Prof. Jonathan Li

Jonathan Li received a PhD degree in geomatics engineering from the University of Capetown, South Africa, in 2000. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Geography and Environmental Management and Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada. He is also a Founding Member of the Waterloo Artificial Intelligence Institute. His research interests include AI-based information extraction from mobile LiDAR point clouds and Earth observation images. He has co-authored more than 450 publications, more than 260 of which were published in refereed journals, including IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, and ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, and Remote Sensing of Environment. He is currently the Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, and Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. He was a recipient of the ISPRS Samuel Gamble Award in 2020.