Dr. Boyuan Guan is the Lead Digital/GIS System Developer at the Florida International University (FIU) GIS Center and Library, where he has served since 2011. He specializes in building AI-driven digital infrastructure that bridges geospatial systems, research data platforms, and intelligent automation.
With over a decade of leadership in institutional technology development, Dr. Guan has designed and engineered more than 15 large-scale web applications supporting organizations such as FIU, SOUTHCOM, FDOT, Miami-Dade MPO, and USDA. His early work focused on transportation safety systems, GIS integration, and decision-support platforms.
In recent years, his research and development focus has evolved toward the future of AI-enabled research ecosystems, with an emphasis on:
- Agentic AI and Autonomous Research Assistants – creating AI frameworks that can search, analyze, and reason over institutional knowledge to support scholars and research workflows.
- Smart Data Pipelines and FAIR Infrastructure – integrating Dataverse, high-performance computing (HPC), and Ceph-based storage to support large-scale scientific data stewardship.
- Embeddings and Vector Databases – architecting semantic search and knowledge retrieval systems for digital libraries and research discovery.
- Optimization of AI/ML Systems – improving model efficiency, data inference quality, and real-time AI integration within web-based institutional platforms.