Lake Victoria from Space and AI Perspective
暫譯: 從太空與人工智慧的角度看維多利亞湖

Joseph Awange is a professor of Environmental Geoinformatics at the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) having previously worked at Curtin University (Australia). His research interests are sensing of environmental changes employing geospatial and AI techniques, hydroclimate, climate variability/change, climate extremes and mathematical geosciences (algebraic & numerical solutions). He obtained his BSc and MSc degrees in Surveying (University of Nairobi, Kenya). Joseph was awarded a merit scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Program (DAAD), which facilitated his obtaining a second MSc degree and PhD in Geodesy at Stuttgart University (Germany) under the supervision of the late Prof Erik W. Grafarend (one of the world's renown geodesists). In 2002-2004, he was awarded the prestigious Japan Society of Promotion of Science (JSPS; Japan) Fellowship to pursue postdoctoral research in Environmental Geodesy at Kyoto University. His research output has been globally recognized through prestigious Awards (i) Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellowships (2008-2011 Ludwig Leichhardt Memorial Fellowship for experienced researchers, 2015 & 2019 AvH support in acknowledgment of his scientific achievements in his specific academic field and in recognition of his contribution towards scientific cooperation with German colleagues), (ii) 2015 JSPS Fellowship, and (iii), Brazil Frontier of Science (Brazil). Joseph who holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) from Murdoch University (Australia) is currently serving as the Acquisition Manager for Springer Nature (world-leading research, educational and professional publisher) in charge of Earth Sciences, Geography, and Environment books. He attained International Editorial role in Springer Earth Science Books and has authored more than 25 scholarly books with the prestigious Springer publisher and more than 250 peer-reviewed high-impact journal publications.

約瑟夫·阿旺吉（Joseph Awange）是香港理工大學土地測量及地理資訊系（LSGI）的環境地理資訊學教授，曾在澳大利亞的科廷大學工作。他的研究興趣包括利用地理空間和人工智慧技術感知環境變化、水文氣候、氣候變異/變化、氣候極端現象以及數學地球科學（代數與數值解法）。他在肯尼亞內羅畢大學獲得測量學的學士和碩士學位。約瑟夫獲得德國學術交流計畫（DAAD）的優秀獎學金，這使他能夠在德國斯圖加特大學獲得第二個碩士學位和博士學位，指導教授為已故的埃里克·W·格拉法倫德（Prof Erik W. Grafarend），他是世界著名的測地學家之一。在2002年至2004年間，他獲得了日本科學促進會（JSPS；日本）的著名獎學金，以在京都大學進行環境測地學的博士後研究。他的研究成果在全球範圍內獲得了多項著名獎項的認可，包括（i）亞歷山大·馮·洪堡（Alexander von Humboldt, AvH）獎學金（2008-2011年路德維希·萊希哈特紀念獎學金，2015年和2019年AvH支持，以表彰他在特定學術領域的科學成就以及對與德國同事的科學合作的貢獻），（ii）2015年JSPS獎學金，以及（iii）巴西科學前沿獎（Brazil Frontier of Science）。約瑟夫擁有澳大利亞莫道克大學的環境影響評估（EIA）研究生文憑，目前擔任施普林格自然（Springer Nature，全球領先的研究、教育和專業出版商）的採購經理，負責地球科學、地理和環境書籍。他在施普林格地球科學書籍中擔任國際編輯角色，並與施普林格出版社共同撰寫了超過25本學術書籍，以及超過250篇經過同行評審的高影響力期刊文章。