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The IIST Colloquium Series is a regular forum that brings together students, faculty, and staff from different academic and research backgrounds. It features talks by leading researchers from India and abroad on a wide range of topics, including science, engineering, space science, and interdisciplinary fields. Unlike departmental seminars, these talks are meant to be broadly accessible and of general interest. The series encourages interaction with visiting experts, promotes the exchange of new ideas, and inspires future collaborations.

Recent / Upcoming Colloquium

Colloquium on the use of artificial intelligence for Earth and space observation: Principles and limitations

About the Speaker - Dr. M. Van Droogenbroeck, Professor of Applied Sciences at the University of Liège, Belgium.

  • 04-02-2026
  • 15:30
Venue - IIST Council Hall

Abstract - Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an important tool in computer vision, with recent advances driven largely by deep learning, enabled by large datasets and increased computational power. AI techniques are widely used to automate the analysis of large volumes of visual data through tasks such as object detection, segmentation, temporal event localization in videos, and 3D novel-view synthesis. Several AI paradigms can be applied to these vision tasks. While supervised learning is the most common approach, it relies on large amounts of annotated data, which are often unavailable in Earth and space observation. This limitation motivates the use of alternative AI paradigms.This presentation will introduce AI strategies suitable for scenarios with limited labeled data, illustrated through applications such as building damage assessment from satellite imagery and exoplanet detection using direct imaging. It is based on an original scientific framework developed at the VIULab, structured around three key pillars: data, method, and evaluation. The talk will conclude with a discussion of the limitations of AI and a brief presentation of the VIULab.

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