Dr. Chao Wang is an associate professor at Wuhan University. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering in Cartography and Geographic Information Engineering in 2003 from Wuhan University and his Ph.D. in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (Master and Doctoral Program) in 2008 from Wuhan University. In July 2008, he joined the National Key Laboratory of Surveying, Mapping, and Remote Sensing Information Engineering at Wuhan University. He has participated in the scientific research of national key projects such as the National 863 Plan Smart City (Phase I) Theme Project, Smart City (Phase II) Major Project, and 973 Basic Research Plan Project, focusing on using geographic information technology to identify the operating status and monitoring methods of cities. The relevant results won the first prize of the Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress, the second prize of Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology Progress, the second and third prizes of Geographic Information Science and Technology Progress, and the second prize of Wuhan Science and Technology Progress. His main research interests are smart cities, land use change, and its ecological and environmental effects.