News

2021

• LSGI Scholar provides Mars landing site mapping and evaluation (May 21)

• LSGI’s scholars publish the book Urban Informatics (Apr 12)

• LSGI Scholars Ranked as the World’s Top 2% most-cited scientists by Stanford University (Apr 7)

• Sharing on HKIS PASS Conference (Mar 27)

• LSGI Scholars Win Gold Medals at Geneva Inventions Expo (Mar 23)

• Non-destructive diagnostics for underground utilities (Feb 26)

• LSGI Career Talk 2021 (Jan 29)

• LSGI Scholar Dr. George Liu invited to serve as Associate Editor-in-Chief for the “Journal of Global Positioning Systems” (Feb 8)

• Master programmes info seminar on (Feb 8) (Mandarin)

• LSGI Scholar Delivers Webinars for Industry (Jan 27)

• PolyU Info Day for Taught Postgraduate Programmes (Jan 9)

• Smart Mobility Research of FCE Academics Exhibited Online (Jan 1)

2020

• Smart City Platform - 4D comprehensive spatiotemporal data infrastructure (Dec 1)

• Seamless Urban Navigation System - An accurate and reliable positioning solution with real-time response (Nov 1)

• Education Information Day (Oct 10)

• 2020 Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Sep 22)

• Webinar on Technologies in Tree Monitoring (Sep 11)

• JobMarket Interview (Sep 4)

• Orientation Day (Aug 31)

• Achievement Highlight (Summer 2020) (July 31)

• PolyU Summer Programme 2020 - LSGI Session (July 31)

• 明報升學網 Interview (July 16)

• LSGI Scholar received the highest amounts of GRF funding within PolyU in two consecutive years (Jul 7)

• Staff Promotion (July 2)

• New Futian institute boosts PolyU’s impact in GBA (June 10)

• LSGI scholar wins Leader of the Year Award 2019 (June 8)

• LSGI researchers advance navigation research and contribute to the combat of COVID-19 (June 3)

• JUPAS Consultation Day - LSGI Admission Talk (May 30)

• Webinar on Smart Water Technologies (May 29)

• LSGI scholar received awards from Canadian Academic Society and Institute (May 26)

• Head of LSGI to lead the new Smart Cities Research Institute (May 1)

• Interview by RTHK31 - JUPAS Programme Introduction (April 23)

• Technologies effectively monitor sulphur dioxide emission from vessels (April 1)

• LSGI Scholar’s Scientific Approach to Keep New Virus off Campus (March 2)

• LSGI Scholar received Research Impact Fund 2019/20 (Jan 31)

• Dr. George Liu Elected Executive Committee Member of the Hong Kong Meteorological Society

2019

• 2020/21 JUPAS FAQ

• Application for Master Programme

• Dr. George Liu serves in the Editorial Board for the Journal “Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk” (Oct 25)

• Joint Research Laboratory in GNSS (Oct 14)

• Head of LSGI Elected to IEAS (Oct 4)

• LSGI 35th Anniversary Gala Dinner (Sep 23)

• LSGI researchers gleaned two Best Paper Awards from the top GNSS International Conference (Aug 12)

• Summer Exchange and Study Tour from LSGI Partner Universities (July 22)

• PolyU Summer Programme 2019 (July 8)

• The 2nd International Conference on Urban Informatics, ICUI 2019 (June 26)

• Smart City Tree Management Project (June 19)

• Dr Xiaolin Zhu received Young Scholar Award (Jun 16)

• LSGI Scholar to Serve on Editorial Board of New Journal (June 7)

• LSGI Study Tour to Rome and Pisa, Italy (June 6)

• HKIS Outstanding Final Year Dissertation Awards/Thesis Award 2018 (Jun 5)

• Recognition for Paper Co-authored by LSGI Scholar (May 27)

• Geomatics Forum for Beijing, Hong Kong and Macau (May 24)

• LSGI and SuperMap Develop Strategic Cooperation on Spatial Big Data Analytics (May 23)

• Smart City, Smart Mobility Conference 2019 (May 21)

• PolyU JUPAS Consultation Day 2019 (May 18)

• MOUs signed in early 2019 (May 6)

• LSGI and CTM join hands to develop Macau into a smart city for tourists (May 3)

• FCE Translational Research Forum cum Exhibition (Apr 29)

• Visit by Malaysia Delegation for Programme Accreditation (Apr 8)

• Visit of Sir Richard Roberts, Nobel Laureate for Physiology or Medicine (Apr 1)

• Early Bird Registration for the 2nd International Conference on Urban Informatics, ICUI (Mar 25)

• Pre-Conference Workshop – Advanced Training in Smart Cities (Mar 25)

• LSGI Received Recognition at Outstanding Professional Services Awards 2018 Presentation Ceremony (Mar 5)

• 2018 State Science and Technology Progress Awards (Feb 1)

• LSGI Career Talk 2019 (Jan 18)

• LSGI Scholars support the nation’s lunar probe (Jan 14)

• Seminar on Underground Utility Survey Based on Nondestructive Testing, Surveying, Imaging and Diagnostic (NDTSID) Approaches cum Consultation Forum (Jan 10)

• Prof. John Shi appointed Endowed Professorship Scheme (Jan 1)

2018

• PolyU STEM Day 2018 (Dec 18)

• A New Book "Planetary Remote Sensing and Mapping (Nov 19)

• Result of LSGI Outstanding Alumni Award 2018 (Nov 8)

• 24th Congregation 2018 (Nov 7)

• LSGI Distinguished Chair Professor, Prof. Mei-po Kwan, Elected to UK Academy of Social Sciences (Nov 1)

• Call for Abstract for the 2nd International Conference on Urban Informatics, ICUI, 24-26 June 2019 (Nov 1)

• LSGI Delegation to Wuhan Remote Sensing Week (Oct 18)

• Malaysian Delegation visits LSGI (Oct 5)

• Community Service Project “Touching is touching” (Sep 5)

• Kick-off Forum of the Development of Test/Survey Methods and Specifications for Underground Utility Survey (Sep 3)

• LSGI Graduate Won the FCE Awards for Outstanding PhD Theses (Aug 29)

• LSGI Orientation Day 2018 (Aug 27)

• Study Tour from Wuhan and Tongji Universities (Aug 6)

• Visit to the School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University (Jul 31)

• Advanced Nondestructive Testing – Civil Engineering Workshop in Berlin, Germany (Jul 30)

• Summer Programme 2018 (Jul 16)

• Poly LSGI Researchers Garnered the Highest-order Best Paper Award from the Top GNSS Conference (Jul 15)

• Maker Faire Hong Kong 2018 (Jul 9)

• Nomination for Outstanding LSGI Alumni Award 2018 (July 5)

• Staff Promotions (Jul 3)

• LSGI MSc student won best student paper award at the 26th International Conference on Geoinformatics (Jul 3)

• FCE Dean’s Awards 2018 and Faculty Awards for Outstanding Performance/ Achievement 2017/18 (Jun 26)

• Croucher Summer Course 2018 (Jun 17)

• Kick-start of the Jockey Club Smart City Tree Management Project (Jun 15)

• Hong Kong Smart City Awards 2018 (Jun 11)

• Visit of Mainland Industry Giant (Apr 27)

• LSGI Delegation Visited Kazakhstan (Apr 24)

• LSGI Hosts Visitors from Singapore and Zurich (Apr 23)

• PolyU collaborates with CUMT for Geomatics MSc students recruitment (Apr 17)

• Visit of Delegation from Pakistan (Mar 27)

• PolyU Counsellors Days (Mar 23)

• LSGI Nauryz Holiday Celebration Party (Mar 22)

• Official launch of the “Smart City Lab” & Summit on Future of Smart City (Mar 20)

• Council Members visit to FCE and LSGI (Mar 16)

• LSGI received recognition at Outstanding Professional Services Awards 2017 Presentation Ceremony (Mar 9)

• LSGI won the 2nd Runner-up in the Most Favourite PolyU Research News 2017 (Feb 20)

• LSGI 1st Smart City Research Salon 2018 – Mobility Behavior of Elderly (Feb 7 )

• LSGI Career Talk 2018 (Jan 26)

• Senior Management of PolyU Visits LSGI (Jan 19)

2017

• LSGI Winter Workshop (Dec 2017)

• Visit from China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT) Delegation (Dec 2017)

• PolyU 80th Anniversary Open Day & Celebration Dinner (Dec 2017)

• International Symposium on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) 2017 (Dec 2017)

• LSGI PhD students won awards at the International Symposium GNSS 2017 (Dec 2017)

• LSGI PhD Graduate Won the Prestigious “Zhu Kezhen” Prize from the Hong Kong Meteorological Society (Dec 2017)

• LSGI PhD Student Zhe Yang won the Silver Prize at the International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) 2017 Workshop (Nov 2017)

• LSGI PhD Student Qiujie Chen was awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship (Nov 2017)

• Company Visit (Nov 2017)

• LSGI Scholar Appointed to Editorial Board of the World’s Top GNSS Journal “GPS Solutions” (Nov 2017)

• Prof. John SHI won the 2017 Grand Prize for the Science and Technology Progress Award in Surveying and Mapping (Nov 2017)

• LSGI Study Tour to China University of Mining and Technology (Xuzhou) in Nov 2017

• The 1st International Conference on Urban Informatics (ICUI 2017) (Nov 2017)

• Visit from NASG Delegation and “One Belt, One Road and Geomatics” Symposium (Nov 2017)

• FCE 23rd Congregation and Faculty Prize Presentation Ceremony (1 Nov 2017)

• Conferment of the Degree of Doctor of Science honoris casusa for Distinguished Chinese Scholar Prof. XU Guanhua (Oct 2017)

• LSGI students received HKIS Scholarships 2017 & Dissertation Awards 2016

• Hong Kong PhD Fellowship

• 2017 International Symposium on Planetary Remote Sensing and Mapping (PRSM2017)

• LSGI Members Excel at PolyU Distinguished Knowledge Transfer Excellence Awards 2017

• Dr. Bo Wu Appointed Associate Editor of International Journal PE&RS

• The video "Integrated 3D Mapping Model" has been posted by Hong Kong Research Grants Council at its YouTube channel.

• Distinguished Guests from Asia and Europe Visited LSGI in early 2017

• LSGI Nauryz Holiday Celebration Party was successfully held on 21 March 2017

• LSGI Efforts Were Recognized at Outstanding Professional Services Awards 2016 Presentation Ceremony

• Sustainable Service-Learning project in Tainan, Taiwan by LSGI team and Brunei Institute of Geomatics

• LSGI visited Survey Department in Brunei and Brunei Institute of Geomatics

2016

• A new Service-Learning attempt in Wuhan, PRC by LSGI team

• Malaysian high-school students visited PolyU from more than 2500 km away

• LSGI visited Singapore University, Polytechnic and Land Authority

• Campus Visit to LSGI - A Journey from the “Underground” to the “Outer Space”

• Funded for eLearning and Blended Learning Development Project

• LSGI Service-learning Team Received the Gold Award for Tertiary Education Institutes Group in Service-Learning Expo 2016

• 8 LSGI students received the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) Scholarship

• PolyU Admission Strategies for JUPAS Applicants 2016

• Assistant Professor Advertisement

• Dr. Charles Man-sing WONG wins 2016 Dean's Award for outstanding achievement in research funding

• Visit from the Development Bureau

• LSGI Semester-end Celebration Party for International Students

• CPD Talk on Using Remote Sensing of Vegetation Monitoring in Hong Kong

• Visit of Prof.Christian Wohler

• Talbert Abrams Awards of ASPRS 2016

• Faculty Awards for Outstanding Performance/Achievement in Teaching 2014/15




2015

• LSGI Distinguished Lecture on "Spatial-temporal Data Mining and Urban Planning Applications" by Prof. ZHAN Qingming

• Joint thermal survey with Lands Department in Kowloon Peninsula

• Sharing by Exchange-In student (University of New Brunswick, Canada )

• LSGI Welcoming Day 2015

• LSGI students participated in Joint Summer School in Tongji University, Shanghai

• PolyU Summer Programme 2015 was successfully held

• LSGI Scholars Receive Funding for Project of Strategic Importance

• Dr. George Liu invited to give a talk at GFZ, Germany

• Staff Promotions of LSGI

• Ir Dr. Wallace Lai delivered a talk in the Workshop on "Non-destructive Damage Assessment and Environmental Measurement Methods" in Germany

• Secondary Students from Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School Visited LSGI

• PolyU Admission Strategies for JUPAS Applicants 2015

• Secondary Students from Wa Ying College Visited LSGI

• LSGI Scientists Shine Spotlight on a Long Neglected GPS Anomaly

• Mitigating Urban Heat Islands for Better Environment (Excel@PolyU, Apr 2015 Issue)

• LSGI Career Talk 2015

• LSGI delivered a district-based Information Seminar for the secondary schools in Tuen Mun

• HKIES's donation of field books to LSGI

• Mitigating Urban Heat Islands for Better Environment (Technology Frontier, Feb 2015 Issue)

• Announcement of the formation of the Laser Scanning Interest Group by the Hong Kong Society for Remote Sensing

• Delegation from Nanjing Normal University visited LSGI

• Renowned Chinese Scholars visited LSGI

• Mainland and Macau Government Officials and Scholars visited LSGI

• Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) - guidelines from LSGI

• Secondary Students from Pui Ching Middle School Visited LSGI

• Dr. Wallace Lai visited Diocesan Boy's School (DBS)



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2014

• 20th Congregation

• LSGI Staff Delivered Presentations in RICS-HK Geomatics Conference 2014

• PolyU Education Info Day (11 Oct 2014)

• Recruitment Talk for LSGI Students

• Laser scanning capabilities enhanced by donation from Sigma Mascot (HK) Limited

• LSGI's innovative lunar mapping techniques showcased in the "Exhibition on China's Lunar Exploration Programme" at Science Museum (21 July 2014)

• Opening Ceremony of LSGI's exhibition on Monitoring Hong Kong's Urban Heat Island (27 June 2014)  

• LSGI Xuzhou-Nanjing Study Tour 2014 (16-20 June 2014)

• LSGI's 30th Anniversary (29 May 2014)

• LSGI Korea Study Tour 2014 (18-23 May 2014)

• Promotions of LSGI Staff (5 May 2014)

• HKPolyU-Wuhan University Partner GNSS Research Center Established at LSGI (20 Jan 2014)

• Visit of China University of Mining and Technology (14 Jan 2014)



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2013

• PolyU Lunar Mapping Techniques Contributed to the Successful Landing of Chang'E-3 on the Moon

• LSGI hosts hydrographic training with industry

• 19th Congregation of LSGI (13 Nov 2013)

• FCE Sustainable Urban Development Forum cum Research Alumni Reunion

• Summer School for Outstanding Postgraduate and Senior Undergraduate Students



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2012

• LSGI Community Outreach: Basketball Game with MTRC Land Surveying Team

• Four New Staff Members Join the Department in September 2012

• The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors has approved to extend the accreditation period of the following programmes:
  BSc (Hons) Degree in Geomatics with specialism in Land Surveying (Full Time)
  BSc (Hons) Degree in Geomatics with specialism in Geo-Information Technology (Full Time)
  

• The following LSGI programmes are accredited by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers:
  BSc (Hons) Degree in Geomatics with specialism in Geo-information Technology (Full Time) (4-year programme)
  BSc (Hons) Degree in Geomatics with specialism in Geo-information Technology (Full Time and Sandwich)
  BSc (Hons) Degree in Geomatics with specialism in Geo-information Technology (Full Time and Sandwich) under the Double Degree leading to BSc (Hons) in Geomatics with specialism in Geo-information Technology and BSc (Hons) in Computing

• LSGI’s Latest Research on Future Hong Kong Urban Temperature Attracts Wide Attention

• LSGI Welcomes a Famous New Professor : Mei-Po KWAN

• The Hong Kong Society for Remote Sensing will be launched on Friday, 2 December 2011. Details of the First General Meeting and membership forms can be found here.

• LSGI scientists make great strides in lunar mapping 
  
  



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Awards

• Dr. Charles Man-sing WONG wins 2016 Dean's Award for outstanding achievement in research funding

• Prof. Xiaoli Ding wins 2015 Dean's Award

• LSGI Students wins the "Outstanding Final Year Dissertation Awards 2014" from the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors

• LSGI Student awarded the Entrepreneurship Award from the PolyU Micro Fund

• LSGI received Outstanding Professional Services Award 2014

• LSGI Student GAO Ya received 'Outstanding Student Award of Faculty' and 'Outstanding Student Award of Department'

• LSGI Students received RICS GPG Survey Camp Award

• Outstanding LSGI Alumni Award 2014 - Prof. Zhiwei Li

• LSGI Staff Wins 2014 FCE Dean's Award (19 June 2014)

• LSGI Student Awarded HSBC Hong Kong Scholarship (10 June 2014)

• LSGI Student Awarded Prestigious President Emeritus Professor Poon Chung-kwong Scholarship (9 June 2014)

• Outstanding Student Award (1 Apr 2014)

• LSGI Research Receives Awards (31 Mar 2014)

• LSGI scholar wins the 2014 John I. Davidson President's Award of ASPRS (13 Feb 2014)

• 2013 Dean's Awards

• LSGI academic received the 2013 China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC) Excellent Paper Award

• LSGI Students and Staff - core members of the Gold Award winning team in PolyU's Outstanding Service Learning Project Awards 2012

• LSGI academic received the 2013 China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC) Excellent Paper Award

• Outstanding LSGI Alumni 2012 - Result Announcement

• LSGI Received PTeC Maximum Staff Participation Award 2012

• Dr. Bo WU Received the Excellence in Research Award 2011/2012

• Dr. George Zhizhao Liu Received Early Career Award 2012/13 from Hong Kong Research Grants Council



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