About Me
Dr. Francesco Nex is currently Assistant Professor in the Earth Observation Science (EOS) Department at the University of Twente.
Francesco Nex received his master degree in Environmental Engineering (2006) and his PhD degree (2010) from the TU Turin (Italy). From 2011 to 2015 he was with the 3DOM unit of FBK (Italy) working as Marie-Curie Post-Doc in the CIEM Project from 2011 to 2014 and then as Researcher. In 2015, Francesco moved to the University of Twente, where he is currently Assistant Professor at the faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), department of Earth Observation Science (EOS). His main research interests are in the use of UAV platforms and oblique imagery as well as the automation in the feature extraction and classification of this data. Francesco is author of over 90 publications in international journals and conferences. He is currently involved in three European research projects dealing with UAV imagery. He is the Chairman of the ICWG I/II (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: sensors and applications) of the ISPRS (International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) and he was the PI of the ISRPS scientific initiative on the integration of UAVs and oblique imagery. He has been serving as guest Editor in several indexed journals and he is involved in the Editorial board of Drones (MDPI).
Expertise
Photogrammetry
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Uav)
Cultural Heritage
Imagery
Cameras
Antennas
Monitoring
Image Matching
Urban Area
Disasters
Monitoring
Augmented Reality
Digital Photogrammetry
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Department of Earth Observation Science (EOS)Publications
Recent Articles
Ramadhani, S. A., Bennett, R. M., & Nex, F. C. (2018). Exploring UAV in Indonesian cadastral boundary data acquisition. Earth Science Informatics, 11(1), 129-146. DOI: 10.1007/s12145-017-0314-6
Onyango, F. A., Nex, F. C., Peter, M. S., & Jende, P. L. H. (2017). Accurate Estimation Of Orientation Parameters Of Uav Images Through Image Registration With Aerial Oblique Imagery. In C. Heipke, & . [et al] (Eds.), Proceedings of ISPRS Hannover Workshop : HRIGI 17 – CMRT 17 – ISA 17 – EuroCOW 17, 6–9 June 2017, Hannover, Germany (pp. 599-605). (ISPRS Archives Volume XLII-1/W1). International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-1-W1-599-2017
Duarte, D., Nex, F. C., Kerle, N., & Vosselman, G. (2017). Towards a more efficient detection of earthquake induced façade damages using oblique UAV imagery. In C. Stachniss, W. Förstner, & J. Schneider (Eds.), Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Geomatics, 4-7 September 2017, Bonn, Germany (pp. 93-100). (ISPRS Archives; Vol. XLII-2/W6). International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W6-93-2017
Martinez-rubi, O., Nex, F., Pierrot-deseilligny, M., & Rupnik, E. (2017). Improving FOSS photogrammetric workflows for processing large image datasets. Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards, 2, 1-13. [12]. DOI: 10.1186/s40965-017-0024-5
Giordan, D., Manconi, A., Remondino, F., & Nex, F. (2017). Use of unmanned aerial vehicles in monitoring application and management of natural hazards : open access.Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 8(1), 1-4. DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2017.1315619
Gevaert, C. M., Persello, C., Nex, F. C., & Vosselman, G. (2017). A Deep Learning Approach to DTM Extraction from Imagery Using Rule-Based Training Labels : powerpoint.. 1s-25s. NCG Symposium 2017, Delft, Netherlands.
Stöcker, C., Nex, F. C., Koeva, M. N., & Gerke, M. (2017). Quality assessment of combined IMU/GNSS data for direct georeferencing in the context of UAV-based mapping. 355-361. Paper presented at ISPRS 2017 : International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Geomatics, Bonn, Germany.
Jende, P., Nex, F., Gerke, M., & Vosselman, G. (2017). Fully automatic feature-based registration of mobile mapping and aerial nadir images for enabling the adjustment of mobile platform locations in gnss-denied urban environments. In C. Heipke, & . [et al] (Eds.), Proceedings of ISPRS Hannover Workshop : HRIGI 17 – CMRT 17 – ISA 17 – EuroCOW 17, 6–9 June 2017, Hannover, Germany (pp. 317-323). (ISPRS Archives; Vol. XLII-1/W1). Hannover: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-1-W1-317-2017
Stöcker, E. C., Bennett, R., Nex, F., Gerke, M., & Zevenbergen, J. (2017). Review of the current state of UAV regulations. Remote sensing, 9(5), [459]. DOI: 10.3390/rs9050459
Vetrivel, A., Gerke, M., Kerle, N., Nex, F. C., & Vosselman, G. (2017). Disaster damage detection through synergistic use of deep learning and 3D point cloud features derived from very high resolution oblique aerial images, and multiple-kernel-learning. ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing, -. DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2017.03.001
Ramadhani, S., Bennett, R. M., & Nex, F. C. (2016). UASs for cadastral applications : testing a fit-for-purpose land administration approach in Indonesia. GIM International, 30(12), 30-31.
Koeva, M. N., Muneza, M., Gevaert, C. M., Gerke, M., & Nex, F. C. (2016). Using UAVs for map creation and updating : a case study in Rwanda. Survey review, -. DOI: 10.1080/00396265.2016.1268756
Aicardi, I., Nex, F. C., Gerke, M., & Lingua, A. M. (2016). An image-based approach for the co-registration of multi-temporal UAV image datasets. Remote sensing, 8(9), -. [779]. DOI: 10.3390/rs8090779
Crommelinck, S. C., Gerke, M., Nex, F. C., Yang, Y., & Vosselman, G. (2016). Review of automatic feature extraction from high-resolution optical sensor data for UAV-based cadastral mapping. Remote sensing, 8(8), 1-28. [689]. DOI: 10.3390/rs8080689
Nex, F. C. (2016). Oblique aerial images : potentialities, applications and best practices. In Geospatial world forum : where's the money? : disruptive business models, 23-26 May 2016, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (pp. s1-s31). Rotterdam.
Gerke, M., Nex, F. C., & Jende, P. L. H. (2016). Co-registration of terrestrial and UAV-based images: experimental results. In J. Skaloud, & I. Colomina (Eds.), Proceedings of EuroCOW 2016, the European Calibration and Orientation Workshop, 10-12 February 2016, Lausanne, Switzerland (pp. 11-18). International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XL-3-W4-11-2016
Vetrivel, A., Kerle, N., Gerke, M., Nex, F. C., & Vosselman, G. (2016). Towards automated satellite image segmentation and classification for assessing disaster damage using data-specific features with incremental learning. In N. Kerle, M. Gerke, & S. Lefevre (Eds.), Proceedings of GEOBIA 2016 : Solutions and synergies, 14-16 September 2016, Enschede, Netherlands (pp. 1-5). Enschede: University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). DOI: 10.3990/2.369
Vetrivel, A., Duarte, D., Nex, F. C., Gerke, M., Kerle, N., & Vosselman, G. (2016). Potential of multi-temporal oblique airborne imagery for structural damage assessment. In L. Halounova, & . [et al] (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXIII ISPRS Congress : From human history to the future with spatial information, 12-19 July 2016, Prague, Czech Republic. Peer reviewed Annals, Volume III-3, 2016 (Vol. III-3, pp. 355-362). (ISPRS Annals of Photogrammaetry and Remote Sensing; Vol. XLI-B1, No. III-3). International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). DOI: 10.5194/isprs-annals-III-3-355-2016
Remondino, F., Toschi, I., Gerke, M., Nex, F. C., Holland, D., McGill, A., ... Magarinos, A. (2016). Oblique aerial imagery for NMA : some best practices. In L. Halounova (Ed.), ISPRS 2016 : Proceedings of the XXIII ISPRS Congress : From human history to the future with spatial information, 12-19 July 2016, Prague, Czech Republic. Peer reviewed Annals, Volume III-2, 2016. Comm II, ThS14 recent developments in Open Data (pp. 639-645). Prague: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLI-B4-639-2016
Gerke, M., Nex, F. C., Remondino, F., Jacobsen, K., Kremer, J., Karel, W., ... Ostrowski, W. (2016). Orientation of oblique airborne image sets : experiences from the ISPRS/EUROSDR benchmark on multi-platform photogrammetry. In L. Halounova (Ed.), Proceedings of the XXIII ISPRS Congress, Commission I, 12-19 July 2016, Prague, Czech Republic (pp. 185-191). Prague: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLI-B1-185-2016
Aicardi, I., Nyapwere, N., Nex, F. C., Gerke, M., Lingua, A. M., & Koeva, M. N. (2016). Co-registration of multitemporal UAV image datasets for monitoring applications : a new approach. In L. Halounova (Ed.), Proceedings of the XXIII ISPRS Congress, Commission IV, 12-19 July 2016, Prague, Czech Republic (pp. 757-763). Prague: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLI-B1-757-2016
Nex, F. C., Delucchi, L., Gianelle, D., Neteler, M., Remondino, F., & Dalponte, M. (2015). Land cover classification and monitoring : the STEM open source solution. European journal of remote sensing, 48, 811-831. DOI: 10.5721/EuJRS20154845
Rupnik, E., Nex, F. C., Toschi, I., & Remondino, F. (2015). Aerial multi - camera systems : accuracy and block triangulation issues. ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing, 101, 233-246. DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2014.12.020
Fern+índez-Palacios, B. J., Nex, F. C., Rizzi, A., & Remondino, F. (2015). ARCube : the augmented reality cube for archaeology. Archaeometry, 57(s1), 250-262. DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12120
Nex, F. C., & Gerke, M. (2015). ISPRS / EuroSDR benchmark multi - platform photogrammetry : preliminary results. In EuroSDR/ISPRS workshop on oblique cameras and dense image matching, 19-20 October 2015, Southampton, United Kingdom (pp. s1-s33). Southampton.
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