SmartForest4.0

🔸 Advancing tree species composition prediction in boreal forests with remote sensing – Jaime Candelas Bielza. 🔸 Field Geospatial: Fjernmåling og kunstig intelligens i skog- og naturforvaltning (in Norwegian) – Floris Groesz. Jaime previously served as a PhD candidate at NMBU and successfully completed his PhD last year. He has since joined Field Geospatial and will present the results of his PhD research. Floris Groesz is a specialist in Business Manager AI & Remote Sensing in Field Geospatial and will present their work on Remote sensing and AI in forest and natural resource management (in Norwegian). Field is a geospatial technology company that captures, processes and delivers accurate information across the Nordics and beyond. Field delivers the insights organizations need to make better decisions and plan, build and manage safe and efficient natural and built environments. Find out more on Field Geospatial 👉 https://fieldgeo.com/ You can read the dissertation of Jaime here 👉 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3190012

Join us for our Open SmartForest Seminar on Remote sensing and AI in Forest Management with Field Geospatial!

🗓️January 22nd, 14.00 - 15.30 CET
🔗register and get the meeting link here nibio.pameldingssystem.no/smartforest-...

@uninmbu.bsky.social #AI #remotesensing #forestmanagement #ForestAI

💡 🌲 @smartforest.bsky.social wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. 🎄 ✨

🎉webpage smartforest.no
🎁publications smartforest.no/latest-publi...
🎀methods and datasets smartforest.no/methods-and-...
🪅forestsens smartforest.no/forestsens/

📢 WE'RE HIRING 📢 --- 📢 4 VACANT POSITIONS 📢

💡 🌲 SmartForest at @uninmbu.bsky.social and NIBIO is announcing a #Postdoc position and 3 #PhD_scholarships dedicated to advancing #AI in #forestry

📍 Full-time, 3-year positions based in Ås, Norway

apply here 👉 smartforest.no/2025/10/30/4...

📌 Stay updated on SmartForest

✔️ the webpage 👉 smartforest.no
🧾 the publications 👉 smartforest.no/latest-publi...
📈 the codes and datasets 👉 smartforest.no/methods-and-...

Or try #Forestsens, our #AI-powered ##cloud-based platform for #forest #sensor analytics.

👉 forestsens.com

#forestmanagement

🌲🚀 Big leap in #SmartForest AI!

Meet #ForestFormer3D – our new SOTA model for 3D forest segmentation (semantic + instance)! 🌳

🔗 Preprint arxiv.org/abs/2506.16991
🔗 Project bxiang233.github.io/FF3D/

👏 Led by Binbin Xiang + team @NIBIO

#AI #Forestry #SOTA

💥NEW POSTDOC POSITION💥 at #SmartForest at #NIBIO in Ås, Norway

📍 Full-time, 3-year position

are you into #ComputerVision for sustainable #ForestManagement?

📆 Apply by June 8, 2025

Apply here 👉 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

#PanopticSegmentation #MachineLearning #DeepLearning #AIforNature

YouTube video by SmartForest Maria Postdoc CCF

@mariamoan.bsky.social works at SmartForest as a postdoctoral fellow at @uninmbu.bsky.social

Maria will focus her work on Continuous Cover #Forestry (CCF) and which areas are suited or not suited for CCF

youtu.be/iyfSF6row1Q

#forest_management #airborne #laserscanning #remote_sensing #CCF

Multi-objective value of information assessment using stochastic programming: addressing uncertainty in site index determination Abstract. Assessing the value of information (VoI) plays a critical role in determining the usefulness of data for informed decision-making. The evaluation

What is the benefit of obtaining better data, primarily better decisions. Does it matter what objectives the decision maker has? Olha Nahorna explores (with co-authors) the value of information of data in a multi-objective perspective.

Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/fore...
@smartforest.bsky.social

👩‍🎓Congratulations to Dr. Jaime Candelas Bielza on a successful defense of his thesis "Advancing tree species composition prediction in boreal forests with remote sensing". Thanks to opponents Joanne White and Lauri Korhonen, and supervisors Hans Ole Ørka, Lennart Noordermeer & Erik Næsset.

💥 👩‍🎓 We are proud and happy to announce that Jaime Candelas Bielza defended his PhD on 🎉

"Advancing #tree_species_composition prediction in boreal #forests with #remote_sensing"

read more here 👉 tinyurl.com/43fxb8ae

@uninmbu.bsky.social @skogrover.bsky.social

#forest_inventory #sensors

@johannesrahlf.bsky.social presented #ForestSens at the #ANDSummit2025 at Oracle in Redwood Shores, CA!

🌲 LiDAR-based tree segmentation
🌳 Drone-driven tree species classification
🔥 Forest disturbance and damage detection

#AI #LiDAR #forestmanagement #precisionforestry #deeplearning

📷 Jean Ihm

YouTube video by SmartForest Fr70 Forestry robotic research platform

🎉 We reached a milestone in our journey to create an operational #autonomous robot for #forest_operations 🌲🤖🌲

We partnered with Pfanzelt Maschinenbau and transformed the Moritz Fr70, into a forestry #robotic #research platform

Read more here 👉 tinyurl.com/58cwm745

youtu.be/flvGVGSjvs4

#nibio

Postdoctoral fellow within remote sensing of forest biodiversity (277361) | Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) Job title: Postdoctoral fellow within remote sensing of forest biodiversity (277361), Employer: Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Deadline: Friday, April 4, 2025

📢Postdoc opportunity in remote sensing of forest biodiversity 🌿🌍

Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) is hiring a 3-year postdoc!

If you're passionate about ecological research and remote sensing, apply now!

Deadline to apply: April 4, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

YouTube video by SmartForest Postdoctoral fellow Binbin, NIBIO, SmartForest

🎉We are proud to present our colleagues in SmartForest!

Binbin Xiang is a postdoctoral fellow at NIBIO focusing on #deep_learning methods for #forest #point_cloud analysis, individual tree segmentation and semantic segmentation.

youtu.be/EshGOXwDgtc

#machinelearning #ai #forest_management

Build with us a 🌍 databases for #tree #species & health identification - #TreeAI
✅ >70 datasets, 32 countries
✅ 114,688 tree species annotations 🌿
✅ >100 tree species, RGB/I bands, <10 cm spatial resolution
✅ 95% of data available under public licenses
💡 Interested? ➡️https://lnkd.in/eduYf9Zd

I'm #hiring: PDRA to join my #ukriflf project to understand how forest structure, function and dynamics are linked in Europe, using high resolution remote sensing data (TLS, UAV-LS). Based in Cambridge.

Please share! 🌳⚡🛰️🌲

Full details: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50447/

#pdra #forests #lidar

From @uninmbu.bsky.social @skogrover.bsky.social and @smartforest.bsky.social the Forest Inventory and Planning Seminar is running now!

the program 👉
www.forestinventory.no?p=2966&lang=NO

#AI #deeplearning #pointclouds #environmental_information #airborne #laserscanning #Lidar #remote_sensing

SilviLaser 2025

🚨 Deadline Extended! 🚨 (please share!)

Great news! The #SilviLaser2025 abstract submission deadline has been extended to March 14, 2025.

Don't miss your chance to present your research at this premier #LaserScanning & #forestry event in Quebec City!

📢 Submit now: www.silvilaser2025.com

🌲 #SingleTreeProject optimizes tree-based #forestvaluechains with advanced digital tech.
🤝Led by 14 partners across Norway, Sweden, Finland, Spain, and Switzerland, it focuses on climate adaptation, forest resilience, and multifunctional use of woody biomass through precision forestry.

Mark your calendars!
ForestSAT 2026 will be hosted by the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA - May 4-8, 2026.

Visit conference.ifas.ufl.edu/forestsat/in... for more details.

Benchmarking tree species classification from proximally sensed laser scanning data: Introducing the FOR‐species20K dataset Proximally sensed laser scanning presents new opportunities for automated forest ecosystem data capture. However, a gap remains in deriving ecologically pertinent information, such as tree species...

Find out more about the underlyng work here

paper: tinyurl.com/ymc37rcj
data: tinyurl.com/mpnha94h
code: tinyurl.com/4pxs2cuu
benchmark: tinyurl.com/5n64vyv3

Foresting Tomorrow #18 | Massive tree data and an new efficient planting machine Foresting Tomorrow is a weekly podcast hosted by Jens Isbak and Rasmus Pedersen. In episode #18, we discuss a fascinating study conducted on 20,000 trees from 33 sp…

🎧 Do not miss out on the latest podcast episode of Foresting Tomorrow on 'Machine Learning for Tree Species Classification" featuring the work on #FORspecies20K!

tinyurl.com/58y4z5hr

Thank you Jens Isbak and Rasmus Pedersen!

@3dforecotech.bsky.social + @smartforest.bsky.social

🚀 FOR-species20K is out in Methods in Ecology & Evolution! 🥳 20K trees, 33 species—the largest dataset for tree species classification from TLS/MLS/ULS! 🌲🌳🎄 #OpenScience

📰 paper: tinyurl.com/2w3nm86d
💾 data: zenodo.org/records/1325...
💻 code: tinyurl.com/42r8ea7p
🎯 benchmark: tinyurl.com/2zrfpzhr

A warm welcome to Maria Åsnes Moen in her new role as a postdoc in the SmartForest project! She will be using remotely sensed data to classify suitability for continuous cover forestry. Excited to see her continue her great work!

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📊✨a collection of #open-source datasets and methods

👉 smartforest.no/methods-and-...

the complete list of publications

👉 smartforest.no/latest-publi...

#Forestsens our #AI-powered #cloud-based platform for #forest #sensor analytics

👉 forestsens.com

SilviLaser 2025

Hey there @bsky.app!

Please join us for #SilviLaser2025 for a great conference on cutting-edge technology in laser scanning and forestry 🛰️🌲

🚩 Quebec City
📅 Sept 29 - Oct 3, 2025
📃 Abstracts due Feb 28. 2025

Learn more at silvilaser2025.com! 🌍
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🌲🛰️🤖Would you like to develop #AI methods for mapping forests using #RemoteSensing? We have an open 3-year #PhDPosition within the @smartforest.bsky.social project at our beautiful and snow-covered @uninmbu.bsky.social .Read more and apply here👉 bit.ly/4g8micX.

PhD scholarship within use of AI for forest mapping (273633) | Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) Job title: PhD scholarship within use of AI for forest mapping (273633), Employer: Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Deadline: Friday, January 31, 2025

💥 JOB ALERT ----- 3-year PhD position ------ 📆 January 31st, 2025💥

Do you want to join the @smartforest.bsky.social team at NMBU and work on the use of #AI for #forest mapping?

apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

#openposition #machinelearning #forestinformation #forestmanagement #lidar

Assessing the importance of detailed forest inventory information using stochastic programming Errors in forest inventory data can lead to sub-optimal management decisions and dramatic economic losses. Forest inventory approaches are typically evaluated by their levels of precision and accuracy...

💥 PUBLICATION ALERT

What is the value of detailed information for #airborne #laserscanning based #forest inventory approaches?

doi.org/10.1139/cjfr...

The authors from NMBU:
Olha Nahorna
Lennart Noordermeer
Terje Gobakken
Kyle Eivindson

#uncertainty #stochastic_programming #forest_management

RoadSens: An integrated near-field sensor solution for 3D forest road monitoring was just published from @smartforest.bsky.social

the article doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

#forestry #forestmanagement #gnss #yolo #stereocamera #spacialmapping @stefanopuliti.bsky.social

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