Geomatics —An Open Access Journal

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Short Biography of Author
Geomatics 2021, 2, FOR PEER REVIEW

Short Biography of Author
Dr. Naser El-Sheimy, Editor-in-Chief for Geomatics. Dr. Naser El-Sheimy is Professor and former Head of the Department of Geomatics Engineering, the University of Calgary. He holds a Tier-I Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Geomatics Multi-sensor Systems. He is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, fellow of the US Institute of Navigation (ION), and Foreign Expert of China's 1000 Talent Program. His research expertise includes Geomatics multi-sensor systems, navigation of autonomous systems, and mobile mapping systems.
Dr. El-Sheimy published two books, 6 book chapters and over 450 papers in academic journals, conference and workshop proceedings, in which he has received over 30 national and international paper awards. He supervised and graduated over 100 Masters and PhD students. He is the recipient of many national and international awards including the AS-Tech "Leadership in Alberta Technology" Award the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA) Educational Excellence Award. Dr. El-Sheimy was the founder/co-founder of 4 successful companies and TECTERRA Center of Excellence. Dr. El-Sheimy was the president of Commission I on "Sensors and Platforms" of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) from 2008-2012. He organized and participated in organizing many national and international conferences and chaired many conferences such as the USA Institute of Navigation Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). Dr. El-Sheimy is currently a member of the associate editor of the ION Navigation Journal and the editorial Board of Journal of Satellite Navigation, MDPI Sensors, Journal of Applied Geodesy, and Coordinates.

Dr. Naser El-Sheimy, Editor-in-Chief for Geomatics. Dr. Naser El-Sheimy is Professor and former
Head of the Department of Geomatics Engineering, the University of Calgary. He holds a Tier-I Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Geomatics Multi-sensor Systems. He is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, fellow of the US Institute of Navigation (ION), and Foreign Expert of China's 1000 Talent Program. His research expertise includes Geomatics multi-sensor systems, navigation of autonomous systems, and mobile mapping systems.
Dr. El-Sheimy has published two books, 6 book chapters, and over 450 papers in academic journals, conferences, and workshop proceedings, for which he has received over 30 national and international paper awards. He has supervised over 100 Masters and PhD students. He has been the recipient of many national and international awards, including the ASTech "Leadership in Alberta Technology" Award the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and the Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA) Educational Excellence Award. Dr. El-Sheimy is the founder/co-founder of 4 successful companies and TECTERRA Center of Excellence. Dr. El-Sheimy was the president of Commission I on "Sensors and Platforms" of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) from 2008 to 2012. He has organized and participated in organizing many national and international conferences and chaired many conferences, such as the USA Institute of Navigation Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). Dr. El-Sheimy is currently an associate editor of the ION Navigation Journal and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Satellite Navigation, MDPI Sensors, Journal of Applied Geodesy, and Coordinates.