Group Members

Group Members

postdoc Researcher

• Zhuoxiao Li (since Jul. 2025), PhD from University of Liverpool
  Research fields: 3D Reconstruction, Gaussian Splatting.

Ph.D. students

• Tongyan Hua (from Sep. 2024), MSc from TU Delft and Leiden University.
  Research fields: 3D city reconstruction, NeRF and SLAM.
• Shuai Zhang (from Sep. 2024), MSc from Sun Yat-sen University.
  Research fields: Point cloud processing and foundation model.
• Yunlei Su (since Jan. 2025), MSc from National University of Singapore. Pre Front-end Engineer at CSCI.
  Research fields: Digital Twin City and HCI, 3D visualization, human-centric urban design.
• Jing Ou (since Sep. 2025), MEng at Chongqing University.
  Research fields: 3D vision，3D city localization and reconstruction.

• Liwei Zou (since Sep. 2025), MSc from School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University.
  Research fields: Multimodal data mining, Disaster analysis, Urban resilience.

• Liang Zeng (PhD student @KULeuven, co-supervisor) (since Oct. 2022), MSc from TU Delft.
  Research fields: Self-supervised learning, computer vision, multi-modal remote sensing processing.
• Suzanna Cuypers (PhD student @KULeuven, co-supervisor) (since Oct. 2022), MSc from KU Leuven.
  Research fields: Deep leanrning for remote sensing image analysis, land use classification.

Master students

• Junxing Luo (since Jan. 2024), BSc from South China Normal University.
  Research fields: Built environment and infrastructure assessment, human mobility analysis.
• Mingchen Li (since Sep. 2024), BEng from Zhejiang University.
  Research fields: Multi-agent social simulation, time series, computational social science.
• Tengxi Wang (since Sep. 2024), BSc from Shandong University of Science and Technology.
  Research fields: Remote sensing image analysis, time series analysis, machine learning.
• Yumiao Xiao (since Sep. 2024), BSc from Beijing Normal University.
  Research fields: Terrestrial carbon cycle, spatio-temporal data analysis, plant ecology.
• Chenyuan Zhu (since Aug.- 2024), China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing.
  Research fields: Remote sensing image analysis and 3D modeling.

Research Assistant

• Zongrong Li (since Jun. 2024), MSc at the University of Southern California, enrolled as a PhD student at Texas A&M University.
  Research fields: GeoAI, CityLLM.
• Zhongcheng Hong (since Jul. 2024), MSc from South China University of Technology, soon to be enrolled as a PhD student at Auckland University of Technology.
  Research fields: 3D reconstruction & Self-supervised visual task.
• Wenbo Lv (since Aug. 2024), BSc at Shaanxi Normal University.
  Research fields: Spatiotemporal statistics, Remote sensing image processing.
• Yinrui Ren (since Aug. 2024), MSc at South China Normal University.
  Research fields: Deep learning and remote sensing image analysis.
• Shuxian Shi (since Jul. 2025), MSc from East China Normal University.
  Research fields: Remote sensing applications and urban environmental monitoring.
• Zhecheng Shi (since Jul. 2025), BSc at Northeastern University.
  Research fields: Computer vision & Point cloud processing
• Bingchen Li (since Mar. 2025), MSc from University of Southern California.
  Research fields: Urban Economics & Regional Economics.

Visiting Students

• Xiaoyu Li (since Sep. 2025), BSc from Beijing Forestry University.
  Research fields: UAV remote sensing, environmental monitoring and LULC classification.
• Yongli Tang (since June. 2025), MSc from Lanzhou University.
  Research fields: Built environment, urban heat islands and urban greenery.
• Hongyu Ye (since Jul. 2025), MSc from TU Delft
  Research fields: Spatial big data applications and 3D city modelling and simulation.

Visiting Scholars

• Dr. Shaoqing Dai, Assistant research fellow at Wuhan University, PhD from ITC University of Twente.
  Research fields: Spatial-temporal data analysis, geo-health, spatial statistics.
• Jin Huang, PhD candidate at TUDelft 3D Geoinformation Group.
  Research fields: 3D city reconstruction, computer graphics.
• Ruqiao Jiang, Deputy Dean of SIPSG Smart City Research Institute.
  Research fields: Big geodata processing.
• Xijing Huang (since July. 2025), VP/Engineer fellow at Mengzi Digital Industry Investment and Development Co., MSW from Beijing Normal-HongKong Baptist University.
  Research fields: Multi-agent social simulation, Agent-Based Modeling, Computational social science.

Alumni

• Ke Xu (since Dec. 2024-Jul. 2025), BSc from Dalian University of Technology, enrolled as a PhD student at HKUST.
  
• Rui ZHANG (Dec. 2024- Jul. 2025), MSc from Southern University of Science and Technology, enrolled as a PhD student at Aarhus Universitet.
  
• Guanyu Hou (Jun.- Dec. 2024), MSc from Chinese Academy of Sciences, soon to be enrolled as a PhD student at Texas A&M University.
  
• Daxu Wei (Jun.- Dec. 2024), MSc from Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.\
• Hongrong Wang (since Jan. 2025- Jun. 2025), BSc from Guangdong University of Technology.
  
• Zhiyuan Xu (Apr.- Jul. 2024), enrolled as PhD student at University of Bristol. BSc from Harbin University of Science and Technology and MSc from University of Bristol. Pre Back‑end Engineer at Huawei and ByteDance.
  
• Honglin Ren (Aug.- Jan. 2024), MSc at The University of Hong Kong, BSc from Southeast University.
  
• Juran Zhang (Mar.- May 2024), MSc from UC Davis, and pre Team Lead at Amazon.
  
• Taiyu Zhao (Jun.-Aug. 2024), BSc from Wuhan University, MSc at University of Cambridge