Romanian Excellence Center on Artificial Intelligence in Earth Observation Data for Agriculture

Project Information

AI4AGRI

Grant agreement ID: 101079136

DOI

10.3030/101079136

Project closed

EC signature date 15 July 2022

Start date 1 October 2022

End date 30 September 2025

Funded under

• Widening participation and spreading excellence

Total cost

€ 1 412 360,00

EU contribution

€ 1 412 360,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITATEA TRANSILVANIA DIN BRASOV
Romania

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Publications

Conference proceedings (22)

Soil Moisture Estimation from Polarimetric SAR Using a Physics Aware AI Model

Author(s): Lorenzo Giuliano Papale, Fabio Del Frate, Leila Guerriero, Giovanni Schiavon, Mario A. Acuña
Published in: IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2024, ISSN 2153-7003
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10641372

Crop-Specific Effects of Data Augmentation on Classification Accuracy in Sentinel-2 Imagery

Author(s): Luciana Majercsik, Alexandra Băicoianu, Ioana Cristina Plajer
Published in: 2025 18th International Conference on Engineering of Modern Electric Systems (EMES), 2025, ISSN 2836-9866
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EMES65692.2025.11045604

Hyperspectral Image Segmentation and Entropy Calculation for Qualitative Analysis of Grassland

Author(s): Serban Oprisescu, Radu-Mihai Coliban, Mihai Ivanovici
Published in: 2023 International Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems (ISSCS), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ISSCS58449.2023.10190944

Are Vegetation Indices Really so Different: An Unsupervised Perspective

Author(s): Andreea Niţu, Corneliu Florea, Mihai Ivanovici
Published in: 2024 International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications (ISETC), 2024, ISSN 2475-7861
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ISETC63109.2024.10797304

Hyperspectral Image Visualization Based on Maximum-Reflectance Wavelength Colorization

Author(s): Kamal Marandskiy, Mihai Ivanovici
Published in: 2023 17th International Conference on Engineering of Modern Electric Systems (EMES), 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EMES58375.2023.10171717

Statistical Inference Based on Sentinel-2 and in situ NDVI Measurements Using Monte Carlo Sampling

Author(s): Mihai Ivanovici, Corneliu Florea, Artur Kazak
Published in: IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2024, ISSN 2153-7003
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10641338

On-Board Multispectral Image Compression with an Artificial Intelligence Based Algorithm

Author(s): Giorgia Guerrisi, Gianmarco Bencivenni, Giovanni Schiavon, Fabio Del Frate
Published in: IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2024, ISSN 2153-7003
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10642517

Quantification of Hyperspectral Planes Effectiveness - A Semantic Segmentation Perspective

Author(s): Corneliu Florea, Andrei Racoviteanu, Mihai Ivanovici
Published in: 2024 14th Workshop on Hyperspectral Imaging and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS), 2025, ISSN 2158-6276
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WHISPERS65427.2024.10876510

Annotating Satellite Images of Forests with Keywords from a Specialized Corpus in the Context of Change Detection

Author(s): Nathalie Neptune, Josiane Mothe
Published in: 20th International Conference on Content-based Multimedia Indexing, 2023
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3617233.3617242

Fuzzy Logic-Based Visualization and Interpretation of NDVI Maps

Author(s): Andrei Racoviteanu, Artur Kazak, Nicolae Secrieru, Mihai Ivanovici
Published in: 2024 14th Workshop on Hyperspectral Imaging and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS), 2025, ISSN 2158-6276
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WHISPERS65427.2024.10876428

Machine Learning-Based Classification of Sentinel-1 Backscattering Coefficients Using Generated Plant Schematics

Author(s): Kamal Marandskiy, Mihai Ivanovici, Stefan Popa
Published in: IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2024, ISSN 2153-7003
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10640653

Quantitative Analysis of Vegetation Indices as Discriminators Between Different Crop Categories

Author(s): Andreea Niţu, Corneliu Florea, Mihai Ivanovici
Published in: 2024 International Symposium on Electronics and Telecommunications (ISETC), 2024, ISSN 2475-7861
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ISETC63109.2024.10797364

Exponential Feature Extraction and Learning for Pixel-Wise Hyperspectral Image Compression

Author(s): M. Ivanovici, K. Marandskiy
Published in: IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2023, ISSN 2153-7003
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10282126

Multi-year multi-crop correlation analysis in Brasov area

Author(s): Ioana C. Plajer, Alexandra Băicoianu, Matei Debu, Maria Ștefan, Mihai Ivanovici, Corneliu Florea, Adrian Ghinea, Luciana Majercsik
Published in: The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Issue XLVIII-M-7-2025, 2025, ISSN 2194-9034
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/ISPRS-ARCHIVES-XLVIII-M-7-2025-195-2025

AI-Based Visualization of Remotely-Sensed Spectral Images

Author(s): Ioana Cristina Plajer, Alexandra Baicoianu, Luciana Majercsik
Published in: 2023 International Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems (ISSCS), 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ISSCS58449.2023.10190908

Overcoming Segmentation Confusions in Prisma Hyperspectral Images

Author(s): Serban Oprisescu, Andrei Racoviteanu, Mihai Ivanovici
Published in: 2025 International Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems (ISSCS), 2025, ISSN 2995-0236
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ISSCS66034.2025.11105651

Daily Land Surface Temperature from Multiple Earth Observation Data Fusion

Author(s): Martina Frezza, Davide De Santis, Ilaria Petracca, Mario Papa, Giovanni Schiavon, Fabio Del Frate
Published in: IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2024, ISSN 2153-7003
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10642030

Soil Roughness Estimation Using Fractal Analysis on Digital Images of Soil Surface

Author(s): Kamal Marandskiy, Mihai Ivanovici
Published in: 2023 International Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems (ISSCS), 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ISSCS58449.2023.10190895

AI Feature Extraction for Prisma Hyperspectral Data

Author(s): Sarathchandrakumar T. Sasidharan, Davide De Santis, Marco Di Giacomo, Gianmarco Bencivenni, Fabio Del Frate, Gabriele Curci, Ana Carolina Amarillo, Francesca Barnaba, Luca Di Liberto, Ferdinando Pasqualini, Cristiana Bassani, Silvia Scifoni, Stefano Casadio, Alessandra Cofano, Massimo Cardaci, Giorgio Licciardi
Published in: IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2024, ISSN 2153-7003
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10642906

Exponential Features in the Fourier Domain for Prisma Hyperspectral Image Segmentation

Author(s): M. Ivanovici, S. Oprisescu, R.M. Coliban, K. Marandskiy
Published in: IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2023, ISSN 2153-7003
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10282239

Multispectral Fractal Image Analysis for Soil Roughness Estimation at Various Altitudes

Author(s): K. Marandskiy, M. Ivanovici, S. Corcodel, S. Costache
Published in: 2023 13th Workshop on Hyperspectral Imaging and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS), 2024, ISSN 2158-6276
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WHISPERS61460.2023.10431360

NDVI Computation from Hyperspectral Images

Author(s): I. C. Plajer, A. Băicoianu, L. Majercsik, M. Ivanovici
Published in: 2023 13th Workshop on Hyperspectral Imaging and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS), 2024, ISSN 2158-6276
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WHISPERS61460.2023.10431225

Monographic books (1)

Inteligență artificială

Author(s): Florea, Corneliu; Florea, Laura
Published in: Issue 978-606-19-1653-5, 2023
Publisher: Transilvania University Press
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15649271

Peer reviewed articles (15)

Images and CNN applications in smart agriculture

Author(s): Mohammad El Sakka, Josiane Mothe, Mihai Ivanovici
Published in: European Journal of Remote Sensing, Issue 57, 2024, ISSN 2279-7254
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/22797254.2024.2352386

NDVI and Beyond: Vegetation Indices as Features for Crop Recognition and Segmentation in Hyperspectral Data

Author(s): Andreea Nițu, Corneliu Florea, Mihai Ivanovici, Andrei Racoviteanu
Published in: Sensors, Issue 25, 2025, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/S25123817

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Author(s): Daniele Settembre; Davide De Santis; Giovanni Schiavon; Fabio Del Frate
Published in: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2025, ISSN 1545-598X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2025.3539870

Crop Identification with Monte Carlo Simulations and Rotation Models from Sentinel-2 Data

Author(s): Andrei Racoviteanu, Andreea Nițu, Corneliu Florea, Mihai Ivanovici
Published in: AgriEngineering, Issue 7, 2025, ISSN 2624-7402
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/AGRIENGINEERING7080259

Multisource Remote Sensing Data Visualization Using Machine Learning

Author(s): Ioana Cristina Plajer, Alexandra Băicoianu, Luciana Majercsik, Mihai Ivanovici
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Issue 62, 2024, ISSN 0196-2892
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2024.3372639

Deep automatic soil roughness estimation from digital images

Author(s): Ivanovici, Mihai; Popa, Stefan; Marandskiy, Kamal; Florea, Corneliu
Published in: European Journal of Remote Sensing, Issue 2342955, 2024, ISSN 2279-7254
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.11076633

Adaptive Select Loss Strategy for Semantic Segmentation of Agricultural Crop Images

Author(s): Corneliu Florea, Laura Florea, Mihai Ivanovici
Published in: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Issue 18, 2025, ISSN 1939-1404
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3589635

Comparing Blind Image Quality Metrics for Reliable Image Assessment

Author(s): Cristian George Fieraru, Maria Biserică, Ioana Cristina Plajer, Mihai Ivanovici
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3583029

NDVI Time Series Reconstruction Using Morphological Filtering

Author(s): Radu-Mihai Coliban, Mihai Ivanovici
Published in: National Academy Science Letters, 2025, ISSN 0250-541X
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S40009-025-01833-W

DACIA5: a Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 dataset for agricultural crop identification applications

Author(s): A. Băicoianu, I. C. Plajer, M. Debu, M. Ștefan, M. Ivanovici, C. Florea, A. Cațaron, R. M. Coliban, Ș. Popa, Ș. Oprișescu, A. Racovițeanu, Gh. Olteanu, K. Marandskiy, A. Ghinea, A. Kazak, L. Majercsik, A. Manea, L. Dogar
Published in: Big Earth Data, 2025, ISSN 2096-4471
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/20964471.2025.2512685

Multimedia Tools and Applications

Author(s): Nathalie Neptune; Josiane Mothe
Published in: Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2024, ISSN 1380-7501
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/S11042-024-20015-2

A Framework for Innovation in Earth Observation Applications for Agriculture

Author(s): M. Ivanovici; K. Marandskiy; G. Olteanu; A. Manea; L. Dogar
Published in: Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov. Series I - Engineering Sciences, Issue 1, 2024, ISSN 2065-2119
Publisher: Transilvania University Press
DOI: 10.31926/BUT.ENS.2023.16.65.1.3

A Review of CNN Applications in Smart Agriculture Using Multimodal Data

Author(s): Mohammad El Sakka, Mihai Ivanovici, Lotfi Chaari, Josiane Mothe
Published in: Sensors, Issue 25, 2025, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/S25020472

A Multi-Spectral Fractal Image Model and Its Associated Fractal Dimension Estimator

Author(s): M. Ivanovici
Published in: Fractal and Fractional, Issue 7(3), 2023, ISSN 2504-3110
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11075084

Spectral image data aggregation for multisource data augmentation

Author(s): R. I. Luca, A. Baicoianu, I. C. Plajer
Published in: European Journal of Remote Sensing, Issue 58, 2025, ISSN 2279-7254
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/22797254.2025.2492295

Book chapters (1)

Digital Transformation in Agriculture

Author(s): Ivanovici, Mihai; Olteanu, Gheorghe; Florea, corneliu; Coliban, Radu-Mihai; Stefan, Maria; Marandskiy, Kamal
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Springer, Cham
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-63337-9_9