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Group leader of Forest Digitization, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, Finland Chair, WG III/1 “Thematic Information Extraction”, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Docent, Department of Forest Science, University of Helsinki, Finland Dr. (with hornor), Department of Built Environment, Aalto University, Finland Reviewer of 20+ internatinal scientific journals Authors of 30 international scientific journal articles, such as  Liang, X., Kankare, V., Hyyppä, J., Wang, Y., Kukko, A., Haggrén, H., Yu, X., et al., 2016. Terrestrial Laser Scanning In Forest Inventories. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 63–77 Liang, X., Wang, Y., Jaakkola, A., Kukko, A., Kaartinen, H., Hyyppa, J., Honkavaara, E., and Liu, J., 2015. Forest Data Collection Using Terrestrial Image-based Point Clouds from a Hand-Held Camera Compared to Terrestrial and Personal Laser Scanning. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 53, 5117 – 5132.  Liang, X., Kankare, V., Yu, X., Hyyppa, J., and Holopainen, M., 2014. Automated stem curve measurement using terrestrial laser scanning. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 52, 1739 – 1748  Liang, X., Hyyppa, J., Kukko, A., Kaartinen, H., Jaakkola, A., and Yu, X., 2014. The use of a mobile laser scanning system for mapping large forest plots. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 11, 1504–1508.  Liang, X., Kukko, A., Kaartinen, H., Hyyppä, J., Yu, X., Jaakkola, A., and Wang, Y., 2014. Possibilities of a personal laser scanning system for forest mapping and ecosystem services. Sensors 14, 1228–1248.