Category: news

Feb 25

Exciting News: Prof. Surya Durbha joins the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports (Nature)

We are thrilled to announce that Prof. Surya Durbha, Head, CSRE, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, has joined the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group (a prestigious open-access journal published by Nature) as an Editorial Board Member. As a leading figure in “Geospatial AI, Geo Agentic Systems, Knowledge Representation in AI“, Prof. Durbha’s expertise and contributions will bring valuable insights and guidance to the journal’s editorial process. This appointment reflects Prof. Durbha’s ongoing commitment to advancing scientific knowledge Read more

Jan 02

SpADANet shines again: Featured on TheHindu

We are thrilled to share that our pioneering work on the SpADANet model has got even more attention! After already being recognized by IIT Bombay’s Research Highlight, ResearchMatters, LokSatta, and FreePressJournal, our research has now been highlighted by a leading national newspaper TheHindu. This spotlight further validates the groundbreaking nature of SpADANet, a spatially aware AI model that is transforming the way we assess damage caused by Hurricanes. Developed by our GeoSysIoT lab at CSRE, IIT Bombay; SpADANet uses advanced Read more

Dec 22

SpADANet in spotlight: Features on IITB’s Research-Highlight page, “ResearchMatters”, and on “The Free Press Journal”

We are pleased to share that SpADANet, our research work on domain-adaptive damage assessment, has received recognition on the Research Highlight page of IIT Bombay, ResearchMatters and has also been featured by “The Free Press Journal“. SpADANet is designed to address one of the core challenges in real-world disaster damage assessment i.e., domain shift across events and geographies. By integrating advanced domain adaptation strategies, self-supervised learning, and robust feature alignment, the framework enables improved generalization across unseen disaster scenarios, particularly Read more

May 18

Our proposal on Geospatial Knowledge Representation is accepted for Community Contributed Session at InGARSS 2024

Topic: Geospatial Knowledge Representation Knowledge representation is a way to create abstract conceptual models of the real-world and enable reasoning and efficient knowledge computing and exploration. Emerging techniques in the design and use of geospatial knowledge representation frameworks in conjunction with  GeoAI techniques for geospatial knowledge discovery is of interest. Topics include:Geospatial ontology developmentGeospatial reasoningGeospatial knowledge graphs and queryKnowledge storage and accessGeospatial AI (GeoAI) and geospatial knowledge representationKnowledge exploration and visualization approachesApplications of geospatial knowledge representation techniques in theareas of Read more

TechTalkIMPACT
Jul 19

Invited Tech-Talk by Prof. Durbha at NASA IMPACT

Prof. Surya S Durbha, our group leader was invited to present expert insights at the NASA IMPACT Tech Talks. Prof. Durbha delivered the talk on the topic – “Five Geo-Computational Challenges for Rapid Assessment of Post-Disaster Areas Using Earth Observation (EO) Data“. More information on the NASA IMPACT can be found here. The talk covered expert insights on highlighting the five important challenges in rapid post-disaster assessment and possible solutions to address them. The quick estimation of area and amount of Read more

ResearchmattersNews
Apr 25

Research Matters Article features our LidarCSNet framework

Lidar is a technique that uses light pulses to gather information about land features which can be used to create a three-dimensional representation. A device installed on helicopters, drones, or tripods sends light pulses to the land and receives reflected signals from the ground under scrutiny. Depending on the time delay between the received and sent pulse signals, the number of reflections, and the intensity of reflected light pulses, a 3D representation of the region can be created. The lidar Read more

Mar 19

“Internet of Things (IOT)” Textbook Released

The textbook titled Internet of Things (IOT), authored by Dr. Surya Durbha and Dr. Jyoti Joglekar is designed for students of Computer Science, Information Technology, and Electronics & Communication Engineering to understand the interconnection and integration of the physical world with cyberspace and begin designing and developing simple IoT devices. The book is comprehensively crafted into five parts and describes the concepts in eighteen chapters. It takes the reader through the foundations of the subject before moving on to discussing Read more

Nov 03

Invited Keynote Speaker: IoT Innovation for Smart India

Dr. Surya S Durbha, our group leader was invited to be a keynote speaker at the International Conference on Smart Innovations in Design, Environment, Management, Planning and Computing. Dr. Durbha delivered the keynote on “IoT Innovation for Smart India”. The conference was organized by MGM’s Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India on 30-31 October 2020. More information on the conference can be found here. The conference sponsored by IEEE, Computer Society of India(CSI) and the Institution of Engineers(India) was Read more

Jun 11

Invited Expert: A Webinar on Artificial Intelligence in Extreme Event Detection and Monitoring

Dr. Surya S Durbha, our group leader was invited to be an expert speaker at the second webinar of Geo-informatics series – “Application of Artificial Intelligence on Geospatial Data”. The webinar was organized by the Department of Information Technology of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal on 6th June, 2020. The webinar was focussed on bringing new insights about application of Artificial Intelligence and High Performance Computing approaches for Extreme Events Detection and Monitoring using Earth Observation Data. Prof. Read more