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Yi Qiang

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL 33620

United States

  • University of South Florida

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (6)

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1.

Unveiling Community Adaptations to Extreme Heat Events Using Mobile Phone Location Data

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 16 Feb 2024
Hao Tian, Heng Cai, Leiqiu Hu, Yi Qiang, Bing Zhou, Mingzheng Yang and Binbin Lin
Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University, University of Alabama in Huntsville, University of South Florida, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University
Downloads 121 (592,433)

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heatwave, human mobility, adaptation strategies, urban resilience, heat resilience

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Natural Disasters and Human Migration in the United States: Insights from Automated Machine Learning and Explainable AI

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 12 Dec 2025
Xiang Li, Yi Qiang, Xiao Huang, Lei Zou and Heng Cai
University of South Florida, University of South Florida, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University
Downloads 95 (753,595)

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Climate migration, Natural disasters, Net migration rate (NMR), AutoML, SHAP interpretation, Generalized Additive Models (GAM) regression

3.

Deciphering Spatial-Temporal Dynamics of Flood Exposure in the United States

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Nov 2023
Joynal Abedin, Lei Zou, Mingzheng Yang, Robert Rohli, Debayan Mandal, Yi Qiang, Humaira Akter, Bing Zhou, Binbin Lin and Heng Cai
Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Texas A&M University, University of South Florida, University of Dhaka, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University
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Flood Exposure, Urban-Rural Disparities, Flood Zone, Moran's I, Urban Development, United States

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Opportunities and Limitations: Implementation of AI/ML models to predict Flooding Depth, Comparative Study

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Nov 2025
Jake R. Andrews, Barnali Dixon, Michael Hancock, Subhrajit Guhathakurta and Yi Qiang
University of South Florida, University of South Florida, University of South Florida, Georgia Institute of Technology and University of South Florida
Downloads 45 (1,157,785)

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Urban Flooding, CNN, Crowdsourced data, Machine Learning, Web tool

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A Disparate Disaster: Spatial Patterns of Building Damages and Associated Socio-Economic Factors by 2022 Hurricane Ian

this paper has been accepted by MDPI Remote Sensing.

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 22 May 2024
Md Zakaria Salim, Yi Qiang, Barnali Dixon and Jennifer Collins
University of South Florida, University of South Florida, University of South Florida and University of South Florida
Downloads 45 (1,133,231)

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Hurricane Ian, Community resilience, building damage, statistical analysis, Spatial Analysis, socio-economic disparities

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Did Official Flood Maps Work in Hurricane Helene? Systematic Evaluation of Official Flood Maps with Ground-Truth Observations

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Jun 2025
Md Zakaria Salim, Yi Qiang, Barnali Dixon, Sofía Sahagún-Covarrubias and Eugene Yan
University of South Florida, University of South Florida, University of South Florida, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 26 (1,411,822)

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Hurricane Helene, FEMA flood maps, Flood risk, socioeconomic vulnerability, Community Resilience