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Dr. Steve Hung-Ling Liang

PhD

Positions

Professor

Schulich School of Engineering, Department of Geomatics Engineering

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Office: +1 (403) 220-4703

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Background

Educational Background

B.Sc. Geomatics Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, 1999

Doctor of Philosophy Earth and Space Science, York University, 2007

Biography

Dr. Liang is currently a professor and the Rogers Internet of Things Research Chair at the University of Calgary and director of the GeoSensorWeb Laboratory. He is also the founder and CTO of SensorUp Inc, that builds software-defined digital infrastructure for real-time data-driven operations and decision making. In 2013, he was chosen one of Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40 by Avenue Magazine. Dr. Liang has been an invited speaker at universities and industries in 11 countries, and held the AITF-Microsoft Industry Research Chair on the Open Sensor Web from 2011 to 2014.

Research

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Energy innovations for today and tomorrow

Engineering solutions for health

Human dynamics in a changing world

Awards

  • Startup of the Year, Alberta Science and Technology Foundation (ASTech). 2019
  • TecTerra North51 Influencer of the Year Finalist, TecTerra. 2018
  • TecTerra North51 Most Disruptive Technology Finalist, TecTerra. 2018
  • TecTerra North51 Product of the Year Finalist, TecTerra. 2018
  • TecTerra North51 Startup of the Year, TecTerra. 2018
  • Killam Emerging Research Leader Award, Killam Laureates. 2016

Publications

  • An Internet of Things (IoT) Approach for Automatic Context Detection. S. Liang; M. R. Malek; S. Ojagh; S. Saeedi. 2018 IEEE 9th Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON). (2018)
  • Using the Internet of Things to Monitor Human and Animal Uses of Industrial Linear Features. James Badger; Kan Luo; Steve Liang; Sara Saeedi. Springer Lecture Note in Computer Science. (2018)
  • Applying discrete global grid systems to sensor networks and the Internet of Things. M. Purss; P. Peterson; R. Gibb; S. Saeedi; S. Liang; F. Samavati; J. Ben; C. Dow. 2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). (2017)
  • Open standard IoT prototype for vegetation recovery monitoring. Sara Saeedi; Hung-Ling (Steve) Liang. Boreal Ecosystem Recovery & Assessment (BERA) Fall Workshop 2018. (2017)
  • Automatically predicting micro-climates using dynamic time warping. Hung-Ling (Steve) Liang; Soroush Ojagh. Boreal Ecosystem Recovery & Assessment (BERA) Fall Workshop 2018. (2018)
  • Boreal forest environment monitoring using IoT. Kan Luo; Hung-Ling (Steve) Liang. Boreal Ecosystem Recovery & Assessment (BERA) Fall Workshop 2018. (2018)
  • Human/Animal Footprints Monitoring Using Internet Of Things. Hung-Ling (Steve) Liang; Kan Luo. Boreal Ecosystem Recovery & Assessment (BERA) Fall Workshop 2017. (2017)
  • Using OGC SensorThings for Boreal Environmental Monitoring.. Hung-Ling (Steve) Liang; Sara Saeedi. Boreal Ecosystem Recovery & Assessment (BERA) Fall Workshop 2017. (2017)
  • Symbology Encoding Using CartoCSS to Support Complex Symbols. James Badge; Hung-Ling (Steve) Liang; Soroush Ojagh; Sara Saeedi. Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada 2019. (2019)

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