Biography
Prof Dr Songnian Li
Songnian Li received the Ph.D. degree in geodesy and geomatics engineering from the University of New Brunswick, Canada, and is currently a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University, Canada. His current research interests include geospatial big data, spatio-temporal analysis, moving object and LBS data, geo-collaboration and geospatial web and web services. Prof. Li has served as a council member of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) (2016-2020) and the President of ISPRS Technical Commission II (2012-2016), among other professional societies, was an invited researcher by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science in 2009 and 2012, and was a recipient of ISPRS U. V. Helava Best Paper Award 2016.