Summary
Guoliang Liu is a forest systems and AI leader with over 10 years of professional experience and a PhD in Forest Management from UBC, currently serving as President of aiTree Ltd. He blends applied AI, object detection and neural architecture search interests with three decades of hands-on R&D in spatial forest modeling, timber supply analysis, and landscape design. As General Manager at Nanjing Jialin and long‑time R&D scientist at Forest Ecosystem Solutions, he built GIS data tools, optimization engines (simulated annealing, genetic algorithms) and the Forest Simulation Optimization System (FSOS). His work sits at the intersection of research and product: translating advanced optimization and cloud computing into decision‑support systems for forest and carbon management. Based in North Vancouver, he runs cross‑border ventures (fsos.ca, forestcloud.cn, aiTree.ltd) that commercialize academic expertise into practical design and management tools. An uncommon strength is his ability to combine deep domain science with practical AI pipelines to solve large‑scale spatial planning problems.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Forest Management/Forest Resources Management, A, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Forest Management/Forest Resources Management, A at The University of British Columbia
Chinese, English