CURRICULUM VITA

(Version: 04-05-2007)

Xingtang Hu, Ph.D.


Post-Doc Researcher, Department of Earth Sciences
Indiana University -Purdue University

723 W. Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, U.S.A.

Office:  317-278-6781

Residence:  317-603-6213

Hu2@iupui.edu (email)

  

 


  AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

 ·         Development of software platform for remote sensing & image applications; Geographic information systems (GIS) and database technology.

 ·         Hyper-spectral remote sensing image processing, spatial data analysis, modeling, and visualization.

 ·         Radiative transfer modeling for atmospheric correction, and bio-optical modeling for    retrieving water quality parameters.

 

EDUCATION

·         Post-Doctoral, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, 

     Science School                                                        2006-2007

Major: Earth Sciences

·         Ph. D. Chinese Academy of Sciences,  

    Institute of Remote Sensing Applications                    2002-2006

Major: Geographic Information Sciences

Thesis: Research on the Key Technologies of Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Environmental Monitoring System and Its Applications to Water Resources

·         M. S. Chinese Academy of Sciences, 

   Institute of Remote Sensing Applications                    2001-2002

Major: Geographic Information Sciences

·         B. S. Wuhan University, 

   College of Resources and Environmental Science         1997-2001

    Major: Geographic Information System

   

     PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

·   Postdoctoral Researcher                        May 2006-Present      

 Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana University -Purdue University, Indianapolis

 --Statistics modeling (Independent Component Analysis Algorithm), Image analysis and Programming, Publication, Research and Development.  

 

·   Senior software developer/Assistant Researcher     July 2002-May 2006     Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Beijing, China.  

                                                                                       

--Principal participant of remote sensing image processing software platform of HIPAS and REMS:                                                          

--System architecture design and base module implementation, System integration, testing and deployment, customer training                                 

 --Using WebGIS and Remote sensing technologies to meet the requirements of national environment protection problems

 

SOFTWARE AND PLATFORM DEVELOPED

 

 --Remote-sensing Environmental Monitoring System (REMS)

 

 --Hyper-spectral Image Processing and Analysis System (HIPAS)

 

 --Typical Land Objects Detection and Identification System

 

 --Hyper-spectral Database Information System for Typical Land, Rocks and Minerals

 

·   Advanced Programmer                      January 2001- November 2001          International Software Development Center, Bank of China, Shenzhen, China.                                        

 --Developed the Open Finance Platform using Oracle database

   

INTERNSHIPS

 

·   Advanced Programmer                         December 2004- June 2005    Environmental Information Center, National Environmental Protection Administration. China.                                                                

--Spatial water quality database development and management  

                                                                                    

·   Project Manager                                October 2002- June 2005                      China National Coal Information Center, Beijing,China.                                                                            

--System architecture design, image analysis algorithms development                          

  

UNIVERSITY TEACHING 

 

  • Instructor: Hyper-spectral Remote Sensing, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beijing, China, 2005

 

    PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

 

Theses /Dissertation Completed

 

·         Study of the Key Technologies in Hyper-spectral Remote Sensing Environmental Monitoring System and Its Applications to Water Resources, Ph.D. Dissertation, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, March 2006, 160 pp

   ( http://bochuxt.googlepages.com/phdthesisdownload )

 

Journal Papers

 

  • HU, X.-T., B. Zhang, X. Zhang, L.-F. Zheng, and Q.-X. Tong, A Hyperspectral Image Compression Algorithm Based on Wavelet Transformation and Fractal Composition (AWFC), Science in China (Series E), vol. 36, 45-53, 2006.

 

  • HU, X.-T., B. Zhang, X. Zhang, Q.-X. Tong, and L.-F. Zheng, Image Processing and Analysis System on the Applications of Special Fields, Journal of Remote Sensing, 7:54-60, 2003.

 

  • HU, X.-T., B. Zhang, J.-S. Li, L.-F. Zheng, and Q.-X. Tong, Hyperspectral Image Processing and Analysis System: Integration and Applications, Journal of Remote Sensing, vol. 9, 604-609, 2005.

 

Book Chapters

 

  • HU, X.-T., Design and Implement Hyperspectral Image Processing and Analysis System, in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Science-Theory, Technologies and its Applications, edited by Q.-X. Tong, B. Zhang, and L.-F. Zheng, Higher Education Press, China, June 2006.

 

Full Papers in Conference Proceedings

 

  • HU, X.-T., B. Zhang, X. Zhang, Q.-X. Tong, L.-F. Zheng, Q. Wang, and J.-L. Yu, A new architecture for remote-sensing environmental monitoring system REMS: Design and implementation. Proc. of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), vol.3, 2115-2118, 2004.

 

  • Yu, J.-L., HU, X.-T., B. Zhang, and S.-J. Ning, A New Architecture for Hyperspectral Image Processing and Analysis System: Design and Implementation Proc. of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 5286 (2), 696-699, 2003.

 

  • Bai, J.-W., X. Li, and HU, X.-T., Study on the Classification Methods of the Hyperspectral Image Based on the Continuum-Removed, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 4897, 325-329, 2002.

 

  • HU, X.-T., B. Zhang, Q. Wang, and Q.-X. Tong, Remote-sensing Environmental Monitoring System: Design and Implementation, An Example of Taihu Lake, Jiangsu Province, South China, Proceedings of the First Remote Sensing Symposium Between the Taiwan Strait, March 2004.

 

  • HU, X.-T., B. Zhang, Q.-X. Tong, L.-R. Gao, and L.-F. Zheng, Remote-sensing Environmental Monitoring System (REMS) and Its Applications in Water Resource: A Case Study on Taihu Lake, Jiangsu Province, China, Proc. of the Fifth Hyper-spectral Remote Sensing Technology and Applications Symposium, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, December 2004.

 

  • HU, X.-T., B. Zhang, X. Zhang, F.-C. Hu, W. Zheng, L.-F. Zheng, and Q.-X. Tong, A New Architecture for Hyperspectral Image Compression Based on Wavelets Transformation and Fractal composition (AWFC), Proc. of the Fifteenth National Remote Sensing Technology Symposium, Guizhou, China, Augest 2005.

 

  • Jing, D.-S., S. Bi, L.-Y. Zhang, and HU, X.-T., Study of the information standard architecture and reference model of Geo-spatial Information Engineering Proc. of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), vol. 7, 4432-4435. 2004.

 

  • HU, X.-T., B. Zhang, X. Zhang, F.-C. Hu, and W. Zheng, A new architecture for hyperspectral image compression based on wavelets transformation and fractal composition, Proc. of 15th National Symposium on Remote Sensing of China, SPIE, Edited by Q.-X. Tong, W. Gao, and H.-D. Guo, vol. 62000L, June. 9, 2006.

 

  • Li X., HU, X.-T., B. Zhang, X. Zhang, J.-S. Li and X.-Y. Li, A hyper-spectral environmental database in China, Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology V., Edited by Ehlers, Manfred; Michel, Ulrich, Proc. of the SPIE, vol. 5983, 374-382, 2005.

  

   PAPER PRESENTATIONS IN PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

 

Nov. 08-10, 2006 HU, X.-T., L. Li, and B. Zhang, An Image Analysis System for Estimating water constituents from remotely sensed data, 26th International North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) Symposium, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.

 

Dec. 06-08, 2006 HU, X.-T., L. Li, and B. Zhang, An Image Analysis System for Estimating Water Constituents Using Empirical and Bio-optical Models, The Central Indiana Water Resources Partnership (CIWRP) Science Meeting: Watershed and Reservoir Assessment and Analysis, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.

 

Sep., 2005 HU, X.-T., and B. Zhang, Research on Construction of Hyper-spectral Remote Sensing Image Processing and Analysis System HIPAS and Hyper-spectral Database HYBASE, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beijing, P. R. China.

 

Aug., 2005 HU, X.-T., B. Zhang, L.-F. Zheng, and Q.-X. Tong, Research on the Architecture for Hyper-spectral Image Compression Based on Wavelets Transformation and Fractal composition (AWFC), The Fifteenth National Remote Sensing Technology Symposium, August 2005, Guizhou Province, China

 

Jul., 2005 HU, X.-T., B. Zhang, and Q.-X. Tong, Construction of Remote sensing Environment Monitoring System, Aerial Science and Technology Group, Ltd., Institute of No. 207, Beijing, China

 

Dec., 2004 HU, X.-T., B. Zhang, Q.-X. Tong, and L.-F. Zheng, Remote-sensing Environmental Monitoring System (REMS) and Its Applications In Water Resource: A Case Study on Taihu Lake, Jiangsu Province, China, The Fifth Hyper-spectral Remote Sensing Technology and Applications Symposium, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.

 

Oct., 2004 HU, X.-T., B. Zhang, L.-F. Zheng, and Q.-X. Tong, Quantitative Remote Sensing of Water Constituents in Taihu Lake, The 3rd international workshop on marine remote sensing in northwest pacific region, Peking University, Beijing, China. 

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

 

  • Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2006.

 

  • Excellent Remote Sensing Data Processing Software Platform Award, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, 2003.

 

  • The Best Bachelor Thesis Award, Wuhan University, 2001.

 

  • Excellent Scholarship Award, Wuhan University, 1997- 2001.

 

  • SHENHONG Scholarship, Wuhan University, 1999.

 

  • The Best Paper Award to College Students, Wuhan City, sponsored by Wuhan Music Radio, 1997.

 

 

    RESEARCH GRANTS/CONTRACTS

 

  • Principal Investigator-Hyper-spectral Remote Sensing Image Processing and Analysis System HIPAS, National 863 project (2003AA131060), Chinese High-Technology Developing Plan, 2001-2003

 

  • Key Participant-Remote-sensing Environmental Monitoring System REMS, National 863 project (2003AA131060), Chinese High-Technology Developing Plan, 2003-2005

 

  • Principal Investigator-China Typical Land Objects Hyper-spectral Database Information System, National 863 project, Chinese High-Technology Developing Plan, 2003-2005

 

  • Participant-China-Japan Cooperation on the Application of Hyper-spectral Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture, 2000-2004

 

  • Participant-Software Platform Design and Development for On-orbit Calibration and Validation of China Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) Micro-satellite, National 863 project, Chinese High-Technology Developing Plan, 2004-2006

 

   TECHNICAL SKILLS

 

  • Extensive Experience with MATLAB and IDL programming. Experience on ERDAS and ENVI remote sensing image processing system

 

  • Experience in mathematics modeling using SPASS, CBLAS, LAPACK and FFTW mathematic software package

 

  • Extensive Experience with C#, C/C++, SQL. Passed the Professional Education of Microsoft .NET &ASP.NET Architecture

 

  • Experience with GIS implementation including core and application product configuration and customization

 

  • Experience on ASP.net, ArcObjects, ArcIMS, and ArcGIS Server development

 

  • Developed the remote sensing image data processing software platform of HIPAS V1.0 and REMS V1.0. HIPAS gained Excellent Remote Sensing Data Processing Software Platform Award by Ministry of Science and Technology of China, 2003

 

  • Developed the Open Finance Platform (OFP) Construction for Bank of China (BOC) using Oracle database, January 2001

 

  • Special database design and configuration and object / data modeling

 

  • Experience in enterprise-scale GIS implementation projects especially designed the REMS spatial data processing and publishing system

 

    PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

 

  • Professional Education of Microsoft .NET, ADO.NET&ASP.NET Architecture

 

  • SUPER MAP GIS V5.0 Development Training

    

   SOFTWARE AND PLATFORM DEVELOPED

 

  • Remote-sensing Environmental Monitoring System (REMS), Version 1.0, 2003-2005

 

  • Hyper-spectral Remote Sensing Image Processing and Analysis System (HIPAS), Version 1.0, 2001-2003

 

  • Typical Land Objects Detection and Identification System, Version 1.0, 2003-2004

 

  • Hyper-spectral Database Information System of Typical Land, Rocks and Minerals in China, Version 2001-2002

  

  SOCIAL SERVICES

 

  • Organization Minister, the Association of Marxism of Wuhan University, 1997-2000

 

  • Chief Marketing Officer CMO, Chinese Digital Aerial Data INC., (CDAD), “The Science Cup of Business Corporation Plan Competition” supported by the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2001-2002

 

  • Minister, Student Union, Wuhan University, 1998-2000