HUI YANG, PhD / PROFESSOR

 

Professor Yang ,a native of Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, is recognized as a Young Scholar under the National Major Talent Project, a Distinguished Expert of the "Tianchi Talent" Program as part of the "2+5" Key Talent Initiative in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, an Outstanding Female Teacher of Xuzhou City, and a University Teaching Master (Class A). She currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Jiangsu Provincial Public Technology Service Platform for Greenhouse Gas Emission Accounting and Monitoring.

Professor Yang holds numerous academic and professional leadership roles, including Deputy Chair of the Big Data and Digital Earth Science Committee of the Chinese Society for Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry; Member of the Virtual Geographic Environment Committee of the China National Committee of the International Society for Digital Earth; Deputy Chair of the Information Geography Committee of the Jiangsu Geographical Society; Member of the Youth Working Committee of the Jiangsu Geographical Society (2014–2018); Council Member of the Jiangsu University Geography Discipline Alliance; Senior Member of the China Computer Federation (CCF); Lifetime Member of the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Sciences (CPGIS); and a member of both IEEE and ACM.

She has led 16 provincial- and ministerial-level or above research projects, including a task under the Third Xinjiang Comprehensive Scientific Expedition Project and projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. She has authored or co-authored 89 journal articles, of which 40 are as the first or corresponding author. She holds 15 authorized national invention patents and 21 software copyrights. Her contributions have been recognized with 12 scientific research awards, including the Special Prize for Geographic Information Science and Technology Progress, the First Prize for Surveying, Mapping, and Geoinformation Science and Technology Progress in Jiangsu Province, and the First Prize for Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology in Xinjiang.

Area of Specialization

Professor Yang's main area of specialization is Monitoring and simulation of spatio-temporal processes of GHG emissions and she has been working on research projects related to:

•  ˜ Intelligent Carbon Monitoring    

•  ˜ Geographic Information

•  ˜ Multi-Platform Data Fusion

•  ˜ Geoscience Education Innovation

Professional Services

professor Yang is an individual member of the following professional societies/associations:

•  ˜ Membership  of China Computer Federation

•  ˜ Lifetime member，International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Sciences

•  ˜ Membership  of Association for Computing Machinery

•  ˜ Membership  of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Licensure, Certifications, and Professional Qualifications (if applicable)

• Qualification Certificate of Computer and Software Technology Proficiency , [2006 / Active]

Leadership in Research and Institutional Building

• Professor Yang Hui has demonstrated outstanding research leadership and institutional development capabilities in the fields of Geographic Information Science, carbon monitoring, and Earth system modeling. Her leadership is primarily reflected in the following areas:

• Construction of Research Platforms and Centers:

• Jiangsu Province Greenhouse Gas Emission Accounting and Monitoring Technology Public Service Platform: Since 2022, serving as the Deputy Director, she has been responsible for the platform's strategic planning, technological system development, and the enhancement of its public service capabilities. The platform aims to provide an authoritative public technical service for accurate greenhouse gas accounting, dynamic monitoring, and decision support for Jiangsu Province and the nation.

• Department of Earth Information Science, China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT): From 2020 to 2023, as the Department Chair, she was fully responsible for discipline construction, faculty development, talent cultivation, and research management. She promoted the deep integration and innovation of Earth Information Science and Technology with national strategic needs in resources, environment, and carbon neutrality.

• Program Head for Earth Information Science and Technology: Since 2021, as the head of this national-level first-class undergraduate program, she led the development of a new engineering reform plan oriented towards the "Digital China" and "Dual Carbon" strategies, including curriculum system restructuring and practical teaching platform construction.

• Leadership in Major Research Programs and Strategic Initiatives:

• The Third Xinjiang Comprehensive Scientific Expedition Project: As the project leader, she chaired the sub-project "Comprehensive Assessment and Data Integration of Ecological and Environmental Impacts of Energy and Resource Development on the Northern Slope of the Tianshan Mountains." This is a large-scale, interdisciplinary, and cross-institutional comprehensive research program. She coordinated teams from ecology, environment, remote sensing, geographic information, and other fields, establishing a research system for the systematic assessment and data integration of the eco-environmental effects of regional energy development.

• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) International Project: As the principal investigator, she led the "International Climate Change Space Observatory Demonstration Project (OpenGCS)". This project serves as a significant example of international collaboration. She successfully organized an international team to conduct demonstration research on online monitoring of geological carbon storage using spatial information technology, enhancing China's international influence and cooperation network in this field.

• Industry-Academia-Research Collaboration and Team Building:

• Cultivation of Interdisciplinary Research Teams: By securing and leading a series of competitive research projects, including those from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth, General, International Cooperation) and National Key R&D Program sub-projects, she successfully established and leads a stable, high-level research team integrating Geographic Information Science, remote sensing, atmospheric science, environmental engineering, and computer science. The team has developed distinctive strengths in areas such as carbon satellite data assimilation, greenhouse gas flux inversion, and multi-scale carbon cycle modeling.

• Industrial Technology R&D and Translation: Actively promoting the application of research outcomes, she collaborated with enterprises and institutions such as Nanjing Beidou Innovation & Application Technology Research Institute and Jiangsu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources Design. She led horizontal projects like "Assessment of Regional Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Sink Capacity Using a Multi-Model Coupling Approach" and "Research on Carbon Emission Monitoring and Detection Technology," translating theoretical methods into applicable technical solutions, demonstrating strong leadership in industry-academia-research collaborative innovation.

• Teaching Reform and Talent Cultivation Hub Development: Leading several major educational reform projects funded by sources like the China University Industry-University-Research Innovation Fund, Jiangsu Province's Key Projects on Degree and Postgraduate Education Teaching Reform, and Jiangsu Higher Education Society, she is committed to exploring cultivation pathways for top innovative talents in Earth Sciences in the digital intelligence era. She has constructed an innovative talent cultivation model of industry-education integration for smart education, with related achievements receiving national-level teaching awards, highlighting her pioneering role in education and teaching reform.

• Academic Community and Service:

• Serves as an Associate Editor for Canadian Journal of Remote Sensingand a Youth Editorial Board Member for International Journal of Mining Science and Technologyand Journal of Spatio-Temporal Information, actively contributing to the development of international and domestic academic journals.

• Holds positions such as Deputy Chair of the Committee of Big Data and Digital Earth Sciences (Chinese Society of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry), Standing Director of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions Geography Discipline Alliance, Council Member of the Jiangsu Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Society, and Member of relevant committees. She actively participates in disciplinary development planning, academic exchange organization, and industry standard discussions.

• In summary, through systematically constructing research platforms, leading major strategic projects, promoting industry-academia-research integration, reforming talent cultivation models, and serving the academic community, Professor Yang Hui has established a significant leadership position in the fields of Earth Information Science and carbon management, making substantial contributions to the capacity building and long-term development of related institutions.

Research Impact, Translation, and Knowledge Mobilization

• Co-PI, Jiangsu Province Greenhouse Gas Emission Accounting and Monitoring Tech. Public Service Platform, 2022-Present

• Jiangsu Provincial Government / China University of Mining and Technology

• As Deputy Director, led strategic planning and core tech development for this provincial platform. Directly contributed to standardizing GHG accounting protocols and establishing a unified data repository, providing critical decision-support for provincial "Dual Carbon" policy formulation, corporate compliance, and emissions trading. This represents a major translation of research into public governance infrastructure.

• Principal Investigator, SCO International Climate Change Space Observatory (OpenGCS) , 2021-2023

• The Third Xinjiang Comprehensive Scientific Expedition / Ministry of Science and Technology

• Led an international team to demonstrate space-based monitoring for geological carbon storage. The project's outcomes were incorporated into the "China Space Climate Observation Platform and Green Book on Global Climate Change Response," enhancing China's profile in climate tech and promoting global knowledge sharing on satellite monitoring for carbon management.

• Project Lead, Ecological Impact Assessment of Energy Development (Tianshan North Slope) , 2022-2025

• The Third Xinjiang Comprehensive Scientific Expedition / Ministry of Science and Technology

• Led a sub-project to develop an integrated assessment and data fusion framework for evaluating the eco-environmental impacts of energy/resource development. The methodology and patent (ZL202310835548.7) directly inform regional sustainable development policies, land-use planning, and ecological restoration strategies for local governments.

• Inventor, Key Patents for Geological CO2 Storage Leakage Monitoring , 2011-2024

• China National Intellectual Property Administration

• Holds core invention patents for WSN-based real-time monitoring systems and node optimization for geological CO2 storage (e.g., ZL201710250916.6, ZL201210404002.8). These patents represent translational R&D output from fundamental research to deployable hardware/software solutions, addressing a critical technical gap in CCUS safety and enabling potential commercialization.

• Academic Editor & Society Committee Member ,2019-Present

• Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing (Associate Editor); Intl. Journal of Mining Science & Tech. (Youth Ed.); Chinese Society of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry; Jiangsu Geographical Society

• Active service in editorial roles and academic committees facilitates knowledge mobilization by shaping research discourse, setting publication standards, and organizing scholarly exchanges. This work amplifies the reach of research within the global geospatial and carbon science communities and contributes to discipline building.

Guide Students to Win Awards

• The 12th National Graduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (“Zhongguancun Youth Federation Cup”), First Prize, China Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center of the Ministry of Education, 2015.12

• The 11th National Graduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (“Huawei Cup”), Second Prize, China Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center of the Ministry of Education     2014.12

• The 6th China International “Internet+” College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, Second Prize, Jiangsu “Internet+” College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Organizing Committee, 2020.09

• 2016 ESRI Cup China College Students GIS Software Development Competition, Third Prize, China Society of Surveying and Mapping           ,2016.10

• 2017 ESRI Cup China College Students GIS Software Development Competition, Third Prize, China Society of Surveying and Mapping           ,2017.09

• ESRI Cup National College Students GIS Blog Competition, First Prize, Anhui Geographic Information Center, 2016.12

• The 1st China Earth Science Big Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence Challenge, First Prize, Chinese Society for Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry, 2019.04

• The 1st China Earth Science Big Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence Challenge, Second Prize, Chinese Society for Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry, 2019.04

• Asia-Pacific Mathematical Contest in Modeling, Second Prize, Organizing Committee of Asia-Pacific Mathematical Contest in Modeling, 2018

• Outstanding Achievement Award for Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Jiangsu Annual Conference on Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, Jiangsu Society of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, 2019.12

• The 11th “Sharing Cup” Competition, Excellence Award, National Earth System Science Data Center, 2024.04

• The 1st China Big Data Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (Innovation Track), Successful Participation Award (Supervisor), Review Committee of the 1st China Big Data Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, 2013.12

Invited Lectures, Keynotes, and Major Presentations

• A Data-Knowledge Synergy-Driven Method for Constructing Knowledge Graph of Associated Minerals, 2025.11.01

• Geological Science and Technology Frontier Forum No. 5, Live online

• Multi-scale Analysis and Modeling of Urban Carbon Emissions Driven by Satellite-Ground Collaboration, 2025.10.24

• The Innovation and The Innovation Geoscience, the meeting location is in Nanjing

• A Data-Knowledge Synergy-Driven Method for Constructing Knowledge Graph of Associated Minerals, 2025.10.13

• Geological Society of China, the meeting location is in Zhuhai

• Spatiotemporal Process Analysis and Modeling of Carbon Sources and Sinks in Energy Resource Development, 2025.09.27

• Science Bulletin, the meeting location is in Zhengzhou

• A Deep Fusion Method for Multi-source Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration Observation Data, 2025.08.17

• The Geographical Society of China and Chengdu University of Technology, the meeting location is in Chengdu

• Digitally Intelligent-Driven Innovative Design and Capacity Enhancement of Geoinformatics Courses, 2025.08.14

• China Geographic Information Industry Association, the meeting location is in Chuzhou

• AI-Empowered Innovative Design of Spatial Analysis and Modeling Course, 2025.08.06

• Xinjiang Normal University, East China Normal University, and Shihezi University, the meeting location is in Urumqi

• Remote Sensing Monitoring and Simulation of Spatiotemporal Processes of Carbon Emissions from Energy Resource Development   ,2025.07.28

• The Chinese Society for Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography, and the School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University, the meeting location is in Kunming

• Spatiotemporal Process Monitoring of Carbon Sources and Sinks in Energy Resource Development, 2025.05.28

• China University of Mining and Technology, the meeting location is in Xuzhou

• Geological Carbon Storage Monitoring Platform (OpenGCS), 2025.04.24

• International Conference on Space for Climate Change, the meeting location is in Shanghai

• Spatiotemporal Process Monitoring of Carbon Sources and Sinks in Energy Resource Development, 2025.04.11

• China University of Geosciences, the meeting location is in Wuhan

• An Online Monitoring Method for Geological Carbon Sequestration Leakage Based on Space-Air-Ground Integration, 2024.04.27

• The Big Data and Mathematical Geoscience Committee of the Chinese Society for Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry, the meeting location is in Chengdu

• Super-Resolution Reconstruction of Satellite CO2 Observation Data Based on SRCNN, 2022.11.13

• Spatial Big Data Committee of the China National Committee of the International Society for Digital Earth, the meeting location is in Wuhan

• Monitoring of geological carbon sequestration, 2022.09.13

• UN/AUSTRIA symposium 2022, Space for climate action: experiences and best practices in mitigating and adapting to climate change and supporting sustainability on Earth, Live online

• OpenGCS(Geological CO2 storage) Monitoring platform ,2021.04.23

• ESA-SCO International webinar, Live online

Community, Industry, Government, or Clinical Engagement

•  Deputy Director, Jiangsu Province Greenhouse Gas Emission Accounting and Monitoring Technology Public Service Platform, 2022-Present

• Jiangsu Provincial Department of Science and Technology

• This role involves direct partnership with provincial government bodies to operationalize a key technological platform for climate governance. Responsibilities include aligning platform development with policy needs, ensuring data outputs serve regulatory reporting (e.g., provincial carbon inventory), and facilitating knowledge transfer to government users, thereby directly engaging in policy implementation.

• Technical Advisor/Principal Investigator, Industry-Academia R&D Projects, 2022-2026

• Nanjing Beidou Innovation & Application Technology Research Institute; Jiangsu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources Design; Suzhou Chengfang Information Technology Co., Ltd.

• Through multiple horizontal projects, established sustained partnerships with industry. Served as a technical advisor/bridge, translating academic research on carbon sink assessment, emission monitoring, and traffic algorithms into customized solutions for partner enterprises. This engagement demonstrates tangible contribution to industrial technology innovation and problem-solving.

• Contributor, Space Climate Observatory (SCO) International Project, 2021-2023

• Space Climate Observatory (SCO)

• As PI for the OpenGCS project, engaged with an international multilateral organization. This involved not only technical leadership but also adherence to UN reporting standards, participation in international workshops, and contributing to global public goods (knowledge products like the Green Book), representing significant engagement with the global development community.

• Member, Academic Committees of Provincial Societies and Associations, 2019-Present

• Jiangsu Geographical Society; Jiangsu Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Society; etc.

• Participation in these committees involves reviewing industry standards, planning academic activities, and advising on disciplinary development within the province. This constitutes formal service to the professional community, influencing the direction of the geospatial and environmental sectors in Jiangsu.

Media, Public Scholarship, and Outreach

• Contributing Author, "China Space Climate Observation Platform and Green Book on Global Climate Change Response" , 2025

• SCO China Office of Space Climate Observation Station

• Co-authored a chapter on online monitoring of geological carbon sequestration. This publication, associated with a UN demonstration project, represents public scholarship aimed at policymakers, researchers, and the informed public, disseminating advanced concepts of space-based climate monitoring to a broader audience.

• Public Science Lecture on "Smart Earth and Carbon Neutrality" ,2021

• Jinlonghu Lecture Hall, People's Government of Xuzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone

• Delivered a lecture explaining how technologies like remote sensing, IoT, and AI contribute to understanding and managing the carbon cycle. This event served as outreach to students and the local community, promoting scientific literacy on climate change and sustainability.

Monitoring and simulation of spatio-temporal processes of carbon emissions