Dr. Jonathan Li, P.Eng., O.L.S./O.L.I.P Professor Department of Geography and Environmental Management Faculty of Environment University of Waterloo Office: EV1-111, Building: Environment 1 200 University Avenue West Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 CANADA Phone: (519)888-4567, ext. 34504 Fax: +1-519-746-0658 E-mail: junli@uwaterloo.ca URL: env.uwaterloo.ca/geography/faculty/li/

  About Dr. Li
    Dr. Jonathan Li is an elected university senate member and a professor at the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, founding member of the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3), member of the Water Institute and is Director of Waterloo Laboratory for GeoSpatial Technology and Remote Sensing (GeoSTARS Lab) in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo. In addition, he is a recipient of the prestigious Talbert Abrams Award (ASPRS, 2011), Ford Bartlett Award (ASPRS, 2011), ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in GIS (2008), MDA Award for Best Paper in Orthophotography, Photogrammetry and Surveying (2007), Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) New Opportunities Fund Award (2003), and two China's Science and Technology Progress Awards (1988, 1995).

    He completed his PhD degree in Geomatics Engineering (specializing in remote sensing and GIS) at the University of Cape Town before beginning teaching in 2000 as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography, University of Regina followed by being an Assistant Professor and tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Ryerson University. He has taught and designed more than ten courses from second year through to graduate level within the broader geomatics disciplines. He also serves as an external examiner at the PhD level for the University of Regina, University of Guelph, Ryerson University, University of New Brunswick, University of Windsor, York University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and University of the Witwatersrand. He holds Chair Professorship at Hohai University and Tianjin University, Adjunct Professorship at York University and China University of ; Geosciences (Beijing), and Guest Professorship at Peking University, Wuhan University, Central South University, Changan University, Sichuan Normal University, and Lanzhou Jiaotong University.

    Dr. Li's research interests lie mainly in the areas of remote sensing and geographical information science including high-resolution satellite mapping, airborne and terrestrial mobile lidar mapping, earth observation of global change, remote sensing of inland and coastal waters, remote sensing of renewable energy potential, mapping of climate-induced hazards, Internet GIS and Web Mapping, Terrain Analysis in Hydrogeography, geospatial sensor network, and geospatial information technologies for emergency response and disaster management. As a NSERC (National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) rated researcher, Dr. Li has published over 150 papers internationally in refereed journals, books and conference proceedings. He is the associate editor of Geomatica and IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, guest editor of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, International Journal of Remote Sensing, and serves on the editorial board of several international journals. He is a regular reviewer for more than a dozen prestigious international journals and serves on the review panel of the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), ISTP Canada as well as the funding agencies of Belgium, Finland, Germany, and USA. Dr. Li has chaired scientific committees of many international conferences.

    Dr. Li is an IEEE Senior Member, Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) licensed with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), an Ontario Land Surveyor (O.L.S.), and an Ontario Land Information Professional (O.L.I.P.) with the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors (AOLS). He has been a National Examiner in Geomatics Engineering for PEO since 2002.

  Undergraduate courses
   • GEOG 310 Geodesy and Surveying
   • GEOG 215 China: Diverse and Dynamic

  Graduate Courses
   • GEOG 603 Remote Sensing and Earth System Science
   • GEOG 608 Urban Remote Sensing

  Awards and Honors
   • 2011 Talbert Abrams Award for Best Scientific Paper published in Photogrammetric Engineering &
      Remote Sensing.
   • 2011 Ford Bartlett Award for actively promoting memberships in ASPRS.
   • 2008 ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in GIS (2nd Place), published in Photogrammetric
      Engineering & Remote Sensing.
   • 2007 MDA Award for Best Scientific Paper in Photogrammetry and Surveying, published in
      GEOMATICA.
   • 2007 Best Poster Award, Joint CIG/ISPRS Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
   • 2003 Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) New Opportunity Fund Award.

  Research Interests
  1.Remote Sensing and Mapping Science
   • High-Resolution Satellite Mapping
   • Airborne and terrestrial mobile lidar mapping
   • Remote sensing of renewable energy potential
   • Remote sensing of inland and coastal waters
   • Earth observation of global change

  2. Geospatial Intelligence
   • Knowledge or semantic data mining
   • Multi-source and multi-intelligence data fusion
   • Automatic feature extraction, target recognition and tracking
   • Scene registration, understanding, and change detection
   • Modeling and characterization of critical infrastructure

  3. Geographical Information Science
   • Internet GIS and web mapping
   • Geospatial sensor network
   • Terrain analysis in hydrogeography
   • Integration of GIS with environmental modeling
   • Multi-dimensional, large geospatial dataset visualization

  Professional Activities
   • Guest Editor, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
   • Associate Editor, GEOMATICA, Journal of Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG)
   • Guest Editor, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, special issues 2012 and 2013
   • Guest Editor, International Journal of Remote Sensing, special issue 2013
   • Editorial Board of International Journal of Geoinformatics
   • Editorial Board, International Geoinformatics Research and Development Journal
   • Editorial Board Member, African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
   • Editorial Board Member, Sensors
   • Canada's Correspondent of GIM International Magazine
   • Chair, ISPRS WG V/I on Land-based Mobile Mapping Systems (2008-2012)
   • Vice Chair, ICA Commission on Mapping from Remote Sensor Imagery (2011-2015)
   • Vice Chair, FIG Commission 4 Hydrography (2011-2014)
   • Senior Member, IEEE Geoscience and Remoe Sensing Society
   • Member of National Committee for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing of CIG
   • Member of Mobile Mapping Systems Committee of American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote
      Sensing (ASPRS)
   • Professional Engineer (P.Eng.), licensed by the Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)
   • O.L.S./O.L.I.P., licensed by the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors (AOLS)
   • National Examiner, Geomatics Engineering, Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)
   • Secretary, Toronto Branch, Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG)
   • Councillor, Ontario Association of Remote Sensing (OARS)


  Recent Publications

    Books and Journal Special Issues:

    Yang, X. and Li J, (eds.), 2011.  Advances in Mapping from Aerospace Imagery: Techniques and         Applications, CRC, Taylor & Francis.
    Chuvieco, E., Li, J. and Yang, X. (eds.), 2010. Advances in Earth Observation of Global Change. Berlin:         Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-90-481-9084-3.
    Zlatanova, S. and Li, J. (eds.), 2008. Geospatial Information Technology for Emergency Response,         ISPRS Book Series, Vol. 6, London: Taylor & Francis, London, ISBN 978-0-415-42247-5, 382p.
    Li, J., Zlatanova, S. and Fabbri, A.G. (eds.), 2007. Geomatics Solutions for Disaster Management,         Lecture Notes in Geoinfromation and Cartography, Vol. 18, Berlin: Springer Verlag, ISBN 978–3–540–        72106–2, 444p.
    Tao, C.V. and Li, J. (eds.), 2007. Advances in Mobile Mapping Technology, ISPRS book Series, Vol. 4,         London: Taylor & Frances, ISBN 978-0-415-42723-4, 176p.
    Li, J. and Chapman, M.A. (eds.), 2013. Terrestrial Laser Scanning: From Static to Mobile, special issue,         International Journal of Remote Sensing (Taylor & Francis: SCI).
    Abdalla, R. and Li, J. (eds.), 2013. Geospatial intelligence for emergency response, special issue,         Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. (ASPRS: SCI).
    Li, J. and King, B. (eds.), 2012. Advances in terrestrial laser scanning, special issue, Photogrammetric         Engineering & Remote Sensing. (ASPRS: SCI).
    Yang, X. and Li, J. (eds.), 2011. Earth Observations and Remote Sensing for Environmental Management         and Hazard Mitigation, special issue, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations         and Remote Sensing (IEEE: SCI/EI).
    Abdalla, R. and Li, J. (eds.), 2010. Geospatial Technologies for Disaster Management, special issue,         International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Vol. 12, No. 6. (Elsevier:         SCI).
    Li, J. and Chapman, M.A. (eds.), 2009. LiDAR for 3D City Modeling, special issue, Sensors, 9(11) (MDPI:         SCI).
    Li, J. and Huang, B. (eds.), 2007. Wireless and Web GIS, special issue, Photogrammetric Engineering         and Remote Sensing, Vol. 73, No. 6. (ASPRS: SCI).
    Li, J. and Chapman, M.A. (eds.), 2005. Mobile Mapping Systems, special issue, Photogrammetric         Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol. 71, No. 4. (ASPRS: SCI).

    Refereed Journal Papers:

    Guan, X., Li, J. and Booty, W. 2011. Monitoring Lake Simcoe water quality using Landsat-5 TM images,         Water Resources Management, accepted (Springer: SCI).
    Armirsalari, F., Guan, X., Li., J., and Booty, W. 2011. Investigation of correlation between remotely         sensed impervious surfaces and chloride concentrations, International Journal of Remote Sensing,         accepted (Taylor Francis: SCI).
    Kuang, G., Li, J. and He, Z. 2011. Detecting water bodies in RADARSAT imagery, Geomatica, accepted         (CIG).
    Li, J. and Guan, H. 2011. 3D building reconstruction from lidar point clouds fused with aerial imagery, In         Yang, X. (ed.) Urban Remote Sensing, Wiley-Blackwell, 75-92.
    Li, Y. and Li, J., 2010. Oil spill detection from SAR intensity image using a marked point process,         Remote Sensing of Environment, 114(7): 1590-1601, (Elsevier: SCI).
    Shu, Y., Li, J., Yousif, H., and Gomes, G., 2010. Dark-spot detection from SAR intensity imagery with         spatial density thresholding for oil-spill monitoring, Remote Sensing of Environment, 114 (2010)         2026–2035 (Elsevier: SCI).
    Li, Y., Li, J., Chapman, M.A., 2010. Segmentation of SAR intensity imagery with a Voronoi tessellation,         Bayesian inference and reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm, IEEE Transactions on         Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 48(4): 1872-1881 (IEEE: SCI).
    Shu, Y., Li, J., and Gomes, G., 2010. Shoreline extraction from RADARSAT-2 intensity imagery using a         narrow band level set segmentation approach, Marine Geodesy, 33(2): 187-203, (Taylor & Francis:         SCIE).
    Li, Y. and Li, J. 2010. Change detection of sea ice distribution by spatial structure analysis using         semi-variogram of intrinsic regionalization model, In Chuvieco E, Li J and Yang X (eds.), Advances in         Observation of Global Change, Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 298-312.
    Kang, Z., Zhang, L., Zlatanova, S., and Li, J. 2010. An automatic mosaicking method for building façade         texture mapping using a monocular close-range image sequence, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry         and Remote Sensing, 65(3): 282-293 (Elsevier: SCI).
    Wu, H., Li, Y., Li, J. and Gong. J. 2010. A two-step displacement correction algorithm for registration of         lidar point clouds and aerial images without orientation parameters, Photogrammetric Engineering         & Remote Sensing, 76(10): 1135-1145 (ASPRS: SCI).
    Wang, X.M., Li, J. and Li, Y. 2009. Automated extraction of buildings from IKONOS imagery by a         spectral-spatial sequential integration approach, Geomatica, 63(3): 193-202 (CIG).
    Kang, Z., Li, J., Zhang, L., Zhao, Q. and Zlatanova, S. 2009. Automatic registration of terrestrial laser         scanning point clouds using panoramic reflectance images. Sensors, 9(4): 2621-2646 (MDPI: SCI).
    Wu, S, Li, J. and Huang, G.H. 2008. A study on DEM-derived primary topographic attributes for         hydrologic applications: Sensitivity to elevation resolution, Applied Geography, 28(3): 210-223         (Elsevier: SCI).
    Wu, S., Li, J. and Huang, G.H. 2008. Characterization and evaluation of elevation data uncertainty in         water resources modeling with GIS, Water Resources Management, 22(8):959-972 (Springer: SCI).
    Li, Y., Li, J. and Lu, Y. 2008. A fuzzy segmentation based approach to extraction of coastlines from         Ikonos imagery, Geomatica, 62(4): 407-417 CIG).
    Li, J. and Chapman, M.A. 2008. Terrestrial mobile mapping systems towards real-time geospatial data         collection, In Zlatanova, S. and Li, J. (eds.) Geospatial Information Technology for Emergency         Response, Taylor & Francis, London, pp. 103-119.



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