Bing Zhang - Böcker

The ten essays in Future Challenges of Cities in Asia engage with some of the most critical urban questions of the near future across Asia. These comprise socio-economic and cultural transitions as a result of urbanization; environmental challenges, especially questions of climate change, natural disasters, and environmental justice; and the challenges of urban infrastructure, built form, and new emerging types of urban settlements. The essays demonstrate that it is increasingly difficult to conceptualize the 'urban' as one particular type of settlement. Rather, it would be more accurate to say that the 'urban' characterizes a global transition in the way we are beginning to think about settlements. This book is of interest not only to researchers interested in comparative and inter-disciplinary research, but also to urban practitioners more broadly, illustrating through concrete cases the challenges that urban regions in Asia and beyond are facing, and the various opportunities that exist for dealing with these challenges.

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most luminous explosions in the universe, which within seconds release energy comparable to what the Sun releases in its entire lifetime. The field of GRBs has developed rapidly and matured over the past decades. Written by a leading researcher, this text presents a thorough treatment of every aspect of the physics of GRBs. It starts with an overview of the field and an introduction to GRB phenomenology. After laying out the basics of relativity, relativistic shocks, and leptonic and hadronic radiation processes, the volume covers all topics related to GRBs, including a general theoretical framework, afterglow and prompt emission models, progenitor, central engine, multi-messenger aspects (cosmic rays, neutrinos, and gravitational waves), cosmological connections, and broader impacts on fundamental physics and astrobiology. It is suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and experienced researchers in the field of GRBs and high-energy astrophysics in general.

An authoritative deep dive into the most recent machine learning approaches to hyperspectral remote sensing image processing In Machine-Learning-Based Hyperspectral Image Processing, a team of distinguished researchers led by Dr. Bing Zhang delivers an up-to-date discussion of machine learning-based approaches to hyperspectral image analysis. The contributors comprehensively review machine learning approaches to hyperspectral image denoising and super-resolution tasks, offering coverage of a variety of perspectives. The book also explores the most recent research on machine learning hyperspectral unmixing methods and hyperspectral image classification. It explains the algorithms used for hyperspectral image target and change detection, as well. Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to the novel concept of applying advanced machine learning techniques to the analysis of hyperspectral imageryComprehensive explorations of the most recent developments in this technology and its applicationsPractical discussions of how to effectively process and extract valuable insights from hyperspectral dataComplete treatments of a variety of hyperspectral remote sensing image processing tasks, including classification, target detection, and change detection.Perfect for postgraduate students and research scientists with an interest in the subject, Machine-Learning-Based Hyperspectral Image Processing will also benefit researchers, academicians, and students engaged in machine learning-based approaches to image analysis.

This topical volume reviews a comprehensive set of problems raised by the use of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) as cosmological probes, as they were addressed and debated during the ISSI-Beijing workshop “Gamma Ray Bursts: A Tool to Explore the Young Universe," which took place from April 13 to 17, 2015, in Beijing.The invited authors represent both the GRB community stricto sensu and the community studying high-redshift galaxies and star formation history. The chapters of the book elucidate the connection between GRBs and the deep universe, stimulating thoughts on how to develop worldwide synergies between high-redshift GRB studies and surveys of the deep universe.Originally published in Space Science Reviews, Volume 202, Issue 1-4, December 2016

This topical volume reviews a comprehensive set of problems raised by the use of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) as cosmological probes, as they were addressed and debated during the ISSI-Beijing workshop “Gamma Ray Bursts: A Tool to Explore the Young Universe," which took place from April 13 to 17, 2015, in Beijing.The invited authors represent both the GRB community stricto sensu and the community studying high-redshift galaxies and star formation history. The chapters of the book elucidate the connection between GRBs and the deep universe, stimulating thoughts on how to develop worldwide synergies between high-redshift GRB studies and surveys of the deep universe.Originally published in Space Science Reviews, Volume 202, Issue 1-4, December 2016