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2026 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
9 - 14 August 2026 • Washington, D.C.

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Sunday, August 9
Sun 07:00 - 18:00
Registration Hours
Terrace Foyer West
Sun 08:00 - 12:00
Tutorial
HD-02: Compressive Sensing in Radar and Related Area
Oak Lawn
Tutorial
HD-03: InSAR Phase Unwrapping
Piscataway
Sun 08:00 - 17:00
Tutorial
FD-01: Large-scale LULC classification of multi-modal satellite image time-series with deep learning and embeddings
Gunston
Tutorial
FD-02: Communicating the Future of Earth Observations: Bridging Scientific Insight and Societal Impact
Cardozo
Tutorial
FD-04: Integrated Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Remote Sensing and Process-based Hydrological Models for Flood Risk Management
Embassy
Tutorial
FD-05: A Hands-On Introduction to Benchmarking Neural Compression and Representation Learning for Earth Observation
Fairchild
Tutorial
FD-06: Bridging modalities: Machine Learning strategies for integrating optical and SAR data in Earth observation
Georgetown East
Tutorial
FD-07: GRSS ESI TC Tutorial - From LLMs to Discovery: Building and Deploying Agentic Workflows for Earth Science
Georgetown West
Sun 13:00 - 17:00
Tutorial
HD-05: Physics-Aware Deep Learning for SAR Image Processing: Focus on Despeckling and Beyond
Oak Lawn
Tutorial
HD-07: Responsible and Trustworthy AI for Earth Observation: From Fairness to Reproducibility and societal impact
Piscataway
Sun 18:00 - 20:00
Welcome Reception
Heights Courtyard
Monday, August 10
Mon 07:00 - 18:00
Registration Hours
Terrace Foyer West
Mon 07:30 - 17:00
Family Room
Coats
Mon 08:00 - 12:15
Opening Ceremony/Plenary
International Ballroom
Mon 10:10 - 10:40
Break
IBR East
Mon 12:30 - 13:30
TIE Event
TIE.01: Spectrum's Critical Role in Remote Sensing and Geoscience: How do we move beyond regulatory conflicts to innovation as spectrum congestion increases?
Kalorama
Mon 13:30 - 16:30
Exhibit Hours
Columbia
Mon 13:45 - 15:00
Oral
MO3.R1: Inland Waters I
Morgan
Oral
MO3.R2: Coastal Zones I
Northwest
Oral
MO3.R6: Earth Observation for Civil Security
Cardozo
Oral
MO3.R8: Geoscience and Remote Sensing in Developing Countries I
Embassy
Oral
MO3.R9: Advanced Signal Processing for Geoscience, Remote Sensing, and Future Earth Observations (1/3)
Fairchild
Oral
MO3.R10: Multimodal Datasets, Evaluation Protocols, and Performance Metrics for Benchmarking Remote Sensing Algorithms (1/2)
Gunston
Oral
MO3.R11: Ground Penetrating Radar
Cabinet
Oral
MO3.R12: AI InSAR
Georgetown East
Oral
MO3.R13: GRSS ESI TC / HDCRS WG - Parallel and Innovative Computing Technologies for Earth Observation
Georgetown West
Oral
MO3.R14: Large-scale forest structure and change mapping with the fusion of radar and lidar/optical sensors
Jefferson East
Oral
MO3.R15: Vision-Language & Reasoning in Remote Sensing
Jefferson West
Oral
MO3.R16: Soil Moisture: Ground to Space (Satellite Missions and Retrievals Algorithms)
Lincoln East
Oral
MO3.R17: Space-based Imaging Spectrometers: Status of Current and Planned Missions I
Lincoln West
Oral
MO3.R18: Land Cover Dynamics I
Monroe
Oral
MO3.R19: RFI in Microwave Remote Sensing: Global Trends and Mitigation Oral Session
Piscataway
Mon 13:45 - 15:25
Oral
MO3.SP: Student Paper Competition I
Holmead
Mon 15:00 - 15:30
Break
Columbia
Mon 15:00 - 16:15
Poster
MOP2.PA: Foundation Models, Generative AI, and Scalable Learning
Columbia, Poster Area A
Poster
MOP2.PB: Advanced AI Methods for Geophysical Analysis
Columbia, Poster Area B
Poster
MOP2.PB: AI-Driven Digital Twins and 3D Modeling for Earth and Infrastructure Systems
Columbia, Poster Area B
Poster
MOP2.PC: SAR Interferometry and Applications
Columbia, Poster Area C
Poster
MOP2.PD: Advanced Satellite Remote Sensing and AI-driven Strategies for Multi-hazard Monitoring and Risk Prediction
Columbia, Poster Area D
Poster
MOP2.PE: Urban: Computational Methods, SAR & Infrastructure I
Columbia, Poster Area E
Poster
MOP2.PF: Radio Frequency Interference and Spectrum Management Issues in Microwave Remote Sensing
Columbia, Poster Area F
Poster
MOP2.PG: Agriculture: Smart Technologies for Crop Management I
Columbia, Poster Area G
Poster
MOP2.PH: Geoscience and Remote Sensing in Developing Countries II
Columbia, Poster Area H
Poster
MOP2.PI: Geospatial Intelligence for Emergency Response
Columbia, Poster Area I
Poster
MOP2.PJ: Earth Observation for Civil Security
Columbia, Poster Area J
Poster
MOP2.PK: Coastal Zones III
Columbia, Poster Area K
Poster
MOP2.PL: Geology and Geomorphology II
Columbia, Poster Area L
Poster
MOP2.PM: Large-scale forest structure and change mapping with the fusion of radar and lidar/optical sensors
Columbia, Poster Area M
Mon 16:15 - 17:30
Oral
MO4.R1: Inland Waters II
Morgan
Oral
MO4.R2: Coastal Zones II
Northwest
Oral
MO4.R6: Advanced Satellite Remote Sensing and AI-driven Strategies for Multi-hazard Monitoring and Risk Prediction
Cardozo
Oral
MO4.R8: Findable, Accessible, Re-usable, and Explainable AI Best Practices.
Embassy
Oral
MO4.R9: Advanced Signal Processing for Geoscience, Remote Sensing, and Future Earth Observations (2/3)
Fairchild
Oral
MO4.R10: Multimodal Datasets, Evaluation Protocols, and Performance Metrics for Benchmarking Remote Sensing Algorithms (2/2)
Gunston
Oral
MO4.R11: Data Fusion Contest 2026
Cabinet
Oral
MO4.R12: Model/data-driven phase unwrapping methods
Georgetown East
Oral
MO4.R13: Connecting Earth Observation and Ground-Level Images
Georgetown West
Oral
MO4.R14: Characterize Forest Carbon Density Dynamics using 3D Remote Sensing Technology
Jefferson East
Oral
MO4.R15: Methods for SAR & High-Resolution Image Understanding
Jefferson West
Oral
MO4.R16: Soil Moisture: Ground to Space (Field experiments)
Lincoln East
Oral
MO4.R17: Space-based Imaging Spectrometers: Status of Current and Planned Missions II
Lincoln West
Oral
MO4.R18: Land Cover Dynamics II
Monroe
Oral
MO4.R19: Radio Frequency Interference and Spectrum Management Issues in Microwave Remote Sensing
Piscataway
Mon 16:15 - 17:55
Oral
MO4.SP: Student Paper Competition II
Holmead
Mon 17:30 - 18:30
TC Meeting: FARS
Piscataway
TC Meeting: GSIS
Lincoln West
Mon 18:00 - 20:00
AdCom Mixer - Celebrating 65 years of IEEE GRSS
Internat'l Terrace West
Tuesday, August 11
Tue 07:30 - 17:00
Family Room
Coats
Registration Hours
Terrace Foyer West
Tue 08:00 - 13:00
Technical Tour
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Tour
Tue 08:30 - 09:45
Oral
TU1.R1: Inland Waters III
Morgan
Oral
TU1.R2: Ocean Biology: Surface and Bottom Feature Detections
Northwest
Oral
TU1.R3: Remote sensing analysis in graphical and other transformed domain
Oak Lawn
Oral
TU1.R6: Advances in GeoAI systems for Wildfire Monitoring
Cardozo
Oral
TU1.R8: Responsible AI for Earth Observation: Building Trustworthy, Transparent, and Ethical Pathways for the Future
Embassy
Oral
TU1.R9: Advanced Signal Processing for Geoscience, Remote Sensing, and Future Earth Observations (3/3)
Fairchild
Oral
TU1.R10: AI-driven Techniques Aiding Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
Gunston
Oral
TU1.R11: The CYGNSS Mission - I
Cabinet
Oral
TU1.R12: Interferometry: Along and Across Track
Georgetown East
Oral
TU1.R13: Deep Learning for Classification
Georgetown West
Oral
TU1.R14: Agriculture: Machine Learning for Crop Monitoring I
Jefferson East
Oral
TU1.R15: GeoAI for Advanced Mapping and Geospatial Data Analysis: Innovations, Applications, and Challenges I
Jefferson West
Oral
TU1.R16: Land Use Applications I
Lincoln East
Oral
TU1.R17: Calibration and Validation of Imaging Spectrometer Measurements and Data Products
Lincoln West
Oral
TU1.R18: Land Cover Dynamics III
Monroe
Oral
TU1.R19: Modeling in Optical Remote Sensing
Piscataway
Tue 08:30 - 12:00
Young Professionals
Presentation Skills Workshop
Jay
Tue 09:30 - 16:30
Exhibit Hours
Columbia
Tue 09:45 - 11:00
Poster
TUP1.PA: Hyperspectral Image Detection and Processing
Columbia, Poster Area A
Poster
TUP1.PB: Hyperspectral Image Classification and Analysis
Columbia, Poster Area B
Poster
TUP1.PC: Object Detection/Moving Object Detection
Columbia, Poster Area C
Poster
TUP1.PD: Maritime Object Detection
Columbia, Poster Area D
Poster
TUP1.PE: Land Use Applications II
Columbia, Poster Area E
Poster
TUP1.PF: Application-Oriented Remote Sensing Image Analysis Tasks (1/2)
Columbia, Poster Area F
Poster
TUP1.PG: Biomass and Carbon Cycle II
Columbia, Poster Area G
Poster
TUP1.PH: UAV/mobile-mapping SAR systems, methods, and applications
Columbia, Poster Area H
Poster
TUP1.PI: Harnessing Geospatial Technology and Machine Learning for Flood Management in Fluvial and Glacierized Catchments
Columbia, Poster Area I
Poster
TUP1.PJ: Soils: Soils and Soil Moisture
Columbia, Poster Area J
Poster
TUP1.PK: Water Quality Monitoring
Columbia, Poster Area K
Poster
TUP1.PL: Inland Waters I
Columbia, Poster Area L
Poster
TUP1.PM: Soil Moisture: Ground to Space
Columbia, Poster Area M
Tue 10:00 - 10:30
Break
Columbia
Tue 10:00 - 12:00
Technical Tour
NOAA Technical Tour (Complimentary)
Tue 11:00 - 12:15
TIE Event
TIE.03: Geospatial Workforce 2030: Industry Demand, Leadership Perspectives, and the Next Generation of Talent
IBR East
Oral
TU2.R1: Inland Waters IV
Morgan
Oral
TU2.R2: Retrieval of Water's Bio-optical Properties
Northwest
Oral
TU2.R3: Remote Sensing of Hot Deserts and Desertification
Oak Lawn
Oral
TU2.R6: Bridging Earth Observations & Risk Analytics at Scale
Cardozo
Oral
TU2.R8: Quantum Sensing and Algorithms for Earth Observation
Embassy
Oral
TU2.R9: Resolution Enhancement across sensing dimensions: Spatial, Spectral, Temporal, and Radiometric
Fairchild
Oral
TU2.R10: Machine learning applications in seismic data processing and imaging
Gunston
Oral
TU2.R11: The CYGNSS Mission - II
Cabinet
Oral
TU2.R12: Differential SAR Interferometry: Theory and Techniques
Georgetown East
Oral
TU2.R13: Attention and Graph Models for Image Classification
Georgetown West
Oral
TU2.R14: Agriculture: Precision Agriculture & Crop Metrics II
Jefferson East
Oral
TU2.R15: GeoAI for Advanced Mapping and Geospatial Data Analysis: Innovations, Applications, and Challenges II
Jefferson West
Oral
TU2.R16: Land Use Applications II
Lincoln East
Oral
TU2.R17: New Generation hyperspectral Remote Sensing data to advance remote sensing science with specific emphasis on agriculture, water, and food security
Lincoln West
Oral
TU2.R18: Land Cover Dynamics IV
Monroe
Oral
TU2.R19: Modeling in Microwave Remote Sensing
Piscataway
Tue 13:45 - 15:00
IDEA Event
IDEA Discussion Panel: Shaping the AI Frontier in Geoscience: Sustainability, Global Access, and Responsible Innovation
Jay
Oral
TU3.R1: Geology and Geomorphology I
Morgan
Oral
TU3.R2: Bloom Detection and Others
Northwest
Oral
TU3.R3: Multi-Platform Earth Observation: Integrated Monitoring, Validation, and Open Workflows
Oak Lawn
Oral
TU3.R6: Harnessing Geospatial Technology and Machine Learning for Flood Management in Fluvial and Glacierized Catchments
Cardozo
Oral
TU3.R8: Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing for Earth Observation
Embassy
Oral
TU3.R9: Physics-Informed Machine Learning in Remote Sensing (1/4)
Fairchild
Oral
TU3.R11: GNSS-R Missions: New Payloads, Retrieval Methods, and Hydrology Applications
Cabinet
Oral
TU3.R12: SAR Ship Detection
Georgetown East
Oral
TU3.R13: Hyperspectral Image Classification
Georgetown West
Oral
TU3.R14: Agriculture: Precision Mapping & Nutrient Analysis III
Jefferson East
Oral
TU3.R15: Foundation Models & Pretraining for Earth Observation
Jefferson West
Oral
TU3.R16: Multifrequency Microwave Applications to Soil and Vegetations: Observations and Modeling
Lincoln East
Oral
TU3.R17: Space Lidar Missions, Technologies, and Observations 1/2
Lincoln West
Oral
TU3.R18: Forest and Vegetation I
Monroe
Oral
TU3.R19: Microwave-based Water Monitoring: Modeling, Techniques and Applications
Piscataway
Tue 15:00 - 15:30
Break
Columbia
Tue 15:00 - 16:15
TIE Event
TIE.04: Quantum Technology for Remote Sensing
IBR East
Poster
TUP2.PA: Advanced Signal Processing for Geoscience, Remote Sensing, and Future Earth Observations
Columbia, Poster Area A
Poster
TUP2.PB: GeoAI for Advanced Mapping and Geospatial Data Analysis: Innovations, Applications, and Challenges III
Columbia, Poster Area B
Poster
TUP2.PC: Classification and Clustering
Columbia, Poster Area C
Poster
TUP2.PD: Resolution Enhancement across sensing dimensions: Spatial, Spectral, Temporal, and Radiometric
Columbia, Poster Area D
Poster
TUP2.PE: Land Use Applications I
Columbia, Poster Area E
Poster
TUP2.PF: Modeling in Microwave and Optical Remote Sensing
Columbia, Poster Area F
Poster
TUP2.PG: Biomass and Carbon Cycle I
Columbia, Poster Area G
Poster
TUP2.PH: Urban: Urban Ecology, Sustainability & Environmental Risk II
Columbia, Poster Area H
Poster
TUP2.PI: Quantum Technology and Algorithms for Earth Observation
Columbia, Poster Area I
Poster
TUP2.PJ: Earth System Modeling
Columbia, Poster Area J
Poster
TUP2.PK: Ocean Surface Winds & Currents IV
Columbia, Poster Area K
Poster
TUP2.PL: Inland Waters II
Columbia, Poster Area L
Poster
TUP2.PM: Innovative Methods and Applications in Land Surveying, Remote Sensing, and Geophysical Modeling
Columbia, Poster Area M
Tue 16:15 - 17:30
Oral
TU4.R1: Wetland Mapping and Monitoring Using Remote Sensing
Morgan
Oral
TU4.R2: 5th IEEE GRSS Student Grand Challenge
Northwest
Oral
TU4.R3: Ground-based Systems I
Oak Lawn
Oral
TU4.R6: REACT for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Cardozo
Oral
TU4.R8: Remote Sensing Standards for a Dynamic Earth
Embassy
Oral
TU4.R9: Physics-Informed Machine Learning in Remote Sensing (2/4)
Fairchild
Oral
TU4.R10: Image Analysis and Data Fusion: The AI Era
Gunston
Oral
TU4.R11: Sensors Using Signals of Opportunity I
Cabinet
Oral
TU4.R12: Small Target Detection
Georgetown East
Oral
TU4.R13: Hyperspectral Image Detection
Georgetown West
Oral
TU4.R14: Agriculture: Long-Term Monitoring of Croplands IV
Jefferson East
Oral
TU4.R15: Foundation Models for Environmental Applications
Jefferson West
Oral
TU4.R16: Urban: Advanced InSAR and SAR for Urban Geotechnics I
Lincoln East
Oral
TU4.R17: Space Lidar: Missions, Technologies, and Observations 2/2
Lincoln West
Oral
TU4.R18: Forest and Vegetation II
Monroe
Oral
TU4.R19: Modeling in Radar Remote Sensing
Piscataway
Tue 17:30 - 18:30
TC Joint Meeting: IFT, REACT, MIRS
Morgan
TC Meeting: IADF
Gunston
TC Meeting: QUEST
Embassy
Tue 18:00 - 20:00
Table Tennis Tournament
Columbia
Tue 19:00 - 21:00
Editor's Dinner (Invitation Only)
Holmead
Wednesday, August 12
Wed 07:30 - 17:00
Family Room
Coats
Registration Hours
Terrace Foyer West
Wed 08:00 - 13:00
Technical Tour
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Tour
Wed 08:30 - 09:45
Oral
WE1.R1: Critical mineral remote sensing with advanced multispectral and hyperspectral sensors
Morgan
Oral
WE1.R2: Ocean Surface Winds & Currents I
Northwest
Oral
WE1.R3: UAV Planning and On-board Processing
Oak Lawn
Oral
WE1.R6: Hydro-Disaster Monitoring & Modeling
Cardozo
Oral
WE1.R8: From Demo to Dependable: Operating Commercial Small-Sat X-Band SAR Constellations at Scale and Into the Next Decade
Embassy
Oral
WE1.R9: Change Detection Applications
Fairchild
Oral
WE1.R10: Advanced Modeling Technologies for Digital Twins (1/2)
Gunston
Oral
WE1.R11: Microwave Radiometer Instruments I
Cabinet
Oral
WE1.R12: Differential SAR Interferometry: Applications
Georgetown East
Oral
WE1.R13: Unsupervised, Few Shot, and Transfer Learning
Georgetown West
Oral
WE1.R14: Agriculture: High-Resolution Agricultural Analytics V
Jefferson East
Oral
WE1.R15: Vision-Language Models for Remote Sensing: Foundations, Applications, and Challenges (1/3)
Jefferson West
Oral
WE1.R16: Urban: GeoAI and Deep Learning for Urban Infrastructure II
Lincoln East
Oral
WE1.R17: Science and Applications in the First Year of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Mission (1/3)
Lincoln West
Oral
WE1.R18: Forest and Vegetation III
Monroe
Oral
WE1.R19: Modeling for GNSS-R and Other Signals-of-Opportunity Systems I
Piscataway
Wed 09:30 - 16:30
Exhibit Hours
Columbia
Wed 09:45 - 11:00
TIE Event
TIE.05: How good is your camera, actually? - Understanding camera performance with the new IEEE 4001 standard
IBR East
Poster
WEP1.PA: Hyperspectral Image Processing and Analysis
Columbia, Poster Area A
Poster
WEP1.PB: Physics-Informed Machine Learning in Remote Sensing (1/2)
Columbia, Poster Area B
Poster
WEP1.PC: Physics-Informed Machine Learning in Remote Sensing (2/2)
Columbia, Poster Area C
Poster
WEP1.PD: Maritime/Air Object Detection
Columbia, Poster Area D
Poster
WEP1.PE: Hyperspectral Sensors and Applications
Columbia, Poster Area E
Poster
WEP1.PF: Modeling for GNSS-R and Other Signals-of-Opportunity Systems III
Columbia, Poster Area F
Poster
WEP1.PG: Land Cover Dynamics I
Columbia, Poster Area G
Poster
WEP1.PH: Differential SAR Interferometry
Columbia, Poster Area H
Poster
WEP1.PI: Remote Sensing for Sustainability, Disaster Response and Environmental Policy
Columbia, Poster Area I
Poster
WEP1.PJ: Ice Sheets and Glaciers III
Columbia, Poster Area J
Poster
WEP1.PK: Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Missions and Their Contribution to Earth Science Applications III
Columbia, Poster Area K
Poster
WEP1.PL: Wetlands
Columbia, Poster Area L
Poster
WEP1.PM: Agriculture: Multimodal Data for Precision Agriculture III
Columbia, Poster Area M
Wed 10:00 - 10:30
Break
Columbia
Wed 11:00 - 12:15
TIE Event
TIE.06: Operational Hyperspectral Imaging from Space: Translating Science into Actionable Intelligence
IBR East
Oral
WE2.R1: Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Missions and Their Contribution to Earth Science Applications I
Morgan
Oral
WE2.R2: Ocean Surface Winds & Currents II
Northwest
Oral
WE2.R3: UAV Active and Passive Applications
Oak Lawn
Oral
WE2.R6: Geohazards & Surface Deformation
Cardozo
Oral
WE2.R8: Making Research Easier with the Cloud in an Era of Big Data
Embassy
Oral
WE2.R9: Deep Learning for Change Detection
Fairchild
Oral
WE2.R10: GeoAI and Digital Twin Technologies for Remote Sensing Applications
Gunston
Oral
WE2.R11: Methodologies for Handling RFI Data Corrupting Emissions
Cabinet
Oral
WE2.R12: Multi-Channel DBF Imaging Techniques
Georgetown East
Oral
WE2.R13: Image Segmentation Methods
Georgetown West
Oral
WE2.R14: Agriculture: Advanced Sensors for Ag-Monitoring VI
Jefferson East
Oral
WE2.R15: Vision-Language Models for Remote Sensing: Foundations, Applications, and Challenges (2/3)
Jefferson West
Oral
WE2.R16: Urban: Urban Thermal Environments and Climate Resilience III
Lincoln East
Oral
WE2.R17: Science and Applications in the First Year of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Mission (2/3)
Lincoln West
Oral
WE2.R18: Forest and Vegetation IV
Monroe
Oral
WE2.R19: Modeling for GNSS-R and Other Signals-of-Opportunity Systems II
Piscataway
Wed 12:15 - 13:30
IDEA Event
IDEA Networking Luncheon
Holmead
Wed 12:30 - 13:45
TIE Event
TIE.07: Data Quality and Interoperability (USGS JACIE)
IBR East
Wed 13:45 - 15:00
Industry Workshop
Rethinking Remote Sensing Data: From Specialized Formats to a Multidimensional Mindset
IBR East
Young Professionals
Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) Competition
Jay
Oral
WE3.R1: Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Missions and Their Contribution to Earth Science Applications II
Morgan
Oral
WE3.R2: Ocean Surface Winds & Currents III
Northwest
Oral
WE3.R3: Advances in Radar Systems, Techniques, and Applications for Environmental and Planetary Sensing
Oak Lawn
Oral
WE3.R6: Extreme Weather & Multi-Hazard Risk
Cardozo
Oral
WE3.R8: Earth Observation in Latin America: Regional Efforts, Challenges, and Innovations
Embassy
Oral
WE3.R9: Physics-Informed Machine Learning in Remote Sensing (3/4)
Fairchild
Oral
WE3.R10: Synthetic Data for Earth Observation: Bridging the Data Gap to Empower Next-Generation Remote Sensing Applications I
Gunston
Oral
WE3.R11: Decoding Urban Climate: Remote Sensing Insights into Energy Balance and Atmosphere
Cabinet
Oral
WE3.R12: Object Detection I
Georgetown East
Oral
WE3.R13: Hyperspectral Image Segmentation and Processing
Georgetown West
Oral
WE3.R14: Agriculture: Multiscale Data & Model Fusion VIII
Jefferson East
Oral
WE3.R15: Vision-Language Models for Remote Sensing: Foundations, Applications, and Challenges (3/3)
Jefferson West
Oral
WE3.R16: Urban: Urban Dynamics, Land Use, and Social Impacts IV
Lincoln East
Oral
WE3.R17: Science and Applications in the First Year of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Mission (3/3)
Lincoln West
Oral
WE3.R18: Forest and Vegetation V
Monroe
Oral
WE3.R19: Evaluating Microwave Hyper-spectral Remote Sensing Capabilities (HyMS) I
Piscataway
Wed 15:00 - 15:30
Break
Columbia
Wed 15:00 - 16:15
Poster
WEP2.PA: Change Detection and Temporal Analysis
Columbia, Poster Area A
Poster
WEP2.PB: GeoAI and Digital Twin Technologies for Remote Sensing Applications
Columbia, Poster Area B
Poster
WEP2.PC: Image Segmentation and target detection
Columbia, Poster Area C
Poster
WEP2.PD: Image Segmentation
Columbia, Poster Area D
Poster
WEP2.PE: Science and Applications in the First Year of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Mission
Columbia, Poster Area E
Poster
WEP2.PG: Land Cover Dynamics II
Columbia, Poster Area G
Poster
WEP2.PH: Multi-Platform EO Posters: Environmental Monitoring, Open Science, and Student Systems
Columbia, Poster Area H
Poster
WEP2.PI: Remote Sensing for Data Management, Policy and GIS
Columbia, Poster Area I
Poster
WEP2.PJ: Sea Ice III
Columbia, Poster Area J
Poster
WEP2.PK: Multi-modal Aerial Imagery Planning, Measurement, and Characterization
Columbia, Poster Area K
Poster
WEP2.PL: Ground-based Systems II
Columbia, Poster Area L
Poster
WEP2.PM: Microwave Radiometer Instruments II
Columbia, Poster Area M
Wed 15:30 - 17:00
Young Professionals
YP Membership to Leadership
Jay
Wed 16:15 - 17:30
TIE Event
TIE.08: Government and commercial integration for Earth Intelligence - USGEO/USGIF
IBR East
Oral
WE4.R1: Polarimetric Weather Radars — Tribute to Prof. V. N. Bringi
Morgan
Oral
WE4.R2: Snow Cover I
Northwest
Oral
WE4.R3: Innovations and New Methods in Remote Sensing Instrument Design and Calibration
Oak Lawn
Oral
WE4.R6: Leveraging Earth Observation for Resilient and Sustainable Futures
Cardozo
Oral
WE4.R8: Datasets, Benchmarks and Standards for Scalable, Data-centric and Trustworthy Earth Observation AI
Embassy
Oral
WE4.R9: Physics-Informed Machine Learning in Remote Sensing (4/4)
Fairchild
Oral
WE4.R10: Synthetic Data for Earth Observation: Bridging the Data Gap to Empower Next-Generation Remote Sensing Applications II
Gunston
Oral
WE4.R11: Observations and outcomes of the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) series
Cabinet
Oral
WE4.R12: Object Detection II
Georgetown East
Oral
WE4.R13: Unmixing Analysis
Georgetown West
Oral
WE4.R14: Agriculture: Advanced Mapping & Harvest Detection IX
Jefferson East
Oral
WE4.R15: Geo-foundation and generative models for EO-based informed disaster risk response
Jefferson West
Oral
WE4.R16: Innovative Platforms and Emerging Applications in Urban Observation
Lincoln East
Oral
WE4.R17: Spaceborne SAR Missions: Mission Status, Calibration, and Emerging Applications
Lincoln West
Oral
WE4.R18: Forest and Vegetation VI
Monroe
Oral
WE4.R19: Compact and Dual Polarimetry SAR for Enhanced Coverage and Intelligent Monitoring
Piscataway
Wed 17:30 - 18:30
TC Meeting: ESI
Embassy
TC Meeting: GSEO
Oak Lawn
Wed 19:30 - 22:00
Conference Banquet
Thursday, August 13
Thu 07:30 - 17:00
Family Room
Coats
Registration Hours
Terrace Foyer West
Thu 08:30 - 09:45
Oral
TH1.R1: Advances in Spaceborne Radar Retrievals for Precipitation and Cloud Observations
Morgan
Oral
TH1.R2: Microwave Remote Sensing of Snow I
Northwest
Oral
TH1.R3: Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Big Data and Scientific Discovery
Oak Lawn
Oral
TH1.R6: Remote Sensing for Food Security
Cardozo
Oral
TH1.R8: Measuring Bare Earth Surface Topography and Vegetation Structure with a Multi-Modal Observing System Approach
Embassy
Oral
TH1.R9: Change Detection and Temporal Analysis
Fairchild
Oral
TH1.R10: Scalable and Efficient Processing of Large-Scale LiDAR Point Clouds
Gunston
Oral
TH1.R11: Multi-Instrument Applications for Environmental Monitoring and Sustainability
Cabinet
Oral
TH1.R12: Polarimetric Methods and Applications
Georgetown East
Oral
TH1.R13: Image Segmentation Applications
Georgetown West
Oral
TH1.R14: Agriculture: AI-Driven Agricultural Forecasting X
Jefferson East
Oral
TH1.R15: Large-scale GeoAI for Earth Observation Applications
Jefferson West
Oral
TH1.R16: Monitoring Global Urban Areas from Space
Lincoln East
Oral
TH1.R17: BIOMASS: Results, Methods, and Lessons Learned One Year After Launch
Lincoln West
Oral
TH1.R18: Remote sensing for generating robust datasets for forest health assessment and management planning (1/3)
Monroe
Oral
TH1.R19: Data Assimilation and Numerical Modeling
Piscataway
Thu 08:30 - 12:00
IDEA Event
IDEA - Your Research, Their Understanding: Digital Communication Skills for Geoscientists
Holmead
Thu 09:30 - 16:30
Exhibit Hours
Columbia
Thu 09:45 - 11:00
Poster
THP1.PA: Large-scale GeoAI for Earth Observation Applications
Columbia, Poster Area A
Poster
THP1.PB: The prospect of Remote Sensing Foundation Models: From Generation to Application
Columbia, Poster Area B
Poster
THP1.PC: 3D Mapping & Target Detection
Columbia, Poster Area C
Poster
THP1.PC: Geo-foundation and generative models for EO-based informed disaster risk response
Columbia, Poster Area C
Poster
THP1.PD: Inversion Techniques
Columbia, Poster Area D
Poster
THP1.PE: Spaceborne SAR Missions: Algorithms, Imaging Performance, and Highlights I
Columbia, Poster Area E
Poster
THP1.PF: Numerical Modeling and Data Assimilation
Columbia, Poster Area F
Poster
THP1.PG: Agriculture: UAVs & GeoAI for Crop Health II
Columbia, Poster Area G
Poster
THP1.PH: Forest and Vegetation I
Columbia, Poster Area H
Poster
THP1.PI: Remote Sensing for Society, Education and Open Science
Columbia, Poster Area I
Poster
THP1.PJ: Snow Cover II
Columbia, Poster Area J
Poster
THP1.PK: Planetary Remote Sensing I
Columbia, Poster Area K
Poster
THP1.PL: Monitoring Global Urban Areas from Space
Columbia, Poster Area L
Poster
THP1.PM: From Missions to Actionable Insights
Columbia, Poster Area M
Thu 10:00 - 10:30
Break
Columbia
Thu 11:00 - 12:15
Oral
TH2.R1: Theory and Applications of Precipitation Remote Sensing
Morgan
Oral
TH2.R2: Microwave Remote Sensing of Snow II
Northwest
Oral
TH2.R3: Synthetic Remote Sensing Image Synthesis, Quality and Deepfake Detection
Oak Lawn
Oral
TH2.R6: Remote Sensing for Sustainable Development
Cardozo
Oral
TH2.R8: Resilience Analytics with geospatial data
Embassy
Oral
TH2.R9: Application-Oriented Remote Sensing Image Analysis Tasks (1/3)
Fairchild
Oral
TH2.R10: Natural Language Processing Capabilities Utilizing Open Knowledge Meshes
Gunston
Oral
TH2.R11: Remote sensing for Oil & Gas Exploration, Production and Environmental Monitoring
Cabinet
Oral
TH2.R12: Applications and Techniques in Tomography
Georgetown East
Oral
TH2.R13: Image Segmentation for Disaster Mapping
Georgetown West
Oral
TH2.R14: Agriculture: Crop Classification & Boundary Detection XI
Jefferson East
Oral
TH2.R15: Spatio-Temporal Deep Learning for Remote Sensing
Jefferson West
Oral
TH2.R16: Morphologies of Change: Remote Sensing Urban Transformation
Lincoln East
Oral
TH2.R17: ALOS Series Missions, Cal/Val, and Applications
Lincoln West
Oral
TH2.R18: Remote sensing for generating robust datasets for forest health assessment and management planning (2/3)
Monroe
Oral
TH2.R19: Atmospheric Sounding I
Piscataway
Thu 12:15 - 13:30
IDEA Event
IDEA Speed Mentoring Lunch
Internat’l Terrace West
Thu 13:00 - 15:00
Technical Tour
NOAA Technical Tour (Complimentary)
Thu 13:30 - 15:00
Young Professionals
How to Publish Your Research: Editor Face-to-Face
IBR East
Thu 13:45 - 15:00
Oral
TH3.R1: Weather Radar Observations and Applications for Precipitation Analysis
Morgan
Oral
TH3.R2: Ice Sheets and Glaciers I
Northwest
Oral
TH3.R3: WSF-M Mission Status and Calibration I
Oak Lawn
Oral
TH3.R6: Leveraging AI, LLMs, and Geospatial Technologies for Rapid and Explainable Post-Disaster Damage Intelligence
Cardozo
Oral
TH3.R8: ROCX 2025: Data Collections, Ground Experiments, and Early Results I
Embassy
Oral
TH3.R9: Inversion Techniques for Radar Data
Fairchild
Oral
TH3.R10: The prospect of Remote Sensing Foundation Models: From Generation to Application (1/2)
Gunston
Oral
TH3.R11: Wildfire and Earth Observation: Remote Sensing for Ecosystem Resilience and Hazard Adaptation with Artificial Intelligence (AI) I
Cabinet
Oral
TH3.R12: Target Discrimination/Recognition
Georgetown East
Oral
TH3.R13: Multimodal Data Fusion I
Georgetown West
Oral
TH3.R14: Advances in Multimodal Topography, InSAR Quality, and Hazard Mapping
Jefferson East
Oral
TH3.R15: Deep Learning for Earth Observation & Environmental Monitoring
Jefferson West
Oral
TH3.R16: Soils: Soil Moisture Applications V
Lincoln East
Oral
TH3.R17: Passive Microwave Missions: New Instruments, Tropical Cyclones, and Calibration Advances
Lincoln West
Oral
TH3.R18: Remote sensing for generating robust datasets for forest health assessment and management planning (3/3)
Monroe
Oral
TH3.R19: Exploration and Exploitation of New Earth-Observing Satellite Applications for Weather and Climate Science
Piscataway
Thu 15:00 - 15:30
Break
Columbia
Thu 15:00 - 16:15
Poster
THP2.PA: Deep Learning for Remote Sensing Image Analysis and Understanding
Columbia, Poster Area A
Poster
THP2.PB: Machine Learning for Decision Support
Columbia, Poster Area B
Poster
THP2.PB: SAR Techniques and Applications
Columbia, Poster Area B
Poster
THP2.PC: Application-Oriented Remote Sensing Image Analysis Tasks (2/2)
Columbia, Poster Area C
Poster
THP2.PC: Vision-Language Models for Remote Sensing: Foundations, Applications, and Challenges
Columbia, Poster Area C
Poster
THP2.PD: Tomography & Sub-surface Sensing: Techniques and Applications
Columbia, Poster Area D
Poster
THP2.PE: Spaceborne SAR Missions: Algorithms, Imaging Performance, and Highlights II
Columbia, Poster Area E
Poster
THP2.PF: Remote Sensing Applications for Precipitation and Cloud Observations
Columbia, Poster Area F
Poster
THP2.PG: Global Food-and-Water Security-support Analysis Datasets at 10-30m resolution using Remote Sensing Embedded Data and AI models on the Cloud
Columbia, Poster Area G
Poster
THP2.PH: Forest and Vegetation II
Columbia, Poster Area H
Poster
THP2.PI: Remote Sensing and Geospatial Modeling of Wildfire Risk, Detection, and Recovery
Columbia, Poster Area I
Poster
THP2.PJ: Remote Sensing for Sustainable Development
Columbia, Poster Area J
Poster
THP2.PK: Planetary Remote Sensing II
Columbia, Poster Area K
Poster
THP2.PL: Atmospheric Sounding II
Columbia, Poster Area L
Poster
THP2.PM: Advanced Future Instrument Concepts II
Columbia, Poster Area M
Thu 16:15 - 17:30
Oral
TH4.R1: Remote sensing of atmospheric composition and air quality: Session I
Morgan
Oral
TH4.R2: Ice Sheets and Glaciers II
Northwest
Oral
TH4.R3: WSF-M Mission Status and Calibration II
Oak Lawn
Oral
TH4.R6: Remote Sensing and Geospatial Modeling of Wildfire Risk, Detection, and Recovery (1/3)
Cardozo
Oral
TH4.R8: ROCX 2025: Data Collections, Ground Experiments, and Early Results II
Embassy
Oral
TH4.R9: Inversion Techniques for Passive Sensors
Fairchild
Oral
TH4.R10: The prospect of Remote Sensing Foundation Models: From Generation to Application (2/2)
Gunston
Oral
TH4.R11: Wildfire and Earth Observation: Remote Sensing for Ecosystem Resilience and Hazard Adaptation with Artificial Intelligence (AI) II
Cabinet
Oral
TH4.R12: High-Performance and Efficient Learning Frameworks for Remote Sensing
Georgetown East
Oral
TH4.R13: Spatio-temporal Data Harmonization
Georgetown West
Oral
TH4.R14: Global Food-and-Water Security-support Analysis Datasets at 10-30m resolution using Remote Sensing Embedded Data and AI models on the Cloud
Jefferson East
Oral
TH4.R15: Advanced ML Methods for Remote Sensing & Vision
Jefferson West
Oral
TH4.R16: Soils: Active Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture I
Lincoln East
Oral
TH4.R17: UAV/mobile-mapping SAR systems, methods, and applications
Lincoln West
Oral
TH4.R18: Biomass and Carbon Cycle I
Monroe
Oral
TH4.R19: Innovative Science and Technology for Detecting Severe Storms
Piscataway
Thu 18:00 - 21:00
Awards Reception & Ceremony
International Ballroom Center
Friday, August 14
Fri 07:30 - 14:30
Registration Hours
Terrace Foyer West
Fri 07:30 - 17:00
Family Room
Coats
Fri 08:30 - 09:45
Oral
FR1.R1: Remote sensing of atmospheric composition and air quality: Session II
Morgan
Oral
FR1.R2: Sea Ice I
Northwest
Oral
FR1.R3: Planetary Radars
Oak Lawn
Oral
FR1.R6: Remote Sensing and Geospatial Modeling of Wildfire Risk, Detection, and Recovery (2/3)
Cardozo
Oral
FR1.R8: Remote Sensing for Data Management, Policy and GIS
Embassy
Oral
FR1.R9: Application-Oriented Remote Sensing Image Analysis Tasks (2/3)
Fairchild
Oral
FR1.R10: Multimodal Foundation Models for Earth Observation: Unifying Multi-source Geospatial Data for a Holistic Planet Understanding (1/2)
Gunston
Oral
FR1.R11: Evaluating Microwave Hyper-spectral Remote Sensing Capabilities (HyMS) II
Cabinet
Oral
FR1.R12: Bistatic and Multistatic SAR Applications
Georgetown East
Oral
FR1.R13: Feature extraction and Reduction (T.8 Oral)
Georgetown West
Oral
FR1.R14: Earth System Science and Applications Based on a Decade of NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Satellite Mission Science Data Products (1/2)
Jefferson East
Oral
FR1.R15: Scalable Learning for Remote Sensing
Jefferson West
Oral
FR1.R16: Soils: Passive Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture II
Lincoln East
Oral
FR1.R17: Lidar Sensors I
Lincoln West
Oral
FR1.R18: Biomass and Carbon Cycle II
Monroe
Oral
FR1.R19: Artificial Intelligence for Active and Passive Remote Sensing of Precipitation
Piscataway
Fri 09:45 - 11:00
Poster
FRP1.PA: Intelligent Modeling and Applications in Remote Sensing and Geoscience
Columbia, Poster Area A
Poster
FRP1.PA: Scalable Learning Methods, Generative Modeling, and Data-Centric Remote Sensing
Columbia, Poster Area A
Poster
FRP1.PB: Onboard and Real-Time AI for Remote Sensing
Columbia, Poster Area B
Poster
FRP1.PC: Advances in Multimodal Remote Sensing Images Processing and Their Applications Multiple Areas
Columbia, Poster Area C
Poster
FRP1.PC: Multisensor and Multi-modal geospatial data intelligence for Natural Disaster Response
Columbia, Poster Area C
Poster
FRP1.PD: Multimodal Data Fusion II
Columbia, Poster Area D
Poster
FRP1.PE: Lidar Sensors II
Columbia, Poster Area E
Poster
FRP1.PF: Clouds and Precipitation
Columbia, Poster Area F
Poster
FRP1.PG: Agriculture: Multi-Source Data for Crop Intelligence IV
Columbia, Poster Area G
Poster
FRP1.PH: Remote sensing for generating robust datasets for forest health assessment and management planning
Columbia, Poster Area H
Poster
FRP1.PI: Advancing Permafrost/Cryosphere Remote Sensing
Columbia, Poster Area I
Poster
FRP1.PJ: Earth System Science and Applications Based on a Decade of NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Satellite Mission Science Data Products
Columbia, Poster Area J
Poster
FRP1.PK: Nighttime Remote Sensing for Sustainable Development Goals
Columbia, Poster Area K
Poster
FRP1.PK: Remote sensing for coastal sustainability
Columbia, Poster Area K
Poster
FRP1.PL: Remote sensing of atmospheric composition and air quality: Session IV
Columbia, Poster Area L
Poster
FRP1.PM: Passive Optical MSI/HSI Cal/Val and Applications
Columbia, Poster Area M
Fri 10:00 - 10:30
Break
Columbia
Fri 11:00 - 12:15
Oral
FR2.R1: Remote sensing of atmospheric composition and air quality: Session III
Morgan
Oral
FR2.R2: Sea Ice II
Northwest
Oral
FR2.R3: Optical and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing in Planetary Exploration
Oak Lawn
Oral
FR2.R6: Remote Sensing and Geospatial Modeling of Wildfire Risk, Detection, and Recovery (3/3)
Cardozo
Oral
FR2.R8: Remote Sensing for Data Management, Policy and GIS
Embassy
Oral
FR2.R9: Application-Oriented Remote Sensing Image Analysis Tasks (3/3)
Fairchild
Oral
FR2.R10: Multimodal Foundation Models for Earth Observation: Unifying Multi-source Geospatial Data for a Holistic Planet Understanding (2/2)
Gunston
Oral
FR2.R11: Advanced Future Instrument Concepts I
Cabinet
Oral
FR2.R12: Applications and Techniques in Sub-Surface Sensing
Georgetown East
Oral
FR2.R13: 3D mapping
Georgetown West
Oral
FR2.R14: Earth System Science and Applications Based on a Decade of NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Satellite Mission Science Data Products (2/2)
Jefferson East
Oral
FR2.R15: Data-Driven and Physics-Based Learning
Jefferson West
Oral
FR2.R16: Soils: Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture using GNSS-R III
Lincoln East
Oral
FR2.R17: Passive Optical MSI/HSI Performance Assessment and Cal/Val
Lincoln West
Oral
FR2.R18: Biomass and Carbon Cycle III
Monroe
Oral
FR2.R19: Nighttime Remote Sensing for Sustainable Development Goals (1/2)
Piscataway
Fri 13:45 - 15:00
Oral
FR3.R1: Ionospheric Remote Sensing
Morgan
Oral
FR3.R2: Sea Ice Motion
Northwest
Oral
FR3.R6: Advancing Permafrost/Cryosphere Remote Sensing I
Cardozo
Oral
FR3.R12: Multisensor and Multi-modal geospatial data intelligence for Natural Disaster Response
Georgetown East
Oral
FR3.R13: Advances in Multimodal Remote Sensing Images Processing and Their Applications Multiple Areas
Georgetown West
Oral
FR3.R16: Soils: Multi-sensor Soil Moisture Retrievals IV
Lincoln East
Oral
FR3.R17: SAR Instruments
Lincoln West
Oral
FR3.R18: Wetlands
Monroe
Oral
FR3.R19: Nighttime Remote Sensing for Sustainable Development Goals (2/2)
Piscataway
Fri 15:00 - 15:30
Break
International Ballroom
Fri 15:30 - 16:30
Closing Ceremony
International Ballroom