46th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing

June 16 - 19, 2025 - Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

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Symposium Program

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Preliminary Program of the Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing

Date: Tuesday, 17/June/2025
8:30am - 9:00am	Symposium Welcome and Opening Remarks Location: Birch and Cedar Ballrooms
9:00am - 9:50am	Keynote 1: Dr. Leroy Little Bear Location: Birch and Cedar Ballrooms
9:50am - 10:40am	Keynote 2: Isabelle Tremblay Location: Birch and Cedar Ballrooms
10:40am - 11:00am	Health Break Location: Aspen Ballroom
11:00am - 12:00pm	Panel 1:Pilot mentorship initiative Location: Birch and Cedar Ballrooms
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Lunch Location: Aspen Ballroom
1:00pm - 2:20pm	Active Snow & WR: Active remote sensing of the snowpack for water resources Location: Birch Ballroom Chair: Dr. Brandi Newton Chair: Dr. Celeste Barnes 1:00pm - 1:20pm A Lidar-based assessment of the representativeness of in-situ snow monitoring stations in the Rocky Mountains in Alberta Dr. B. Newton, M. Guan, Dr. A. Thiombiano, Dr. F. Bearzot, Dr. C. Barnes, Dr. C. Hopkinson 1:20pm - 1:40pm Evaluating Remote Sensing Lidar-based Snow Water Equivalent with Raven-based Snow Water Equivalent hydrologic modelled outputs in a Mountainous Watershed Dr. C. Barnes, Dr. B. Newton, Dr. R. MacDonald, Dr. C. Hopkinson 1:40pm - 2:00pm Quantifying Changes in Hypsometric Snowpack Distribution in a Recovering Post-Fire Mountain Headwater Environment using Airborne Lidar J. Van Gaalen, Dr. C. Hopkinson 2:00pm - 2:20pm Understanding errors in lidar- based snow water equivalent modelling for snowpack monitoring in the Eastern Slopes of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains C. Hopkinson, C. Barnes, J. Van Gaalen, N. Newton, I. Rodrigues, J. Craig, H. Burdette, M. Singer	Agriculture 1: Agriculture Location: Cedar Ballroom Chair: Dr. Angela Kross 1:00pm - 1:20pm Assessing Crop Development at Different Scales: Implications for Remote Sensing-Based Monitoring of LAI and Yield in Corn and Soybean Fields A. Kross, H. McNairn, D. Lapen, M. Sunohara 1:20pm - 1:40pm Unlocking the Potential of PRISMA Hyperspectral Imagery for Precision Agriculture Mapping K. J. Hu, M. Shpir, D. Clausi, L. Xu 1:40pm - 2:00pm Edge AI for Real-time Detection of the Currant-lettuce Aphid (Nasonovia Ribisnigri) in Lettuce Crops E. Dubrûle, M. Germain, M. Bélisle, Y. Bouroubi 2:00pm - 2:20pm Enhancing Spring Wheat Forecasting in Western Canada using Data-Driven Methods S. Van Steenbergen, K. Nketia, T. Ha, H. Fernando, S. Shirtliffe	Ecosystem: Ecosystem Location: Antons Ballroom Chair: Dr. Xulin Guo 1:00pm - 1:20pm Early Detection of Woody Plant Expansion in Canadian Prairie Based on Drone Imagery and Deep Learning Y. Pu, X. Lu, I. Soubry, Dr. X. Guo 1:20pm - 1:40pm Multi-Source Earth Observation Analysis in Canadian Grasslands: Enhancing Woody Plant Encroachment Detection & Benefits to the Environment and Economy Dr. I. Soubry, Dr. L. N. Maros, Dr. E. Lamb, Dr. R. S. Gray, Dr. X. Guo 1:40pm - 2:00pm Remote Sensing-Based Quantification and Mapping of Native Tree Cover in Saskatchewan’s Prairie Landscape Dr. E. Shafeian, Dr. B. J. Mood, Dr. K. W. Belcher, Dr. C. P. Laroque 2:00pm - 2:20pm Multi-Year Multitemporal Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Imagery for Native Grassland and Seeded Forage Identification Across a Gradient of Southern Alberta Prairie Ecoregions Dr. E. J. Lindsay, Dr. C. Champagne, B. Houston, Dr. B. Daneshfar, Dr. S. Mitchell	RS human Disturbance: Learnings and practical applications of remote sensing for mapping and recovery characterization of human disturbance features Location: Poplar III Chair: Jennifer Nicole Hird Chair: Dr. Greg McDermid 1:00pm - 1:20pm Geospatial Tools for Seismic-line Restoration Planning: Cost Projections and Restoration Targets Dr. J. Linke, M. Fong, G. J. McDermid, M. Strack, E. Bayne, S. Ketcheson, C. Sutheimer, M. A. Davies, I. Terentieva, M. Dickie, S. E. Nielsen 1:20pm - 1:40pm Using High-Resolution Imagery to Enhance Human Footprint Mapping across British Columbia J. P. Ramírez-Delgado, M. Arias-Patiño, J. Aragon-Osejo, M. A. Chadid, L. de Assis Barros, N. Meras, Y. Huberman, A. Schweitzer, J. Herbers, B. Muir, O. Venter 1:40pm - 2:00pm Deconstructing Errors: 3D Deep Learning for UAV Vegetation Monitoring on Reclaimed Wellsites Dr. D. Degenhardt, Dr. Z. Xi, C. Selvaraj, Dr. D. Movchan, A. Van Dongen 2:00pm - 2:20pm Mapping undesired Vegetation on Oil and Gas Reclamation Sites using a multi-sensor Approach S. Chowdhury, S. Kelly, C. Robertson, D. Wood, Dr. A. Rolhauser, N. Lockyer, Dr. S. Patterson
2:20pm - 2:40pm	Health Break Location: Aspen Ballroom
2:40pm - 4:20pm	3-Minute Thesis Competition Organized by IEEE GRSS IDEA Location: Birch Ballroom Chair: Hamid Jafarzadeh 3D Building Model Generation with Different Levels-of-Detail using Multi-Source LiDAR Point Cloud Data for Digital Twins Development M. H. M. S. Ismail Semantic Modelling of an Indoor Parking Garage Using Hand-held GeoSLAM LiDAR Point Clouds K. Hu From Factory Floors to Vanishing Caribou: How Industrial AI Guards an Arctic Icon G. Serati Laser Beamin’ the Burns: How the Past Informs the Future of Forest Fire N. M. Krizan Event-Based Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping M. Shahraki Application of Remote Sensing for Wetland Monitoring and Climate Change Mitigation M. Hemati Advancing Urban Heat Loss Mitigation with Smart Digital Twin Technology C. M. Richardson Monitoring Tailings Dams Through the Eyes of Satellites and AI R. Farhadiani Can Big Brother Save the Climate? D. E. Almuina Pica
4:20pm - 5:40pm	Poster Session 1: Location: Aspen Ballroom Effective Mamba via Structure-Aware State Fusion for Hyperspectral Image Classification Y. Liu, Dr. L. Xu, Dr. D. A. Clausi Applications of Fine-Resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar for Crop Yield Prediction A. L. Papadimitriou, J. Lindsay, A. Berg, Q. Zhang National-scale validation of SWOT over Canadian waters using an adapted tool for automated datum conversion: Preliminary Results G. L. Siles, F. Beauchamp-Goyette, M. Trudel, S. Foucher, D. L. Peters, S. Biancamaria Characterizing landslide-induced Floods using SWOT: A Case Study on the Chilcotin River J. Plante, L. Perez Investigating Microwave Backscatter Response to Induced Flooding on Snow-covered Sea Ice: Preliminary Findings from Churchill Marine Observatory K. S. Tomar, Dr. J. Yackel, Dr. D. Isleifson, Dr. T. Geldsetzer, Dr. V. Nandan Mapping Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis) in Ontario Forest Using Sentinel-2 Satellite Imagery and Time Series Analysis Z. Shi, Dr. B. DeVries, Dr. C. J K MacQuarrie The University Consortium for the Canadian Terrestrial Snow Mass Mission (TSMM): first milestones and extensive field work collaboration Dr N. Marchand, Dr A. Langlois Compact-Polarimetric Decomposition Framework for Enhanced Wetland Discrimination Using RADARSAT Constellation Mission H. Jafarzadeh, M. Mahdianpari, E. Gill, S. Homayouni Reconstructing Land Use Changes in Southern Ontario: A Paleoecological Analysis of the Lake Simcoe Watershed Since the Late XIX Century L. K. Edmunds, Dr. B. Leblon, Dr. A. LaRoque, Dr. F. Pendea Mapping Tree Genera/Species, Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) Outbreak Phases, and Woody Debris in Pine Beetle-Affected Forests Using Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) Multispectral Imagery and Object-Based Image Analysis S. Parsian, Dr. C. Hopkinson, Dr. C. Coburn, Dr. C. Watson, T. Skretting, Dr. Z. Xi, E. Jones, Dr. L. Chasmer Quantifying Vegetation Structures and Tree Fire Fuels in Montane Pine Forests Impacted by Mountain Pine Beetle Using Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) Photogrammetric and Lidar Point Clouds S. Parsian, Dr. C. Hopkinson, Dr. C. Coburn, Dr. C. Watson, T. Skretting, Dr. Z. Xi, E. Jones, Dr. L. Chasmer UAV-Based Multi-Sensor Data Fusion For Indoor 3D Point Cloud Segmentation M. Shahraki, Dr. A. Elamin, Dr. A. El-Rabbany Hyperspectral and LiDAR monitoring of tree health for breeding climate resilient forests Dr. I. T Major, V. Seigner, M. Ndiaye, D. Diatta, Dr. C. Larouche, Dr. J. Godbout, Dr. I. Ensminger Geotagging UAV Video Frames for Enhanced 3D Reconstruction: A DJI Flight Log Integration Approach B. M. Massesa, F. Zhang, C. Ndunguru An Approach to Design Validation and Spectral Unmixing for FINCH - a Hyperspectral Nano-Satellite for Crop Residue Mapping A. Armstrong, E. Artan, N. Tal-Siegel, Z. Augspach, J. Tsai, V. Smolianova, Z. Graham, Z. Shcherbakov, T. Wang, J. Hwang, A. Chaudhuri, K. E. Uygun UAV-Based Multispectral Imaging for Estimating Dry Bean Crop Maturity Dr. S. S. Panigrahi, Dr. K. Singh, Dr. P. Balasubramanian, Dr. H. Wang, M. Natarajan, P. Ravichandran The Prairie Landscape Inventory: A Wall-to-Wall Native Prairie Model for Saskatchewan B. Prieto, A. Nixon, X. Guo Applying Machine Learning Algorithms for Spatial Modelling of Flood Susceptibility Prediction over São Paulo Sub-region. Dr. T. S. Oluwadare, Dr. M. Ribeiro, Dr. D. Chen, M. Babadi Ataabadi, S. Hosseini Assessment of ALOS-2 L-Band Polarimetric SAR for Fire Danger Monitoring in Mountainous Forests of British Columbia M. Loncar, A. Richardson, B. Leblon, L. Bourgeau-Chavez, D. Amishev Improving Monitoring for an Underground Crop Pest using Overhead Imagery H. A. Catton, K. Singh, W. van Herk Spatial variability of passive L-band surface state retrievals in the High Arctic K. Makinen, Dr. A. Langlois, Dr. A. Roy

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