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Prof. Leung Yee


Professor of Geography

BSSc (CUHK)
MA, MS, PhD (Colorado)

(852) 2609-6473
yeeleung@cuhk.edu.hk

 

Courses Taught in 2008-2009

1st term:

GRM2102 Statistical Analysis in Geography
GRM3021 Final Year Thesis I
GRM5001 Research Seminar I
GRM5100 Advanced Geographical Methodology

2nd term:

GRM2103 Research Methods
GRM3022 Final Year Thesis II

Teaching Fields

Quantitative Method
Spatial Analysis

Research Interests

Mathematical methods
Spatial decision support systems
Urban and regional analysis

Services/Posts

Dean, Faculty of Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Adjunct Professor, Xian Jiaotong University, China
Adjunct Professor, Beijing Normal University, China
Council member of the Chinese Geographical Information Systems Association
Academic Council Member of the National Laboratory of Environmental Resources and Information Systems, The Chinese Academy of Sciences
Council Member of the Chinese Geographical Association
Editorial Board Member of:

1. Geographical Systems: International Journal of Geographical Information, Analysis, Theory and Decision
2. Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies
3. Geoinformatica, International Journal on Advances of Computer Science for Geographic Information Systems
4. Geographic Information Sciences
5. Geographic Sciences (Chinese)

Member of Town Planning Board, Hong Kong SAR.
Chairperson, International Geographical Union - Hong Kong Committee
Secretary, Commission on Modelling Geographical Systems, International Geographical Union
Member of Advisory Council of the royal Geographical Society - Hong Kong

Selected Publication

LEUNG Y., WU W.Z. and ZHANG W.X. (2006) Knowledge acquisition in incomplete information systems: a rough set approach. European Journal of Operational Research 168:164-180.

LEUNG Y., LEE Y., LAM K.C., LIN K. and ZENG F.T. (2005) An environmental decision-support system for the management of water pollution in a tidal river network. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 19(4): 483-500.

Leung Y., MA J.H. and GOODCHILD M.F. (2004) A general framework for error analysis in measurement-based GIS, Part 1. The basic measurement-error model and related concepts; Part 2. The algebra-based probability model for point-in-polygon analysis; Part 3. Error analysis in intersections and overlays; Part 4. Error analysis in length and area measurements. Journal of Geographic Systems, 6:323-428.

LEUNG Y., GAO Xing-Bao, CHEN Kai-Zhou (2004). "A dual neural network for solving entropy-maximising models". Environment and Planning A, Vol.36 No.5, pp.897-919.

LEUNG Y., CHANG-Lin Mei, WEN-Xiu Zhang (2003). "Statistical test for local patterns of spatial association". Environment and Planning A, Vol.35, pp.725-744.

LEUNG Y., MA Jiang-Hong, and ZHANG Wen-Xiu (2001), "A New Method for Mining Regression Classes in Large Data Sets.", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol.23, No.1, pp.5-21.

LEUNG Y., ZHANG Jiang-She, and XU Zong-Ben (2000), "Clustering by Scale-Space Filtering", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol.22, No.12, pp.1396-1410..

LEUNG Y. (1999) "Fuzzy Sets Approach to Spatial Analysis", The Handbooks of Fuzzy Sets Series: Practical Applications of Fuzzy Technologies, edited by H-J Zimmemann, USA: Kluwer Adademic Publishers, pp. 267-300.

LEUNG Y. (1988) Spatial Analysis and Planning under Imprecision, Amsterdam: North-Holland.

LEUNG Y. (1997) Intelligent Spatial Decision Support Systems, Berlin: Springer - Verlag, 470 pgs.

Research Projects

RGC Earmarked Research Grant, "Propagation of Uncertainty in the Fusion of Multi-Source and Multi-Scale Spatial Informationˇ¨, Principal Investigator, ($787,220)

RGC Earmarked Research Grant, ˇ§A Concept Lattice Approach to the Analysis and Discovery of Knowledge in Hierarchical Spatial Information Systemsˇ¨, Principal Investigator, ($783,640)

NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme, "Advanced knowledge discovery & spatial-temporal visualization for geo-referenced information", Co-investigator (with Prof. Sun Hanqiu, Peng Qunsheng, Lin Hui, Leung Kwong Sak, Bao Hujun), (01/01-12/03, HK$480,000).

UGC Teaching Development Grant, "Integrating Geography Curriculum with Internet and Information Technology: An Initiative for Web-based Teaching and Learning for Geography in the 21st Century", Principal Investigator (with Chu Kim Yee, Fung Tung, Lam Chi Chung, Lam Kin Che, Lin Hui, Shen Jianfa, Lai Poh Chin, Zhou Qiming, Shi Wenzhong), (09/00-09/02, HK$3,315,240).

RGC, "Analysis and Development of Measurement-Based Geographical Information System", Principal Investigator (with Goodchild Michael F.), (11/00-10/02, HK$855,817).

SSF, "Data Fusion, Data Mining and Decision Support System: Bank Marketing in the 21st Century", Co-investigator (with C.F.Chan, S.K.Lai, K.N.Lau, K.S.Leung, P.L.Leung), (08/99-07/01, Hk$3,499,000).

RGC Earmarked Grant, "Impacts of Global Climate Change and Regional Land-use Alteration on Water Resources in the Dongjiang (East River) Basic", Co-investigator (with Profs. Chen Yongqin, Cheng Shouquan, Lam Kin Che, Fung Tung, and Chen Junhe), (09/98-02/02, HK$978,000).

RGC Grant, "Spatial-temporal Decision Support System for Dynamic Analysis of Air Quality in the South China - Hong Kong Region", Principal Investigator (with Profs. Lam Kin Che, Fung Tung, Anh Vo Van), (01/98-08/01, HK$530,720).

RGC Grant, "Variable Programming - A Paradigm for Solving Dynamic Spatial Decision Making Problem with Variable Objectives and Constrains", Principal Investigator (with Prof. Xu Zongben), (10/96-03/00, HK$416,000).

RGC Grant, "Optimal Mapping Between Problem Models and Parallel Genetic Algorithms", Co-investigator (with Prof. Leung Kwong Sak and C.K. Wong), (09/96-08/1999, HK$620,000).

One-time Support Grant, "The Geoinformatics and Spatial Decision Analysis Program", Principal Investigator (with Profs. Fung Tung and Lin Hui), (12/95-07/98, HK$2,901,000)

RGC Grant, "Knowledge Acquisition for Spatial Inference Using Genetic Algorithms", Principal Investigator (with Prof. Leung Kwong Sak), (10/95-09/98, HK$594,000).

Croucher Foundation, "An Environmental Decision Support System for Water Pollution Control of the Tidal River Network in the Pearl River Delta", Principal Investigator (with Profs. Lam Kin Che, Lee Yuk, Zeng Fan Tang, Lin Hui, Chi Tian He and Zhang Chao Sheng), (10/94-07/98, HK$1,057,692).

RGC Grant, "A Neural Network Approach to the Solution of Multiple-source Multiple-destination Communication Problems in Space and Time", Principal Investigator (with Prof. Xu Zhongben), (11/94-04/98, HK$789,000).

Seed Grant, "A Multi-project Strategic Research Program on Spatial-temporal Decision Support System for Dynamic Monitoring and Management of the Environment", Principal Investigator (09/94-98, HK$500,000).

RGC Grant, "An Object-oriented Knowledge-based Image Analysis System for Environmental Monitoring using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems", Co-investigator (with Profs. Fung Tung and Leung Kwong Sak), (10/93-07/96, HK$800,000).



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