Chih-Hong Sun

Chih-Hong Sun, PhD

Chairman, Taiwan GIS Center

email: chsun [at] ntu.edu.tw

Dr. Sun is a professor at Geography Department, National Taiwan University and Past President of Taiwan Geographic Information Society (2005-2006). In 2008 he was appointed as chairman of Taiwan Geographic Information System Center, which is a non-profit organization funded by the Council of Economic Planning and Development, Executive Yuan. Dr. Sun was also elected as president for Asia Geographic Information System Association in 2010. Dr. Sun received his undergraduate education at the National Taiwan University (1977) and his PhD degree in geography from the University of Georgia, USA (1986). He served as director of the Global Change Research Center, National Taiwan University from 1998 to 2004 and the executive secretary of the Commission on Sustainable Development Research, National Science Council from March, 1998 to June, 2000. Prior to that, Dr. Sun also served as chairman of the geography department, National Taiwan University from August 1994 till July 1997. His research specialties are in geographic information system, decision support system, hazards mitigation, and sustainable development. His recent researches are concentrated in developing spatial decision support system for natural hazards mitigation and for sustainable development issues. Dr. Sun is the project leader for the design of the National Geographic Information System in Taiwan. ... [ source: http://orurisagispro2011.sched.org/speaker/drchihhongsun ]

... Chih-Hong, at your convenience, please edit and expand on this page, and keep it updated so the community can get to know you better. Welcome! ... (read this if it's your first time editing the Ontolog wiki.) =ppy