Ki-Joune Li

Professor · Pusan National University, South Korea · company speakers →

Prof. Ki-Joune Li is working at Graduate School of Data Science and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Pusan National University, South Korea. He received his Bachelor’s and Master of Science degrees in computer sciences from Seoul National University, South Korea, Ph.D in spatial databases from INSA de Lyon, France in 1992. His research interests cover most of the topics on spatial technologies including spatial AI or GeoAI . In particular, he has been working on spatial technologies of indoor space for the last decades. He developed an indoor spatial map standard with his colleagues and is also serving as the chair of IndoorGML standard working group in OGC. Recently he is also interested in applying spatial technologies to empower individuals with disabilities such as visually impaired persons or aged persons with reduced mobility. Professor Li was chair of several academic events such as ACM GIS, W2GIS, SSTD, and ACM SIGSpatial ISA as well as the president of Korea Spatial Information Society. He served as the chair of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure Expert Committee in Korea and is a member of the National GIS Council, Korea. Since 2016, he is also leading the UN Open GIS initiative as a co-chair (together with Prof. Maria A. Brovelli), for developing and providing open-source geospatial software to the UN.

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