Mr. Haotian WANG, an LSGI Master's student, presented his research to experts and scholars at the Nexus Forum 2024 held on the PolyU campus on 9-10 May 2024. He was awarded the Best Oral Presentation Award at the conference.
We are pleased to share that our student in the Master of Science (MSc) in Urban Informatics and Smart Cities programme, Mr. Haotian WANG (under the supervision of Dr. Xintao LIU, Associate Professor), from Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), has won the Best Oral Presentation Award at the Nexus Forum 2024 on “Sustainable Exploration of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation”, which was held on the PolyU campus on 9-10 May 2024.
Haotian’s award-winning research, titled “Exploring Urban Odor Characteristics from Citizens Perception: A Case Study of Hong Kong”, proposes a novel approach to explore the characteristics of urban odor from the citizens’ subjective perception. This new view utilizes social media data for dual analysis: keyword extraction and sentiment analysis map odor perception, and uses regression analysis evaluates their correlation with multifaceted urban environmental factors.
The Nexus Forum 2024 was co-organized by PolyU and Cell Press, with a theme of “Sustainable Exploration of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation”. The conference attracted over 150 participants, including international keynote speakers, authors, session chairs, staff members and students. The conference covered four main topics: interdisciplinary solutions for sustainable futures, innovative materials-based solutions, carbon neutrality and energy system transformations (CNEST), and advancements in data-driven science and technology.
Nexus is Cell Press’s first partner journal in the physical sciences and the first title published in collaboration with a university. Its addition marks Cell Press’s continued growth in open access physical sciences titles, which include Cell Reports Physical Science and Cell Reports Sustainability.To learn more about Nexus, please visit https://www.cell.com/nexus/home .
Congratulations to our MSc student, Haotian WANG, on this recognition!
