About Me
I am Tang Kai (唐凯), an Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. I received my Ph. D. in Cartography and Geographic Information Systems from Beijing Normal University in 2026, advised by Prof. Jin Chen. My research focuses on remote sensing image processing, change detection, on-orbit computing, agricultural intelligence, and GeoAI.
My research experience began with Remote Sensing Science and Technology during my undergraduate study, followed by master's research on radiometric quality improvement and physical parameter retrieval for China's Fengyun meteorological satellites. During my Ph.D. study, I have focused on deep learning-based change detection and multimodal data fusion, with an emphasis on integrating remote sensing physics and geoscientific knowledge into AI models.
I am always open to collaboration and academic exchange with researchers and practitioners interested in remote sensing, GeoAI, change detection, agricultural intelligence, data fusion, and Earth observation applications.
Research Interests
- Change detection
- Optical-SAR fusion
- Agricultural remote sensing
- On-orbit computing
- GeoAI
News
- 2026.08 A first-author Paper on crop harvest monitoring was accepted by International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (JCR Q1 TOP).
- 2026.06 Received the Ph. D. degree from Beijing Normal University.
- 2026.05 Received the titles of Outstanding Graduate of Beijing Municipality and Outstanding Graduate of Beijing Normal University.
- 2026.03 A Paper on estimation of crop sowing dates was accepted by The Crop Journal (JCR Q1 TOP).
- 2026.03 ClearSCD has been selected as an ESI Highly Cited Paper.
- 2026.02 A Paper on crop mapping models was accepted by ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and released with [Code].
- 2026.01 DreamCD was accepted by International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation and released with [Code] and [Dataset].
- 2026.01 Shield was accepted by Journal of Remote Sensing and released with [Code].
Selected Publications
A near-real-time and unsupervised framework for grain crop harvest detection using Sentinel-2 imagery: the reaped index (RI) and automated thresholding.
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2026.
Kai Tang, Zeteng Li, Youzhi Zhang, Laigang Wang, Peng Yang, Bingwen Qiu, Xuehong Chen, Ruilin Chen, Jianlong Li, Jin Chen†
[Paper]
† Corresponding author.
Education
- 2022.09-2026.06 Ph.D. in Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, Beijing Normal University.
- 2019.09-2022.06 M.Eng. in Surveying and Mapping Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology.
- 2015.09-2019.06 B.Eng. in Remote Sensing Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University.
Honors and Awards
- 2026.05 Outstanding Graduate of Beijing Municipality.
- 2026.05 Outstanding Graduate of Beijing Normal University.
- 2025.01 Academic Innovation Award, Beijing Normal University.
- 2023.11 First Prize, Graduate Academic Competition, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University.
- 2022.05 Outstanding Graduate of Shandong Province.
- 2021.10 National Graduate Scholarship.
Academic Services
- Reviewer for Remote Sensing of Environment, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, International Digital Earth, Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, and Journal of Remote Sensing.
Contact
- Email: tangkai@mail.bnu.edu.cn
- Alternate email: a1362723810@gmail.com