Jan Dirk Wegner
Prof. Jan Dirk Wegner
Ausserordentlicher Professor
Data Science for Sciences
Institute for Computational Science
Universität ZürichY11
Winterthurerstrasse 190
CH-8057 Zürich
Switzerland
E-mail:
jandirk.wegner(at)uzh.chURL Institution:
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Additional functions:
Jan is vice-?president of ISPRS Technical Commission II, associated faculty of the ETH AI Center, director of the PhD graduate school "Data Science" at University of Zurich, and his professorship is part of the Digital Society Initiative at University of Zurich.
Key Publications of Jan Dirk Wegner (up to ten) :
Sticher, V., Wegner, J.D., Pfeifle, B.:Toward the Remote Monitoring of Armed Conflicts, PNAS Nexus, 2023, vol. 2(6), pgad181, doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad181.
Becker, A., Russo, S., Puliti, S., Lang, N., Schindler, K., Wegner, J.D.: Country-wide retrieval of Forest Structure From Optical and SAR Satellite Imagery With Deep Ensembles, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, vol. 195, 2023, pp. 269-286, doi: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2022.11.011.
Kalischek, N., Lang, N., Renier, C., Caye Daudt, R., Addoah, T., Thompson, W., Blaser-Hart, W.J., Garrett, R., Schindler, K., Wegner, J.D.: Cocoa plantations are associated with deforestation in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, 2023, Nature Food, vol. 4, pp. 384-393, doi: 10.1038/s43016-023-00751-8.
Lang, N., Jetz, W. Schindler, K., Wegner, J.D.: A high-resolution canopy height model of the Earth, Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023, vol. 7, pp. 1778-1789, doi: 10.1038/s41559-023-02206-6.
Lang, N., Kalischek, N., Armston, J., Schindler, K., Dubayah, K. Wegner, J.D.: Global canopy height regression and uncertainty estimation from GEDI LIDAR waveforms with deep ensembles, 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 268, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112760.
Persello, C., Wegner, J.D., Hänsch, R., Tuia, D., Ghamisi, P., Koeva, M., Camps-Vals, G.: Deep Learning and Earth Observation to Support the Sustainable Development Goals, 2022, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine, pp. 2-?30, doi: 10.1109/MGRS.2021.3136100.
Rodriguez, A., D'Aronco, S., Schindler, K., Wegner, J.D.: Mapping Oil Palm Density at Country Scale: an Active Learning Approach, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 261, 112479.
Turkoglu, M.O., D'Aronco, S., Perich, G., Liebisch, F., Streit, C., Schindler, K. Wegner, J.D.: Crop mapping from image time series: deep learning with multi-?scale label hierarchies, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 264, 112603, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112603.
Expertise of Jan Dirk Wegner:
Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
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Expert Type | Scientific / Fundamental Research |
| Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering |
Topic Biosphere | Plants |
| Biodiversity |
Topic Economy/ResourceUse | Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery |
| Food Security |
| Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape |
Topic Politics/Law | Mitigation / Prevention / Emission Reductions |
| Regionalization / Globalization |
Topic Society | Population Dynamics / Migration / Urbanisation |
| Education / Communication / Participation |
Topic Sustainability | Ecological Sustainability |
Spatial Zones | Mountain / Highland |
| Lowland |
| Urban |
| Rural |
| Coastal Zone |
Spatial Scale | Global / Hemispheric |
| Continental |
| Regional |
| National / Cultural |
| Local / Community |
Time Frame | Recent / Today |
Statistical Focus | Statistical Focus |
| Extreme Events |
| Variability |
Time Scale | Seasonal / Annual |
Methods | Method |
| Data Collection - Measurement |
| Data Analysis |
| Modeling |
| Applied Research / Technology |
GeoForum General-Technology | Technologies, Engineering, Physics |
GeoForum Geo-Technology | Geodesy and Photogrammetry |
| Cartography |
| Geoinformatics |
| Geotechnics, Geomatics, Geophysics |
Specialties of Jan Dirk Wegner:
My main research interests are at the frontier of machine learning, computer vision, and remote sensing to solve scientific questions in the environmental sciences and geosciences.
Last update: 12/7/23
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