Department of Geography and Resource Management (GRM), The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prof. MA Peifeng

Faculty Member

Prof. MA Peifeng

Associate Professor

PhD (CUHK)

(852) 3943-6533

mapeifeng@cuhk.edu.hk

RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • 06/2025-05/2028 Integration of Carbon Satellite Remote Sensing and Modeling for High-Accuracy Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Source Identification (Deputy PC, Innovation and Technology Fund, HK$ 26,535,560)

  • 08/2023-07/2025 Development of CUHK satellites and integrated remote sensing technologies for near real-time landslide monitoring (PC, Innovation and Technology Fund, HK$ 25,321,380)

  • 09/2023–08/2026 Landslide deformation monitoring and risk assessment in vegetated subtropical mountains using InSAR and deep learning, (PI, RGC General Research Fund, HK$ 1,050,310)
  • 06/2023–05/2025 Vehicle Detection and Vehicle-kilometrage Estimation Based on Remote Sensing Technologies (Co-PI, Smart Traffic Fund, HK$ 7,187,758)
  • 01/2023-12/2024 Deep learning-based radar remote sensing of land subsidence in deltaic metropolitan regions for sustainable development (PI, RGC General Research Fund, HK$ 743,635)
  • 03/2019 – 02/2027 Centre of Slope Safety (Co-PI, RGC Areas of Excellence Scheme Eighth Round, HK$ 91,852,000 in total)
  • 04/2022-03/2024 Multi-Temporal InSAR Remote Sensing for Sustainable Conservation of World Heritage (PI, CUHK Knowledge Transfer Project Fund, HK$ 400,000)
  • 11/2021-10/2023 Integration of DInSAR and SAR Offset Tracking Technologies for Large Deformation Monitoring of Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (PC, Innovation and Technology Fund, HK$ 3,820,070)
  • 01/2020-12/2023 Fast Estimation and Intelligent Prediction of Time-Series Deformation Based  on Multi-baseline SAR(PI, National Natural Science Foundation of China, HK$ 671,000)
  • 01/2017-12/2019 Robust detection of Persistent Scatterers in Complex Built Environments with Cloudy and Rainy Weather (PI, National Natural Science Foundation of China, HK$ 217,800)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Robust detection of single and double persistent scatterers in urban built environments

Ma P, Lin H

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2015, 54(4): 2124-2139.

Remotely sensing large-and small-scale ground subsidence: A case study of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area of China

Ma P, Wang W, Zhang B, Wang J, Shi G, Huang G, Chen F, Jiang L, Lin H

Remote Sensing of Environment, 2019, 232: 111282.

Recurrent neural networks for atmospheric noise removal from InSAR time series with missing values

Zhao Z, Wu Z, Zheng Y, Ma P*

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2021, 180: 227-237.

Coupling InSAR and numerical modeling for characterizing landslide movements under complex loads in urbanized hillslopes

Ma P, Cui Y, Wang W, Lin H, Zhang Y

Landslides, 2021, 18(5): 1611-1623.

Automatic detection and classification of land subsidence in deltaic metropolitan areas using distributed scatterer InSAR and oriented R-CNN

Wu Z, Ma P*, Zheng Y, Gu F, Liu L, Lin H

Remote Sensing of Environment, 2023, 290: 113545.

SAR-Transformer-based decomposition and geophysical interpretation of InSAR time-series deformations for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge

Ma P, Wu Z, Zhang Z, Au F.T.

Remote Sensing of Environment, 2024, 302: 113962.

Teaching Fields

Remote sensing
Smart cities
Big data analysis
Sustainable development

Research interests

SAR/InSAR remote sensing
Geohazard monitoring
Carbon neutrality
sustainable development

Services/ Posts

Contact person, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Hong Kong Focal Point
Contact person, Department of Hong Kong Research, Development and Training, National Remote Sensing Center of China, MOST
Expert Review Panel, Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre, Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC)
Council Member, China Association of Remote Sensing Application, Loess Plateau Chapter
Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Member, Association of American Geographers (AAG)

Awards

First Class, National Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology Progress Award, 2020
Remote Sensing Young Talent Award, National Remote Sensing Centre of China, MOST, 2017
AXA Post-Doctoral Fellowships, AXA Research Fund, 2016
Postgraduate Research Output Award, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2016
First Class, Yuen-Yuen Scholarship, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2015
Chen Shupeng Scholarship, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013

SUGGESTED RESEARCH TOPICS FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

I am currently recruiting postdoctoral fellow, postgraduate student and research assistant with the background of computer science, SAR/InSAR remote sensing, GIS, and signal and information processing. Please contact me via email if you have the interests.