Zuoya Liu
Edge-Computing
Dr. Zuoya Liu is currently a Senior Research Scientist at the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) in the National Land Survey of Finland, and an Academy Research Fellow of Finland, RCF, starting from September 1, 2025. I came from a world-leading university, remote sensing in Wuhan University has been ranked #1 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities since 2017, where I completed my PhD in Geodesy and Survey Engineering. I came to FGI in 2022. FGI has been ranked #1 in Laser Scanning, Photogrammetry and UAV by the ScholarGPS. The persons I collaborate with in FGI, have been PIs for two Research Council flagships, one Strategic Research Council project and one Center of Excellence, and 15+ international science projects.
My research lies at Localization and Navigation Technologies Indoors and Outdoors - with a special focus on Precision Forestry and Intelligent Systems. My research interests include UWB, Acoustic, IMU, Laser Scanning, Sensor Fusion, Internet-of-Things, Field Surveying, and Mini-Drones.
I have also more than six years of experience in the industry, acting as a HW, SW or System Engineer, full-time or part-time at Hi-cloud, ZLNavi and Field. I contribute to the industry all the time.
Latest News
- [Jan. 2026] Our paper entitiled Tree Localization Using Integrated Heading, DBH and Ultra-Wideband for Precision Forestry has been accepted for Oral Presentation at the XXL ISPRS Congress, which will be held from 4 to 11 July 2026 in Toronto, Canada. More info will be provided soon. LINK
- [Dec. 2025] Dr.Zuoya Liu has been approved to visit KTH for two months (Jul. - Sep. 2026), fully funded by the Digital Futures 2026 Summer Early Career SEC Programme, and is the only participant selected from Finland. LINK
- [Dec. 2025] Our paper entitiled Application of UWB positioning to a cut-to-length forest harvester for accurate localization has been accepted for Oral Presentation at the UPINLBS 2025, in which we first show a reliable and accurate method for locating a CTL-Harverster with decimeter-level accuracy inside forests. LINK
- [Dec. 2025] Technical Sub-forum of Radio Frequency-based Indoor Positioning and Applications is held in the 9th International Conference on UPINLBS 2025 in Shenzhen, China. LINK
- [Sep. 2025] Our project EATP4Plots funded by the RCF Finland is online. LINK
- [Jun. 2025] EATP4Plots is accepted by the RCF Finland as a Fellowship project of 4 years. LINK
- [Apr. 2025] Our paper about Comparation of UWB and MLS for Mapping Forest Trees is accepted as a Oral Presentation at the ISPRS Geospatial Week 2025, which will be held from 6 to 11 April 2025 in Dubai, UAE. LINK
Projects
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EATP4PlotsZuoya Liu, PI01/09/2025-31/08/2029, Mobile Geomatics, FGI, Academy of FinlandAccurate forest inventory management necessitates precise reference data collected at the individual tree level, including the spatial location of each reference tree In this project, we aim to develop an efficient and accurate methodology with submeter-level accuracy for measuring the position at individual tree level for forest plots by using ultra-wideband distance (UWB) and angle measurements, initial data, and advanced data processing methods. A positioning prototype namely Hotspot with a UWB base station and a UWB tag will be developed, which is sufficient to improve the measurement efficiency for the positions of trees by up to 80% and allow for a fivefold test measurement at the same expense compared to conventional field measures. Our preliminary results showed that the new method could provide at par the accuracy of current manual field measurements, but could be 5-10 times faster. The academic breakthrough will be significantly creating pioneering work in the quality-related forest mapping technologies that are hopefully providing strong impacts to Finnish economy in the long run. LINK
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Summer Early Career ProgrammeZuoya Liu, PI01/07/2026-30/09/2026, Localization and Sensing, KTH, Digital FutureThe Digital Futures 2026 Summer Early Career visiting programme aims to provide early career scholars at non-Swedish universities with support to enable short and mid-term visits to the Digital Futures environment (minimum 1 month, maximum 5 months) during the summer months – May to September 2026. The project will explore how readily available acousic sensors, as a novel modality for spatial sensing, can enable accurate, reliable, and energy-efficient spatial context percepion and autonomous localization. LINK
Selected Publications
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ISPRS Annals
ISPRS Geospatial Week, 2025, DubaiPDF Oral Presentation -
IEEE JSTARS
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote SensingPDF Regular Paper -
ISPRS Open J.
ISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote SensingPDF Regular Paper -
ESWA
Expert Systems With Application -
IEEE TIM
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and MeasurementPDF Regular Paper -
IoT
Internet-of-ThingsPDF Regular Paper -
IEEE TVT
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular TechnologyPDF Regular Paper
Services
Conference Reviewers
Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN) Ubiquitous Positioning, Indoor Navigation and Location-Based Services (UPINLBS)
Journal Reviewers
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (IEEE TII) IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (IEEE TIE) IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (IEEE TMC) IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IEEE IoT) IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE T-ASE) IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (IEEE TIM) IEEE Sensors Journal Expert Systems with Applications (ESWA) Measurement
Contact
Phone: +358 050-479-8296
Office: Vuorimiehentie 5, 02150 Espoo, Finland