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Fangli Ying

Department of Computer Science,
National University of Ireland Maynooth,
Co.Kildare,
Ireland
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I am a PhD student in Computer Science funded by an international scholarship from Irish Universities Association and China Scholarship Council. My research is focus on Web-based mapping,Open Source Geo-processing and progressive transmission for Location-based Service(LBS). This research is a part of LBS strand in StratAG project funded by SFI. My supervisor is Dr. Adam C.Winstanley who is a Co-PI of StratAG in NCG and the Head of Department of Computer Science in NUIM. I also work with other two co-supervisors: Dr. Peter Mooney who works for the Environmental Protection Agency and Dr. Padraig Corcoran who is a senior researcher in UCD. Currently we are working to build a model of dynamic delivery of geospatial data for Location-based Services use.
Research Interests

Current Research

My current research interests are in the held of progressive transmission of vector- Interests based spatial data with specific emphasis on delivery of spatial data to mobile-device based Location-based Services. This research involves using a fully open source software approach for map generalization and spatial data delivery. This research also uses techniques from pattern recognition and compter vision techniques to enhance the map representation and effciency of data delivery. Overall this research looks to provide a framework for progressive transmission of spatial data which will lead to an improved user experience when using Location-based Services (LBS) for real-time download and visualising of spatial data on small-screen mobile devices.

    Publications

    • Ying, F. and Mooney, P. and Corcoran, P. and Winstanley, A.C. Selective progressive tranmssion of vector data. To appear at the International Conference of Geocomputation, UCL, London, 2011.
    • Ying, F. and Mooney, P. and Corcoran, P. and Winstanley, A.C. How much is enough? Evaluation of user satistfaction of with maps generated by a progressive transmission scheme for geospatial data. Note: Awarded ESRI grant for covering all expenses of attending the conference. To appear at the 14th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Utrecht, The Netherlands,18-21 April 2011.
    • Ying, F. and Mooney, P. and Corcoran, P. and Winstanley, A.C. A model for pro- gressive transmission of spatial data based on shape complexity. To appear at ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010. The SIGSPATIAL Special Volume 2, Number 3, November 2010.Note: Awarded Best runner up poster presentation at the ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010 conference.
    • Ying, F. and Mooney, P. and Corcoran, P. Using Java XML Tool to process OSM XML data. At OpenStreetMap State of the Map 2010, Girona, Spain, July 2010.
    • Ying, F. and Mooney, P. and Corcoran, P. A shape complexity approach to sim- plification of geospatial data for use in Location-based Services. Proceed- ings of the 7th International Symposium on LBS and TeleCartography ,Sept. 2010, Guangzhou, China.
    • Ying, F. and Mooney, P. and Corcoran, P. and Winstanley A.C. Polygon processing on openstreetmap xml data. Proceedings of the GIS Research UK 18th Annual Conference (London, England, 2010), M. Haklay, J. Morely, and H. Rahemtulla, Eds., University College London, pp. 149-154.
    Experience

    Demonstrating in CS

    • CS142/143 - Introduction to Computer Science / Computer Systems, CS153 - Sound Synthesis, CS261 - Multimedia Technology
    • CS320 - Databases, CS260 - Humanities Computing

    Supervised student projects in CS

    • "Location-based Flickr" with 3rd year student Stephen Murphy
    • "Rendering Effective Route Maps on mobile phone devices" with 4th year student Wei Zhang:

    Presentations & Events Gallery from 2009 - 2011

  • April 2010 in UCL London: Attended GIS Research UK 18th Annual Conference London, England and present the paper ‘Polygon processing on openstreetmap xml data’
  • June 2010 in NUIM: Presented PhD research work in PhD seminar in Department of Computer Science NUIM
  • July 2010 in Univeristy of Girona Spain: Attended Opensource GIS Summer School in Girona Spain and presented the paper Using Java XML Tool to process OSM XML data
  • Noverber 2010 in San Jose USA: Presented the poster about the paper” A model for progressive transmission of spatial data based on shape complexity” and won the second prize in ACMGIS 2010
  • Noverber 2010 in NCG: Presented the research work in the Mid-Term Review in StratAG
  • December 2010 in CS Department: Presented the research work in the Mid-Term Review in EPA
  • December 2010 in University of Nottingham: Attended WhereCamp in University of Nottingham UK
  • April 2011 in University of Portmouth: Attended GIS Research UK 19th Annual Conference Portmouth, England
  • April 2011 in University of Utrecht: Attended the international conference of AGILE 2011 in Utrecht,the Netherlands and presneted the paper"How much is enough? Evaluation of user satistfaction of with maps generated by a progressive transmission scheme for geospatial data"
  • May 2011 in Callen institue: presented the research "Dynamic delevery of Geospatial data" in Callen institute
  • July 2011 in UCL London: Attended Geocomputation 2011 conference in London and presented the paper "Selective pregressive transsmion of vector data"
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    Hobbies
    Opensource Software hacking, swimming, calligraphy