OrionLab

OrionLab is an AI4EO research group under the umbrella of both the National Observatory of Athens and the National Technical University of Athens.

[ThinkingEarth_EU @ThinkingEarthEU]

🌍 #ThinkingEarth Spotlight Applications

Next up: Land Use & Land Cover Classification with Sentinel-3 Using #AI + satellite data, this approach improves how we map land use—more accurate, scalable, and with less labelled data needed.
🔗: https://t.co/hz3As1vd7m
#EO #Copernicus

[ELLIS Unit Jena @Ellis_Unit_Jena]

🚀#ELLISWinterSchool2026 is over — a week to remember, full of learning, and new connections. The Winter School not only showcased state-of-the-art research but also reinforced connections within the AI and Earth Science community.

Stay tuned for the 3rd edition in 2027!

[ELLIS Unit Jena @Ellis_Unit_Jena]

🚀 Day 3 at #ELLISWinterSchool2026
Through keynotes, major AI-for-climate challenges were explored: #uncertainty, #ethics, #extremeevents. A guided visit to the National Observatory of Athens took place, followed by continued team discussions into the evening.@ELLISforEurope

[ELLIS Unit Jena @Ellis_Unit_Jena]

🚀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #ELLISWinterSchool2026

A keynote talk given by Prof. Dr. Gustau Camps-Valls (ELLIS Program Director for “Machine Learning for Earth and Climate Sciences”) on “Beyond XAI: Causal Reasoning for Trustworthy Geoscience AI”. @ELLISforEurope

[ELLIS Unit Jena @Ellis_Unit_Jena]

🔬 Research Challenge Groups Are Underway!

Students have been divided into research challenge groups as part of the Winter School. Guided by expert tutors, they will explore specific topics and present their results at the end of the week! 🚀
#elliswinterschool2026

[ELLIS Unit Jena @Ellis_Unit_Jena]

A calm moment before an exciting start 🌅

🌍Tonight, organizers, speakers, and supporters of the #𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 gathered in dinner. It was a wonderful opportunity to connect & share ideas.

See you all as we officially kick things off tomorrow!🚀

[ELLIS Unit Jena @Ellis_Unit_Jena]

📢 The @ELLISforEurope Winter School 2026 — co-organized with @ntua, MeDiTwin, @AI4PEX
📅 16–20 March 2026 | Athens 🇬🇷
A 5-day hands-on program with keynotes, workshops, tutorials & social activities.
⏳ Countdown to apply: Dec 15, 2025
🔗 https://t.co/1Seua1hvL7

[ELLIS Unit Jena @Ellis_Unit_Jena]

🌍@ELLISforEurope #SummerSchool2025 in Jena on AI for Earth & Climate Sciences is underway
👩🏼‍🎓140 PhD students, 👨🏻‍💻13 keynote speakers & 🧑🏼‍🏫 23 tutors are diving into keynotes, hands-on sessions & collaborative projects—bridging #ML & geosciences 🌿🤖
https://t.co/bF7IT0GCYZ

[ELLIS Unit Jena @Ellis_Unit_Jena]

☀️ Day 1 of @ELLISforEurope
#SummerSchool2025 starts strong!
Team organisation brought participants together 🤝—setting goals & sparking collaboration.
With sunshine 🌞 & high spirits, we’re ready for an inspiring week! ✨
🔗 https://t.co/VEbKuZs46e

[OrionLab @OrionLab_NOA]

🌌 At #LPS25 and curious about in-orbit deep learning for nighttime cloud detection?

📍Visit Poster R06 in Poster Area X5, Zone R — Alexis Apostolakis will be there from 17:45 till 19:00 to walk you through the prototype we develop!

#DeepLearning #CloudDetection #EO #SpaceTech

[OrionLab @OrionLab_NOA]

🌌 At #LPS25 and curious about in-orbit deep learning for nighttime cloud detection?

📍Visit Poster R06 in Poster Area X5, Zone R — Alexis Apostolakis will be there from 17:45 till 19:00 to walk you through the prototype we develop!

#DeepLearning #CloudDetection #EO #SpaceTech

[OrionLab @OrionLab_NOA]

Happening now in the G1 Hall at #LPS25!

Angelos Zavras is unveiling GAIA: A Global, Multimodal, Multiscale #VisionLanguage Dataset for #RemoteSensing Image Analysis 🌍🛰️

Discover the paper here 👉 https://t.co/qRZRgPxmyx

@ThinkingEarthEU | https://t.co/3pK9jp4ZQm

#ML #EO

[OrionLab @OrionLab_NOA]

🔥 Exciting wildfire research alert!

@iprapas presented today the Seasfirebench at #LPS2025 — a new benchmark for subseasonal to seasonal wildfire forecasting.

Stay tuned for the upcoming publication!

#Wildfires #ClimateScience #ML #Forecasting #SeasFire #ESA

[OrionLab @OrionLab_NOA]

Yesterday, Maria Sdraka opened session B.04.05 – Remote Sensing for disaster preparedness & response at #LPS2025 with KuroSiwo — a pioneering SAR dataset for rapid flood mapping across 6 continents and 3 climate zones. 🌊📡

👉https://t.co/prs1ewGwLY

#SAR #FloodMapping #DL

[OrionLab @OrionLab_NOA]

🚨 Live at #LPS25 in Room 0.11/0.12!

NTUA & TUM in action, leading a tutorial on Foundation Models (FM) for EO — practical AI for land cover mapping, object detection & more 🌍🛰️

Interested in FM?👉 https://t.co/5sApzL4WgN

@ThinkingEarthEU @NikosGiannisB
#RemoteSensing #AI

[ThinkingEarth_EU @ThinkingEarthEU]

🚀#ThinkingEarth's 3rd Plenary took place on 13–14 May in Thessaloniki, hosted by @CERTHellas!
From spotlight apps to #Copernicus foundation models —great discussions were had. Big thanks to CERTH & all partners!
🔗More updates soon: https://t.co/oGyqRsBp4a
#EarthObservation #AI

[ThinkingEarth_EU @ThinkingEarthEU]

🚀Missed the ESA-NASA Workshop on AI Foundation Models for EO? See highlights from our #ThinkingEarth partners at @TU_Muenchen & @ntua on #Copernicus models, remotes sensing & GAIA!
📺Recording soon: https://t.co/FaInPKNXpJ
🔗Join our newsletter: https://t.co/bYNIiv37G2
#AI4EO

[OrionLab @OrionLab_NOA]

🛰️ ESA-NASA International workshop on AI Foundation Model for Earth Observation

🔴 Live streaming of Big Hall sessions ⬇️

Link: https://t.co/GeIK3kZSvX
Password:  Vf4K5uQTpN3

[OrionLab @OrionLab_NOA]

🚀Excited to share that our project @ThinkingEarthEU is at the ESA-NASA International Workshop on AI Foundation Model for EO!

Researchers from NTUA & TUM will discuss the latest advances in AI #FoundationModels

🗓️5-7 May, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati

Programme➡️https://t.co/zUNMeacF0g

[OrionLab @OrionLab_NOA]

🔴 Live from ESA-ESRIN, Frascati

Yi Wang presenting the latest advances towards unified Copernicus Foundation Models for Sentinels🛰️

📍ESA-NASA International Workshop on AI Foundation Model for EO

[OrionLab @OrionLab_NOA]

More presentations from @ThinkingEarthEU team coming up at ESA-ESRIN. Stay tuned!

Today at 15:45➡️ "Investigating redundancy in remote sensing images and their implications to foundation models" by Tasos Papazafeiropoulos, DL researcher at National Technical University Of Athens