2016-04-26
A lecture of an extraordinary guest from Singapore at VGTU
On April 28, at 12:15 PM, Dr. Victor Khoo, the Deputy Director of the Land Survey Division of Singapore Land Authority (SLA), will deliver a lecture at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) auditorium 03 (Sauletekio al. 11, Vilnius).
Singapore is aiming at becoming the first "smart" state in the world. One of the major tasks to achieve this goal is to form a virtual Singapore, where the priority would be the 3D models and maps of the infrastructure of buildings as well as the underground infrastructure. The guest will present his vision of the development of Singapore in his lecture "The practice of creating a 3D city model".
Dr. Victor Khoo received his Ph.D. and Master of Engineering degree from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore and his Bachelor degree in Land Surveying from the University Technology of Malaysia (UTM).
Prior to his appointment in SLA, V. Khoo has been working in various GPS, geospatial related and satellite remote sensing research projects for a period of 8 years. He held appointments as Associate Scientist in the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) in National University of Singapore (NUS) and Research Associate in the Spatial Information Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NTU. His areas of interest include Differential GNSS, Cadastral Surveying, 3D Mapping and Spatial Data Infrastructure.