Dr. Hugo Wai Leung MAK
Lecturer
BSc in Mathematics & Physics;
PhD (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
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Address:
Room 208, Lady Shaw Building,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
Tel:
(852) 3943-7987
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Fields of Interest:
Applied and Computational Mathematics: Remote Sensing; Data Assimilation; Machine Learning Algorithms in Satellite Informatics and Environmental Modelling; Geospatial Analytics in Air Quality Studies; Smart City Development.
Selected Publications:
- Ul Din, S. and Mak, H.W.L.* (2021) Retrieval of Land-Use/Land Cover Change (LUCC) Maps and Urban Expansion Dynamics of Hyderabad, Pakistan via Landsat Datasets and Support Vector Machine Framework. Remote Sensing, 13(16), 3337.
- Mak, H.W.L. and N.Y.F. Lam (2021) Comparative Assessments and Insights of Data Openness of 50 Smart Cities in Air Quality aspects. Sustainable Cities and Society, 69, 102868.
- Lin, C.Q., L.D. Labzovskii, H.W.L. Mak, J.C.H. Fung, A.K.H. Lau, S.T. Kenea, M. Bilal, J. V. Hey, X. Lu and J. Ma (2020) Observation of PM2.5 using a combination of satellite remote sensing and low-cost sensor network in Siberian urban areas with limited reference monitoring. Atmospheric Environment, 227, 117410.
- Mak, H.W.L.*, J. L. Laughner, J.C.H. Fung, Q. D. Zhu and R. C. Cohen (2018) Improved Satellite Retrieval of Tropospheric NO2 Column Density via Updating of Air Mass Factor (AMF): Case Study of Southern China. Remote Sensing, 10 (11), 1789.
Major Research Grants:
Honours and Awards:
- Departmental Research Output Prize 2021, HKU
- School of Science Postgraduate Research Excellence Award 2019, HKUST
- The 14th Epsilon Fund Award – Mathematics, HKUST
- Research Travel Grant Award, University Grants Committee (UGC) 2016; 2018; 2019
Professional activities:
- Admission Panel member for Incubation Programmes (Ideation and Incubation Programmes), Hong Kong Science Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP)
- Geostationary Environmental Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) International Team Member
- Topical Advisory Panel Members, Mathematics (MDPI)
- Special Issue Guest Editor, Applied Sciences
- Reviewer Board Member, Remote Sensing