Prof. Qing-Ming Zhan obtained the B.S. and the M.S. in photogrammetry and remote sensing from Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, in 1985 and 1995 respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in geo-information science from Wageningen University - ITC, the Netherlands in 2003. He is currently a professor with School of Urban Design, Wuhan University. His research interests include digital and smart cities, planning support systems, wind path planning for dense urban areas, object-based analysis of remote sensing images, land-cover and land-use classification methods, etc. He has supervised more than 20 Ph.D. students and more than 150 M.S. students. He is the author and co-author of over 300 scientific articles and 8 books.