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We present a visual and inertial-based terrain classification network (VINet) for robotic navigation over different traversable surfaces. We use a novel navigation-based labeling scheme for terrain classification and generalization on…

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The growing availability of Earth Observation (EO) data and recent advances in Computer Vision have driven rapid progress in machine learning for EO, producing domain-specific models at ever-increasing scales. Yet this progress risks…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Tasos Papazafeiropoulos , Nikolaos Ioannis Bountos , Nikolas Papadopoulos , Ioannis Papoutsis

The increasing frequency and severity of climate related disasters have intensified the need for real time monitoring, early warning, and informed decision-making. Earth Observation (EO), powered by satellite data and Machine Learning (ML),…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Stella Girtsou , Konstantinos Alexis , Giorgos Giannopoulos , Charalambos Kontoes

The detection and characterization of illegal solid waste disposal sites are essential for environmental protection, particularly for mitigating pollution and health hazards. Improperly managed landfills contaminate soil and groundwater via…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-16 Piero Fraternali , Luca Morandini , Sergio Luis Herrera González

The rapid deployment of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations has enabled the emergence of in-orbit edge computing and data centers-interconnected satellites equipped with onboard computing capabilities and high-speed…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-05 Zian Wang , Peng Hu , Grant Gunn

Earth Observation (EO) provides critical planetary data for environmental monitoring, disaster management, climate science, and other scientific domains. Here we ask: Are AI systems ready for reliable Earth Observation? We introduce…

In this paper we address the challenge of land cover classification for satellite images via Deep Learning (DL). Land Cover aims to detect the physical characteristics of the territory and estimate the percentage of land occupied by a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Eleonora Bernasconi , Francesco Pugliese , Diego Zardetto , Monica Scannapieco

There is a growing demand for accurate high-resolution land cover maps in many fields, e.g., in land-use planning and biodiversity conservation. Developing such maps has been performed using Object-Based Image Analysis (OBIA) methods, which…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-06-06 Emilio Guirado , Siham Tabik , Domingo Alcaraz-Segura , Javier Cabello , Francisco Herrera

Understanding space weather is vital for the protection of our terrestrial and space infrastructure. In order to predict space weather accurately, large amounts of data are required, particularly in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) spectrum.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-02 Manuel Indaco , Daniel Gass , William James Fawcett , Richard Galvez , Paul J. Wright , Andrés Muñoz-Jaramillo

Habitat assessment at local scales -- critical for enhancing biodiversity and guiding conservation priorities -- often relies on expert field surveys that can be costly, motivating the exploration of AI-driven tools to automate and refine…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Hongrui Shi , Lisa Norton , Lucy Ridding , Simon Rolph , Tom August , Claire M Wood , Lan Qie , Petra Bosilj , James M Brown

Recent progress in vision language models (VLMs) has enabled remarkable perception and reasoning capabilities, yet their potential for scientific regression in Earth Observation (EO) remains largely unexplored. Existing EO datasets mainly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-24 Xizhe Xue , Xiao Xiang Zhu

State-of-the-art generative image and video models rely heavily on tokenizers that compress high-dimensional inputs into more efficient latent representations. While this paradigm has revolutionized RGB generation, Earth observation (EO)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Nils Lehmann , Yi Wang , Zhitong Xiong , Xiaoxiang Zhu

The synergistic combination of deep learning models and Earth observation promises significant advances to support the sustainable development goals (SDGs). New developments and a plethora of applications are already changing the way…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-12-22 Claudio Persello , Jan Dirk Wegner , Ronny Hänsch , Devis Tuia , Pedram Ghamisi , Mila Koeva , Gustau Camps-Valls

Accurate and timely monitoring of forest canopy heights is critical for assessing forest dynamics, biodiversity, carbon sequestration as well as forest degradation and deforestation. Recent advances in deep learning techniques, coupled with…

Earth Observation (EO) data are increasingly used in policy analysis by enabling granular estimation of conditional average treatment effects (CATE). However, a challenge in EO-based causal inference is determining the scale of the input…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-03-18 Fucheng Warren Zhu , Connor T. Jerzak , Adel Daoud

Over the past decades, there has been an explosion in the amount of available Earth Observation (EO) data. The unprecedented coverage of the Earth's surface and atmosphere by satellite imagery has resulted in large volumes of data that must…

Accurate assessment of atmospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO$_2$) and sulfur dioxide (SO$_2$) is essential for understanding climate-air quality interactions, supporting environmental policy, and protecting public health. Traditional monitoring…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Prasanjit Dey , Soumyabrata Dev , Bianca Schoen-Phelan

The ever-growing need of data preservation and their systematic analysis contributing to sustainable development of the society spurred in the past decade,numerous Big Data projects and initiatives are focusing on the Earth Observation…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-08-23 Lachezar Filchev , Lyubka Pashova , Vasil Kolev , Stuart Frye

Land Use Scene Classification (LUSC) from remote sensing imagery plays a critical role in environmental monitoring, urban planning, and sustainable resource management. In recent years, deep learning methods have significantly advanced the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Arun D. Kulkarni

Earth observation (EO) data such as satellite imagery can have far-reaching impacts on our understanding of the geography of poverty, especially when coupled with machine learning (ML) and computer vision. Early research used computer…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-23 Kazuki Sakamoto , Connor T. Jerzak , Adel Daoud