邹维宝 Associate professor

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• Career: Associate professor
• Degree: PhD
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• Graduate School: The Hong Kong Polytechic University
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• Email: wb.zou@chd.edu.cn
• Address School: 西安市雁塔路126号
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  Jun.2001 - Oct.2004  PhD, 

      The Hong Kong Polytechnic University;

  Sept.1997 - Nov.2000 PhD,

      Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China

  Sept.1994 - Mar.1997  MPh, 

      Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China

  Sept.1985 - July 1989  BSc,

      Hefei University of Technology,Hefei, China.    

  
  

Weibao Zou received the M.Sc. degree in navigation & control in 1997, the Ph.D. degree in navigation, guidance & control in 2000, both from Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China, and the Ph.D. degree in remote sensing from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, in 2004.

He is with the College of Geology Engineering and Geomatics, Chang’an University, Xi’an, China as an Associate Professor. There are thirty six papers published in journals or conferences of internationally reputed standard. Eleven of them are SCI cited journals and twelve cited by EI. His research areas include multispectral satellite imagery classification, remote sensing image processing and co-registration; Digital Elevation Models (DEM) generated by Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) images; GIS; integrated navigation system, multi-sensors data fusion; Inertial Navigation System (INS), Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Global Position System (GPS), and digital map; image processing & classification using Neural Network and Wavelet Analysis; pattern recognition; features extraction from images with wavelet analysis and ICA; Deep learning.

Reviewer for International Conferences:

  1.   IGARSS 2008–2012,2015,2017      IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2008,  Boston,  Massachusetts,  U. S.;  IGARSS 2009, Cape Town, South Africa; IGARSS 2010,Honolulu,  Hawaii, USA; IGARSS 2011, Vancouver, Canada; IGARSS 2012, Munich, Germany; IGARSS 2015, Milan, Italy; IGARSS 2017, Texas, USA);

   2.  IJCNN 2007, 2009, 2012, 2016       International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2007, Orlando, Florida, U.S ; IJCNN 2009, Atlanta, GA, U.S.; IJCNN 2012, Brisbane, Australia; IJCNN 2016, Vancouver, Canada);

   3.  ISNN 2007      Fourth International Symposium on Neural Networks, Nanjing, China.

Reviewer for International Journals:

   2016     International Journal of Remote Sensing;

   2013     IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing;

   2012    Pattern Recognition Letters;

   2008    IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks;

   2007    IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters.

Research interests:

1. Classification of multispectral satellite imagery;

2.Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) images co-registration;

3. Digital Elevation Models (DEM) generated by InSAR images;

4. Image classification using Neural Network and Wavelet Analysis; 

5. Deep learning; pattern recognition;

6. Integrated navigation system, multi-sensors data fusion.

Teaching courses:

1.Undergraduate courses:

        a. Engineering Surveying（26069050Y，for oversea undergraduates，in English);

        b. Academic English.

2.Master course:

      a. Information extraction and fusion of remote sensing imagery（s2605549）；

3.Doctor courses:

      a. Information fusion of remote sensing imagery (b2605601）；

      b. Information extraction of remote sensing imagery（b2602601）；

4.Doctor course for oversea PhD students:

      a. Information extraction and fusion of remote sensing imagery（LB02001Y，in English).

Oct. 2010 – Sept. 2013   Improvement of Remote Sensing Image Classification in Urban Area Using Features Extracted by Wavelet Transform.

                                        Supported by the Special Fund for Basic Scientific Research of Central Colleges, Chang’an University, Xi’an, China

Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2010    Automatic Fusion of Multi-spectral Satellite Remote Sensing Image and InSAR Image Based on Mutil-resolution Wavelet Transformation.

                                        Supported by Guangdong Natural Science Fund.

                                        Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Shenzhen, China

Jan. 2008 – Dec. 2008     Determination of Optimum Window Size in InSAR Image Co-registration.

Supported by Shenzhen Bureau of Science Technology & Information Fund.

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Shenzhen,  China

Jan. 2007 – May 2008     Remotely Sensed Resource Monitoring Based on High Performance Computer.

Supported by Shenzhen Bureau of Science Technology & Information Fund (QK200611).

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Shenzhen,  China

Aug. 2005 – Dec. 2006    Adaptive Processing of Data Structures for Image Content Classification.

Supported by PolyU Fund (B-Q705).

Department of Electronic and Information Engineering,

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong  Kong

Nov. 2004 - Feb. 2005      Atmospheric Effects in Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) Measurements in HK and Southern China.

Supported by European Space Agency Fund (B.34.37.Q610).

Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics,

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

June 2001 – June 2004       Enhanced InSAR Technology for Monitoring Earth Surface Deformation.

                                            Supported by Research Grant Council of HK SAR (PolyU 5070/00E).

Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics,

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Journal Papers

1.W. Zou and Z. Li, 2013, Extraction of Interest Points by Harris Interest Operator for Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Co-registration, IET Image Processing, Vol. 7 (5): 500-513. (SCI paper).

2.W. Zou, 2013, Improvement of Panchromatic IKONOS Image Classification Based on Structural Neural Network, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7951:Advances in Neural Networks, part I: 411-420. (SCI paper).

3.C. Zhao, Q. Zhang, C. Yang and W. Zou, 2011, Integration of MODIS data and Short Baseline Subset (SBAS) technique for land subsidence monitoring in Datong, China, Journal of Geodynamics, Vol. 52: 16-23. (SCI paper. SCI impact factor 2010: 1.812).

4.W. Zou, Y. Li and A. Tang, 2009, Effects of the Numbers of Hidden Nodes Used in a Structured-based Neural Network on the Reliability of Image Classification, Neural Computing and Applications, Vol. 18 (3): 249-260. (SCI paper. SCI impact factor 2009: 0.812).

5.W. Zou, Y. Li, Z. Li and X. Ding, 2009, Improvement of the Accuracy of InSAR Image Co-registration---A Review. Sensors, 9: 1259-1281. (SCI paper. SCI impact factor 2009: 1.82).

6.W. Zou, Z. Chi and K. C. Lo, 2008,Improvement of Image Classification Using Wavelet Coefficients with Structured Based Neural Network，International Journal of Neural Systems, Vol. 18 (3): 195-205. (SCI paper. SCI impact factor 2008: 0.901)

7.W. Zou, Z. Li and X. Ding, 2007, Determination of optimum window size for SAR image co-registration with decomposition of auto-correlation, Photogrammetric Record, Vol. 22 (119): 237-255. (SCI paper. SCI impact factor 2007: 0.889).

8.W. Zou, Z. Li and X. Ding, 2006, Effects of the intervals of tiepoints used in co-registration on the accuracy of digital elevation models (DEM) generated by InSAR, Photogrammetric Record, Vol. 21(115): 232-254. (SCI paper. SCI impact factor 2006: 0.457).

9.W. Zou, K. C. Lo and Z. Chi, 2006,Structured-based Neural Network Classification of Images Using Wavelet Coefficients, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3972:Advances in Neural Networks, part II: 331-336. (SCI paper. SCI impact factor 2004: 0.513).

10.Z. Li, X. Ding, C. Huang, D. Zheng and W. Zou, 2006, Filtering Method for SAR Interferograms with Strong Noise, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 27(14): 2991-3000. (SCI paper. SCI impact factor 2006: 0.98).

11.Z. Li, W. Zou, X. Ding, Y. Chen and G. Liu, 2004, Quantitative Measures for the Quality of InSAR Interferogram Based on Phase Differences, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, Vol. 70(10): 1131-1137. (SCI paper. SCI impact factor 2004: 1.574).

Peer-reviewed Conference Papers

12.W. Zou, 2015, 3D Reconstruction of Building in Urban Areas by TerraSAR-X Data, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)'2015, Milan, Italy, 26-31 July 2015, 2995-2997. (ISTP, EI paper).

13.W. Zou, 2014, Improvement of Panchromatic IKONOS Image Classification Based on Structural Neural Network, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)'2014, Quebec, Canada, 13-18 July 2014, 1773-1776. (ISTP, EI paper).

14.W. Zou, W. Y. Yeung and A. Shaker, 2012, Neural Network Based Remote Sensing Image Classification in Urban Area, 2012 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2012), Brisbane,  Australia, 10-15 June, 2012. (EI paper)

15.W. Y. Yeung, A. Shaker and W. Zou, 2009, Panchromatic IKONOS Image Classification Using Wavelet Based Features, 2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference Science and Technology for Humanity, Toronto, Canada, 26-27 Sept., 2009. (EI paper）

16.W. Zou, Y. Li, 2007, Image Classification Using WaveletCoefficients in Low-pass Bands, 2007 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2007), Orlando, Florida, USA, 12-17 August, 2007. (ISTP, EI paper）

17.H. Fu, Z. Chi, D. Feng,W. Zou, K.C. Lo and X. Zhao, 2007, Pre-classification Module for an All-Season Image Retrieval System, 2007 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2007), Orlando, Florida, USA, 12-17 August, 2007. (ISTP, EI paper）

18.Z. Li, X. Ding, C. Huang, D. Zheng and W. Zou, 2005, SAR Interferogram Filtering with 2D Vondrák Filter, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)'2005, Seoul, South Korea, 25-29 July, 2005, 4825-4828. (ISTP, EI paper).

19.Z. Li, X. Ding, C. Huang, G. Wadge, D. Zheng, W. Zou, 2005,Modelling of Atmospheric Effects on InSAR by Incorporating Terrain Elevation Information, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)'2005, Seoul, South Korea, 25-29 July 2005, 4240-4243. (ISTP, EI paper).

20.W. Zou, J. Ren and S. Ren, 2000, Improved Independence and Fault-tolerance of INS/GNSS Integrated Navigation System By SAR,IEEE Proceedings of World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation’2000 (WCICA’2000), Hefei, China,June, 2000, Vol. 5: 3713-3716. (EI, ISTP paper).

Panel Discussion Presentation

21.W. Zou, W. Y. Yeung and A. Shaker, 2011, Structure-Based Neutral Network Classification for Panchromatic IKONOS Image using Wavelet-Based Features, 8^th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization, Singapore, 17-19 August, 2011, 151-155. (EI paper）

22.W. Zou, Y. Li, K. C. Lo and Z. Chi, 2006, Improvement of Image Classification with Wavelet and Independent Component Analysis (ICA) Based on a Structured Neural Network,IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks 2006, Vancouver, Canada, 16-21 July, 2006, 7680-7685. (ISTP, EI paper)

23.W. Zou, Z. Li, X. Ding and Y. Chen,      2003, Effects of the interval of      tiepoints on the quality of co-registration in InSAR, Proceedings      of 7^th South East Asian Survey Congress, 3-7 Nov. 2003, Hong Kong.

24.W. Zou, Z. Li, X. Ding, Y. Chen and G. Liu, 2002,Effects of the interval of tiepoints on the reliability of SAR image co-registration, International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information      Sciences, 20-23 Aug. 2002, Xi’an, China, XXXIV(2), 639-644.

Journal Papers in Chinese

   25.C. Mai and W. Zou, 2017, Review of sparse restricted Boltzmann machine, Computer Engineering & Science, Vol. 39(07): 1379-1384.

   26.W. Wang and W. Zou, 2013, Methods of Information Extraction from High Resolution Remote Sensing Image, Beijing Surveying and Mapping, Vol. 111(4): 1-5.

   27.W. Zou, Z. Li and S. Ren, 2003, Application of SAR in the Airborne Integrated Navigation Systems,Fire Control & Command Control, Vol. 28(1): 72-81.

28.W. Zou, Z. Li and S. Ren, 2002, Application of SAR in Combined Navigation Systems for Vehicle, Aerospace Control, Vol. 1: 72-81.

    29.W. Zou, S. Gao and S.Ren, 2002, Performance Study of INS/GNSS/SAR Integrated Navigation System and Its Reduced-Order Model, Control Theory and Its Application, Vol.19(1): 135-138.(ISTP, EI paper).

    30.W. Zou, Z. Li and S. Ren, 2002, Application of SAR in integrated navigational systems,Remote Sensing Information, 2001(3): 11-18.

31.W. Zou, S. Chen, S. Gao and S. Ren, 2000, The Reduced-Order Model for INS/GNSS/SAR Integrated Navigation System, Journal of Data Acquisition & Processing, 2000, 15(4): 452-456.

32.W. Zou, S. Gao and S. Ren, 2000, INS/GNSS Integrated Navigation System Fusing SAR, Avionics Technology, Vol. 1: 22-25.

33.J. Zhang, Y. Hou, W. Zou and S. Gao, 2000, Study of Tactical Ballistic Missile with Integrated Guidance System SINS/GNSS/SAR., Journal of Projectile &Rocket, Vol. 4: 38-41.

34.S. Gao, W. Zou and S. Ren, 2000, The Algorithms of Decentralized Estimate Fusion in INS/SAR/GPS Integrated Navigation System, Journal of Projectile &Rocket, Vol. 4: 26-31.

35.S. Gao, W. Zou and S. Ren, 2000, The On-line Random Weighted Estimation of White Noise of INS/GPS/SAR Integrated System, Journal of Chinese Inertial Technology, Vol. 8(3): 8-11.

36.S. Gao, W. Zou and S. Ren, 2000, On the Influence of Error of Strapdown Inertial Units on the Performance of Integrated INS/SAR System. Journal of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Vol. 18(1): 147-151.

37. S. Gao, W. Zou and S. Ren, 1999, The Study of Random Weighted Method to INS/GPS/SAR Integrated Navigation System. Journal of NorthwestUniversity(Natural Science Edition), Vol. 3: 21-23.

Apr. 2010 – present    Associate Professor

                  Chang'an University, Xi'an, China

July 2009 – Mar. 2010   Research fellow

                  University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Jan. 2007 – June 2009   Associate Professor

                  Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, ChineseAcademy of Sciences,Shenzhen, China

Nov. 2004 – Dec. 2006   Research Associate

                  The Hong KongPolytechnicUniversity, Hong Kong

Aug. 1989 - Aug. 1997    Lecturer

                  Shaan'xi Institute of Technology, Xi'an, China.