MANTIS Students Showcase Research at IGARSS 2025 in Brisbane, Australia

MANTIS students Benjamin Ghansah and José Pilartes-Congo recently attended and presented their research at the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) held in Brisbane, Australia, between August 3 and August 8. 2025.

Benjamin Ghansah, PhD student in Geospatial Computer Science, presented his research titled "Predicting Canopy Height of Crops Using ICESat-2 Photons, SkySat Images and ResUNet Deep Learning Model." His work demonstrated innovative integration of satellite and deep learning technologies for precision agriculture.

José Pilartes-Congo, also a PhD student in the Geospatial Computer Science program, presented his research titled “UAS Surveying of Wetlands: Comparing SfM and Lidar for 3D Reconstruction and DTM Generation," which compared the performance of specific UAS-SfM and UAS-Lidar sensors for wetland mapping. José also presented (on behalf of recent MANTIS graduate Sabin J. Pandey) a piece of research titled “Evaluation of SfM-MVS Apple Lidar Data for Coastal Monitoring."

The symposium provided valuable exposure and feedback, further enriching the students' academic trajectories.