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🛰️ AI4RS: Artificial Intelligence for Remote Sensing

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Welcome to the official website of the AI4RS research team, dedicated to pioneering advancements in Artificial Intelligence for Remote Sensing. We combine state-of-the-art machine learning, deep learning, and responsible AI to generate valuable insights from the vast landscape of Earth Observation (EO) data. Our mission is to develop reliable, ethical, and forward-looking AI solutions that address global challenges in environmental monitoring, disaster response, urban development, and climate research.

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👤 Leadership & Expertise

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The AI4RS team is led by Prof. Dr. Pedram Ghamisi, widely recognized for his contributions to machine learning and remote sensing.

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Current Roles:

• Head of Responsible AI Group (FWGE-L), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Germany

• Visiting Full Professor, Lancaster University, UK

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Previous Roles

• Senior Principal Investigator & Group Leader of AI4RS, IARAI, Austria

• CTO & Co-founder of VasoGnosis Inc., San Jose, USA (AI for medical imaging)

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✨ Highlights & Recognition

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• Clarivate Top 1% Most Cited Researchers (2021–Now)

• Listed multiple times among Stanford University’s Top 2% Scientists

• IEEE GRSS Highest Impact Paper Awards (2020, 2024)

• IEEE Senior Member & IEEE GRSS Best Reviewer Prize (2017)

• Data Fusion Contest Winner (2017, out of 800+ teams)

• IEEE Mikio Takagi Prize — IGARSS Student Competition Winner (2013)

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💡 Research Areas

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• Trustworthy AI for Earth Observation

• Foundation Models for EO

• AI for Social Good

• Explainable AI (XAI)

• Semantic Segmentation

• Scene Classification

• Vision-Language Models for EO

• Multisensor and Multitemporal Data Fusion

• Human-in-the-loop EO Analysis

• Adversarial Attacks & Defenses

• Domain Adaptation & Transfer Learning

• Weakly Supervised Learning

• Change Detection

• Visual Question Answering

• Zero- and Few-Shot Learning

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🌍 Global Leadership in Responsible AI

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1. Chair for Responsible AI, IEEE GRSS - leading global responsible AI initiatives within the Image Analysis and Data Fusion Technical Committee (IADF TC).

2. Chair for Policy Briefs, AI4EO (GEO) - supporting best practices and policy development across GEO’s international EOS global network.

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🎓 Learn with AI4RS

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Deepen your understanding of AI and Earth Observation through these online courses:

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1. Essentials of Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Earth Observation
   [Udemy Course Link]

2. Advanced AI for Earth Observation
   [Udemy Course Link]

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