Elena Belcore

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Fixed-term assistant professor
Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI)

Profile

Research interests

Earth digital twins
Environmental mapping
Geomatics
Land use land cover change
Laser scanning
Multispectral optical sensors
Precision agriculture
Uav photogrammetry
Ultra-high resolution image classification

Biography

Elena Belcore is a researcher in Geomatics at the Politecnico of Turin, Italy. In 2016, she earned her M.Sc. degree in Forestry and Environmental Science, further honing her expertise in the field. She then embarked on a career in research and international organizations, starting as a Junior officer at UNESCO-WWAP from 2016 to 2017. During this period, she worked on the collection and analysis of gender-disaggregated water data. In May 2021, defended her PhD in Geomatics at the Politecnico of Turin. Her doctoral research was focused on the classification of land cover in critical areas, using cutting-edge satellite and drone-derived imagery at very high thematic and spatial resolutions. Currently, she continues her research in the field of artificial intelligence for high-resolution environmental monitoring and mapping. Her research activities are diverse, encompassing geomatics for smart and precision agriculture. She specializes in sensor integration for creating digital twins in agriculture, as well as geospatial and multitemporal data collection. Her research interest is the semantic segmentation and classification of very high-resolution drone datasets for environmental monitoring and vegetation cover.

Scientific branch

CEAR-04/A - Geomatics
(Area 0008 - Civil engineering and architecture)

Research topics

  • Geomatics techniques employed in the construction of the geospatial component within Digital Twins for agricultural and environmental monitoring.

Skills

ERC sectors

PE10_14 - Earth observations from space/remote sensing
PE6_11 - Machine learning, statistical data processing and applications using signal processing (e.g. speech, image, video)
PE10_4 - Terrestrial ecology, land cover change

SDG

Goal 2: Zero hunger
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals

Open badges

Awards and Honors

  • Premio giovani autori SIFET conferred by SIFET: Società Italiana di Fotogrammetria E Topografia, Italy (2018)
  • Best Paper Award of International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management (GISTAM) conferred by International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management (GISTAM) (2022)
  • Premio per pubblicazioni BAD (Borsisti, Assegnisti, Dottorandi) GEAM conferred by Associazione Georisorse e Ambiente del Politecnico di Torino, Italy (2022)
  • Premio in Memoria di Marco Unguendoli conferred by Accademia delle Scienze di Bologna, Italy (2023)
  • ISPRS TCV Best presenter Award conferred by International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) (2024)

Fellowships

  • Effective member - Società Italiana di Fotogrammetria E Topografia, Italia (2019-)

Teaching

Collegi of the degree programmes

Teachings

PhD

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Master of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Bachelor of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Research

Research areas

Supervised PhD students

  • Muhammad Abraiz. Programme in Ingegneria Civile E Ambientale (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
    Research subject: Remote Sensing for Reducing hydro-meteorological Risk in Sub-saharan Africa
    Geoengineering
    Hydrology
    Geoengineering
    Hydrology
  • Davide Demichele. Programme in Ingegneria Civile E Ambientale (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)

Publications

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