At the invitation of the Department of Geography, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Professor Chen Min from Nanjing Normal University will come to the university on September 22, 2023 to give an academic report, all students and faculty are welcome to attend!
Reporter: Professor Chen Min, Nanjing Normal University, China
Title: A Look Back at Virtual Geographies in The Age Of Digital Twins And Meta-Universes
Moderator: Professor Geng Haopeng, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University
Time: September 22, 2023 (Friday), 10:00-12:00
Venue:Conference Room 1615, Guanyun Building, Chengguan Campus, Lanzhou University
Expert Profile:
Chen Min, Professor of Nanjing Normal University, Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment of the Ministry of Education, recipient of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, recipient of the Outstanding Youth Science Fund, Selected by the National Youth Thousand (key funding), Jiangsu Distinguished Professors, Jiangsu Province "333 high-level talent cultivation project" young and middle-aged leading talents, Jiangsu Province "double innovation team" leaders and "university innovation" talents and other programs. He has led the construction of OpenGMS (Open Geographic Modeling and Simulation Platform), which has formed the international discourse of Chinese research team. He holds international positions as President-elect of the Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Sciences (CPGIS), Vice-President of the International Environmental Modeling and Software Society (iEMSs), Chair of the Geographic Information Modeling Committee of the International Geographical Union (IGU), Chair of the Young Scientists Innovation Network of the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE), and Chair of the Young Geographers Working Group of the Asian Geographical Association (AGA). He serves as Vice Chairman of the Special Committee on Geographic Modeling and Geographic Information Analysis of the Chinese Geographical Society, Vice Chairman of the Special Committee on Virtual Geographic Environments of the Central Committee of the International Society for Digital Earth, etc. He is the first Chinese Fellow of the International Association for Environmental Modeling and Software and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He was awarded the special prize of China Geographic Information Science and Technology Progress Award, the first and second prizes of Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education, the Tobler Young Researcher Award of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Young Science and Technology Award of Jiangsu Province and the "Top Ten Young Science and Technology Stars of Jiangsu Province", the Young Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Geographical Society, and the Natural Resources Science and Technology Progress Award (Young Science and Technology Award), and his achievements were selected as one of the Top Ten Research Progresses of Chinese Geography in 2021. He is the first Chinese Fellow of the International Association of Environmental Modeling and Software, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Executive Editor of Annals of GIS, and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Modelling & Software.
College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University
September 21, 2023
