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Apr 27

A Moment of Pride: Celebrating Our Professor’s Recognition

We are delighted to share that Prof. Surya S Durbha has been honored with the Distinguished Alumni Felicitation by his alma mater. This recognition is a testament to his outstanding contributions to academia, research, and mentorship. His dedication to excellence and passion for nurturing students continue to inspire us every day. This achievement not only reflects his personal journey of hard work and commitment but also brings immense pride to our entire group. We extend our heartfelt congratulations and best Read more

Mar 24

Viksit Bharat Panel Discussion on GeoAI for Disaster Management

We are delighted to share that Prof. Surya S. Durbha participated as a distinguished panelist in the “Viksit Bharat” series panel discussion on “Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) for Disaster Management”, organized by the Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies (TISS). The session brought together experts from academia and industry to discuss how the convergence of Geospatial Technologies and Artificial Intelligence is transforming disaster preparedness, response, and resilience. The engaging discussion provided valuable perspectives for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working at Read more

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

Aug 16

Keynote Talk at ICAMIDA 2025

We are delighted to share that Prof. Surya S Durbha will be delivering an invited keynote talk at the International Conference on Applications of Machine Intelligence and Data Analytics (ICAMIDA 2025). In this talk, Professor Durbha will explore how the convergence of Generative AI and Geospatial AI is opening new frontiers in Earth system modeling, environmental monitoring, and spatial data analytics. By combining the creativity of generative models with the precision of geospatial intelligence, researchers can now simulate, interpret, and Read more

Aug 16

Upcoming Talk: Geospatial Data for Public Good and Way Forward as a Consortium

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Surya S Durbha will be delivering a talk on “Geospatial Data as Public Good and Way Ahead as a Consortium.” The session will highlight the critical role of geospatial data in addressing today’s societal, environmental, and economic challenges. Geospatial data when made accessible for public good can empower governments, researchers, industries, and communities to make informed decisions for sustainable development. By fostering collective efforts among academia, industry, and government, the future of geospatial Read more

Apr 07

CEP on AI for Geospatial Data Mining

A Continuing Education Programme (CEP) on Artificial Intelligence for Geospatial Data Mining was successfully conducted over a span of five days, bringing together professors and Ph.D. scholars from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. The program was designed to provide scientists from the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) with a comprehensive understanding of geospatial data analysis through the lens of AI and machine learning technologies. The five-day intensive training covered a wide array of topics, blending theoretical foundations with practical 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