Steve Liang, University of Calgary

Latest papers

GICEDCam: A Geospatial Internet of Things Framework for Complex Event Detection in Camera Streams.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
A Systematic Review of Event-Matching Methods for Complex Event Detection in Video Streams.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024 · senior author
A Blockchain-Based Spatial Crowdsourcing System for Spatial Information Collection Using a Reward Distribution.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021 · senior author

All 5 publications

Latest funding

Advancing the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) CDB Standard for 3D Synthetic Environment Simulation and Modelling_x000d_ _x000d_
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$396,000
An interoperable and secure geospatial Internet of Things (IoT) platform for real-time data stream processing
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$120,000
NSERC CREATE for the Wearable Technology Research and Collaboration (We-TRAC) training program
NSERC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$1,650,000

All 6 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

GICEDCam: A Geospatial Internet of Things Framework for Complex Event Detection in Camera Streams.

Honarparvar S, Honarparvar Y, Ashena Z, Liang S, Saeedi S

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

DOI: 10.3390/s25175331 PMID: 40942759

02

A Systematic Review of Event-Matching Methods for Complex Event Detection in Video Streams.

Honarparvar S, Ashena ZB, Saeedi S, Liang S

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)2024Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/s24227238 PMID: 39599015

03

A Blockchain-Based Spatial Crowdsourcing System for Spatial Information Collection Using a Reward Distribution.

Kamali M, Malek MR, Saeedi S, Liang S

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/s21155146 PMID: 34372384

04

Community-Based Groundwater Monitoring Network Using a Citizen-Science Approach.

Little KE, Hayashi M, Liang S

Ground water2016Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/gwat.12336 PMID: 25825253

05

Locally optimal detection of image watermarks in the wavelet domain using Bessel K form distribution.

Bian Y, Liang S

IEEE transactions on image processing : a publication of the IEEE Signal Processing Society2013Senior author

DOI: 10.1109/tip.2013.2246177 PMID: 23412613

Advancing the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) CDB Standard for 3D Synthetic Environment Simulation and Modelling_x000d_ _x000d_

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Liang, Steve Hung-Ling

$396,000

An interoperable and secure geospatial Internet of Things (IoT) platform for real-time data stream processing

Principal investigatorNSERC2018DND/NSERC Discovery Grant Supplement

Principal investigators: Liang, Steve Hung-Ling

$120,000

NSERC CREATE for the Wearable Technology Research and Collaboration (We-TRAC) training program

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Ferber, Reed R

Keywords: accelerometer; data science; gait; inertial measurement units; internet of things (IoT); locomotion; machine learning; sensor fusion; signal processing; sports performance

$1,650,000

An interoperable and secure geospatial Internet of Things (IoT) platform for real-time data stream processing

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Liang, Steve Hung-Ling

$265,800

NSERC CREATE Program on Multi-sensor Systems for Navigation and Mapping - Training for Technology, Applications and Analytics

Co-investigatorNSERC2017Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: El-Sheimy, Naser N

$1,650,000

Geospatial technologies for monitoring vegetation recovery on human disturbance features in Alberta's boreal forest

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Mcdermid, Gregory

$1,141,576

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Liang, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "GICEDCam: A Geospatial Internet of Things Framework for Complex Event Detection in Camera Streams." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Advancing the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) CDB Standard for 3D Synthetic Environment Simulation and Modelling_x000d_ _x000d_" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]