Dr. Wei Huang
Dr. Wei Huang is a PostDoc Researcher at the GIScience Research Group of the Institute of Geography in Heidelberg.
Research interests
- Urban computing
- Human activity and mobility
- Complex networks
Education
2012–2016: Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Geomatics stream) Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
2008–2011: M.Sc. in GIS Peking University & Central South University, China
2004–2008: B.Eng. in Computer Science Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
Awards
Feb. 2016: 4th Place Graduate Student Poster Award
Association of Ontario Land Surveyors 10th Annual Graduate Student Geomatics Poster Session London, Ontario, Canada.
Sept. 2015: Doctoral Completion Award
Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Mar. 2015: 1st Place PhD Best Paper Award
International Conference on Location-based Social Media Data. Athens, Georgia, USA.
May 2011: 3rd Place Best Paper Award
Surveying and Mapping Forum, Central South University, Changsha, China
May 2009: Excellent Graduate Student
Central South University, Changsha, China
Sept. 2012 & 2013 & 2014: Ryerson Graduate Award
Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Scholarships
Sept. 2015: Ontario Graduate Scholarship
Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Sept. 2012 & 2013 & 2014: Ryerson Graduate Award
Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Sept. 2012 & 2013 & 2014: Ryerson International Student Scholarship
Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Sept. 2008 & 2009 & 2010: Graduate Student Full Scholarship
Central South University, Changsha, China
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
- Huang, W. & Li, S. (2016). Understanding intra-urban human activity patterns. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. (Resubmitted after revision)
- Huang, W. & Li, S. (2016). Understanding human activity patterns based on spacetime-semantics. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 121, 1-10.
- Huang, W., Sun, M. & Li, S. (2016). A 3D GIS-based interactive registration mechanism for outdoor augmented reality system. Expert Systems with Applications, 55, 48-58.
- Zheng, Z., Zeng, Y., Li, S. & Huang, W. (2016). A new burn severity index based on land surface temperature and enhanced vegetation index. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 45, 84-94.
- Huang, W., Li, S. Liu, X., & Ban, Y. (2015). Predicting human mobility with activity changes. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 29 (9), 1569-1587.
- Liu, X., Li, S., Huang, W. & Gong, J. (2015). Designing sea ice web APIs for ice information services. Earth Science Informatics, 8 (3), 483-497.
- Huang, W., Zeng, Y. & Li, S. (2014). An analysis of urban expansion and its associated thermal characteristics using Landsat imagery, Geocarto International, 30 (1), 93-103.
Conference Proceedings
- Huang, W. & Li, S. (2016). A three-step spatio-temporal-semantic clustering algorithm for human activity pattern analysis. XXIII Congress of ISPRS, Jul. 12-19, 2016, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Huang, W. & Li, S. (2015). Improved prediction of human mobility by detecting activity changes. International Conference on Location-based Social Media Data, Mar. 13-14, 2015, Athens, Georgia, USA. (Best Paper Award)
- Sun, M., Li, L., Huang, W. & Xiang, R. (2012). Interactive registration for Augmented Reality GIS. International Conference on Computer Vision in Remote Sensing (CVRS), IEEE, Dec. 16-18, Xiamen, China. (peer-reviewed)
- Huang, W., Sun, M. & Li, S. (2011). Augmented-reality GIS for interactions during emergency rescue. The 2nd ISPRS Workshop on Pervasive Web Mapping, Geoprocessingand Services (WebMGIS), Aug. 10–12, 2011 Burnaby, Canada. (peer-reviewed)
- Huang, W. & Sun, M. (2011). A solution of technical issues on interaction for ARGIS. The 19th International Conference on Geoinformatics. IEEE, Jun. 24-26, Shanghai, China. (peer-reviewed)
Research Posters
- Huang, W., Sattar, S. Chow. A & Xu, S. (2016). An interactive web-based 3D GIS platform for estimating urban solar energy potential. 10th Annual Graduate Student Geomatics Poster Session, 124th Annual General Meeting of Association of Ontario Land Surveyors. Feb. 24-26, 2016, London, Ontario, Canada.
- Huang, W. (2014). Detecting human activity changes from human mobility patterns. Joint International Conference on Geospatial Theory, Processing, Modeling and Applications, Oct. 6-8, Toronto, Canada.
- Huang, W. (2014). Human mobility prediction based on GPS trajectories. 8th Annual Graduate Student Geomatics Poster Session, 122th Annual General Meeting of Association of Ontario Land Surveyors. Feb. 26-28, 2014, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Academic Reviewing
- International Journal of Geographical Information Science
- Geocarto International
Teaching
- Fall 2012 & 2013 & 2014 & 2015: Teaching Assistant for CVL736: Geospatial Information System, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada (undergrad)
- Winter 2014 & 2015 & 2016: Teaching Assistant for CVL207: Graphics, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada (undergrad)
- Fall 2015: Teaching Assistant for CVL352: Geomatics Measurement Techniques, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada (undergrad)
