Speakers

Prof. Muhammad Bilal

Henan Polytechnic University, China

Biography:

Prof. Bilal received the Ph.D. in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing from the Department of Land Surveying & Geoinformatics (LSGI), the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU: 65th QS World Ranking), Hong Kong, through the prestigious Hong Kong Ph.D. Fellow Scheme (2010/2011). Prof. Bilal has the honor to be the first Pakistani (out of 300 applicants from Pakistan) who was selected for the Hong Kong Ph.D. Fellowship in the pioneer batch of 2010. Currently, Bilal am serving as a Professor in the School of Surveying and Land Information Engineering at the Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, China. From October 2017 to September 2022, he served as a Professor at Nanjing Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, and from 2014 to 2017, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at PolyU (HK). In October 2018, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education conferred Bilal the special title of “Distinguished Professor” based on his outstanding research achievements, and in October 2020, he ranked in the Top 2% of World Scientists in Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences based on a single year (2019) by Stanford University, USA. Prof. Bilal have published more than 120 research articles in top SCI (E) journals (IF > 600; Citations: >3250; H-Index: 34) and he is also a certified “top peer-reviewer” by Publons – Web of Science with 290 reviews for 64 scientific journals. He has devised the following innovative methods: (1) Simplified Aerosol Retrieval Algorithm (SARA), (2) Simplified Merge Scheme (SMS), (3)Simplified and Robust Surface Reflectance Estimation Method (SREM), and (4) AEROsol generic classification using a novel Satellite remote sensing Approach (AEROSA).

Speech Title: SEMARA: A Novel Method for Aerosol Retrievals from Multisensor Remote Sensing data over Urban Areas

Assoc. Prof. Tao Chen

China University of Geosciences, China

Biography:

Chen Tao, Associate Professor and Ph.D. advisor at the School of Geophysics and Geomatics, China University of Geosciences. He is the Head of the Department of Geoinformation Science and Technology. He obtained his bachelor's and doctoral degrees from Wuhan University in 2003 and 2008, respectively. From 2015 to 2016, he was a visiting scholar at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He serves as an Associate Editor and Editorial Board Member of "IEEE JSTARS" and an Editorial Board Member of "Journal of Mountain Science"; he is a Senior Member of IEEE, Chairman of the IEEE GRSS Wuhan Chapter, a member of the Remote Sensing Image Committee of the China Society of Image and Graphics, a member of the Youth Working Committee of the China Artificial Intelligence Society, and a member of the Academic Committee of the Henan Province Natural Resources Technology Innovation Center (Information Sensing Technology Application Research). His main research interests include intelligent expression and computation of geoscience information, and remote sensing information processing for geological hazards. In recent years, he has led three projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, one general project by the Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation, and one key R&D project by Hubei Province. He has published over 50 high-level academic peer reviewed journal papers as the first/corresponding author such as IEEE TGRS, IEEE JSTARS, JAG, and Journal of Environment Management (including one ESI Hot Paper, one ESI Highly Cited Paper, and one Excellent Paper in the Journal of Wuhan University in 2021). He has also published two monographs.

Prof. Kannimuthu Subramanian

Karpagam College of Engineering, India

Biography:

Kannimuthu Subramaniyam is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. He is also Head of the Center of Excellence in Algorithms. He is an IBM Certified Cybersecurity Analyst. He received his PhD degree in Computer Science and Engineering at Anna University, Chennai. He received his M.E (CSE) and B.Tech (IT) degrees at Anna University, Chennai. He has more than 16 years of teaching and industrial experience. He is a recognized supervisor of Anna University, Chennai. Three PhD candidates completed their research under his guidance. He is now guiding seven PhD students. He has published 59 research articles in various International Journals. He published 2 books ("Artificial Intelligence" & “LinkedList Demystified-A Placement Perspective” and 3 Book Chapters (WOS / Scopus Indexed). He is acting as a mentor/consultant for DeepLearning.AI, Hubino, MaxByte Technologies, and Dhanvi Info Tech, Coimbatore. He is an expert member of the AICTE Student Learning Assessment Project (ASLAP). He has presented many papers at various national and international conferences. He has visited more than 100 Engineering colleges and delivered more than 150 Guest Lectures on various topics. He is the reviewer for 50 Journals and 3 Books. He has completed the consultancy project through Industry-Institute Interaction for ZF Wind Power Antwerpen Ltd., Belgium. He has received funds from CSIR, DRDO, and ISRO to conduct workshops and seminars. He has completed more than 610 Certifications (41 Specializations and 4 Professional Certifications) in Coursera, Hackerrank, and NPTEL on various domains. He has guided many research-oriented as well as application-oriented projects organized by well-known companies like IBM. He is actively involved in setting up labs for Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics, Open-Source Software, Internet Technologies, etc. His research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Data Structures and Algorithms, Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics, Virtual Reality & Blockchain.