We use cutting-edge remote sensing techniques to analyse large datasets, unlocking new knowledge for environmental monitoring and other fields.
Our research group focuses on developing innovative techniques for analysing and interpreting remote sensing imagery and data. Our research bridges the gap between advanced computational methods and real-world applications, driving progress in fields such as environmental monitoring, coastal and marine monitoring, biodiversity, and wildlife informatics.
Aims
- Advance Remote Sensing Technologies: To pioneer new algorithms and methodologies that enhance the accuracy and efficiency of remote sensing data analysis.
- Real-World Impact: To apply cutting-edge research to solve critical global challenges, such as climate change, coastal and marine ecosystem preservation, and biodiversity conservation, through improved data-driven decision-making.
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration: To foster partnerships with academic, governmental, and industrial stakeholders, ensuring our research has both academic and practical relevance.
- AI Safety and Responsible AI: To develop and promote safe and responsible AI practices in remote sensing, ensuring that our innovations are ethical, interpretable, transparent, and beneficial to society.
Research
Coastal and Marine Monitoring
- Detection of ships and their wakes, ship recognition
- Marine debris detection
- Coastal tidal analysis, disaster preparation and response
- Statistical modelling of sea surface and waves
Multi-Modal Remote Sensing
- Air quality analysis and mapping
- Crop yield prediction
- Land cover and land use classification
Biodiversity, Wildlife and Forests
- Forest Observatory – forest health and deforestation analysis
- Zoonotic spillover analysis
- Analysing effects of man-made objects on animal migration and feeding routes
- Biodiversity change and decline monitoring
Advanced Image Analysis
- Minimal supervision
- Data-centric machine learning
- Semi-supervised learning
- Foundational model applications (e.g. SAM) for disaster response
- Responsible AI – interpretable and responsible algorithms with quantified uncertainty
Projects
- Revolutionising Epidemic Prediction: Novel Integration of Satellite Imagery and Social Science for Anticipating Zoonotic Spillover Events in the Era of Anthropogenic Change – OneZoo CDT Studentship (Collab with BIOSC and ONS) – 2024 - ongoing
- Advancing Image Processing Techniques for the Detection of Small Targets in Remote Sensing Imagery (ASTERID) – EPSRC DTP Studentship – 2024 – ongoing
- AI-driven multiscale remote sensing: from the individual to the ecosystem and back again – Cardiff-Wyoming Seed Funding (Collab with University of Wyoming) – 2023 – 2024
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Research that matters
Our research makes a difference to people’s lives as we work across disciplines to tackle major challenges facing society, the economy and our environment.
Postgraduate research
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Our research impact
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