SubscribeFind below SWIFTT’s news articles, press releases, digests of scientific papers, as well as other outreach materials.
Publication: SILVIA - An eXplainable Framework to Map Bark Beetle Infestation in Sentinel-2 Images
18 September 2023
In their recent paper, SWIFTT partners from University of Bari Aldo Moro, explore how machine learning methods can be used to map bark beetle infestation hotspots in Sentinel-2 images by leveraging spectral vegetation indices and performing self-training.
Stockholm Resilience Centre: All planetaryboundaries mapped out for the first time
15 September 2023
From globalwarming to the biosphere and deforestation, from pollutants and plastic to nitrogen cycles and freshwater: Six of nine planetary boundaries are being crossed.
SWIFTT project highlighted in report by the UNOOSA and EUSPA
09 August 2023
The report focuses on how to best leverage EU space data and information to answer the sustainability challenges of today while also paving the way towards a sustainable – and more densely populated – future.
Publication: Machine Learning Models and Technology for Classification of Forest on Satellite Data
07 August 2023
SWIFTT paper deals with the problem of semantic segmentation - the identification and classification of collections of pixels according to various characteristics - of satellite imagery to deliver high-resolution forest type maps.
Work related to the SWIFTT project presented at the IEEE EUROCON 2023 conference
08 July 2023
The main result is a new forest map for Europe, which will help to better identify different forest types and better monitor forest diseases in the future.
SWIFTT partners co-organizes International Summer School in Data Analytics
27 June 2023
The event is organized by the Educational and Research Institute of Physics and Technology of the NTUU, together with Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (Germany), University of Maryland (USA), and SWIFTT's partner Space Research Institute of Ukraine.
SWIFTT partners Timbtrack and Groupe Coopération Forestière join EUROFOREST 2023
22 June 2023
This is one of Europe’s leading trade fairs dedicated to the forest-wood industry, which takes place in June 22-24, 2023, in Saint-Bonnet-de-Joux, France.
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[Blog] SWIFTT celebrates Copernicus 25th Anniversary
08 June 2023
Using Copernicus data and powerful machine-learning models, SWIFTT will increase forest management productivity and cost-effectiveness, and enable public and private forest managers, authorities, and policymakers to deal with forest threats proactively.
SWIFTT Newsletter #1 | 2023
30 May 2023
The first issue of the SWIFTT project newsletter is out! Get up to date with the project development and partner activities.
