Publications

Quantum Meets SAR: A Novel Range-Doppler Algorithm for Next-Gen Earth Observation

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data processing is crucial for high-resolution Earth observation and remote sensing applications, one of …

Khalil Al Salahat, Mohamad El Moussawi, Veera Ganesh Yalla, Ali J. GHANDOUR

A Decade of Wheat Mapping for Lebanon

Wheat accounts for approximatly 20% of the world’s caloric intake making it a vital component of global food secuirty. Given this …

Mohammad Hasan Zahweh, Hassan Wehbi, Hasan Nasrallah, Zeinab Takach, Veera Ganesh Yalla, Ali J. GHANDOUR

A Decade of Wheat Mapping for Lebanon

XAI for Wireless Communications

The native artificial intelligence (AI) concept is envisioned to be integrated into 6G future communications. Due to the black-box …

Abdul Karim Gizzini, Yahia Medjahdi, Ali J. GHANDOUR, Laurent Clavier, Mouna Ben Mabrouk

Efficient Adaptation For Remote Sensing Visual Grounding

Foundation models have revolutionized artificial intelligence (AI), offering remarkable capabilities across multi-modal domains. Their …

Hasan Moughnieh, Mohamad Chalhoub, Hasan Nasrallah, Cristiano Nattero, Paolo Campanella, Ali J. GHANDOUR

Efficient Adaptation For Remote Sensing Visual Grounding

Efficient adaptation of Foundation Models for Visual Grounding Remote Sensing

Foundation models have demonstrated impressive proficiency across multiple domains, including language, vision, and multi-modal …

Ali J. GHANDOUR, Hasan Moughnieh, Mohammad Hasan Zahweh, Hasan Nasrallah, Mustafa Shukor, Cristiano Nattero, Paolo Campanella

Efficient adaptation of Foundation Models for Visual Grounding Remote Sensing

Automated National Urban Map Extraction

Developing countries usually lack the proper governance means to generate and regularly update a national rooftop map. Using …

Hasan Nasrallah, Abed Ellatif Samhat, Cristiano Nattero, Ali J. GHANDOUR

Automated National Urban Map Extraction

Trainable Noise Model as an XAI evaluation method: application on Sobol for remote sensing image segmentation

eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) has emerged as an essential requirement when dealing with mission-critical applications, …

Hossein Shreim, Abdul Karim Gizzini, Ali J. GHANDOUR

Empirical Study of PEFT techniques for Winter Wheat Segmentation

Parameter Efficient Fine Tuning (PEFT) techniques have recently experienced significant growth and have been extensively employed to …

Mohammad Hasan Zahweh, Hasan Nasrallah, Mustafa Shukor, Ghaleb Faour, Ali J. GHANDOUR

Empirical Study of PEFT techniques for Winter Wheat Segmentation

Zero-Shot Refinement of Buildings' Segmentation Models using SAM

Foundation models have demonstrated unparalleled performance across diverse tasks involving vision, language, and multimodal domains. …

Ali Mayladan, Hasan Nasrallah, Hasan Moughnieh, Mustafa Shukor, Ali J. GHANDOUR

Extending Cam-based XAI methods for Remote Sensing Imagery Segmentation

Artificial intelligence (AI) has recently covered many earth observation applications. AI-based data-driven methods perform …

Abdul Karim Gizzini, Mustafa Shukor, Ali J. GHANDOUR

Extending Cam-based XAI methods for Remote Sensing Imagery Segmentation

Towards Explainable AI for Channel Estimation in Wireless Communications

Research into 6G networks has been initiated to support a variety of critical artificial intelligence (AI) assisted applications such …

Abdul Karim Gizzini, Yahia Medjahdi, Ali J. GHANDOUR, Laurent Clavier

Lebanon Solar Rooftop Potential Assessment Using Buildings Segmentation From Aerial Images

Estimating solar rooftop potential at a national level is a fundamental building block for every country to utilize solar power …

Hasan Nasrallah, Abed Ellatif Samhat, Yilei Shi, Xiaoxiang Zhu, Ghaleb Faour, Ali J. GHANDOUR

Lebanon Solar Rooftop Potential Assessment Using Buildings Segmentation From Aerial Images

Sci-Net: Scale-Invariant Model for Buildings Segmentation from Aerial Imagery

Buildings’ segmentation is a fundamental task in the field of earth observation and aerial imagery analysis. Most existing deep …

Hasan Nasrallah, Mustafa Shukor, Ali J. GHANDOUR

Sci-Net: Scale-Invariant Model for Buildings Segmentation from Aerial Imagery

Buildings Classification using Very High Resolution Satellite Imagery

Buildings classification using satellite images is becoming more important for several applications such as damage assessment, resource …

Mohamad Dimassi, Abed Ellatif Samhat, Mohamad Zaraket, Jamal Haydar, Ali J. GHANDOUR

Influence of Snow Cover on Water Capacity in the Qaraaoun Reservoir, Lebanon

Considerable amount of surface water in Lebanon is stored behind dams, and the Qaraaoun Reservoir (QR) is a typical example. It is the …

Amin Shaban, Laurent Drapeau, Luciano Telesca, Nabil Amacha, Ali J. GHANDOUR

Influence of Snow Cover on Water Capacity in the Qaraaoun Reservoir, Lebanon

Analyzing Factors Associated with Fatal Road Crashes: A Machine Learning Approach

Road traffic injury accounts for a substantial human and economic burden globally. Understanding risk factors contributing to fatal …

Ali J. GHANDOUR, Huda Hammoud, Samar AlHajj

Analyzing Factors Associated with Fatal Road Crashes: A Machine Learning Approach

Allometric scaling of road accidents using social media crowd-sourced data

Traffic accidents in Lebanon are constantly harvesting lives, dramatically changing others, and traumatizing those of their beloved …

Ali J. GHANDOUR, Huda Hammoud, Mohamad Dimassi, Houssam Krayem, Jamal Haydar, Adam Issa

Allometric scaling of road accidents using social media crowd-sourced data

Transportation hazard spatial analysis using crowd-sourced social network data

The safety hazard and the additional costs on transportation due to road accidents invite the necessity to minimize their impact. In …

Ali J. GHANDOUR, Huda Hammoud, Luciano Telesca

Transportation hazard spatial analysis using crowd-sourced social network data

A 32-year aridity analysis: a tool for better understanding on water resources management in Lebanon

Water scarcity has been well pronounced in the Middle East Region; however, Lebanon is still characterized by wet climate and …

Amin Shaban, Mohamad Awad, Ali J. GHANDOUR, Luciano Telesca

A 32-year aridity analysis: a tool for better understanding on water resources management in Lebanon

Building shadow detection based on multi-thresholding segmentation

The human eye can easily identify shadows of illuminated objects. However, automatically detecting such shadows with the use of …

Ali J. GHANDOUR, Abdul Karim Gizzini

Time-clustering behavior and cycles in the time dynamics of car accident sequences in Lebanon

This manuscript analyzes the temporal properties of sequences of car accidents in Lebanon from 2015 to 2018, using data from the …

Ali J. GHANDOUR, Michele Lovallo, Luciano Telesca

Time-clustering behavior and cycles in the time dynamics of car accident sequences in Lebanon

Autonomous Vehicle Detection and Classification in High Resolution Satellite Imagery

High resolution remote sensing data can provide worldwide images rapidly contrasted with conventional strategies for information …

Ali J. GHANDOUR, Houssam Krayem, Abdul Karim Gizzini

Autonomous Building Detection Using Edge Properties and Image Color Invariants

Automated building extraction from high-resolution satellite imagery is a challenging research problem, and several issues remain with …

Ali J. GHANDOUR, Abdul Karim Gizzini

Autonomous Building Detection Using Edge Properties and Image Color Invariants

Post-War Building Damage Detection

Natural disasters and wars wreak havoc not only on individuals and critical infrastructure, but also leave behind ruined residential …

Ali J. GHANDOUR, Abdul Karim Gizzini

Post-War Building Damage Detection

Design of a Lebanese Cube Satellite

Nowadays, nanosatellites are widely used in space technology due to their small size, ease of deployment, and relatively short …

Ali J. GHANDOUR, Mohamad Abdallah

Speed Trap Optimal Patrolling: STOP Playing Stackelberg Security Games

During 2015, 35,092 people died in motor vehicle crashes on the U.S. roadways, an increase from 32,744 in 2014. The 7.2% increase is …

Rola Naja, Nadia Mouawad, Ali J. GHANDOUR, Kassem Fawaz

Speed Trap Optimal Patrolling: STOP Playing Stackelberg Security Games