From 13 to 17 October 2018, a delegation of staff and students from the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) participated in the Remote Sensing Week at Wuhan University which ranks the top in the world in the discipline of Remote Sensing according to Shanghai Ranking. Two major conferences on “National Geographical Conditions Monitoring and Applications” and “Advanced Remote Sensing” were being held.
Two keynote speeches were delivered by Prof. John Shi, Head of LSGI, and Prof. Meipo Kwan, Distinguished Chair Professor of LSGI. LSGI academics gave four presentations and the latest research development in Remote Sensing were shared. About 200 people were in attendance.
Academic visits were also conducted to i) School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering and ii) the State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing were conducted. In which, research areas of LSGI were introduced and discussions on potential research collaborations between two universities were covered.
In addition to exchanges between LSGI students and their mainland counterparts, there were tours of the Wuhan university campus and some historic buildings in the city. It was a rewarding trip for all concerned.
Below are some of students’ reflections from the trip:
Yip Cho Yui, Year 3
“The remote sensing week has covered a wide angle of topics, such as remote sensing on human behavioural science, resource management and spatial big data, which is so aspiring to see how remote sensing is shaping our future for monitoring social issues and reaction to natural hazards, it is all about improving the life quality and safety of our citizens. It would be so excited to participate my future career to this ever-changing field. Moreover, remote sensing research is so up-to-date and new breaks through are coming up as technology and researches evolved. I cannot believe how quick pace and fast-growing this industry is evolving towards. Rarely could we have a chance to attend such a high quality conference, I feel that students or ordinary people would still benefits.”
Yeung Ling Yuk, Year 3
“I cannot wait to attend to those conferences and acquired those astonishing speeches from those international wellknown professors and scholars. Although some of the topics are quite advanced and beyond my understanding on remote sensing, I still reckoned this trip is worthy to attempt. Additionally, Wuhan is a city with antique beauty because of its plentiful and splendid historic backgrounds. The combination of ancient and modern buildings made Wuhan becomes one of the best-view cities in China.”
Wong Tin Wai Phoebe, PhD student
“The study trip was great that we all had an enjoyable time in Wuhan. The talks delivered by the professors were inspiring and I have more new ideas for my coming research. I look forward to more opportunities to visit other universities.”
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