**About the Editors**

#### **Weicheng Wu**

Weicheng Wu holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne), is full-time Professor and Team Leader at the Key Lab of Digital Land and Resources, and PhD supervisor at the Faculty of Earth Sciences of the East China University of Technology (ECUT). Dr Wu used to be an international scientist and remote sensing specialist with the University of Sassari in Italy and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). He had led and/or participated in more than 20 international cooperation projects focused in Central and Western Asia and Northern Africa (CWANA) and the European Mediterranean region, funded by different international consortia such as ESA, EU, IFAD, USAID, AusAID, CGIAR, etc. After joining ECUT in 2018, he has managed several projects on assessments of the sustainable utilization of land resources and of the impacts of natural disasters on food security and society using geo-information technology and artificial intelligence techniques, supported by ECUT and the Jiangxi Government. He was the Chair of the International Conference on Geo-information Technology and its Applications (ICGITA 2019), and is an Associate Editor of the *International Journal of Remote Sensing* and Guest Editor of *Remote Sensing and ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information*. His research interests include analyses of human–nature interactions, carbon sequestration/emission, natural disaster risk zoning and food security. He has authored more than 100 scientific publications, and in 2018, Dr Wu was granted the title of "Ten Leading Chinese Talents on Science and Technology in Europe" and selected by the "Talent Program of Jiangxi Government".

#### **Yalan Liu**

Yalan Liu holds a PhD in Cartography and Remote Sensing from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, achieved in 2004, is a full-time Professor at the Aerospace Information Research Institute under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIR/CAS), and part-time Professor in the Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (China) (affiliated with the United Nations). She is also the Director of the Lab of Spatial Information Integration Technology at AIR/CAS, specializing in remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS), including technology, theory, and applications, since 1996. Her research interests include intelligent information extraction, the integration of spatial information and their applications in environment monitoring, disaster mitigation, smart cities, and decision support for sustainable development. She has been leading three projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, National Key Research and Development Program, and China High-resolution Earth Observation System Program, and has participated in two projects supported by the National Science and Technology Support Program as well as two international cooperation projects. She served as Guest Editor and reviewer for several international journals, such as *ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information and Remote Sensing*, and has published more than 100 scientific papers. Dr Liu has received several prizes of Scientific and Technological Progress Awards (STPA), including one First Class Prize of STPA of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, one Third Class Prize of STPA of the Beijing Government, and one Second Class Prize of the State STPA of China.
