Yang Tang

Email: Tang.1693@osu.edu

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Abstract

  • Yang Tang is a Ph.D. candidate specializing in geospatial data analysis and remote sensing.

    • Research Summary

    • Publications: 15 journal and conference papers
    • Highly Cited Papers: 2 publications ranked in the top 1% of the field (Web of Science Highly Cited Papers)
    • Citations: 290
    • H-index: 7
    • Peer Review Contributions: 27 completed reviews
    • Professional Memberships: Member of 6 academic associations
    • Reviewing Roles: Served as a reviewer for 10 journals or conferences

    Education and Credentials

    • Ph.D. in Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering (CEGE), Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2021 - Present, GPA 3.83/4.0. Focus on Geospatial Data Analysis; Advisor: Rongjun Qin.
    • M.Sc. in Digital Media Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2011-2013, GPA 10/12 (major), 7.75/12 (overall). Advisor: Michael Kai Petersen.
    • M.Sc. Exchange in Information Science Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 2012-2013, GPA 4.0/4.0 (major), 3.83/4.0 (overall). Required Credit 7.5 | Credit Taken 18. Advisor: Prof. Tohru Asami and Yoshihiro Kawahara. Best two of all exchange applicants (Asia) were selected by Technical University of Denmark.
    • B.Sc. in Computer Science, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland, 2008-2011, GPA 4.75/5.0 (major), 4.46/5.0 (overall). Graduated half year in advance.

    Professional Experience

    • Data Scientist, Shenzhen Bixuange Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China, January 2014 – August 2020. Contributed actively to data visualization projects and respective analysis.
    • Internship, MapMotion Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, January 2013 – February 2013.
    • Teaching Assistant, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland, October 2010 – July 2011. Acted as a Teaching Assistant for an Artificial Intelligence Course taught by Prof. Halina Kwasnicka.
    • Artificial Intelligent Programmer, Vratis, Wroclaw, Poland, June 2010 – October 2010. Participated in the KnaiME Project at the AI Library in KNIME, as well as the KnaiME Ant Colony & Evolutionary Algorithm.

    Membership in Associations

    • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) – Member, 2024 – present
    • American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) – Member, 2023 – present
    • International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) – Member, 2023 – present
    • American Geophysical Union (AUG) – Member, 2024 – present
    • European Geosciences Union (EGU) – Member, 2024 – present
    • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – Member, 2024 – present

    Reviewer Roles

    • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing – Reviewer, 2023 – present
    • IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium – IGARSS – Reviewer, 2024 – present
    • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing – Reviewer, 2024 – present
    • Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing – Reviewer, 2024 – present
    • Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies – Reviewer, 2024 – present
    • Transactions on Consumer Electronics – Reviewer, 2024 – present
    • Journal of Biophotonics – Reviewer, 2024 – present
    • IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics – Reviewer, 2024 – present
    • Additive Manufacturing – Reviewer, 2024 – present
    • Geocarto International – Reviewer, 2025 – present

    Select Academic Scholarship

    • JASSO Short-Term scholarship, Tokyo University, Japan, 2012 – 2013; two from Information Science and Technology department were selected
    • DTU scholarship - Technical University Denmark, 2011 – 2013; 22 from master applicants were selected in 2011
    • Academic Performance Scholarship, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland, 2009 – 2011; three of 136 students were awarded, recommended by CS Department

    Select Honors

    • Top 1% (Highly cited paper): "Active and Low-Cost Hyperspectral Imaging for the Spectral Analysis of a Low-Light Environment," placed in the top 1% of the Analytical field.
    • Top 1% (Highly cited paper): "Remote Sensing Object Detection in the Deep Learning Era-A Review" placed in the top 1% of the Geosciences field.
    • Editor’s Choice Paper: "Active and Low-Cost Hyperspectral Imaging for the Spectral Analysis of a Low-Light Environment," 2024.
    • Editor’s Choice Paper: "Remote Sensing Object Detection in the Deep Learning Era-A Review", 2025.
    • Second Place Poster Award (2/45), Interdisciplinary Research Fall Forum, Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University, USA, 2023.
    • Excellent Student & Excellent Graduate, Denmark Technical University, Denmark, 2013.
    • Excellent Volunteer, Young Scientists Senior, Denmark, 2013.
    • Outstanding Student Leader, Wroclaw University of Technology, 2009.

    Publications

    • Gui, Shengxi, Shuang Song, Rongjun Qin, and Yang Tang. "Remote sensing object detection in the deep learning era—a review." Remote Sensing 16, no. 2 (2024): 327.
    • Tang, Yang, Shuang Song, Shengxi Gui, Weilun Chao, Chinmin Cheng, and Rongjun Qin. "Active and low-cost hyperspectral imaging for the spectral analysis of a low-light environment." Sensors 23, no. 3 (2023): 1437.
    • Huang, Debao, Yang Tang, and Rongjun Qin. "An evaluation of planetscope images for 3d reconstruction and change detection–experimental validations with case studies." GIScience & Remote Sensing 59, no. 1 (2022): 744-761.
    • Lai, Xin, Yang Tang, Lei Li, PakWai Chan, and Qingfeng Zeng. "Study on microclimate observation network for urban unit: A case study in a campus of Shenzhen, China." Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 110 (2019): 117-124.
    • Gui, Shengxi, Rongjun Qin, and Yang Tang. "SAT2LOD2: a software for automated LOD-2 building reconstruction from satellite-derived orthophoto and digital surface model." The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences 43 (2022): 379-386.
    • Qin, Rongjun, Guixiang Zhang, and Yang Tang. "On the transferability of learning models for semantic segmentation for remote sensing data." arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.10490 (2023).
    • Albanwan, Hessah, Rongjun Qin, and Yang Tang. "Image Fusion in Remote Sensing: An Overview and Meta-Analysis." Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 90, no. 12 (2024): 755-775.
    • Tang, Yang, Jiongchao Yan, Yueqi Wu, Jie Hong, Lei Xu, and Zhangrui Lin. "Design of remote sensing image data analysis and processing platform based on environmental monitoring." In Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 2136, no. 1, p. 012056. IOP Publishing, 2021.
    • Zeng, Danqi, Yahan Yang, Yang Tang, Lanqin Zhao, Xun Wang, Dongyuan Yun, Wenben Chen et al. "Shaping school for childhood myopia: the association between floor area ratio of school environment and myopia in China." British Journal of Ophthalmology 109, no. 1 (2025): 146-151.
    • Tang, Yang, Kawahara Yoshihiro, Asami Tohru, and Bollegala Danushka. "BS-1-12 Analyzing Patterns from Twitter Happiness referring Stock Market and American Unemployment Rate Announcement." 電子情報通信学会総合大会講演論文集 2013, no. 2 (2013): S-23.
    • Tang, Yang, Guixiang Zhang, Jung Kuan Liu, and Rongjun Qin. "Weakly supervised land-cover classification of high-resolution images with low-resolution labels through optimized label refinement." International Journal of Remote Sensing (2025): 1-25.
    • Jia, Yuanyuan, C. K. Shum, Ying Zuo, and Yang Tang. "Satellite Remote Sensing-Based Environmental Monitoring of Inland Water and Natural Hazards Towards Forest Sustainability over India." In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, vol. 2022, pp. G31A-04. 2022.
    • Shum, C. K., Shengdao Wang, Yu Zhang, Yixin Xiao, Yang Tang, Metehan Uz, Kazim Atman et al. "Geodesy for Climate Actions." In IAG Scientific Assembly 2025. 2025.
    • Zuo, Ying, C. K. Shum, Soumitri Das, Yuanyuan Jia, Orhan Akyilmaz, Yu Zhang, Yang Tang et al. "Satellite-based tools enabling India forest sustainability." In XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, 2023.
    • 曾庆锋, 高瑞泉, 温精敏, 李磊, 许磊, 汤洋, and 赖鑫. "基于物联网的城市单元体微气候环境观测管理模式." 收藏 3 (2019).