Academic and Professional Interests:

Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing
. Bundle adjustment models for Mars mapping and rover localization
. High resolution satellite image modeling and geometric processing
. Wide baseline image matching and DEM extraction
. Feature extraction and object recognition from multi-source images
. Intelligent image understanding based on spatial data mining techniques

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 
. Spatial data mining and knowledge discovery
. Uncertainty modeling
. Knowledge representation and uncertainty reasoning
. Integration of GIS and remote sensing

Applications
. Martian surface mapping and rover localization for the MER mission to support strategic and tactical traverse planning and various scientific investigations
. Coastal mapping 
. Land /resource investigation and mapping 
. Urban planning and management information system
. Shallow water bathymetry from remote sensing images
. Multi-source image analysis and integration
. Map scanning and recognition system