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Alec Huang

Chih-Yuan (Alec) Huang



Department of Geomatics Engineering
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4

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.