The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Development Bureau
Professional Geospatial Talk
Details
Objective
Application of remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) for large scale monitoring of urban sprawl, urban population mapping and ecological impacts of urbanisation
Intended Audience
Parties and individuals interested in spatial data
Activities
1. Professional Geospatial Talk – “Geospatial Technologies for Monitoring Urban Sustainability”
2. Discussion session
3. Tour in Geospatial Lab, with showcases and demonstrations
| Date: |
13 November 2021 at 15:00 – 17:00 |
| Venue: |
Geospatial Lab (Units 915-918, 9/F, Tower 1, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon) |
| Guest Lecturer: | Dr. Steven HS Zhang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, the University of Hong Kong (HKU), member of HKGISA |
| (Please refer to “Introduction of Guest Lecturer” for details) |
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| Language: |
Cantonese, supplemented by English teaching materials |
Registration Details
- Please register via the registration link
- Quota: 30 (first-come-first-served)
- Free of charge
- Participants who successfully sign up will be notified individually by phone or email
*Geospatial Lab reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the activity
Introduction of Guest Lecturer
Dr. Steven HS Zhang
Dr. Hongsheng Zhang is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Before joining HKU, he was working in The Chinese University of Hong Kong as research associate and research assistant professor from 2013 to 2019. He received the B.Eng. degree in computer science and technology and the M.Eng. degree in computer applications technology from South China Normal University in 2007 and 2010, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in earth system and geoinformation science from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2013. Dr. Zhang is an IEEE senior member and serves on the Editorial Boards and as Guest Editor in multiple journals. He received multiple awards for research excellence, including the NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund, ACM SIGSPATIAL China Rising Star Award, and Excellent Young Scientists of NRSCC, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), China. His research is mainly focused on incorporating multiple remote sensing technologies to understand the urbanization process and its environmental and ecological impacts at various spatial and temporal scales.
Enquiries
Please contact the Geospatial Lab via 37087260, WhatsApp 91872916 or email services@csdigeolab.gov.hk
