The Canadian Space Agency's Dr. Shen-En Qian Visits GGE

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Dr. Qian met with GGE's Dr. Yun Zhang who directs the Canada Research Chair Laboratory in Advanced Geomatics Image Processing (CRC-AGIP Lab). The lab is well known for its research in space-based imaging and has developed technology used by Google.

During the morning of the visit, Dr. Zhang and his students introduced some of the technologies developed by the lab, and in the afternoon, Dr. Qian delivered two lectures on optical technologies developed by his research group at CSA. Later in the day, Dr. Qian watched live software demonstrations developed by Dr. Zhang's lab.

The visit was deemed very successful. Each side has gotten a better understanding of the research background of the other. Common research interests have been identified for future collaboration.

About Dr. Qian:

Dr. Shen-En Qian is a senior research scientist with the Canadian Space Agency. He is the scientific authority for Canadian government contracts in the development of space technologies and satellite missions, and head of an in-house R&D team in the development of space technologies and space-borne electro-optical instruments and their applications for Earth observation.

About the CRC-AGIP Lab: http://www.unb.ca/CRC-AGIP

Dr. Qian with members of the CRC-AGIP Lab. Left to right: Dr. Zhen Xiong, Dr. Guanyun Wang, Dr. Shen-En Qian (CSA), Dr. Yun Zhang, Vivek Dey, Dr. William Hughes, Rakesh Mishra, Bahram Salehi, Amer Ahmad. (Photo: Sina Khiabani, 2010-March-16)

Dr. Qian during his lecture. (Photo: Dr. Guanjun Wang, 2010-March-16)