Technical Seminar - A Brief from Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to Wetland Identification 

Date: 7 April 2017 (Friday)

Time: 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 5, THEi Building (Tsing Yi)

**The lecture will be conducted in English**

~ All attendees will receive an attendance certificate for their CPD log ~

Prof. Sheng-Guo Wang is a tenured full professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte), USA.  Currently he is a US Fulbright senior scholar at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University of 2016–2017.  He was also a British Council scholar of 1989-1990 at the Strathclyde University in Glasgow, UK.  He received his B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from University of Science and Technology of China in 1967 and 1981 respectively, and PhD in electrical and computer engineering from University of Houston in 1994.

He has been the PI for numerous research projects since 1974. Prof. Wang is a recipient of China National Science Conference Prize 1978, one of the highest academic awards in China, and many other academic awards, e.g., his recent NCDOT research project, titled “Improvements to NCDOT’s Wetland Prediction Model” (4-30-2012 ~ 8-15-2014), has won a US national 2015 “Sweet 16” High Value Research Award recognized by AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) and RAC (Research Advisory Committee), 2015, and also been acknowledged at 2016 TRB (Transportation Research Board) Annual Meeting, National Academies of Sciences-Engineering-Medicine, Jan. 2016.