๐ข Excited to share that my fourth PhD research publication is now published in @RemoteSens_MDPI.
We used 35 years of Digital Earth Australia data and an Open Data Cube workflow to map woody vegetation encroachment and retreat across mid-Murrumbidgee floodplain wetlands.
#GIS
During my undergraduate years in Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ, there was a popular belief that โGPA doesnโt matter.โ While I focused on understanding my subject deeply and ended up with decent grades as a by-product. Years later, many opportunities for graduate school, and international applications still use academic performance as an important signal.
๐ Presented my first PhD publication today at IEEE #ICDM2025 (CORE Aโ Conference)! โA Spatiotemporal ML Framework to Detect Woody Plant Encroachmentโ integrates Sentinel-2 & ensemble ML (RF + XGBoost) to map woody expansion (2016โ2025) with 98% accuracy. #PHD#RemoteSensing
Last week, I attended my first conference @FOSS4G_Oceania. Having moved to Australia just 8 months ago for my PhD, I was eager to connect with the geospatial community, and this event gave me the perfect opportunity. (1)
Iโm incredibly grateful and honored to have been one of the 9 recipients of the Travel Grant Program. A huge thank you to @alexgleith and team @FOSS4G_Oceania for making this experience possible. (3)
@FOSS4G_Oceania 2nd day keynote by @katefickas from @Esri & @LadiesOfLandsat on unlocking together what we can't alone!
She highlighted the journey from data-driven to narrative-driven goals, the evolution of remote sensing, and the importance of collaboration. #remotesensing
lnsightful keynote by Dr. @Brianna_R_Pagan at @FOSS4G_Oceania on why EO data should be treated as a common good, accessible to everyone. As colonialism and capitalism have contributed to climate change, they risk shaping the EO industry in ways that may limit access and equity!
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton โfor foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.โ