This talk will introduce the fundamental concepts in remote sensing, including different remote sensing technologies and platforms, and their applications for resolving environmental and urban issues, together with an overview of the latest development in spaceborne, airborne, and ground-based remote sensing technologies, as well as the advances, challenges, and opportunities related to big Earth data and cloud computing.

 1. Professional Geospatial Talk – “Introduction to Remote Sensing”

2. Q&A session

3. Lecturer's demonstration (Face-to-face format only)

4. Tour in Geospatial Lab, with showcases and demonstrations (Face-to-face format only)

Date:	28 May 2022 at 10:00 – 12:00
Venue:	Geospatial Lab (Units 915-918, 9/F, Tower 1, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon) or online (Hybrid format)
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)
Language:	Cantonese, supplemented by English teaching materials

• Please register via the registration link
  
  
• Quota: 30 (first-come-first-served)
  
  
• Free of charge
  
  
• Successful applicants will be notified individually by phone or email

*Geospatial Lab reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the activity

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.