Chen-Chieh Feng

I am currently an associate professor of the Department of Geography at National University of Singapore and is part of the Tropical Environmental Change research group. I also direct the MSc (Applied GIS) programme in the department. My research interests fall under the general theme of geographic information science with focus on formal ontology and spatial cognition, qualitative description of spatial features, volunteered geographic information, and innovative means for geographic information retrieval. I believe all these themes are important to improve current geospatial information technologies, both in terms of the quality of spatial data and the efficiency of geocomputation.

The use of various geospatial technologies, which include but not limit to geographic information systems, remote sensing, GPS/WiFi/cell phone, and geo-tagged social media, to ensure sustainable development of cities are also of my research interests. Currently, my work in this direction involves spatial big data analytics, movement and trajectory analyses, public health issues in Asia.

Academic Qualification

• PhD, 2004, Geography, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
• MS, 1996, Geography, National Taiwan University
• BS, 1994, Geography, National Taiwan University

Companies

• Associate Professor National University of Singapore (2014)
• Assistant Professor National University of Singapore (2008 — 2014)
• Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin-Parkside (2004 — 2006)

HONOURS

• Outstanding Poster Presentation, GIS analysis of physical geographical parameters of Opisthorchis viverrini in Northeastern Thailand. The 96 Years of Opisthorchiasis: Past, Present and Future, International Congress of Liver Flukes, 2011, Khon Kaen, Thailand (With Wang Y-C, Sithithaworn P, and Feng Y)
• Best paper award, Ontology-based data exchange and integration: An experience in cyberinfrastructure of sensor network based monitoring system. The Fourth International Conference on Advances in Semantic Processing, 2010, Florence, Italy (With Yu L)
• Finalist in GIS Specialty Group Student Paper Competition, Enhancement of hydrologic semantic checking capability for interoperable GIS and hydrologic models. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 2002, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• Second prize in the Student Paper Competition, Remote sensing classification error measurement. Second Conference of the Chinese Geographic Information Society, 1996, Taipei, Taiwan