Chih-Yuan (Alec) Huang

Department of Geomatics Engineering
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4
http://sensorweb.geomatics.ucalgary.ca
huangcy@ucalgary.ca
huangcy@ucalgary.ca
Education
- M.Sc., Civil Engineering (Digital Photogrammetry Lab), National Central University, Taoyuan, TAIWAN, 2008
Thesis: The Integration of Shape and Spectral
Information for Change Detection of Building Models
GPA: 4/4
Rank: 1/62
- B.Sc., Civil Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan, TAIWAN, 2007
GPA: 3.51/4
Rank: 2/33
Professional Experiences
- Research Assistant, Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, 2008~2009
Awards
- iCore Graduate Student Scholarship in Information and Communication Technologies (2010)
- The 2008 Outstanding Master Thesis Award of Chinese Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (2009)
- Honorary member of Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of Taiwan (2008)
- The 2007 Excellent Student Scholarship of National Central University (2008)
- Research Creativity Award from the National Science Council (2007)
- The 2006 Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Scholarship of Chinese Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (2007)
Participant Projects
- Open Sensor Data Map (2011~present)
- WeHUB: Water and Environmental Hub (2011~present)
- GeoCENS: Geospatial Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Sensing (2009~2011)
- Reconstruction of three-dimensional building models by using highly overlapping aerial images (2008)
- Development of reconstruction technique for three-dimensional cyber city building models (2005)
Publications
Journal
- Knoechel, B., Huang, C.Y., and Liang, S., 2012. A Bottom-Up Approach for Automatically Grouping Sensor Data Layers by their Observed Property, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, V2, No1, pp. 1-26.
- Huang, C.Y. and Liang, S., 2012. LOST-Tree: A Spatio-Temporal Structure for Efficient Sensor Data Loading in a Sensor Web Browser, International Journal of Geographical Information Science (accepted and in press).
- Chen, L.C., Huang, C.Y., and Teo, T.A., 2010. Multi-type change detection of building models by integrating spatial and spectral information, International Journal of Remote Sensing, V33, No.6, pp. 1655-1681.
- Chen, L.C. and Huang, C.Y., 2009. Detection of Building Model Changes from LIDAR Date and Aerial Imagery, Journal of Photogrammerty and Remote Sensing, V14, No.2, pp. 95-113. (in Chinese)
Conference
- Huang, C.Y., Liang, S., and Xu, Y., 2013. A Sensor Data Mediator Bridging the OGC Sensor Observation Service (SOS) and the OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData), The 12th International Symposium on Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems (W2GIS), April 4-5, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
- Jazayeri, M.A., Huang, C.Y., and Liang, S., 2012. TinySOS: Design and Implementation of Interoperable and Tiny Web Service for the Internet of Things, The First ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Sensor Web Enablement 2012 (SWE2012), Nov. 6-9, Redondo Beach, CA, USA.
- Huang, C.Y. and Liang, S., 2012. A Hybrid Pull-Push System for Near Real-Time Notification on Sensor Web, The XXII Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Aug. 25-Sept. 1, Melbourne, Australia.
- Knoechel, B., Huang, C.Y., and Liang, H.L.S., 2011. Design and Implementation of a System for the Improved Searching and Accessing of Real-world SOS Services, International Workshop on Sensor Web Enablement 2011, Oct. 6-7, Banff, Canada.
- Liang, H.L.S., Chang, D., Badger, J., Rezel, R., Chen, S., Huang, C.Y., and Li, R.Y., 2010. Capturing the Long Tail of Sensor Web, International Workshop on Role of Volunteered Geographic Information in Advancing Science, Sep. 14, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Liang, H.L.S., Chang, D., Badger, J., Rezel, R., Chen, S., Huang, C.Y., and Li, R.Y., 2010. GeoCENS: Geospatial Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Sensing, GIScience 2010 Conference, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Chen, L.C., Lin, L.J., and Huang, C.Y., 2010. Detection of Building Changes from Aerial Images and LIDAR Data, In Proceedings of Workshop on Unconventional Photogrammetry, Apr. 1-2, Tainan, Taiwan, pp. 34-43.
- Chen, L.C., Huang, C.Y., Teo, T.A. and Lo, C.Y., 2008. Change Detection of Building Models From Multi-Source Geodata, In Proceedings of Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Nov. 10-14, Colombo, Sri Lanka, CD-ROM.
- Huang, C.Y., and Chen, L.C., 2008. The Integration of Lidar Point Clouds and Aerial Images for Change Detection of Building Models, In Proceedings of 27th Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Conference, Sep. 4-5, Tainan, Taiwan, pp. 188-197. (in Chinese)
- Teo, T.A., Chen, L.C., and Huang, C.Y, 2007. Using Multi-temporal Lidar Point Clouds in Change Detection of Buildings, In Proceedings of 5th International workshop on coast and land applications of satellite altimetry, Hsinchu, Taiwan, CD-Rom. (in Chinese)
- Huang, C.Y., and Chen, L.C., 2007. Detection of Building Changes from Lidar Data and Aerial Imagery, In Proceedings of Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Nov. 12-16, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, CD-ROM.
- Chen, L.C., Huang, C.Y, and Teo, T.A, 2007. The Integration of Lidar Point Clouds and Aerial Images for Change Detection of Building Models, In Proceedings of 26th Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Conference, Sep. 6-7, Yilan, Taiwan, pp. 1311-1318. (in Chinese)
Demo paper
- Huang, C.Y., Rezel, R., and Liang, S., 2011. Efficient Spatio-Temporal Sensor Data Loading for a Sensor Web Browser (Demo paper), International Symposium on Spatio-Temporal Databases 2011 (SSTD 2011), August 24-26, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Long Abstract
- Huang, C.Y. and Liang, S., 2011. Loading Architecture for a Sensor Web Browser on Digital Earth, Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada, March 4-5, Fernie, Canada.
Technique Report
- Huang, C.Y., 2006. Change Detection by Using Multi-temporal Lidar Point Clouds, Report of National Science Council Summer Research for Undergraduate Student. (in Chinese)
Patent
- Chen, L.C., and Huang, C.Y., 2008. The Method of Change Detection for Building Models, USA. (under reviewing)
Presentations
Oral presentation
- Jazayeri, M.A., Huang, C.Y., and Liang, S., 2012. TinySOS: Design and Implementation of Interoperable and Tiny Web Service for the Internet of Things, The First ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Sensor Web Enablement 2012 (SWE2012), Nov. 6-9, Redondo Beach, CA, USA.
- Huang, C.Y. and Liang, S., 2012. A Hybrid Pull-Push System for Near Real-Time Notification on Sensor Web, The XXII Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Aug. 25-Sept. 1, Melbourne, Australia.
- Huang, C.Y. and Liang, S., 2011. Loading Architecture for a Sensor Web Browser on Digital Earth, Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada, March 4-5, Fernie, BC, Canada.
- Huang, C.Y., and Chen, L.C., 2008. The Integration of Lidar Point Clouds and Aerial Images for Change Detection of Building Models, In Proceedings of 27th Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Conference, Sep. 4-5, Tainan, Taiwan.
- Teo, T.A., Chen, L.C., and Huang, C.Y, 2007. Using Multi-temporal Lidar Point Clouds in Change Detection of Buildings, In Proceedings of 5th International workshop on coast and land applications of satellite altimetry, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
- Huang, C.Y., and Chen, L.C., 2007. Detection of Building Changes from Lidar Data and Aerial Imagery, Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Nov. 12-16, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Chen, L.C., Li, S.H., Chen, A.J., and Rau, J.Y., 2007, The Integration of Building, Road, and DEM for High Resolution Images True Orthorectification, In Proceedings of 26th Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Conference, Sep. 6-7, Yilan, Taiwan.
Poster/Demo
- A Distributed and Interoperable Sensor Web System Demonstration, The 2012 Global Geospatial Conference, May 14-17, Québe, QC, Canada.
- Leah Li, Steve H.L. Liang, Andrew Hunter, Lina Kattan, Baher Abdulha, Mohamed El-Darieby, 2012. TraficPulse: A Smart Mobile Application for Transportation Systems, The 2012 Global Geospatial Conference, May 14-17, Québe, QC, Canada.
- Open Sensor Data Map -
SensorWeb PivotViewer, Microsoft Research Open Data for Open Science 2012,
April 4-6, Redmond, WA, USA.
- Huang, C.Y., Rezel, R., and Liang, S., 2011. Efficient Spatio-Temporal Sensor Data Loading for a Sensor Web Browser, International Symposium on Spatio-Temporal Databases 2011 (SSTD 2011), August 24-26, Minneapolis, MN, USA.