Satellite image deep learning
Episodes
Mapping South America and Beyond with Fields of The World V2
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I sat down with Hannah Kerner and Tristan Grupp to discuss Fields of The World (FTW), an open-source benchmark and ecosystem for globa...
State Of The Art Object Detection
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I sat down with Isaac to discuss RF-DETR, a new state-of-the-art family of real-time object detection and segmentation models from Rob...
Tessera: A Temporal Foundation Model for Earth Observation
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I caught up with Sadiq Jaffer and Frank Feng to discuss Tessera, a large-scale foundation model for Earth observation that produces an...
AutoML for Spaceborne AI
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I caught up with Roberto del Prete to learn about his work on AutoML for in-orbit model deployment, and how it enables satellites to r...
Methane Plume Detection with AutoML
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I caught up with Julia Wąsala to learn about methane plume detection using AutoML, and how her research bridges atmospheric science a...
Democratising access to GeoAI with InstaGeo
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I caught up with Ibrahim Salihu Yusuf from InstaDeep’s AI for Social Good team to hear the story behind InstaGeo, an open-source ge...
PhiDown: Fast, Simple Access to Copernicus Data
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Roberto from ESA’s Φ-lab in Frascati introduces PhiDown, a community-driven open-source tool designed to simplify data access from...
Chained Models for High-Res Aerial Solar Fault Detection
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I caught up with Jonathan Lwowski, Connor Wallace, and Isaac Corley to explore how Zeitview built an AI-powered system to monitor sol...
TorchGeo 1.0 with Adam Stewart
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I caught up with Adam Stewart, creator of TorchGeo, to hear all the latest updates related to this pivotal piece of geospatial AI soft...
Challenges and opportunities for Ai mapping
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I caught up with Tobias Augspurger to explore the Map Your Grid initiative at Open Energy Transition, an ambitious project funded by B...
Solar Panel Detection with Satellite Imagery
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I catch up with Federico Bessi to dive into a fascinating end-to-end project on the automatic detection of photovoltaic (PV) solar pl...
Chat2Geo and the Power of LLMs
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, I caught up with Shahab Jozdani to learn about Chat2Geo, a web-based application designed to simplify remote-sensing-based geosp...
OmniCloudMask
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I caught up with Nick Wright to discuss OmniCloudMask—a Python library for state-of-the-art cloud and cloud shadow masking in satel...
Planetixx competition approach
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I caught up with James Doherty and Donal Hill, co-founders of Planetixx (formerly Plastic-i), a company using satellite imagery and A...
IceCloudNet and the PhD Journey
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I caught up with Kai Jeggle to discuss his experience pursuing a PhD at the intersection of machine learning and remote sensing. The ...
Insights from the SMAC earthquake detection challenge
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I caught up with Daniele Rege Cambrin, the organiser of the SMAC earthquake detection challenge, and Giorgio Morales, its winner. The...
Building Damage Assessment
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I caught up with Caleb Robinson to learn about the building damage assessment toolkit from the Microsoft AI for Good lab. This toolki...
Deepness QGIS plugin
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I caught up with Marek Kraft to learn about the Deepness QGIS plugin.QGIS is a widely used open-source tool for working with geospati...
The FLAIR land cover mapping challenge
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I caught up with Nicolas Gonthier to learn about the FLAIR land cover mapping challenge. In this challenge, 20cm resolution aerial i...
Meta-learning with Meteor
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I caught up with Marc Rußwurm to learn about Meta-learning with Meteor. Our conversation starts with a discussion about meta-learnin...
Uncertainty Quantification for Neural Networks with Pytorch Lightning UQ Box
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I caught up with Nils Lehmann to learn about Uncertainty Quantification for Neural Networks. The conversation begins with a discussio...
Field boundary detection with Segment Anything
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I caught up with Samuel Bancroft to learn about segmenting field boundaries using Segment Anything, aka SAM. SAM is a foundational mod...
Interpretable Deep Learning
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I caught up with Yotam Azriel to learn about interpretable deep learning. Deep learning models are often criticised for being "black b...
Earthquake detection with Sentinel-1
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I caught up with Daniele Rege Cambrin, to learn about Earthquake detection with Sentinel-1 (SAR) images. Daniele has a key role in org...
Machine learning with SAR at ASTERRA
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Robin catches up with Inon Sharony to learn about the fascinating world of machine learning with SAR imagery. The unique attributes of...
Major TOM: Expandable EO Datasets
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Robin catches up up with Alistair Francis and Mikolaj Czerkawski to learn about Major TOM, which is a significant new public dataset ...
Location Embedding with SatCLIP, with Konstantin Klemmer
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this video Robin catches up with Konstantin Klemmer to discus SatClip, which is a new global & general purpose location encoder trained on Sentinel...
AI powered image annotation with James Gallagher
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Robin catches up with James Gallagher to learn about the latest AI innovations reshaping image annotation. The conversation covered si...
Deep learning for 3D understanding of satellite images
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A large fraction of acquired satellite images contain 2D projections of Earth. However, for many downstream applications, 3D understanding is benefici...
Deep learning in Google Earth Engine with Jake Wilkins
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Robin catches up with Jake Wilkins to learn about Deep learning in Google Earth Engine. Jake has been building commercial Earth Engine...
PyRawS for onboard image processing with Roberto Del Prete
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Robin catches up with Roberto Del Prete to learn about PyRaws. PyRaws is a powerful open source Python package that provides a compreh...
Synthetic training data with Nathan Kundtz
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Robin catches up with Nathan Kundtz to learn about the creation, and use of synthetic image data in training machine machine models. N...
Orbuculum with Derek Ding
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the episode I caught up with the co-founder of the company developing Orbuculum, Derek Ding, to learn more about this innovative new platform. What...
The machine learning workflow at Development Seed with Ryan Avery
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Robin catches up with Ryan Avery to learn about the machine learning workflow at Development Seed. The making of this episode was ins...
AI at Nearmap with Michael Bewley
25 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this video, Robin catches up with Michael Bewley to hear about the use of AI at Nearmap. Nearmap captures very high resolution aerial imagery and M...
Career chat with Martha Morrisey
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Robin in a career chat with Martha Morrisey, a senior machine learning engineer at Pachama, a company elevating remote sensing data and machine l...
Satellite image time series with Gilberto Camara
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Robin catches up with Gilberto Camara to talk about SITS. SITS is an open-source R package for land use and land cover classification...
Career chat with Nishant Yadav
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this career chat, Robin catches up with Nishant Yadav to hear about his path from PhD to Applied Scientist (II) at Microsoft Azure AI working on co...
Vision Transformers for Satellite Image Time Series with Michail Tarasiou
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Robin catches up with Michail Tarasiou to discuss the new paper, ViTs for SITS: Vision Transformers for Satellite Image Time Series. ...
Career chat with Zhuang-Fang NaNa Yi
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the career chat series, Robin catches up with Zhuang-Fang NaNa Yi to hear about her career path into the role of senior machine lea...
Career chat with Philip Robinson
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Robin catches up with Philip Robinson to discuss his career path, and hear how he transitioned from working in computer security rese...