Zhou, Naijun

Degrees

  • Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping, 1993 - BS

  • GIS, Remote Sensing & Cartography, Peking University, 1996 - MS

  • GIScience, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2005 - Ph.D

  • Computer Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2003 - MS

Areas of Interest

  • GIScience
  • Web GIS
  • Geospatial semantics and ontology
  • Databases

Research Topics

  • Geospatial Information Science and Remote Sensing

GIScience research and application. Develop algorithms and tools to measure semantic similarity, to achieve automated geospatial data integration, and to construct geospatial ontologies. Research and development of Internet GIS and geospatial portals.

  • Robert R., Zhou, N., and Li, W., 2011. Geoinformation knowledge representation and application. In Advanced Geoinformation Science, edited by C. Yang, D. Wong, Q. Miao, and R. Yang (FL: Boca Raton, CRC Press). pp. 275-302.

  • Zhou, N., 2011, Ontological and semantic technologies for geospatial portals. In Geospatial Web Services: Advances in Information Interoperability, edited by P. Zhao, and L. Di (IGI Global). pp. 227-243.

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Naijun Zhou

Naijun Zhou
Senior Lecturer

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| njzhou@umd.edu

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