Multimodal Vision Research Laboratory

MVRL

Research Area: LiDAR Processing

LiDAR processing supports 3D scene understanding for transportation safety, forestry, and geospatial analysis. Work includes surface modeling and intensity harmonization for airborne LiDAR, sinkhole and terrain depression detection, and tree-level classification—often combined with overhead imagery in transportation and mapping projects.

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  1. 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.
    code paper doi bibtex GeoAI Geohazards
  2. 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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  3. 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).
    bibtex Transportation GeoAI
  4. 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.
    doi bibtex Geohazards
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    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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  6. Hadzic A, Blanton H, Song W, Chen M, Workman S, Jacobs N. 2020. RasterNet: Modeling Free-Flow Speed using LiDAR and Overhead Imagery. In: IEEE/ISPRS Workshop: Large Scale Computer Vision for Remote Sensing (EARTHVISION). DOI: 10.1109/CVPRW50498.2020.00112.
    website paper doi bibtex Transportation GeoAI Urban
  7. Thumbnail for Deep Learning for Conifer/Deciduous Classification of Airborne LiDAR 3D Point Clouds Representing Individual Trees
    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.
    paper doi bibtex Forestry GeoAI
  8. Zhang Y, Liang G, Salem T, Jacobs N. 2019. Defense-PointNet: Protecting PointNet Against Adversarial Attacks. In: The Next Frontier of Big Data From LiDAR Workshop (co-located with IEEE Big Data). DOI: 10.1109/BigData47090.2019.9006307.
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  9. Zhu J, Nolte AM, Jacobs N, Ye M. 2019. Incorporating Machine Learning with LiDAR for Delineating Sinkholes. In: Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium.
    paper bibtex GeoAI Geohazards