Qihao Weng

Prof. Weng is a Chair Professor of Geomatics and Artificial Intelligence and a Global STEM Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where he directs Jockey Club STEM Lab of Earth Observations and Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Geomatics. Before that, he worked as the Director of the Center for Urban and Environmental Change and a Professor at Indiana State University, USA, 2001-2021. He currently serves as an Editor-in-Chief of ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, and Lead of GEO’s Global Urban Observation and Information Initiative. Prof. Weng is a Foreign Member of Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe), and an elected Fellow of IEEE, AAAS, AAG, ASPRS, and AAIA. He has been honored with distinguished career awards that include NASA senior fellowship, AAG Distinguished Scholarship Honors Award, Taylor & Francis Lifetime Achievements Award, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Short-term S[E]) Fellowship, and AAG Remote Sensing Specialty Group Lifetime Achievement Award. Weng’s research focuses on remote sensing and geospatial AI applications to urban environmental and ecological systems, urbanization impacts, urban climate and sustainability. He is the author of more than 300 articles, 16 books, and 5 conference proceedings, with over 34,000 citations and H-index of 82.