2026
Our demo paper, "GridMind: A DGGS-Grounded Multi-Agent System for Spatial Reasoning," has been accepted to the ACM SIGSPATIAL 2026 Demo Track.
August 07, 2026
Joining the University of Guelph as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Environment & Geomatics, starting December 2026.
July 23, 2026
DGGS as a Spatial Harness for AI Agents at the 2026 ISPRS Congress
July 09, 2026
At the XXV ISPRS Congress in Toronto, I gave a Forum talk on how Discrete Global Grid Systems can act as a spatial harness for AI agents. The core argument is simple: an AI agent is a language model plus a harness, and DGGS is the harness that gives spatial work the structure, scale, and traceabi...
2025
Innovation Summit - Talking to the Planet: Natural Language × Digital Earth for Disasters
October 31, 2025
At the 2025 Innovation Summit, I co-presented a session with Dr. Steve Liang titled Talking to the Planet: Natural Language × Digital Earth for Disasters. We explored how pairing Discrete Global Grid Systems (DGGS) with AI agents can make disaster data more explainable, traceable, and accessible ...
Presenting at the 132nd OGC Member Meeting
June 11, 2025
At the 132nd OGC Member Meeting in June 2025, I had the opportunity to present our recent research on methane emissions at two sessions, highlighting how Discrete Global Grid Systems (DGGS) can enhance the spatial consistency and analytical capabilities of gridded methane inventories, and how thi...
Sharing DGGS-Based Methane Inventories at the 2025 CanCH4 Symposium
May 08, 2025
I had the pleasure of attending the 2025 CanCH4 Symposium in Ottawa, where I shared our research titled “Beyond the Graticule: Spatially Explicit Methane Inventories Using Discrete Global Grids.” The event brought together methane researchers, policymakers, and industry professionals from across ...
2024
130th OGC Member Meeting - Mapping Methane
November 06, 2024
I presented our review titled Mapping Methane: A Review of Bottom-up Gridded Inventories at the 130th OGC Member Meeting held online in November 2024. The presentation provided an overview of the current landscape of bottom-up methane gridded inventories and emphasized the need for improvements i...
2023
Video Feature: Talking Geomatics Engineering and Geospatial Data Science
June 02, 2023
Our research group was recently invited to participate in a video feature about Geomatics Engineering and Geospatial Data Science. It was a pleasure to be involved and share our passion for spatial technologies and their real-world impact.
Sharing the Story of Geospatial Innovation
The video hi...
GIS in Education and Research Conference 2023
March 03, 2023
I recently attended the GIS in Education and Research Conference at Hart House, University of Toronto, hosted by Esri Canada. The conference was packed with informative paper sessions and engaging hands-on workshops, offering valuable insights and opportunities for GIS professionals, educators, a...
2022
Canadian Cartographic Association Conference 2022
May 25, 2022
This was my second time presenting at the CCA Annual Conference, and it was another great opportunity to promote Discrete Global Grid Systems (DGGS) and share ongoing research. My talk was part of Day 1, Session 3: Geographic Information Applications and Association Update. The presentation was t...
Esri Young Scholar Award — First Runner Up
April 27, 2022
I was honored to be named the First Runner-Up in the 2022 Esri Young Scholars Award competition in Canada. This recognition was a meaningful milestone in my academic journey and a great encouragement for continuing my work in applied geospatial research.
The poster submitted for the competition ...
Webinar Series by ISPRS TC IV
January 10, 2022
Our lab was invited to host the ISPRS WG IV/7 (Geo-Data Management) Webinar on January 10, 2022. The session introduced core concepts of Discrete Global Grid Systems (DGGS), shared our research progress, and demonstrated a live example using the PYXIS DGGS platform.
During the webinar, I present...
2021
Canadian Cartographic Association Conference 2021
May 26, 2021
Over 40 researchers presented at this year’s Canadian Cartographic Association (CCA) Conference, covering a wide range of geospatial topics. I contributed to Day 2, Session 3: Remote Sensing and Earth Modelling, with a presentation titled “Integration of Multi-source Terrain Data on Discrete Glob...
Esri ECCE App Challenge — First Runner Up
May 19, 2021
This was my second time participating in the Esri ECCE App Challenge, and I was thrilled that our team earned the First Runner-Up position. Despite the challenge being fully virtual and our team consisting of only two members, it was one of the smoothest and most rewarding collaborations I have e...
Geomatics Engineering Research – Department News
May 03, 2021
Here is a short article post on the department news website, explaining my research topic: Integration Platform for Canadian Terrain Data by Adopting Discrete Global Grid Systems
2020
AutoCarto Conference 2020
November 18, 2020
The 2020 AutoCarto Conference featured over 120 authors from 14 countries, sharing their work through extended abstracts and recorded presentations. My contribution, titled “National Terrain Data Management on Discrete Global Grids in Canada,” was included in the session Spatial Data and Mapping ...