Prof. Qihao WENG (left) and Prof. Xiang-dong LI (right)
Prof. Qihao WENG, Chair Professor of the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI), was invited to give the fourth online lecture of the FCE Chair Professor Lecture Series, entitled “Where does Remote Sensing Belong: Technology, Science, AI, or …?”, on 27 September 2022.
After an introduction and warm welcome by Prof. Xiang-dong LI, Dean of Faculty, Prof. Weng gave presentation on how remote sensing has become a vital geospatial science and technology for understanding the Earth and managing human-environment interactions, including the latest interplay between remote sensing, image/signal processing, AI, computer vision.
The event ended with Q&A session that interactive discussion on various issues, such as the challenges of applying up-to-date remote sensing technologies in urban environmental research and policy, and the formation of new paradigms and future trends of the discipline of remote sensing as technological advances continue between speakers and participants. There are around 280 staff, students, alumni and members of the public joined the fruitful online lecture.
(Photos from FCE e-bulletin issue 144)
