Scientific Outputs

  • February 19, 2024
  • Posted by mbasta

Journal publications

  1. Mavrovouniotis, M.; Anastasiadou, M.N.; Hadjimitsis, D. Measuring the Performance of Ant Colony Optimization
    Algorithms for the Dynamic Traveling Salesman Problem    . Algorithms
    2023, 16, 545. https://doi.org/10.3390/a16120545.

  2. Constantinos F. Panagiotou, Charalampos Konstantinou, Anis
    Chekirbane, A generalized machine learning approach for cost-effective
    monitoring of irrigation suitability: A demonstration case in El Fahs
    aquifer (Tunisia), Groundwater for Sustainable Development, Volume 27,
    2024, 101324, ISSN 2352-801X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2024.101324.

  3. Christofi, D.; Mettas, C.; Evagorou, E.; Stylianou, N.; Eliades,
    M.; Theocharidis, C.; Chatzipavlis, A.; Hasiotis, T.; Hadjimitsis, D. A
    Review of Open Remote Sensing Data with GIS, AI, and UAV Support for
    Shoreline Detection and Coastal Erosion Monitoring. Appl. Sci. 2025, 15,
    4771. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15094771.

  4. S. P. Neophytides, K. Christofi, M. Eliades, C. Chrysostomou, L. G.
    Papale, F. Del Frate, D. G. Hadjimitsis, M. Mavrovouniotis, Spatial
    Generalization of Machine Learning Models for Soil Moisture Estimation in
    Diverse Environments,  “IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied
    Earth Observations and Remote Sensing”. Submitted – Under Review.

  5. Despoina Makri, Spyridon Christofilakos, Dimitris Poursanidis,
    Dimosthenis Traganos, Christodoulos Mettas, Neophytos Stylianou and
    Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Seagrass Mapping In Cyprus Using Earth Observation
    Advances. Remote Sensing 2025. Submitted – Under Review.

  6. Constantinos F. Panagiotou, Giorgia Guerrisi, Davide De Santis,
    Fabio Del Frate, Marios Tzouvaras, Investigating the mechanisms of flood
    susceptibility with the use of generalized machine learning models in
    data-scarce environments: A case study in Cyprus. Journal of Flood Risk
    Management. Submitted – Under Review.

  7. Charalambos Chrysostomou, Stelios Neophytides, Michalis
    Mavrovouniotis and Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Optimized Spectral Indices for
    Global Vegetation and Water Mapping Using Sentinel-2. International
    Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. Submitted –
    Under Review.

  8. Maria Prodromou, Ioannis Gitas, Christodoulos Mettas, Marios
    Tzouvaras, Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Evaluating the effectiveness of
    reforestation actions through time series analysis: a case study in
    Cyprus. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and
    Geoinformation. Submitted – Under Review.

  9. Maria Prodromou, Lorenzo Giuliano Papale, Davide De Santis, Giorgia
    Salvucci, Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Fabio Del Frate, Marios Tzouvaras,
    Downscaling ECMWF fuel load product using Sentinel-2 and Machine Learning:
    A case study in Cyprus. IEEE – Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. Submitted
    – Under Review.

  10. Konstantinos Christofi, Charalambos Chrysostomou, Iason
    Tsardanidis, Michalis Mavrovouniotis, Charalampos Kontoes, Diofantos
    Hadjimitsis, Deep Learning-Based Grassland Classification Using
    Multi-Modal Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and Street-Level Imagery. Applied Soft
    Computing Journal. Submitted – Under Review.

  11. Davide De Santis, Martina Frezza, Giorgia Salvucci, Ilaria
    Petracca, Mario Papa, Giovanni Schiavon, Fabio Del Frate, Daily Land
    Surface Temperature and Aerosol Products from Multi-Source Earth
    Observation Data: A Case Study over Italy. Remote Sensing. Submitted –
    Under Review.

  12. Eleftheria Kalogirou, Konstantinos Christofi, Muhammad Amjad Iqbal,
    Fabio Del Frate, Valeria La Pegna, Marios Tzouvaras, Christodoulos Mettas,
    Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Comparative Evaluation of Deep SAR Learning
    Architectures for Oil Spill Detection and the Influence
    of Physical Parameters on Detection Performance. Marine Pollution
    Bulletin. Submitted – Under Review.

  13. C. F. Panagiotou, C. Konstantinou and A. Chekirbane (2024). A generalized machine learning approach for cost-effective monitoring of irrigation suitability: A demonstration case in El Fahs aquifer (Tunisia). Groundwater for Sustainable Development, Volume 27, November 2024, 101324, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2024.101324 

  14. M. Mavrovouniotis, M. N. Anastasiadou, D. Hadjimitsis. (2023). Measuring the performance of ant colony optimization algorithms for the dynamic traveling salesman problem. Algorithms, vol. 16, no. 12, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/a16120545.

Conference publications

  1. Marios Tzouvaras, Kyriacos Themistocleous, Kyriakos Neocleous, Fabio Del Frate, Giovanni Schiavon, Haris Zacharatos, Eleftheria Kouppari, Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis “Enhancing Earth Observation Capabilities of the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence on Disaster Risk Reduction through Artificial Intelligence: The AI-OBSERVER Horizon Europe Twinning Project” Proc. Ninth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2023), Poster presentation.

  2. M. Tzouvaras, G. Reis, F. Del Frate, H. Zacharatos and D. Hadjimitsis, “Enhancing Earth Observation Capabilities of the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence on Disaster Risk Reduction Through Artificial Intelligence: Introducing the AI-OBSERVER Project,” IGARSS 2024 – 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Athens, Greece, 2024, pp. 2871-2874, https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10640751.

  3. E. Neofytou, S. P. Neophytides, M. Mavrovouniotis, M. Eliades, C. Papoutsa and D. G. Hadjimitsis, “An Empirical Study of Regression Algorithms for Soil Organic Matter Prediction,” IGARSS 2024 – 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Athens, Greece, 2024, pp. 3686-3691, https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10642115.

  4. E. Kalogirou, M. Mavrovouniotis, M. Tzouvaras, C. Mettas, E. Evagorou and D. Hadjimitsis, “Empirical Analysis of Oil Spill Detection Methods,” IGARSS 2024 – 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Athens, Greece, 2024, pp. 3673-3677, https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10642731.

  5. S. P. Neophytides, M. Mavrovouniotis, C. F. Panagiotou, M. Eliades, A. Chekirbane and D. Hadjimitsis, “Prediction of Groundwater Salinization Using Particle Swarm Optimization for Neural Network Training,” IGARSS 2024 – 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Athens, Greece, 2024, pp. 1927-1932, https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10641861.

  6. M. Mavrovouniotis, C. Li, D. Yazdani, D. Hadjimitsis. Exchange strategies for multi-colony ant algorithms in dynamic environments. 2024 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Yokohama, Japan, pp. 1-8, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC60901.2024.10612135.

  7. Mapping Disaster Resilience: GeoAI Best Practices from the UN-SPIDER Network, AI for Good Global Summit 2025, https://www.un-spider.org/sites/default/files/UN-SPIDER%20GeoAI%20Compendium.pdf.

  8. M. Tzouvaras, M. Mavrovouniotis, R. Votsis, K. Fotiou, E. Kalogirou, T. Polydorou, G. Reis, F.Del Frate, L. Giuliano Papale, G. Guerrisi, and D. G. Hadjimitsis “Enhancing disaster risk reduction through artificial intelligence: capitalizing on the capacity building activities of the AI-OBSERVER twinning project”, Proc. SPIE 13212, Tenth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2024), 132120K (13 September 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3037135.

  9. S. P. Neophytides, G. Guerissi, M. Mavrovouniotis, M. Tzouvaras, F. Del Frate, and D. G. Hadjimitsis “Estimation of crop yield using deep learning for precision agriculture”, Proc. SPIE 13212, Tenth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2024), 132121A (13 September 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3037319.

  10. Kalogirou, E., Christofi, K., Makri, D., Iqbal, M. A., La Pegna, V., Tzouvaras, M., Mettas, C., and Hadjimitsis, D.: Oil Spill Detection using Convolutional Neural Networks and Sentinel-1 SAR Imagery, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-G-2025, 757–764, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-G-2025-757-2025.

  11. Christofi, K., Chrysostomou, C., Tsardanidis, I., Mavrovouniotis, M., Guerrisi, G., Kontoes, C., and Hadjimitsis, D. G.: Remote Sensing of Grasslands: Performance Comparison of Radar and Optical Data in Machine Learning Classification, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-G-2025, 295–300, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-G-2025-295-2025.

  12. Tzouvaras, M., Del Frate, F., Reis, G., Hadjimitsis, D. G. Capacity Building Towards Raised Excellence on Artificial Intelligence and Earth Observation for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Framework of AI-OBSERVER Project. ESA Living Planet Symposium 2025, Vienna, Austria. https://shorturl.at/6YYcX, Poster presentation.

  13. Tzouvaras, M., Votsis, R., Fotiou, K., Prodromou, M., Panagiotou, C., Kalogirou, E., Christofi, D., Reis, G., Del Frate, F., Zacharatos, H., Hadjimitsis, D. G. Artificial intelligence and Earth observation towards disaster risk reduction: the AI-OBSERVER’s research exploratory project. Eleventh International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2025), Proc. SPIE 13816, 138161W, 19 September 2025. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3075493.

  14. Kashyap, P. N., Javanmardi, A., Jaiswal, P., Reis, G., Pagani, A., Stricker, D. Spatiotemporal diffusion model for satellite imagery. Eleventh International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2025), Proc. SPIE 13816, 1381614, 19 September 2025. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3073127.

  15. Doukanari, M., Tzouvaras, M., Fotiou, K., Stylianou, N., Mettas, C., Hadjimitsis, D. G. A GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis framework for landslide risk assessment: a case study in Amathounta, Limassol, Cyprus. Eleventh International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2025), Proc. SPIE 13816, 138161Q, 19 September 2025. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3075513.

  16. De Santis, D; Settembre, D; Cappelli, C; Tzouvaras, M; Schiavon, G; Del Frate, F. Identifying Unhealthy Islands in Urban Areas due to Spatial Overlap of High Temperatures and Air Pollution. IGARSS 2025 – 2025 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Brisbane, Australia, 2025. Submitted and accepted.

  17. Cappelli, D.; Petracca, I.; Del Frate, F.; Tzouvaras, M.. A Data Fusion Approach to Enhance Satellite Precipitation Product Using Ground-Based Radar. IGARSS 2025-2025 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Brisbane, Australia, 2025. Submitted and accepted.

  18. Muhammad Amjad Iqbal, Eleftheria Kalogirou, Despina Makri, Christodoulos Mettas, Marios Tzouvaras and Diofantos G Hadjimitsis, Comparison of Novel, Classical and Developed AI Techniques for SAR Oil Spill Detection. (MIGARS 2025) 2025 International Conference on Machine Intelligence for GeoAnalytics and Remote Sensing, Bucharest, Romania, 2-4 September 2025. Submitted and accepted.

  19. Prodromou, M.; Girtsou, S.; Leventis, G.; Charalampous, G.; Apostolakis, A.; Tzouvaras, M.; Mettas, C.; Giannopoulos, G.; Kontoes, C.; Hadjimitsis, D. Spatiotemporal Analysis of Forest Fires in Cyprus Using Earth Observation and Climate Data. Environ. Earth Sci. Proc. 2025, 35, 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/eesp2025035054.

  20. Gjerazi A., La Pegna V., Del Frate F. Synthesis of PRISMA Data From Landsat 8 or 9 Data Using Machine Learning Tools. Proceedings SPIE Artificial Intelligence and Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing XXXI, part of Environmental Remote Sensing, Madrid (Spain), September 2025. Submitted and accepted.

  21. Gjerazi A., La Pegna V., Del Frate F. Synthetic Hyperspectral PRISMA Data Generation from existing Landsat 8 and 9 Multispectral Data. Proceedings of BIG DATA FROM SPACE 2025 Conference, Riga (Latvia), Sep-Oct. 2025. Submitted and accepted.

  22. Marios Tzouvaras, Gerd Reis, Fabio Del Frate, Haris Zacharatos, Diofantos Hadjimitsis, AI-OBSERVER: A GeoAI platform for Disaster Risk Reduction from environmental hazards in Cyprus. MedGU 2025 Conference, 11-13 November 2025, Athens, Greece. Submitted and accepted.

  23. Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Marios Tzouvaras, Renos Votsis, Gerd Reis, Fabio Del Frate, Haris Zacharatos, Earth Observation Capabilities of the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence through Artificial Intelligence: Lessons learned through the ‘AI-OBSERVER Twinning Project. MedGU 2025 Conference, 11-13 November 2025, Athens, Greece. Submitted and accepted.

  24. Maria Prodromou, Ioannis Gitas, Christodoulos Mettas, Marios Tzouvaras, Diofantos Hadjimitsis, Assessing Post-Fire Reforestation Effectiveness Using Multisource Time Series Data. MedGU 2025 Conference, 11-13 November 2025, Athens, Greece. Submitted and accepted. 

  25. Kyriaki Fotiou, Giorgia Guerrisi, Fabio del Frate, Gerd Reis, Diofantos Hadjimitsis and Marios Tzouvaras, Advancing Rainfall-Driven Landslide Susceptibility Models: A Case Study from the Broader Trachypedoula Area, Cyprus. MedGU 2025 Conference, 11-13 November 2025, Athens, Greece. Submitted and accepted.

  26. Marios Tzouvaras, Gerd Reis, Fabio Del Frate, Haris Zacharatos and Diofantos Hadjimitsis, AI-OBSERVER: Enhancing Earth Observation capabilities of the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence on Disaster Risk Reduction through Artificial Intelligence. 8th International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC 2025), 23-24 October 2025, Nicosia, Cyprus. Submitted and accepted.

  27. M. Tzouvaras, M. Mavrovouniotis, R. Votsis, K. Fotiou, E. Kalogirou, T. Polydorou, G. Reis, F. Del Frate, L. Guiliano Papale, G. Guerrisi and D. G. Hadjimitsis. (2024). Enhancing disaster risk reduction through artificial intelligence: capitalizing on the capacity building activities of the AI-OBSERVER twinning project. Tenth International Conference on Remote Sensing on Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2024) Paphos, Cyprus ,  https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3037135.

  28. S. P. Neophytides, G. Guerrisi, M. Mavrovouniotis, M. Tzouvaras, F. Del Frate and D. G. Hadjimitsis. (2024). Estimation of crop yield using deep learning for precision agriculture. Tenth International Conference on Remote Sensing on Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2024) Paphos, Cyprus , https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3037319 .

  29. E. Kalogirou, M. Mavrovouniotis, M. Tzouvaras, C. Mettas, E. Evagorou and D. G. Hadjimitsis. (2024). Empirical Analysis of Oil Spill Detection Methods. IGARSS 2024 – 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Athens, Greece , https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10642731 .

  30. S. P. Neophytides, M. Mavrovouniotis, C. F. Panagiotou, M. Eliades, A. Chekirbane and D. G Hadjimitsis. (2024). Prediction of Groundwater Salinization Using Particle Swarm Optimization for Neural Network Training. IGARSS 2024 – 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Athens, Greece , https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10641861 . 

  31. M. Tzouvaras, G. Reis, F. Del Frate, H. Zacharatos and D. G. Hadjimitsis. (2024). Enhancing Earth Observation Capabilities of the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence on Disaster Risk Reduction Through Artificial Intelligence: Introducing the AI-OBSERVER project. IGARSS 2024 – 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Athens, Greece, https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10640751 . 

  32. E. Neofytou, S. P. Neophytides, M. Mavrovouniotis, M.  Eliades, C. Papoutsa and D. G. Hadjimitsis. (2024). An Empirical Study of Regression Algorithms for Soil Organic Matter Prediction. IGARSS 2024 – 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Athens, Greece , https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10642115 .

M. Tzouvaras, K. Themistocleous, K. Neocleous, G. Reis, F. Del Frate, G. Schiavon, H. Zacharatos, E. Kouppari and D. G. Hadjimitsis. (2023). Enhancing Earth Observation Capabilities of the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence on Disaster Risk Reduction through Artificial Intelligence: The AI-OBSERVER Horizon Europe Twinning project. Ninth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment, 3-5 April 2023, Ayia Napa, Cyprus.

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