Prof. Li Deren, Honorary Member of ISPRS, receiving China’s top sci-tech award for the year 2023 on June 24, 2024
Prof. Li Deren, ISPRS Honorary Member, photogrammetry and remote sensing expert, an academician at both the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) from Wuhan University, won the national top sci-tech award for the year 2023 at a meeting conflating the national sci-tech conference, the national science and technology award conference, and the general assemblies of the members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) held on June 24, 2024.
He is celebrated for his expertise in core technologies for high-precision global positioning and mapping via satellite remote sensing and has dedicated his career to advancing China’s capabilities in surveying and remote sensing for Earth observation.
He solved the high-precision processing problems of remote sensing satellite images, and has led his team to develop a fully automatic high-precision airborne and ground measurement system, making outstanding contributions to the building of China's high-precision and high-resolution Earth observation system.
