About Me
Prof. Francesco Nex is currently Associate (UHD1) 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 from 2011 to 2014 and then as Researcher. In 2015, Francesco moved to the University of Twente, where he worked as Assistant and then Associate Professor at the faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). His research focuses on fusing elements from photogrammetry , deep learning and robotics to develop innovative solutions for Geomatics applications. Francesco is author of over 150 publications in international journals and conferences. He is/was involved in several European and national research projects dealing with UAV data processing. He is leading the UAV centre of the ITC Faculty. 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 three ISPRS scientific initiatives. He has been serving in different roles on the Editorial boards of three indexed journals. In 2020, he was awarded with the ISPRS President’s Honorary Citation and the E.H. Thomson Award.
Expertise
Engineering & Materials Science
# Antennas
# Deep Learning
# Disasters
# Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Uav)
Earth & Environmental Sciences
# Damage
# Detection
# Imagery
# Vehicle
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Department of Earth Observation Science (EOS)Ancillary Activities
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CNR - IRPI (Italian Research Council)
Research associate - CNR IRPI (Italy)
Publications
Recent
Surojaya, A.
, Zhang, N.
, Bergado, J. R.
, & Nex, F. (2024).
Towards Fully Autonomous UAV: Damaged Building-Opening Detection for Outdoor-Indoor Transition in Urban Search and Rescue.
Electronics (Switzerland),
13(3), 1-17. Article 558.
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13030558
Zhang, N.
, Nex, F. C.
, Vosselman, G.
, & Kerle, N. (2024).
End-to-End Nano-Drone Obstacle Avoidance for Indoor Exploration.
Drones ,
8(2), Article 33.
https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8020033
Dadrass Javan, F.
, Nex, F., Samadzadegan, F.
, Alsadik, B., Buuk, L., & Askari, O. (2023).
Empowering students with geospatial solutions through challenge-based learning. In G. Reilly, M. Murphy, B. V. Nagy, & H.-M. Jarvinen (Eds.),
SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings (pp. 315-324). (SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings). Societe Europeenne pour la Formation des Ingenieurs (SEFI).
https://doi.org/10.21427/H6EN-NS11
Udugama, U. V. B. L.
, Vosselman, G.
, & Nex, F. (2023).
Mono-hydra: Real-time 3D scene graph construction from monocular camera input with IMU. In N. El-Sheimy, A. A. Abdelbary, N. El-Bendary, & Y. Mohasseb (Eds.),
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (Vol. X-1/W1-2023, pp. 439-445). (ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences). Copernicus.
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-1-W1-2023-439-2023
Alsadik, B.
, Nex, F., & Yadav, Y. (2023).
Hybrid adjustment of UAS-based LiDAR and image data. In N. El-Sheimy, A. A. Abdelbary, N. El-Bendary, & Y. Mohasseb (Eds.),
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences: ISPRS Geospatial Week 2023 (Vol. XLVIII, pp. 633-640). Copernicus.
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-W2-2023-633-2023
Bergado, J. R.
, & Nex, F. C. (2023).
Dense point cloud extraction from UAV imagery using parallax attention. In N. El-Sheimy, A. Abdelbary, N. El-Bandary, & Y. Hohasseb (Eds.),
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences: ISPRS Geospatial Week 2023 (W1-2023 ed., Vol. X-1, pp. 1027-1032). (ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences). Copernicus.
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-1-W1-2023-1027-2023
Zhang, N. (2023).
Supporting first responders in emergencies using computer vision and drones. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC).
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036558440
Tilon, S. M. (2023).
A Routine and Post-disaster Road Corridor Monitoring Framework for the Increased Resilience of Road Infrastructures. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC).
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036557115
Alsadik, B.
, Dadrass Javan, F.
, & Nex, F. C. (2023).
UAV Remote Sensing for Smart Agriculture.
GIM International,
2023(1), 14-17. Article issue 7 volume 36.
Karam, S.
, Nex, F., Chidura, B. T.
, & Kerle, N. (2022).
Microdrone-Based Indoor Mapping with Graph SLAM.
Drones,
6(11), 1-26. Article 352.
https://doi.org/10.3390/drones6110352
Alsadik, B., Remondino, F.
, & Nex, F. (2022).
Simulating a hybrid acquisition system for UAV platforms.
Drones,
6(11).
https://doi.org/10.3390/drones6110314
Mwangangi, K. K., Mc'okeyo, P. O.
, Oude Elberink, S. J.
, & Nex, F. (2022).
Exploring the potentials of UAV photogrammetric point clouds in facade detection and 3D reconstruction of buildings. In A. Yilmaz, J. D. Wegner, R. Qin, F. Remondino, T. Fuse, & I. Toschi (Eds.),
XXIV ISPRS Congress “Imaging today, foreseeing tomorrow”: Commission II (B2-2022 ed., Vol. 43, pp. 433-440). (International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives). Copernicus.
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B2-2022-433-2022
Tilon, S.
, Nex, F.
, Vosselman, G., Llave, I. S. D. L.
, & Kerle, N. (2022).
Towards improved unmanned aerial vehicle edge intelligence: a road infrastructure monitoring case study.
Remote sensing,
14(16), Article 4008.
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14164008
Zhang, N.
, Nex, F. C.
, Vosselman, G.
, & Kerle, N. (2022).
Training a disaster victim detection network for UAV search and rescue using harmonious composite images.
Remote sensing,
14(13), 1-19. Article 2977.
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14132977
Karam, S.
, Nex, F. C., Karlsson, O., Rydell, J., Bilock, E., Tulldahl, M.
, Kerle, N., & Holmberg, M. (2022).
Micro and macro quadcopter drones for indoor mapping to support disaster management. In S. Hinz, R. Q. Feitosa, M. Weinmann, & B. Jutzi (Eds.),
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (Vol. Volume V-1-2022, pp. 203-210). (ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences). Copernicus.
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-v-1-2022-203-2022
Zhang, N.
, Nex, F. C.
, Vosselman, G.
, & Kerle, N. (2022).
Unsupervised harmonious image composition for disaster victim detection. In
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences: Congress “Imaging today, foreseeing tomorrow”, Commission III (B3-2022 ed., Vol. 43, pp. 1189–1196). (The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information ). Copernicus.
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B3-2022-1189-2022
Steenbeek, A.
, & Nex, F. (2022).
CNN-based dense monocular visual SLAM for real-time UAV exploration in emergency conditions.
Drones ,
6(3), 1-15. Article 79.
https://doi.org/10.3390/drones6030079
Nex, F., Armenakis, C., Cramer, M., Cucci, D. A., Gerke, M., Honkavaara, E., Kukko, A.
, Persello, C., & Skaloud, J. (2022).
UAV in the advent of the twenties: Where we stand and what is next.
ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing,
184, 215-242.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2021.12.006
Borsci, S.
, Lehtola, V. V.
, Nex, F. C.
, Yang, M. Y.
, Augustijn, P. W. M., Bagheriye, L.
, Brune, C., Kounadi, O.
, Li, J. J.
, Rebelo Moreira, J. L.
, Van der Nagel, J.
, Veldkamp, B. P.
, Le, D. V.
, Wang, M.
, Wijnhoven, F.
, Wolterink, J. M.
, & Zurita-Milla, R. (2022).
Embedding artificial intelligence in society: looking beyond the EU AI master plan using the culture cycle.
AI & society.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-021-01383-x
Stöcker, C., Bennett, R.
, Koeva, M. N.
, Nex, F. C.
, & Zevenbergen, J. A. (2022).
Scaling up UAVs for land administration: Towards the plateau of productivity.
Land use policy,
114(105930), Article 105930.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105930
Zhang, N.
, Nex, F. C.
, Kerle, N.
, & Vosselman, G. (2022).
LISU: Low-light indoor scene understanding with joint learning of reflectance restoration.
ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing,
183, 470-481.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2021.11.010
Stöcker, C. (2021).
Unmanned aerial vehicle mapping for responsible land administration. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC).
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036553032
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University of Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
Langezijds
(building no. 19), room 1225
Hallenweg 8
7522NH Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
Langezijds
1225
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands