Hassan A. Karimi is a Professor and the Director of the Geoinformatics Laboratory in the School of Computing and Information at the University of Pittsburgh. He earned a PhD in geomatics engineering at the University of Calgary. Dr. Karimi's research interests include computational geometry and topology, machine learning, spatial data analytics, navigation techniques and applications, location-based services, mobile computing, and distributed/parallel computing. His research in geoinformatics has resulted in over 230 publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, as well as in many workshops and presentations at national and international forums. Dr. Karimi has published the following books with Taylor & Francis: Geospatial Data Science Techniques and Applications (2018), Indoor Wayfinding and Navigation (2015), Big Data: Techniques and Technologies in Geoinformatics (2014), Advanced Location-Based Technologies and Services (2013), CAD and GIS Integration (2010), and Telegeoinformatics: Location-Based Computing and Services (2004). He has published Universal Navigation on Smartphones (2011) with Springer and Handbook of Research on Geoinformatics (2009) with IGI.