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My overarching research interests involve understanding the dynamics and interactions of geographic processes, with special focus on urban development and interventions to adapt to extreme events. In operationalizing my research, I primarily rely on earth observation-based techniques to measure variables, and geospatial analysis along with artificial intelligence to explore patterns in space and time.
In the department of PGM, my major focuses are: (1) mapping urban morphology, and (2) understanding environmental risk of deprived groups.
Expertise Earth and Planetary Sciences Metropolitan Area Observation Earth Datum Investigation Morphology Shape Land Surface Temperature Organisations Strategic themes / Focus areas
Urban remote sensing Urban climate Spatiotemporal analysis Applied data science
Skills
Remote sensing Image analysis GIS Machine learning Publications 2024
AI perceives like a local: predicting citizen deprivation perception using satellite imagery , Article 20, 1-14. Abascal, A., Vanhuysse, S., Grippa, T., Rodriguez-Carreño, I., Georganos, S., Wang, J. , Kuffer, M. , Martinez-Diez, P., Santamaria-Varas, M. & Wolff, E. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-024-00156-x A spatial data-driven urban pattern language framework for design and planning: Towards facilitation stakeholder participation . University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). Wu, C. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036561631 Feature-guided deep learning model for mapping deprived areas In 2024 International Conference on Machine Intelligence for GeoAnalytics and Remote Sensing, MIGARS 2024 . IEEE. Filho, P. S., Tareke, B., Persello, C. , Kuffer, M. , Maretto, R. , Abascal, A. , Wang, J. & MacHado, R. https://doi.org/10.1109/MIGARS61408.2024.10544988 Making Urban Slum Population Visible: Citizens and Satellites to Reinforce Slum Censuses In Urban Inequalities from Space: Earth Observation Applications in the Majority World (pp. 287-302). Abascal, A., Georganos, S., Kuffer, M. , Vanhuysse, S., Thomson, D. , Wang, J. , Manyasi, L., Otunga, D. M., Ochieng, B., Ochieng, T., Klinnert, J. & Wolff, E. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49183-2_14 Putting the Invisible on the Map: Low-Cost Earth Observation for Mapping and Characterizing Deprived Urban Areas (Slums) In Urban Inequalities from Space: Earth Observation Applications in the Majority World (pp. 119-137). Vanhuysse, S., Kuffer, M. , Georganos, S., Wang, J. , Abascal, A., Grippa, T. & Wolff, E. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49183-2_7 2023
Enhancing the predictive performance of remote sensing for ecological variables of tidal flats using encoded features from a deep learning model , Article 2163048. Madhuanand, L. , Philippart, C. J. M., Wang, J. , Nijland, W., de Jong, S. M., Bijleveld, A. I. & Addink, E. A. https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2022.2163048 Mapping and characterising buildings for flood exposure analysis using open-source data and artificial intelligence , 805-835. Bhuyan, K., van Westen, C. , Wang, J. & Meena, S. R. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05612-4 Urban spatial structure from a street network perspective: mapping street patterns with random forest classification In The 18th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management . Centre for Open Science. Wu, C. , Wang, J. & Kraak, M. J. https://osf.io/j3n8x IDeaMapSudan: Geo-spatial modelling of urban poverty In 2023 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE) (pp. 1-4). IEEE. Kuffer, M. , Ali, I. M. M., Gummah, A., Da Silva Mano, A. , Sakhi, W., Kushieb, I., Girgin, S. , Eltiny, N., Kumi, J., Abdallah, M., Bad, M., Ahmed, F., Hamza, M., Wang, J. , Elzaki, T., Gevaert, C. & Flasse, C. https://doi.org/10.1109/JURSE57346.2023.10144211 EO + Morphometrics: Understanding cities through urban morphology at large scale , Article 104691. Wang, J. , Fleischmann, M., Venerandi, A., Romice, O., Kuffer, M. & Porta, S. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104691 Research profiles Ph.D., Research Center of Digital City, Wuhan University, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Geospatial Technology, Wuhan, China.
Master of Urban Planning, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S. System dynamic modeling of urban sustainable development.
B.S. in Resource, Environment and Planning,
Chengdu
University of Technology, Chengdu, China
Courses academic year 2023/2024 Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
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