Ubiquitous Point Cloud

Dr. Bisheng Yang is a full professor in LidAR and photogrammetry at Wuhan University, China, and the director of State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS). His research expertise includes LiDAR and UAV photogrammetry, point cloud processing, GeoAI, and GIS and remote sensing applications. He has been Co-Chair of Point Cloud Processing Workgroup in the Photogrammetry Commission of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) since 2016. He also serves as Associate Editor of the ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. He is the recipient of many academic awards including the Carl Pulfrich Award (2019), and the Smart City Technology Innovation Award Gold Medal (2023).Prof. Dr. Zhen Dong honorably received his B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in remote sensing and photogrammetry from Wuhan University in 2011 and 2018, respectively. After his graduation, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher at LIESMARS, Wuhan University for two years. In 2022, he was promoted to full professor at LIESMARS, Wuhan University for his outstanding works in intelligent spatial understanding. His research interest lies in the field of 3D computer vision, particularly 3D reconstruction, scene understanding, and point cloud processing, as well as their applications in intelligent transportation systems, digital twin cities, urban sustainable development, and robotics.Dr. Fuxun Liang received his Ph.D. degree in remote sensing and photogrammetry from Wuhan University. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the LIESMARS at Wuhan University. His research interest lies in the field of point cloud processing and its applications in building and energy.Dr Xiaoxin Mi received her B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in remote sensing and photogrammetry from Wuhan University in 2016 and 2023, respectively. She is currently a post-doctoral fellow at Wuhan University of Technology. Her research interests include point cloud classification and segmentation, and road infrastructure modeling.

• Part I: Introduction. 1. Introduction to Point Cloud. 2. Ubiquitous Point Cloud. Part II: Introduction of Fusion and Enhancement. 3. Multiview Point Clouds Registration. 4. Cross-Platform Points Clouds Registration. 5. Point Clouds and Panoramic Images Registration. Part III: Introduction of Detection and Segmentation. 6. 3D Object Detection. 7. Point Cloud Semantic Segmentation. 8. Point Cloud Instance Segmentation. Part IV: Introduction of Modeling and Analysis. 9. 3D Terrain Modeling. 10. 3D Building Reconstruction. 11. 3D Road Reconstruction. Part V: Software and Applications. 12. Point Cloud Processing Software – Point2Model. 13. Applications of Uniquitous Point Cloud. 14. Conclusion and Outlooks.