Congratulations to Deanna Xu Yi Nam, an undergraduate student at LSGI, for receiving the 'For Our Future Scholarship' for the 2023/24 academic year. This prestigious scholarship, awarded by The Greater Bay Area Homeland Youth Community Foundation, aims to recognize and support local university students who demonstrate exceptional academic performance with diverse talents, and a strong dedication to community service. Out of over 250 applicants fr

17 Apr 2024

Heartfelt Congratulations to Miss Jenny CHAN Chi Yin, our LSGI student, on being selected as the awardee of the ‘Outstanding Student Award 2023’ at the departmental level for her remarkable accomplishments! Jenny was honoured with the award by Prof. TENG Jun Guang, the President of PolyU, at the Presentation Ceremony on 26 March 2024. We are proud of her well-deserved achievements. The Outstanding Student Awards of PolyU aim to recognise full-tim

26 Mar 2024

We are thrilled to announce that PolyU has established strategic framework partnership with Hexagon, a global leader in digital reality and industrial 4.0 solutions, to join forces in advancing cutting-edge technology and innovation. On 8-9 March, Prof. Wu CHEN, Head of Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) at PolyU, led the university delegation to visit the Qingdao Hexagon Smart Park and sign a framework MoU with Hexagon Leic

15 Mar 2024

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Qihao WENG, Chair Professor of Geomatics and Artificial Intelligence at LSGI in PolyU, has received the 2024 AAG Wilbanks Prize for Transformational Research in Geography on 6 March 2024. This prestigious award is presented by the American Association of Geographers (AAG), an organisation that brings together over ten thousand members of the global geographic community. The Wilbanks Prize is awarded to geogra

8 Mar 2024

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Komal Kumari, an alumna of LSGI, has been honoured with the Best Researcher Award 2024 at the “International Research Awards on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems”. This prestigious award recognises the exceptional research accomplishments and contributions of scientists, innovators, and experimenters in the field of Agriculture. Dr. Komal Kumari completed her PhD degree in 2022 under the supervision of

1 Mar 2024

We are pleased to announce that Miss XU Yi Nam Deanna, a final-year BSc student of LSGI, won the Team Award for Highest International Potential at the SDG Open Hack@Tsinghua University in 2023. The SDG Open Hack is a competition focused on innovative entrepreneurship, organized by the Tsignhua University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Coordination Committee in collaboration with Tsinghua x-lab, iCenter, Center for Global Competence Dev

28 Feb 2024

We are pleased to announce that two of our BSc students from LSGI, Miss SIT Fei Ching and Mr MOK Ka Him, have been awarded with the Outstanding Dissertation Awards 2023 by the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors for their excellent performance in the final year projects. This prestigious award aims to recognize students who have displayed excellence in their pursuit of knowledge in surveying and the built environment by producing outstanding researc

21 Feb 2024

The Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) is organizing a STEAM Talk Series with the aim of introducing daily life applications and potential developments in Geo-Informatics. The series will cover a wide range of topics, including Land Surveying, Remote Sensing, Global Positioning System (GPS), Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Geographic Information Science (GIS), and Underground Utilities Imaging and Diagnosis. We are

31 Jan 2024

Mr CHAN Ka Kit Zeno, a student from MSc in Urban Informatics and Smart Cities (Class of 2024), with his team has won the Silver Award in the category of “BIM Project - Private Development” in The Hong Kong Institute of Building Information Modelling (HKIBIM) Award 2023. The award presentation was successfully held on 26 Jan 2024. Under supervision of Sr Dr Lawrence Lau, Lecturer of LSGI, Zeno selected a topic on using Building Information Modelli

29 Jan 2024

To honor the upcoming 80th anniversary of World War II in 2025, the project titled "Unfolding the Lost WWII Heritage: Promotion of Geo-spatial and Geophysical Technologies” was held on 6-7 January at the Camptopia campsite in Sheung Shui. The project aims to raise public awareness of historical interpretation, heritage conservation, and STEAM education through integrated art-tech exhibitions. Led by Ir Dr Wallace Lai, Associate Head of LSGI, a gr

9 Jan 2024