Jan Dirk Wegner

Prof. Jan Dirk Wegner
Ausserordentlicher Professor
Data Science for Sciences
Institute for Computational Science
Universität Zürich
Y11
Winterthurerstrasse 190
CH-8057 Zürich
Switzerland


E-mail: jandirk.wegner(at)uzh.ch
URL Institution: https://www.ics.uzh.ch/en.html
Personal URL: link


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 CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
Topic BiospherePlants
Biodiversity
Topic Economy/ResourceUseAgriculture, Forestry and Fishery
Food Security
Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape
Topic Politics/LawMitigation / Prevention / Emission Reductions
Regionalization / Globalization
Topic SocietyPopulation Dynamics / Migration / Urbanisation
Education / Communication / Participation
Topic SustainabilityEcological Sustainability
Spatial ZonesMountain / Highland
Lowland
Urban
Rural
Coastal Zone
Spatial ScaleGlobal / Hemispheric
Continental
Regional
National / Cultural
Local / Community
Time FrameRecent / Today
Statistical FocusStatistical Focus
Extreme Events
Variability
Time ScaleSeasonal / Annual
MethodsMethod
Data Collection - Measurement
Data Analysis
Modeling
Applied Research / Technology
GeoForum General-TechnologyTechnologies, Engineering, Physics
GeoForum Geo-TechnologyGeodesy 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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