Multimodal Vision Research Laboratory

MVRL

research area: remote sensing and mapping

See below for a list of our publications in this area. You can see an unfiltered list of our publications or lists filtered for the following research areas: astronomical imagery and data; camera calibration; LiDAR Processing; image localization; medical and biological imaging; image motion; remote sensing and mapping; social media; video surveillance and object tracking; timelapse imaging; transportation; and outdoor webcam imagery.

publications

  1. PDF Workman S, Rafique MU, Blanton H, Jacobs N. 2022. Revisiting Near/Remote Sensing with Geospatial Attention. In: IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR).
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  2. PDF Padilha R, Salem T, Workman S, Andaló FA, Rocha A, Jacobs N. 2022. Content-Based Detection of Temporal Metadata Manipulation. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security:1316–1327. DOI: 10.1109/TIFS.2022.3159154.
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  3. PDF Rafique MU, Zhu J, Jacobs N. 2021. Automatic Segmentation of Sinkholes Using a Convolutional Neural Network. Earth and Space Science:19. DOI: 10.1002/essoar.10509794.1.
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  4. PDF Jones D, Jacobs N. 2021. Intensity Harmonization for Airborne LiDAR. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9553605.
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  5. PDF Brodie B, Khanal S, Rafique MU, Greenwell C, Jacobs N. 2021. Hierarchical Probabilistic Embeddings for Multi-View Image Classification. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554405.
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  6. PDF Tuia D, Roscher R, Wegner JD, Jacobs N, Zhu XX, Camps-Valls G. 2021. Towards a Collective Agenda on AI for Earth Science Data Analysis. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine 9:88–104. DOI: 10.1109/MGRS.2020.3043504.
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  7. Chen M, Hadzic A, Song W, Jacobs N. 2021. Applications of Deep Machine Learning to Highway Safety and Usage Assessment. In: Transportation Research Board Workshop (Sponsored by AED50).
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  8. Zhu J, Nolte A, Jacobs N, Ye M. 2020. Machine Learning in Identifying Karst Sinkholes from LiDAR-Derived Topographic Depressions in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. Journal of Hydrology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125049.
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  9. PDF Blanton H, Grate S, Jacobs N. 2020. Surface Modeling for Airborne LiDAR. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9323522.
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  10. PDF Hadzic A, Christie G, Freeman J, Dismer A, Bullard S, Greiner A, Jacobs N, Mukherjee R. 2020. Estimating Displaced Populations from Overhead. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9324617.
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  11. PDF Workman S, Rafique MU, Blanton H, Greenwell C, Jacobs N. 2020. Single Image Cloud Detection via Multi-Image Fusion. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9323759.
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  12. PDF Hadzic A, Blanton H, Song W, Chen M, Workman S, Jacobs N. 2020. RasterNet: Modeling Free-Flow Speed using LiDAR and Overhead Imagery. In: EARTHVISION: Large Scale Computer Vision for Remote Sensing Imagery. DOI: 10.1109/CVPRW50498.2020.00112.
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  13. PDF Salem T, Workman S, Jacobs N. 2020. Learning a Dynamic Map of Visual Appearance. In: IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). DOI: 10.1109/CVPR42600.2020.01245.
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  14. PDF Workman S, Jacobs N. 2020. Dynamic Traffic Modeling from Overhead Imagery. In: IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). DOI: 10.1109/CVPR42600.2020.01233.
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  15. Maretto RV, Fonseca LMG, Jacobs NB, Körting TS, Bendini HN, Parente LL. 2020. Spatio-Temporal Deep Learning Approach to Map Deforestation in Amazon Rainforest. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 18:771–775. DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2020.2986407.
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  16. PDF Greenwell C, Workman S, Jacobs N. 2019. Implicit Land Use Mapping Using Social Media Imagery. In: IEEE Applied Imagery and Pattern Recognition (AIPR). DOI: 10.1109/AIPR47015.2019.9174570.
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  17. PDF Hamraz H, Jacobs NB, Contreras MA, Clark CH. 2019. Deep Learning for Conifer/Deciduous Classification of Airborne LiDAR 3D Point Clouds Representing Individual Trees. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 158:219–230. DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2019.10.011.
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  18. Zhu J, Nolte AM, Jacobs N, Ye M. 2019. Incorporating Machine Learning with LiDAR for Delineating Sinkholes. In: Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium.
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  19. PDF Salem T, Greenwell C, Blanton H, Jacobs N. 2019. Learning to Map Nearly Anything. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2019.8900646.
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  20. PDF Song W, Salem T, Blanton H, Jacobs N. 2019. Remote Estimation of Free-Flow Speeds. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2019.8900286.
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  21. PDF Rafique MU, Jacobs N. 2019. Weakly Supervised Building Segmentation from Aerial Images. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2019.8898812.
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  22. PDF Rafique MU, Blanton H, Jacobs N. 2019. Weakly Supervised Fusion of Multiple Overhead Images. In: IEEE/ISPRS Workshop: Large Scale Computer Vision for Remote Sensing (EARTHVISION). DOI: 10.1109/CVPRW.2019.00189.
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  23. PDF Jacobs N, Kraft A, Rafique MU, Sharma RD. 2018. A Weakly Supervised Approach for Estimating Spatial Density Functions from High-Resolution Satellite Imagery. In: ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL). DOI: 10.1145/3274895.3274934.
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  24. PDF Greenwell C, Workman S, Jacobs N. 2018. What Goes Where: Predicting Object Distributions from Above. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8519251.
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  25. PDF Salem T, Zhai M, Workman S, Jacobs N. 2018. A Multimodal Approach to Mapping Soundscapes. In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8517977.
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  26. PDF Workman S, Zhai M, Crandall D, Jacobs N. 2017. A Unified Model for Near and Remote Sensing. In: IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV). DOI: 10.1109/ICCV.2017.293.
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  27. PDF Workman S, Souvenir R, Jacobs N. 2017. Understanding and Mapping Natural Beauty. In: IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV). DOI: 10.1109/ICCV.2017.596.
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  28. PDF Zhai M, Bessinger Z, Workman S, Jacobs N. 2017. Predicting Ground-Level Scene Layout from Aerial Imagery. In: IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). DOI: 10.1109/CVPR.2017.440.
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  29. PDF Jacobs N, Workman S, Zhai M. 2016. Crossview Convolutional Networks. In: IEEE Applied Imagery and Pattern Recognition (AIPR). DOI: 10.1109/AIPR.2016.8010593.
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  30. PDF Jacobs N, Workman S, Souvenir R. 2016. Cloudmaps from Static Ground-View Video. Image and Vision Computing (IVC) 52:154–166. DOI: 10.1016/j.imavis.2016.05.013.
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  31. PDF Workman S, Souvenir R, Jacobs N. 2015. Wide-Area Image Geolocalization with Aerial Reference Imagery. In: IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV). 1–9. DOI: 10.1109/ICCV.2015.451.
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  32. PDF Murdock C, Jacobs N, Pless R. 2015. Building Dynamic Cloud Maps from the Ground Up. In: IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV). 1–9. DOI: 10.1109/ICCV.2015.85.
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  33. PDF Workman S, Jacobs N. 2015. On the Location Dependence of Convolutional Neural Network Features. In: IEEE/ISPRS Workshop: Looking from above: When Earth observation meets vision (EARTHVISION). 1–9. DOI: 10.1109/CVPRW.2015.7301385.
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  34. Baltenberger R, Knochelman J, Workman S, Islam MT, Jacobs N, Griffioen J. 2013. Constructing a High-Resolution Mosaic of Kentucky Lake. In: Kentucky GIS Conference.
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  35. PDF Murdock C, Jacobs N, Pless R. 2013. Webcam2Satellite: Estimating Cloud Maps from Webcam Imagery. In: IEEE Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV). 214–221. DOI: 10.1109/WACV.2013.6475021.
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  36. Workman S, Knochelmann J, Jacobs N, White DS, Hauer R. 2012. Registration and Visualization of Scientific Aerial Imagery at Kentucky Lake. In: Kentucky EPSCoR Conference.
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  37. Welty E, Pfeffer T, O’Neel S, Jacobs N. 2012. Calving Dynamics of the Columbia Glacier, AK (2000-2011 Update). In: Workshop on the Dynamics and Mass Budget of Arctic Glaciers.
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  38. PDF Jacobs N. 2010. Discovering, Localizing, Calibrating, and Using Thousands of Outdoor Webcams. Computer Science and Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA.
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