@alexanderbrenning.bsky.social
Professor of Geographic Information Science, University of Jena, Germany Blog: https://geods.netlify.app/ geographic data science | Earth surface processes | geospatial analysis | machine learning | geostatistics
6th talk of 4th session AI for Good Webinar series
AI for Earth & Sustainability Science
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8 Dec 2025
โฐ5-6 pm CET
๐ Risks and solutions when using non-stationary training data in earth system science
๐งโ๐ซ Speaker: Joachim Denzler (@uni-jena.de)
๐จ๐ปโ๐ป Moderator: Ribana Roscher
๐ loom.ly/jyU-P78
๐ข Hot off the press!
"Mapping forest-covered #landslides using Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA), Jena region, Germany" by @ikram-zangana.bsky.social, Rainer Bell, Lucian Drฤguลฃ, Flavius Sรฎrbu & Lothar Schrott in NHESS @egu.eu
#geosky #geomorphology
doi.org/10.5194/nhes...
โWhy is this important? Mountain permafrost matters for #slopestability & #waterresources. #geographymatters
โจI had developed the method for the Alps with colleagues at University of Zurich.
๐จโ๐Project led by Guillermo Azรณcar, for Direcciรณn General de Aguas. Thanks to contributors!
@uni-jena.de
First Chilean mountain #permafrost model & map is out!
Preprint: egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
๐We used the most complete compilation of permafrost evidences - mainly rock glaciers & boreholes - along with climatic+topographic data to inform a nonlinear statistical model. ๐
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Humanoid robot studying a digital world map on a holographic globe
๐ฅKicking off my geographic information science advent calendar in my blog geods.netlify.app + Instagram in English+German.
๐Core concepts that every #geographer... & everyone else... should know. Concepts that are also introduced in my #GIScience intro course in our #BScGeography @uni-jena.de
ELLIS Unit Jena Vernissage-Nov 6 โWhen Machines Learn for Nature: AI Research on Climate & Biodiversityโ
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Nitzsche (Mayor of Jena) Prof. Andreas Marx (President, @uni-jena.de) Prof. Markus Reichstein, Prof. Joachim Denzler & Prof. @alexanderbrenning.bsky.social
GIS Dayโ25 โ GeoAI for the Environment by @alexanderbrenning.bsky.social +GIScience Group (@uni-jena.de) on 17 Nov
Highlights: Disaster-image AI, SAR ship detection, landslide mapping, environmental insights and poster presentations ๐๐ค
Thanks to all speakers
@ellis.eu
๐ www.gisday.com/en-us/overview
Prof. Dr. Alexander Brenning wird von der Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung im Rahmen ihres Fรถrderprogramms โCZS Durchbrรผcheโ fรผr fรผnf Jahre mit insgesamt rund sechs Millionen Euro unterstรผtzt. Foto: Nicole Nerger / Uni Jena
Prof. Dr. Alexander Brenning coordinates the GENAI-X project at the @ellisunitjena.bsky.social at #UniJena together with partner institutions. The @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social is funding GENAI-X with around six million euros over five years.
โก๏ธ www.uni-jena.de/369974/zuver...
GENAI-X ๐, ๐จ๐ปโ๐ซCoordinated by @alexanderbrenning.bsky.social (@uni-jena.de) develops AI๐ค for robust prediction in non-stationary environmental systems โ tackling floods ๐, droughts ๐ต & landslides โฐ๏ธ
๐กFunded by @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social
๐ค @ellis.eu @bgc-jena.mpg.de
๐ www.genai-x.uni-jena.de
Dr. @alexanderbrenning.bsky.social + the GIScience Group (@uni-jena.de) invite you to GIS Day 2025 โ focus: GeoAI for Environment.
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17 Nov 2025
๐ 13:00โ17:30 CET
๐ Rosensรคle Jena + Zoom (hybrid)
๐ผ๏ธ Poster registration until 10 Nov
๐ www.chemgeo.uni-jena.de/48059/gis-da...
๐ Yesterday at Zero-to-Hero sessions at #SummerSchool2025 @ellis.eu
A) Beyond Accuracy: Understanding & Quantifying Uncertainty in Deep Learning โ Aishwarya Venkataramanan ๐ฏโจB) Scalable AI for Earth & Climate Sciences โ Ioannis Papoutsis ๐
๐ www.ellis-jena.eu/summer-schoo...
Project Spotlight #2: ELLIS Unit Jena ๐
@alexanderbrenning.bsky.social & the GIScience Group, funded by the @umweltbundesamt.bsky.social โฌ, are using geostat+#ML to:
๐Identify nitrate-affected areas
๐Support regulatory decisions
๐ง Improve monitoring accuracy
๐ geods.netlify.app/post/nitrate/
How will #climatechange impact #rivers across Europe? ๐ #DRYvER H2020's model projects increases in frequency & duration of drying periods.
โก๏ธNew paper in #HESS! ๐จ
hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...
Shoutout to Annika Kรผnne in my group @uni-jena.de for leading key parts of modeling & analysis! ๐
๐Kickstart your academic career in #GIScience as a #Postdoc in my group! Looking for geospatial #machinelearning / #GeoAI for Earth surface processes & #naturalhazards. Join our team
at University of #Jena & ELLIS Unit Jena @ellisunitjena.bsky.social. ๐ See job ad for details: bit.ly/giscience
๐ขRSAGA 1.4.2 is out! ๐
๐กMy R package integrates SAGA GIS with R, facilitating #geocomputation & environmental #modeling.
๐Fun fact: It's among the 10% most downloaded packages!
Blog: geods.netlify.app/post/rsaga-u...
#Rstats #GIS #opensource #GIScience #Geoinformatik
@ellisunitjena.bsky.social
7th Data Science Day Jena on May 13 at @uni-jena.de ๐ ๐ข Submit your abstracts by April 13:
๐ www.fmi.uni-jena.de/12727/data-s...
Lead by our ELLIS member Joachim Giesen and the Interactive Inference group (inference.uni-jena.de?events/dsd2025).
Supported by @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social
