Qihao Weng

Qihao Weng (born June 1964) is an American geographer, urban, environmental sustainability, and remote sensing scientist. He is a Chair Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University since July 2021. Weng was the Director of the Center for Urban and Environmental Change (since July 2004) and a professor of geography in the Department of Earth and Environmental Systems at the Indiana State University, and became a Professor Emeritus in 2024.

Weng is currently the Lead of the Group on Earth Observations' (GEO) Global Urban Observation and Information Initiative. He is also an editor-in-chief of ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, the official peer-reviewed publication of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Additionally, he serves as the book series editor of Taylor & Francis Series in Remote Sensing Applications and Taylor & Francis Series in Imaging Science.

Weng is an elected foreign member of Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe), a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Association of Geographers, the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, and the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association. Provided by Wikipedia