-24023-openai-and-urban-imagibility "Project Title: 24023 OpenAI and Urban Imagibility")

**Mentor**: Prafulla Parlewar, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India

**24024** [**WellAtlas: Mapping Digital Phenotyping Insights to Neighborhood Environment for Youth’s Health Behavioral Interventions**](/24024-wellatlas-mapping-digital-phenotyping "24024 WellAtlas: Mapping Digital Phenotyping Insights to Neighborhood Environment for Youth’s Health Behavioral Interventions")

**Mentor**: Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang, University of Southern California

**24025** [**KNIME Data App for Computational Methods and GIS Applications in Social Science**](/24025 "24025 KNIME Data App for Computational Methods and GIS Applications in Social Science")

**Mentor**: Lingbo Liu and Tian Tian, Harvard University

**24026** [**Extreme Weather and Adaptation Strategies**](/project-24026 "Extreme Weather and Adaptation Strategies")

**Mentor**: Ocean Data Center, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), China

**24027** [**Geospatial Analysis of Urban Green Infrastructure: Enhancing Air Quality and Building Climate Resilience**](/project-24027 "Geospatial Analysis of Urban Green Infrastructure: Enhancing Air Quality and Building Climate Resilience")

**Mentor**: Fath Alrahman Jaweesh, Assistant Professor  
The University of Edinburgh, UK

**25001** [**Ecosystem-Based Research Acceleration with AI for Geographical and Social Analysis**](/project-25001 "Ecosystem-Based Research Acceleration with AI for Geographical and Social Analysis")

**Mentor**: Dr. Alex Liu, Former IBM Chief Data Scientist and RMDS Lab director

**25002** [**GeoAI and Geocomputation for Health and Crime Geography**](/project-25002 "GeoAI and Geocomputation for Health and Crime Geography")

**Mentor**: Yanqing Xu, Professor, Wuhan University

**25003** [**Developing task-driven GeoDataGPT: A powerful paradigm for smart data governance in Hong Kong’s Common Spatial Data Infrastructure**](/project-25003 "Developing task-driven GeoDataGPT: A powerful paradigm for smart data governance in Hong Kong’s Common Spatial Data Infrastructure")

**Mentor**: Xintao Liu, Associate Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

**25004** [**Climate change reshapes the distribution of disasters and the construction of urban resilience in coastal megacities**](/project-25004 "Climate change reshapes the distribution of disasters and the construction of urban resilience in coastal megacities")

**Mentor**: Nan Jia, Assisstant Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

**25005** [**Artificial Intelligence for Smart Cities in Japan and India**](/project-25005 "Artificial Intelligence for Smart Cities in Japan and India")

**Mentor**: Prafulla Parlewar, Professor, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India

**25006** [**AI-Driven Mapping of Solar Panel Adoption Potential Across Africa**](https://sdl.gis.harvard.edu/project-25006)

**Mentor**: Nan Jia, Program Research Fellow in Stanford University and Michigan State University

**25007** [**Assess urban vibrancy resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic through social media data**](https://sdl.gis.harvard.edu/project-25007)

**Mentor**: Meixu (May) Chen, Associate Professor,East China University of Science and Technology

**25008** [**VisMo-Health: An Explainable GeoAI Framework Linking Street-View Visuals, Human Mobility, and Post-Disaster Health Outcomes**](https://sdl.gis.harvard.edu/project-25008)

**Mentor**: Bing Zhou, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

**25009** [ **AI-Driven School Bus Stop Safety Evaluation**](https://sdl.gis.harvard.edu/project-25009)

**Mentor**: Zifu Wang, Postdoc Research Fellow, Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University

**25010** [ **Understanding Urban Heat Island Effects through Geospatial Explainable AI and Visual Analytics**](https://sdl.gis.harvard.edu/project-25010)

**Mentor**: Chuan Chen, PHD Candidate, Chair of Cartography and Visual Analytics, TUM, Germany

**25011** [ **Spatiotemporal intelligent computing**](https://sdl.gis.harvard.edu/project-25011)

**Mentor**: Daoye Zhu, Associate Professor, Fuzhou University, China

**25012** [ ](https://sdl.gis.harvard.edu/project-25011)[**Weather Prediction with AI**](https://sdl.gis.harvard.edu/project-25012)

**Mentor**: Alex Liu, Director, RMDS Lab and SPT Energy AI Lab