Speaker:         Prof Lei Yan, Peking University, P. R. China

Abstract: In this talk, I will present some of our recent work in high resolution remote sensing, which mainly covers Puzzle of Close-range Cartesian-Coordinate Photogrammetry, the construction of Aerospace Polar-Coordinate Photogrammetry benchmark, the Creation of Digital Base-Height Ratio for precision benchmark and Optical-Field 3D directly Imaging and its Benchmark. I will also present the development and applications of polarization remote sensing in remote sensing and space industry.

About the speaker: Yan Lei received the PhD degree from Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China, in 1994, and has been a full Professor with the Earth & Space Science School, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China, and the Head of Spatial Information Integration & Its Applications Beijing Key Laboratory since 2002.

Yan’s professional expertise encompasses the principles, the methods and the instruments of polarization remote sensing; He deeply studied in high resolution remote sensing and calibration, and quantitatively studied the spatial, temporal, spectral and radiometric resolution of remote sensing, as well as designing the target for field calibration; A new generation of high speed image processing system was developed based on the polar coordinate and the functional characterization of the digital base-height ratio, which can process the aerospace remote sensing image in high precision and high speed. He also studied in the methods and techniques of remote sensing control theory, and specially researched in intelligent fusion of information, parallel calculation and processing, fault-tolerance reconstruction and fuzzy control against the problems in the precision, the real-time performance, the reliability and the complexity of the remote sensing system. An intelligent photography technique was developed as well as the Advanced Photo System. His researches in electrostatic suspension technique and the inertial sensors promoted the systematic studying of the technology and its application. He received a number of awards in his research fields, including three 2nd awards for Scientific and Technological Progress from State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping of P. R. China in 2008 on the development of multi-purpose Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Remote Sensing System, on System Theory and Matching Algorithm Simulation of Underwater Navigation System Based on Geological Features in 2007, and on Spatial Information Real-time Service and Positioning Navigation System in 2006, respectively.

Professor Yan has published widely, serving on several editorial boards and has a number of related patents.