(including but not limited to):
Topic 1: Remote Sensing Technology
Remote sensing theory and sensor technology, optical and microwave remote sensing, hyperspectral and multispectral remote sensing, lidar and radar remote sensing technology, thermal infrared and atmospheric remote sensing, unmanned aerial vehicle and satellite remote sensing applications, remote sensing image processing and intelligent interpretation, remote sensing information extraction and data mining, multi-source remote sensing data fusion and assimilation, remote sensing data quality assessment and correction, environmental and ecological remote sensing monitoring, agricultural and forest remote sensing applications, urban remote sensing and land use change, geological hazard remote sensing identification and monitoring, ocean and planetary remote sensing mapping, atmospheric environment and climate change remote sensing, time series analysis and change detection;
Topic 2: Spatial Information
Photogrammetry and 3D reconstruction, satellite navigation positioning and GNSS technology, integrated navigation and precision positioning, high-precision surveying and engineering surveying, geodetic surveying and gravity surveying, marine surveying and hydrological surveying, digital mapping and deformation monitoring, spatial data modeling and analysis, spatial databases and data management, 3D mapping and terrain modeling, cartography and visualization, spatial information services and standardization, multi-source spatial data fusion, spatial data quality and uncertainty analysis;
Topic 3: Geographic Information Science
Theory and Methods of Geographic Information Systems, Geographic Information Models and Spatial Analysis, Spatiotemporal Big Data and Data Mining, Application of Geographic Information Systems in Geographic Environment/Geology/Soil, Application of Geographic Information Systems in Urban and Regional Planning, Smart Cities and Digital Twin Cities, Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Geographic Information, Application of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems in Resource/Mineral/Energy Management, Application of Geographic Information Systems in Disaster Assessment and Emergency Management, Application of Geographic Information Systems in Ecological/Agricultural/Transportation Fields, Geographic Knowledge Graph and Semantic Network, Geographic Intelligence and Geographic Big Model Technology, Social Geographic Computing and Spatiotemporal Behavior Analysis, Geographic Information Sharing and Interoperability, Geographic Information System Education Innovation.