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About Steve

Thu, 02/04/2010 - 17:12 — steve.liang

Dr. Steve H.L. Liang, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Assistant Professor
AITF-Microsoft Industry Chair in Open Sensor Web
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4
Tel: (403)220-4703 Fax: (403)284-1980 
http://sensorweb.geomatics.ucalgary.ca
Twitter: @steveliang


Education

  • Ph.D., Earth and Space Science, York University, Toronto, CANADA, 2007
  • B.Sc., Surveying Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, TAIWAN, 1999

Professional Experiences

  • Associate Professor, University of Calgary, to be effective in April 2013
  • Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, 2007 ~ 2013
  • Research Assistant, GeoICT Lab, York University, 2002~2007
  • Clarinet Player, Taiwan Ministry of Defense Symphonic Orchestra, 1999~2001

Awards

  • Schulich School of Engineering Departmental Early Research Excellence Award (2012)
  • AITF-Microsoft Industry Chair in Open Sensor Web (2011)
  • Schulich School of Engineering Departmental Teaching Award (2008)

Projects Awarded

Panel and Advisory Board

  • Advisory Committee Member, GeoConnections, NRCan
  • Panel Member, Council of Canadian Academies' Expert Panel on innovative uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for Greening Canada
  • Board Member, GEOIDE Inc., Networks of Centres of Excellence

Conference/Workshop Organized

  • Chair, Web and Wireless GIS 2013 (W2GIS2013)
  • Co-Chair, The First ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Sensor Web Enablement 2012 (SWE2012)
  • Publicity Chair, International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science 2012 (IWCTS 2012)
  • Co-Chair, International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science 2011 (IWCTS 2011)
  • Chair, Sensor Web Enablement Wrokshop 2011 (SWE 2011), October 2011
  • Co-Chair, International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science 2010 (IWCTS 2010)
  • Chair, GeoWeb 2010, Sensor Web Track, July 2010
  • Secretary, Canadian Geomatics Conference 2010 / ISPRS TC-1 Symposium 2010, June 2010
  • Co-Chair, Sensor Web Enablement Workshop 2010 (SWE 2010), May 2010
  • Organizer, The first GeoCENS User Workshop, February 2010

Conference Committee

  • PC Member, AGILE 2013
  • PC Member, IF&GIS 2013
  • PC Member, ISA 2012
  • PC Member, HDPGIS 2012
  • PC Member, W2GIS 2012
  • PC Member, WebMGS 2011, August 2011
  • PC Member, HDPGIS 2011
  • PC Member, Web and Wireless GIS 2011 (W2GIS 2011), March 2011
  • PC Member, IWCTS 2010, November 2010
  • PC Member, Digital Earth 2010 workshop (as part of FIS 2010), September 2010
  • PC Member, WebMGS 2010, August 2010

Editorial Board

  • Earth Science Informatics (ESIN)
  • Transactions in GIS (TGIS)

Teaching Experiences

University of Calgary

  • 2011 Winter - Computing for Engineers
  • 2011 Fall - Design and Development of Geospatial Information Systems
  • 2011 Winter - Introduction to Geospatial Information Systems
  • 2010 Fall - Design and Development of Geospatial Information Systems
  • 2010 Winter - Computing for Engineers 
  • 2010 Winter - Special Topics in Geospatial Information Systems
  • 2009 Winter - Computing for Engineers 
  • 2009 Winter - Special Topics in Geospatial Information Systems 
  • 2008 Winter - Computing for Engineers 
  • 2008 Winter - Special Topics in Geospatial Information Systems

Short Courses Given By Invitation

  • Introduction to Sensor Web Enablement, Seoul, Korea, October 2012
  • WebGIS 2.0, Saudi GIS 2010, Le Meridien Al Khobar, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, April 2010
  • Sensor Web Design and Applications, GEOIDE Summer School 2009 (pic), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 2009
  • Introduction to Sensor Web, ISPRS XXI Congress (interview), Beijing, China, July 2008



Theme by Dr. Radut.