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Senior Lecturer

Kent Wai Keung LAM

Senior Lecturer
Master of Science in Surveying Engineering, First Class , University of Calgary, Canada
Cluster:
Infocomm Technology
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SIT Appointments

  • Senior Lecturer
    – Present

Education

  • Master of Science in Surveying Engineering, First Class
    University of Calgary , Canada
  • Bachelor of Science in Surveying Engineering, First Class
    University of New Brunswick , Canada
  • Professional Diploma in Financial Planning
    The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR China
  • Certificate in Building Information Modelling (BIM) – Project Management
    Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, UK , United Kingdom

Achievements

  • Received an eLearning and Blended Teaching Development Fund from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Funding amount: KK$181,000
  • Excellence in Teaching Award 1415, Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Received a research fund from The Hong Kong Institute of Land Surveyors. Funding amount: HK$100,000

Professional Memberships

  • Member, Intelligent Transportation Systems-Hong Kong
  • Ex-Vice President, Intelligent Transportation Systems-Hong Kong

Corporate Experience

  • Vice Chairman, ITS Asian Pacific Forum 2017, organizer: ITSHK
  • Chairman, ITS Forum 2016 Hong Kong, organizer by ITSHK.
  • Attendee, ITS World Congress 2016 – Melbourne, Australia, organized by ITS World Congress.
  • Speaker, From Intelligent Transportation Systems to Smart Mobility, ICT Conference 2016, Constructing a Competitive Smart City, organized by The Institution of Engineering and Technology.
  • Speaker, Road to ITS Asia Pacific Forum 2017, ITS Forum 2015 Hong Kong, organizer by ITSHK.
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  • Attendee, ITS World Congress 2015 – Bordeaux, France, organized by ITS World Congress.
  • Attendee, HKIBIM-CIC Conference 2015, organized by Hong Kong Institute of BIM, 2015
  • Attendee, Technical Seminar on CIC Building Information Modelling (BIM) Standards (Phase One) – COC, organized by Construction Industrial Council, The Hong Kong SAR
  • Speaker, BIM: Challenges and Opportunities for Land Surveying Profession, CPD talk, organized by Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
  • Speaker, A Case Study of Using Combined BIM and GIS Model for Building Energy Conservation, HKIBIM-CIC Academic Papers Presentation and BIM Showcase, 2015. Organized by The Hong Kong Institute of Building Information Modelling and Construction Industry Co
  • Speaker, Geo-Informatics for BIM, SDI Conference 2015. Organized by Institute of Chartered Engineering Surveyors
  • Attendee, GeoSmart Summit 2014, Jun 2014, organized by Geospatial World
  • Chairman, ITS Forum 2014 Hong Kong, organizer: ITSHK, co-organizer LSGI
  • Attendee, HKIBIM-CIC Conference 2014, Oct 2014, organized by HKIBIM and CIC
  • Organizer, SDI Conference 2014 –Are you ready becom BIMmer?, organized by CICES
  • GIS Consultant, AECOM (Asia) Limited for the Traffic Incident Management Project, Transport Department, The Hong Kong SAR, 2012
  • Speaker, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Symposium on “From Green Building to Smart City”, organized by The Society of Operations Engineers (Hong Kong Region).

Research Interests

  • Transport and GIS Data Modeling
  • Transport Logistics Planning and Routing
  • Pedestrian, Public Transportation and Car Navigation
  • Digital Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing
  • Location Based Services and Mobile Applications
  • Automatic Mapping and Facility Management (AM/FM)
  • BIM modeling and project management
  • Learning and teaching pedagogy

Past Projects

  • Learning and Teaching Project, Development of a SPOC project for “Map Reading and Interpretation”
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    Funded by eLearning and Blended Learning Development Fund, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. 2016-17.

  • Research project, Studies the Roles of Professional Land Surveyors in the Emerging Opportunities of Building Information Modeling (BIM) for Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
    –

Journal Papers

  • Lau, W.L., LI, Zhi-lin and Lam, K. (2003). Effect of JPEG Compression on Image Classification. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 24, No. 7, pp. 1535-1544.

  • Li, Zhi-lin, Yuan, X.X. and Lam, K. (2002). Effect of JPEG Compression on the Accuracy of Photogrammetric Point Determination. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol. 68, No. 8, pp. 847-853.

  • LAM, Kent, LAU, Wai-leung Jimmy and LI, Zhi-lin (2000) The Effects on Image Classification Using Image Compression Technique. International Archieves of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Volume XXXIII, Part B7, pp. 744-745.

  • Zhilin Li; W. K. Lam and Chengming Li (1998) "Effect of Compression on the Accuracy of DTM", Geographic Information Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 1-2 December 1998.

Conferences

  • Intelligent Transportation Systems, Symposium on “From Green Building to Smart City” 2016, organized by The Society of Operations Engineers (Hong Kong Region).

  • From Intelligent Transportation Systems to Smart Mobility, ICT Conference 2016, Constructing a Competitive Smart City, organized by The Institution of Engineering and Technology.

  • A Case Study of Using Combined BIM and GIS Model for Building Energy Conservation, HKIBIM-CIC Academic Papers Presentation and BIM Showcase, 2015. Organized by The Hong Kong Institute of Building Information Modelling and Construction Industry Council.

  • Road to ITS Asia Pacific Forum 2017, ITS Forum 2015 Hong Kong, organizer by ITSHK.

  • Geo-Informatics for BIM, SDI Conference 2015. Organized by Institute of Chartered Engineering Surveyors.

  • BIM: Challenges and Opportunities for Land Surveying Profession, CPD talk, organized by Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, 2015

  • PUN, Lilian and Lam, Kent (2000) An analysis of preferred candidates and graduates for geomatics education, Proceedings of International IT Conference on Geo-Spatial Education, pp.135-141, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: Hong Kong, 6th-8th July.

  • Kent W. K. Lam, W. L. Lau and Z. L. Li (1999) “Effects of JPEG Compression on Accuracy of Image Classification”, The 20th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing November , 1999, Hong Kong SAR.

  • Kent W. K. Lam, Nelson F. S. Chan and Zhilin Li (1999) “The Effects of Image Compression on DTM Accuracy”, Proceedings of The International Symposium on Spatial Data Quality’99, July 1999, Hong Kong SAR, pp. 228-235.

  • Esmond Mok; Bruce King; Zhilin Li and Kent Lam (1998) "Digital close range digital photogrammetry data acquisition system with combined GPS georeference and its calibration". Proceedings, ISPRS Commission V Symposium Real-time Imaging and Dynamic Analyis, June 2-5 1998, Hakodate, Japan, VXXXII, N5, pp253-257.

  • Kent Lam and Sandra Au (1997) "Electromagnetic Fields Modeling Using GIS". AM/FM International Conference XX Proceedings, March 23-26, 1997 Nashville, USA, pp. 229-236.

  • LAM, K.W.K. and MOK, Esmond (1996) "Real-Time Processing System for Road Alignment Setting out". Proceedings of Geoinformatics' 96 Wuhan - International Symposium on the Occasion of the 40th Anniversary of Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping, pp 585 - 592.

  • Tang Eric S. K. and Lam, Kent W. K (1995) "Investigate the Object-oriented Approach on Modelling of the Cartographic Data and Cartographic Generalization Process". Proceedings of GeoInformatics’95 Hong Kong, Vol. 2, May 1995, Hong Kong, pp. 288-294.