Prof. Xiaolin ZHU (right) and Dr. Xiaoyue TAN (left) have been honored with the Second-Class Award for their project titled “Key Technologies and Applications for Spatiotemporal Analysis of Urban Information using Nighttime Light Remote Sensing”.
We are delighted to announce that Prof. Xiaolin ZHU and Dr. Xiaoyue TAN from LSGI have been honored with the Second-Class Award in the 2025 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology) from the Ministry of Education (MoE) (2025年度教育部科學研究優秀成果獎—工程技術研究成果獎).
Their winning project, titled “Key Technologies and Applications for Spatiotemporal Analysis of Urban Information using Nighttime Light Remote Sensing” (夜光遙感城市資訊時空分析關鍵技術及應用), addresses critical challenges in the extraction and analysis of urban spatiotemporal information.
Unlike traditional remote sensing data, nighttime light remote sensing possesses the unique capability to capture dynamic changes in artificial light sources. Leveraging this advantage, the team developed innovative theories, methods, and technologies that couple human-land relationships. Their work has successfully established a comprehensive framework for the spatiotemporal analysis of urban information via nighttime light remote sensing. The project has yielded significant academic and practical impacts. It has secured multiple intellectual property rights and has been successfully applied to the data processing and urban information inversion of multiple satellites. These applications have generated remarkable economic and social benefits.
This achievement was a collaborative effort involving several prestigious institutions and industry partners, including East China Normal University, Fuzhou University, Beijing Normal University, the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Anhui Normal University, Sun Yat-sen University, Shanghai Readearth Information Technology Co., Ltd, Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd., and the Shanghai Institute of Surveying and Mapping.
The Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology) were established by the Ministry of Education to encourage faculty and researchers in higher education institutions to engage in scientific innovation and result transformation that align with national strategies and societal needs. The award recognizes outstanding achievements and significant contributions to talent cultivation in natural sciences and engineering technology.
Congratulations to Prof. ZHU, Dr. TAN, and their collaborators on this well-deserved recognition!
