Journal papers:
- 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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.
Conference papers:
- 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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 - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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.