Yiran xingkong星空中国官网 is an Assistant Professor at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUST). She received her B.S. degree from Ocean University of China in 2015 and Ph.D. degree from Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in 2020. Then worked as postdoctoral and research assistant professor positions at PolyU. She joined SUST in February 2023. Yiran is mainly engaged in artificial intelligence (AI) remote sensing for planetary geomorphological features, involving intelligent algorithms, data products, and scientific discovery. The research outputs have provided technical support for the landing sites selection for China's lunar (Chang’E-4) and Mars (Tianwen-1) exploration missions. The research outcomes were reported by China Daily, which achieved a good social impact. In the past five years, she has published 16 SCI papers, including 6 first/corresponding-author SCI papers in GRL, JGR-Planets, ESSD, IEEE TGRS.

Experience

Feb. 2023 - present, 
Assistant Professor| Southern University of Science and Technology
Department of Earth and Space Science

Nov. 2022 - Jan. 2023 
xingkong星空中国官网 Assistant Professor | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University  
Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics

Sep. 2020 - Oct. 2022
Postdoctoral Fellow | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University  
Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics

Jan. 2015 - Jul. 2015
Intern | Aerospace Information xingkong星空中国官网 Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Education

Jul. 2015 - Sep. 2020  PhD  The Hong Kong Polytechnic University  
Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University  
Supervisor: Prof. xingkong星空中国官网 Bo

Aug. 2011 - Jun. 2015  BSc | Ocean University of China
Major: Marine Technology - xingkong星空中国官网   

Professional Activities

Member, Science team of the Tianwen-1 Mars mission.

Member, Deep Space Exploration xingkong星空中国官网 and Mapping Working Committee

Reviewer of IEEE TGRS, IEEE JSTARS, and Astrodynamics.

Secretary, member of organizing committee, 2017 International Symposium on Planetary xingkong星空中国官网 and Mapping. 13-16 August 2017, Hong Kong.

Journal Papers:

First/Corresponding Author

1. B. Wu, Y. xingkong星空中国官网, S. C. Werner, N. C. Prieur, Z. Xiao, 2022. A Global Analysis of Crater Depth/Diameter Ratios on the Moon, Geophysical Research Letters, 49, 20, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100886.

2. Y. xingkong星空中国官网 and X. Li, Arctic Sea Ice Cover Data in High Spatial Resolution from Spaceborne SAR by Deep Learning, Earth System Science Data, 13(6), 2723-2742. 

3. Y. xingkong星空中国官网, B. Wu, H. Xue, X. Li, J. Ma, 2021. An Improved Global Catalog of Lunar Impact Craters (≥1 km) with 3D Morphometric Information and Updates on Global Crater Analysis, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, 126, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE0067280.

4. Y. xingkong星空中国官网 and B. Wu, 2019. Active Machine Learning Approach for Crater Detection from Planetary Imagery and Digital Elevation Models, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57(8): 5777-5789. 

5. Y. xingkong星空中国官网, X. Zhu, and B. Wu, 2018. Automatic Detection of Individual Oil Palm Trees from UAV Images Using HOG Features and an SVM Classifier, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 40(19): 7356-7370. 

6. Y. xingkong星空中国官网 and B. Wu, 2017. Investigation of Boresight Offsets and Co-Registration of HiRISE and CTX Imagery for Precision Mars Topographic Mapping, Planetary and Space Science, 139C: 18-30. 1.82 4 

7. Y. xingkong星空中国官网 and X. Li, 2016. Derivation of sea surface wind directions from TerraSAR-X data using the local gradient method, Remote Sensing, 8(1), p.53.  

Collaborative Papers

1. L. Qiao, M. Hess, L. Xu, C. Wöhler, J.W. Head, J. Chen, Y. xingkong星空中国官网, R. Bugiolacchi, A. Xiao, F. Zhang and Z. Ling, 2023. Extensive Lunar Surface Disturbance at the Chang'e‐5 Mission Landing Site: Implications for Future Lunar Base Design and Construction. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128(6), p.e2022JE007730.
   

2. Y. Qian, Z. She, Q. He, L. Xiao, Z. xingkong星空中国官网, J.W. Head, L. Sun, Y. xingkong星空中国官网, B. Wu, X. Wu, and B. Luo, 2023. Mineralogy and chronology of the young mare volcanism in the Procellarum-KREEP-Terrane. Nature Astronomy, pp.1-11.

3. B. Wu, J. Dong, Y. xingkong星空中国官网, W. Rao, Z. Sun, Z. Li, Z. Tan, Z. Chen, C. xingkong星空中国官网, W.C. Liu, and L. Chen, 2022. Landing Site Selection and Characterization of Tianwen‐1 (Zhurong Rover) on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 127(4), p.e2021JE007137.

4. Y. Lu, K. S. Edgett, B. Wu, Y. xingkong星空中国官网, Z. Li, G. G. Michael, H. Yizhaq, Q. Jin, Y. Wu, 2022. Aeolian disruption and reworking of TARs at the Zhurong rover field site, southern Utopia Planitia, Mars, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 595, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117785.

5. Z. Chen, B. Wu, Y. xingkong星空中国官网, S. Liu, Z. Li, C. Yang, J. Dong, W. Rao, 2022. Rock Abundance and Erosion Rate at the Zhurong Landing Site in Southern Utopia Planitia on Mars, Earth and Space Science, 9, 8,

6. B. Wu, J. Dong, Y. xingkong星空中国官网, Z. Li, Z. Chen, W.C. Liu, J. Zhu, L. Chen, Y. Li, W. Rao, 2021. Characterization of the Candidate Landing Region for Tianwen-1 – China’s First Mission to Mars, Earth and Space Science, 8, 6, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EA001670.

7. B. Wu, Y. Li, W. C. Liu, Y. xingkong星空中国官网, F. Li, Y. Zhao, H. Zhang, 2020. Centimeter-Resolution Topographic Modeling and Fine-Scale Analysis of Craters and Rocks at the Chang’E-4 Landing Site, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 553, 116666, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116666

8. B. Wu, F. Li, H. Hu, Y. Zhao, Y. xingkong星空中国官网, P. Xiao, Y. Li, W. C. Liu, L. Chen, X. Ge, M. Yang, Y. Xu, Q. Ye, X. Wu, H. Zhang, 2020. Topographic and Geomorphological Mapping and Analysis of the Chang’E-4 Landing Site on the Far Side of the Moon, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 86(4): 247-258, doi: 10.14358/PERS.86.4.247. (2021 ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in Geographic Information Systems, First Place, ASPRS)

9. B. Wu, Y. xingkong星空中国官网, et al., 2019. Impact Cratering in and around the Orientale Basin: Results from Recent High-Resolution Remote Sensing Datasets, Icarus, 333: 343-355. B. Wu, J. Huang, Y. Li, Y. xingkong星空中国官网, J. Peng, 2018. Rock Abundance and Crater Density in the Candidate Chang’E‐5 Landing Region on the Moon, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, 123(12): 3256-3272, doi: 10.1029/2018JE005820.

Book Chapter:

1. Y. xingkong星空中国官网 and B. Wu, 2018. Co-registration of multiple-source DEMs for correlated slope analysis at different scales on Mars. Planetary Remote Sensing and Mapping, Taylor & Francis Group/CRC Press, London, pp. 283-300.

2. Conference Papers:

3. Y. xingkong星空中国官网, B. Wu*, 2019. A New Global Catalog of Lunar Impact Craters (≥1 km) with 3D Morphological Information, 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 18–22 March 2019, The Woodlands, Texas, No. 1019.

4. Y. xingkong星空中国官网, B. Wu*, 2017. Improved Large-Scale Slope Analysis on Mars Based on Correlation of Slopes Derived with Different Baselines, International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing & Spatial Information Sciences, vol. XLII-3/W1, pp. 155-161, 2017 International Symposium on Planetary Remote Sensing and Mapping, 13-16 August, Hong Kong.

5. Y. xingkong星空中国官网 and B. Wu*, 2016. Comparison and Co-Registration of DEMs Generated from HiRISE and CTX Images. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, vol. XLI-B4, pp. 511-51, doi:10.5194/isprs-archives-XLI-B4-511-2016.

6. B. Wu, T. J. Lin, J. Li, and Y. xingkong星空中国官网, 2016. Distribution and Population Characteristics of Lunar Craters in Orientale Basin from Recent High-Resolution Remote Sensing Datasets. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Lunar and Planetary Science, June 9-10, 2016, Wuhan, China.