Here are a few selected publications from ECEO by theme. For a complete list of our works, please visit our Infoscience page. You can also explore all our open-source projects on GitHub, and our datasets and models on Hugging Face.
Digital ecology and animal conservation
MammAlps: A Multi-view Video Behavior Monitoring Dataset of Wild Mammals in the Swiss Alps
Gabeff, V., Qi, H., Flaherty, B., Sumbul, G., Mathis, A., & Tuia, D. (2025). Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference. Github, TV interview (french).
How to minimize the annotation effort in aerial wildlife surveys
May, G., Dalsasso, E., Delplanque, A., Kellenberger, B., & Tuia, D. (2025). Ecological Informatics. Github.
MaskSDM with Shapley values to improve flexibility, robustness and explainability in species distribution modelling
Zbinden, R., Van Tiel, N., Sumbul, G., Vanalli, C., Kellenberger, B., & Tuia, D. (2025). Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Github, Zenodo.
Trees and forest
Multi-temporal forest monitoring in the Swiss Alps with knowledge-guided deep learning
Nguyen, T. A., Rußwurm, M., Lenczner, G., & Tuia, D. (2024). Remote Sensing of Environment. Github.
Mapping land uses following tropical deforestation with location-aware deep learning
Pišl, J., Sumbul, G., Lenczner, G., Zamora, C., Herold, M., Wegner, J. D., & Tuia, D. (2026). ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Data.
Regional uniqueness of tree species composition and response to forest loss and climate change
van Tiel, Nina, et al. (2024). Nature Communications. Github, data, podcast (french).
Explainability and exploration
Multi-Scale Grouped Prototypes for Interpretable Semantic Segmentation
Porta, H., Dalsasso, E., Marcos, D., & Tuia, D. (2025). Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision. Github.
Learning transferable land cover semantics for open vocabulary interactions with remote sensing images
Zermatten, V., Castillo-Navarro, J., Marcos, D., & Tuia, D. (2025). ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Github.
GeoExplorer: Active Geo-localization with Curiosity-Driven Exploration
Mi, L., Bechaz, M., Chen, Z., Bosselut, A., & Tuia, D. (2025). International Conference on Computer Vision. Project, github, dataset.
Remote sensing
SMARTIES: Spectrum-Aware Multi-Sensor Auto-Encoder for Remote Sensing Images
Sumbul, G., Xu, C., Dalsasso, E., & Tuia, D. (2025). International Conference on Computer Vision. Project, github, models.
PAN-RSVQA: Vision Foundation Models as Pseudo-ANnotators for Remote Sensing Visual Question Answering
Chappuis, C., Sümbül, G., Montariol, S., Lobry, S., & Tuia, D. (2025). Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshop.
Artificial Intelligence to Advance Earth Observation: A review of models, recent trends, and pathways forward
Tuia, Devis, et al. (2024). IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine. arxiv.
Coral reefs
DeepReefMap: Scalable Semantic 3D Mapping of Coral Reefs with Deep Learning
Sauder, J., Banc‐Prandi, G., Meibom, A., & Tuia, D. (2024). Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Project, github.
Self-Supervised Underwater Caustics Removal and Descattering via Deep Monocular SLAM
Sauder, J., & Tuia, D. (2024). European Conference on Computer Vision. Project, github.