Dr Xiaolin Zhu granted from the China's Excellent Young Scientists Fund 2020
The Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) is pleased to have an academic, Dr Xiaolin Zhu, benefiting from the China's Excellent Young Scientists Fund 2020, which was established by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) to encourage local young scientists to pursue excellence in basic research and research in cutting-edge technologies. Dr Zhu will receive RMB1.2 million over a period of three years to support his research on “Remote Sensing: Time Series Image Processing”. There were three more academics from PolyU also received the funding this year. Since its launch in 2019, 25 young scientists (males under 38 and females under 40 years old) from Hong Kong and Macau have been supported by the Excellent Young Scientists Fund each year.
Dr Zhu joined LSGI in July 2016 as assistant professor, who received their PhD degrees in 2014, from the Ohio State University in the US. In this funded project, Dr Zhu has developed a series of advanced technologies for processing satellite images, which improve the ability and accuracy of time-series remote sensing for monitoring land surface changes. This project will further develop the framework and model for multi-dimensional data fusion, a technology needed for integrating data from multiple satellites in the near future.
It is encouraging to see that more young scientists from the university are supported by the Nation to further develop their research. China’s Excellent Young Scientists Fund not only reflects the Nation’s substantial support to Hong Kong’s scientific research, but also encourages local young scientists to pursue excellence in basic research and research in cutting-edge technologies. Other funded projects and scientists can be founded here https://www.polyu.edu.hk/media/mediareleases/2020/0922_four-polyu-young-researchers-receive-china-excellent-young-scientists-fund2020/.
