Dr. Hugo Wai Leung MAK

Lecturer
BSc in Mathematics & Physics;
PhD (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)


Dr. Hugo Wai Leung MAK

Address:
Room 208, Lady Shaw Building,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong

Tel:
(852) 3943-7987



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:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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