题目/TOPIC     

        Synchronous and Asynchronous Relationships between Maps and Cities

报告人/SPEAKER: Liqiu Meng

        Technische University München German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Germany

地点 /PLACE: 213 conference room, Physics Building

时间 /TIME : 10:30 a.m., May 20th, 2018

简介/INTRODUCTION

        Prof. Meng is a professor of Technische University München, First Vice-President of Technical University of Munich (TUM), German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, responsible for internationalization. She holds B.Sc. (1982) and M.Sc (1985) in cartography from Zhengzhou Institute of Surveying & Mapping in China, and gained her doctor degree (1993) in Geodetic Engineering at Hanover University, Germany. She then became the senior technical consultant for GIS of the SWECO Company in Stockholm, whilst also tought at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (1996-1998). Following her habilitation at the KTH in the field of geoinformation science 1998, she took up in the same year the chair professorship at TUM where she initiated the international master’s program “Cartography” jointly run by TUM, Technical University of Vienna and Technical University of Dresden and University Twente. She is a series editor for Springer Lecture Notes “Geoinformation and Cartography”. She has advised 21 doctoral theses and published ca. 150 peer reviewed scientific papers. Her research interests include geospatial data integration, multimodal navigation algorithm, mobile map services, visual analytics of geodata, and open event mapping. She is a member of German National Academy of Sciences and Bavarian Academy of Sciences. She served as Senior Vice President of TUM (2008-2014) and Senator in the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers (2009-2012). Currently she is serving as deputy chairperson in the Senate of German Aerospace Center (DLR). She is also engaged as a member in the Board of Trustees of German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ), the International Advisory Board, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and Aalto University Council, Finland.

报告摘要 ABSTRACT

        地图曾经无所不能，每一幅出土的古地图都有可能改写人类文明史的序篇。如今，地图无所不在，天天刷新人类文明史的续篇。地图的神奇作用突出地体现在它们和城市的同步和异步关系上。它们作为镜子，反映城市的时代变迁，记录旅行者的足迹，彰显城市的智能化建设水平，同时又起着预警作用，帮助决策者认清新的挑战和机遇，打造未来的城市面貌。报告人以城市为内容介绍形式多样的地图表达方式，重点阐明地图在大数据时代的各种功能。