Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1995, Professor Hui Lin is a distinguished Chinese geomatics scientist whose research has focused on geographic information science, remote sensing, virtual geographic environments, and spatiotemporal analysis. Born in May 1954 in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, he received his B.S. in Aerial Photogrammetry from Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping (1976–1980), his M.S. in Cartography and Remote Sensing from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1980–1983), his M.A. in Geographic Information Systems from the State University of New York at Buffalo (1986–1987), and his Ph.D. in Geographic Information Systems from the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA), State University of New York at Buffalo (1988–1992). He was elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom, in 2020. In 1993, he joined The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), where he served as Chen Shupeng Professor of Geo-Information Science in the Department of Geography and Resource Management and Founding Director of the Institute of Space and Earth Information Science. Since August 2019, he has served as Dean of the School of Geography and Environment and Professor at Jiangxi Normal University, where he concurrently directs the Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Wetland and Watershed Research.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1995, Professor Ke Liao is a distinguished Chinese cartographer whose research has focused on thematic cartography, atlas compilation, and the history of cartography. Born in January 1936 in Yiyang, Hunan Province, he received his M.S. in Cartography from the Department of Geography, Moscow State University, USSR, in 1961. He spent his academic career at the Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), serving successively as Deputy Director and Director of the Cartography Research Laboratory (1961–1989), Research Professor (1987–2001), and Deputy Director of the Institute (1989–1995). From 1994 to 1998, he concurrently served as Director of the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, CAS. He served as President of the China Science Center of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences from May 1995 to August 2005 and was appointed Vice President of the Academy in November 2014.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1995, Professor Anthony G. O. Yeh is a distinguished Hong Kong urban planner and geographic information scientist whose research and professional work have focused on urban and regional development, planning in Hong Kong, China, and Southeast Asia, and the application of geographic information systems (GIS) to planning. Born in Hong Kong in October 1952, he received his B.A. in Geography and Geology from the University of Hong Kong in 1974, his M.Sc. from the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand in 1976, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Regional Planning and Urban Planning from Syracuse University in 1978 and 1980, respectively. After serving as a Research Officer in the Hong Kong Government’s Strategic Planning Unit, he joined the University of Hong Kong in 1981, where he subsequently served as Director of the Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning, Head of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Director of the Institute of Transport Studies, and Dean of the Graduate School. He is currently Chan To-Haan Professor in Urban Planning and Design, Chair Professor of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, and Director of the GIS Research Centre at the University of Hong Kong. Elected a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003, he is also a Member of the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences, and an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom. His international service has included leadership of the Asian Planning Schools Association and the Asia GIS Association, the Presidency of the Hong Kong GIS Association, and the Chairmanship of the Geographic Information Science Commission of the International Geographical Union.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 1995, the late Professor Ferdinand Jan (Ferjan) Ormeling Jr. (1942–2025) was a distinguished Dutch cartographer and an influential figure in the international development of thematic cartography, atlas design, and toponymy. Born on 20 November 1942 in Utrecht into a family with a strong cartographic tradition, he was the son of Ferdinand Jan Ormeling Sr., a renowned cartographer and former President of the International Cartographic Association (ICA). After spending his early childhood in Indonesia, he returned to the Netherlands in 1955 and received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Human Geography from the University of Groningen in 1966 and 1969, respectively. Following early professional experience at Wolters-Noordhoff Atlas Productions, he joined Utrecht University in 1969 and remained there throughout his academic career. He received his Ph.D. in Social Sciences in 1983 for research on the representation of minority-language toponyms on topographic maps of Western Europe and served as Professor of Cartography from 1985 until his retirement in 2009. He subsequently continued his research through the Explokart Research Programme at Utrecht University and the University of Amsterdam. His international leadership included serving as Chair of the ICA Commission on Education and Training from 1987 to 1999 and Secretary-General and Treasurer of the ICA from 1999 to 2007. He also played a longstanding role in the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN), including as Convenor of its Working Group on Toponymic Training and Vice-Chair. His contributions were recognised by the ICA Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal, the Plancius Medal of the Royal Dutch Geographical Society, and the Mercator Medal of the German Cartographic Society, as well as honorary doctorates from Eötvös Loránd University and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences on 23 September 1994, Professor Alexander N. Sadovski is a distinguished Bulgarian applied mathematician and a pioneer in the application of mathematical methods to agricultural and environmental systems in South-Eastern Europe. Born in 1937, he graduated in Mathematics from Sofia State University and subsequently received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics in 1976 and his Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (D.Sc.) in 1986 from the Agricultural Academy of Bulgaria. He has spent his academic career at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski,” where he attained the rank of Professor and now serves as Professor Emeritus. His professional activities have extended beyond academia to national and international scientific and environmental policy. He has served as Deputy Director General of the Environmental Research and Information Centre of the Ministry of Environment (1987–1992), Head of the EU PHARE Environmental Sector Programme, and a leading expert in the development of Bulgaria’s National Environmental Strategy in collaboration with the World Bank and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He has also been an Active Member of the New York Academy of Sciences and a Member of the International Actuarial Association. In recognition of his contributions to Bulgarian science and education, he was awarded the Order of “St. Cyril and Methodius”, First Degree.

Elected an Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences (IEAS) in 1994, Professor Jerzy Bartmiński (1939–2022) was a leading Polish ethnolinguist and the founder of the Lublin School of Ethnolinguistics, one of the most influential traditions in contemporary Slavic and European linguistic scholarship. Born on 19 September 1939 in Przemyśl, he studied Polish philology at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin, graduating in 1961 and remaining at the university throughout his academic career. He received his doctoral degree in 1971 for research on the language of folklore and subsequently attained a professorship. Elected a Member of the Polish Academy of Learning (Polska Akademia Umiejętności) in 1994, he later served as Professor Emeritus at UMCS and as a researcher at the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. His wider academic leadership included founding and serving as Editor-in-Chief of the international annual Etnolingwistyka (1988–2018), chairing the Ethnolinguistic Commission of the International Committee of Slavists, and driving the development of the pan-European EUROJOS research network, which brought together scholars from fourteen countries to investigate language, culture, and shared European values.