Category Archives: Research

Synology NAS SMB speed doubled

My lab set up a Synology NAS device and it is connected using a 1Gbps switch with other computers. I noticed that the read/write speed of the NAS by SMB network drive is only about 47MB/s. After searching on the …

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Matlab installation

FAU users can self install Matlab to a local computer:
https://hpc.fau.edu/matlab-individual-install/

Or run Matlab from Citrix:
https://apps.fau.edu/

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Hongbo Su was invited to serve as an Editor-in-Chief for Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Hongbo Su was appointed as an Editor-in-Chief for Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, starting from Jan. 01, 2021.

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth is an international interdisciplinary journal for the rapid publication of collections of refereed communications …

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Hongbo Su was invited to serve on the editorial team for The Journal of Applied Remote Sensing (JARS)

Hongbo Su was appointed as an Associate Editor for The Journal of Applied Remote Sensing (JARS), starting from February of 2020.

The Journal of Applied Remote Sensing (JARS) is an online journal that optimizes the communication of concepts, information, …

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Hongbo Su was invited to serve on the editorial team for Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Hongbo Su was appointed as an Associate Editor for Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, starting from Sep. 01, 2019.

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth is an international interdisciplinary journal for the rapid publication of collections of refereed …

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Special Issue on “Physical, Economic and Social Vulnerability and Resilience across Scales”

Details of the call for paper can be found on the website of  Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Important Dates:

Submission open: 30 Sep 2019

Submission Deadline: 31 July 2020

Acceptance Deadline: 28 February 2021

Editors:

Dr. Hongbo Su

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Graduate Student position on GIS

Graduate Student position on GIS in Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering, FAU

Job description:

The Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering (http://www.cege.fau.edu/) currently seeks a highly-motivated, high-potential applicant for a Ph.D. or a Master student

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Setting up the software environment of deep learning (Tensorflow) on Windows

Tensorflow is a popular framework for deep learning. Ideally, the deep learning software tools and programs should be delpoyed on a Linux server which is more stable and more efficient to make use of the GPU computation power.  Running the …

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Debojit Biswas passed the oral defense to his dissertation

Congratulations to Debojit Biswas! Debojit passed the defense of his dissertation titled “Real Time Traffic Monitoring System from a UAV Platform” on March 18, 2019.

Debiojit’s Ph.D. study was advised by

PH.D. SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE:
Hongbo Su, Ph.D., Chair
Sudhagar …

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Soil salinity mapping in Everglades National Park using remote sensing techniques and vegetation salt tolerance

A research paper was published by

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C

Summary: Everglades National Park (ENP) is a hydro-ecologically enriched wetland with varying salinity contents, which is a concern for terrestrial ecosystem balance and its nearby urban

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