Prof. Qihao Weng
We are very pleased to share with you that Prof. Qihao WENG, Chair Professor of Geomatics and Artificial Intelligence at LSGI, has been awarded the prestigious “Global STEM Professorship” by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Prof. Weng joined LSGI in July 2021 as Chair Professor of Geomatics and Artificial Intelligence. He is a Foreign Member of the Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea), and a Fellow of IEEE, AAAS, ASPRS, and AAIA, and worked as the Director of the Center for Urban and Environmental Change and a Professor of Geography at Indiana State University before joining PolyU. Prof. Weng received his Ph.D. degree in geography from the University of Georgia in 1999. He is the Lead of GEO Global Urban Observation and Information Initiative, 2012-2022, and an Editor-in-Chief of ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Additionally, he serves as the Series Editor of Taylor & Francis Series in Remote Sensing Applications, and Taylor & Francis Series in Imaging Science. Prof. Weng has been the Organizer and Program Committee Chair of the biennial IEEE/ISPRS/GEO sponsored International Workshop on Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Applications conference series since 2008, a National Director of American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing from 2007 to 2010, and a panelist of U.S. DOE’s Cool Roofs Roadmap and Strategy in 2010.
The objective of the “Global STEM Professorship” Scheme is to support the eight universities funded by the University Grants Committee to recruit internationally renowned innovation and technology (I&T) scholars and their teams to work in Hong Kong. It aims to aid the universities to scale new heights in teaching and research activities and expand the I&T talent pool of Hong Kong. In the long run, the Scheme is expected to build up the universities’ capacities in commercialising and applying their research discoveries, to encourage technology and knowledge transfer so as to serve the community and spearhead I&T development in Hong Kong.
Congratulations Prof. Weng!
Prof. Weng joined LSGI in July 2021 as Chair Professor of Geomatics and Artificial Intelligence. He is a Foreign Member of the Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea), and a Fellow of IEEE, AAAS, ASPRS, and AAIA, and worked as the Director of the Center for Urban and Environmental Change and a Professor of Geography at Indiana State University before joining PolyU. Prof. Weng received his Ph.D. degree in geography from the University of Georgia in 1999. He is the Lead of GEO Global Urban Observation and Information Initiative, 2012-2022, and an Editor-in-Chief of ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Additionally, he serves as the Series Editor of Taylor & Francis Series in Remote Sensing Applications, and Taylor & Francis Series in Imaging Science. Prof. Weng has been the Organizer and Program Committee Chair of the biennial IEEE/ISPRS/GEO sponsored International Workshop on Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Applications conference series since 2008, a National Director of American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing from 2007 to 2010, and a panelist of U.S. DOE’s Cool Roofs Roadmap and Strategy in 2010.
The objective of the “Global STEM Professorship” Scheme is to support the eight universities funded by the University Grants Committee to recruit internationally renowned innovation and technology (I&T) scholars and their teams to work in Hong Kong. It aims to aid the universities to scale new heights in teaching and research activities and expand the I&T talent pool of Hong Kong. In the long run, the Scheme is expected to build up the universities’ capacities in commercialising and applying their research discoveries, to encourage technology and knowledge transfer so as to serve the community and spearhead I&T development in Hong Kong.
Congratulations Prof. Weng!
