Department: Integrated Science and Technology
Areas of expertise:
- Machine learning
- Cloud computing
- GIS
- Social Media
- Data Mining and Modeling
- Transportation
Wei's research focuses on how massive location-based social media data can help the understanding of the nature of human activities and the dynamics of social interactions.
Courses Wei has taught include python programming; data mining and modeling; data visualization; machine learning; and data analysis on AWS.
Wei earned a doctorate in geography at the University of Georgia, master's degrees in GIS and urban planning at Wuhan University and University of Twente; and a bachelor's degree in urban planning at Wuhan University.
Media contact: Eric Gorton, gortonej@jmu.edu, 540-908-1760.
