New Thinking in GIScience (PDF)

modeling and scenario analysis. His signature work on spatial prediction in soil mapping (digital soil mapping) was showcased at a 2003 U.S. congressional briefing on the role of geographic information science and technology in meeting the nation's scientific, economic, and social needs.




Cuizhen Wang, Ph.D., is a full professor of Geography at University of South Carolina, USA. Her primary research interests are bio-environmental remote sensing and Digital Earth. Specific training and expertise include optical and radar remote sensing, satellite time series, image-based deep learning, small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) and a wide spectrum of environmental applications. Dr. Wang's research and education are embraced in Big Earth Data that harmonizes all remotely sensed data of Earth observations to promote environmental health and sustainability. Dr. Wang is the 2020-2021 President of the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Sciences (CPGIS). She is a Council Member of the International Society of Digital Earth, a U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) Subject Matter Expert in Remote Sensing and Image Analysis, and on the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Interagency Drone Users Consortium (SCiDUC).




Hui Lin, Ph.D., Professor and Dean of the School of Geography and Environment, Jiangxi Normal University of China, and Emeritus Professor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Fellow of British Academy of Social Science, Founding President and Honorary President of the International Chinese Association of Geographic Information Science (CPGIS), Vice Chairman of China National Committee of International Society of Digital Earth, Co Editor-in-Chief of Computational Urban Science, and Honorary Editor-in-Chief of Annals of GIS. Professor Hui Lin's major research interests are in Virtual Geographic Environments (VGE) and radar satellite remote sensing. His academic achievement was recognized by the Miller Award from the Association of American Geographers (AAG), and the Outstanding Contribution Award from the Asian Association of Remote Sensing (AARS).