Jón Atli Benediktsson
University of Iceland
Jón Atli Benediktsson was the rector and president of the University of Iceland and is a professor in electrical and computer engineering at the university. His research fields are remote sensing, image analysis, pattern recognition, machine learning, data fusion, analysis of biomedical signals and signal processing. He has published over 400 scientific articles in these fields and is one of the most influential scientists in the world according to Publons’ lists in 2018 and 2019.
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Jón Atli Benediktsson was the rector and president of the University of Iceland and is a professor in electrical and computer engineering at the university. His research fields are remote sensing, image analysis, pattern recognition, machine learning, data fusion, analysis of biomedical signals and signal processing. He has published over 400 scientific articles in these fields and is one of the most influential scientists in the world according to Publons’ lists in 2018 and 2019.
Affiliation
University of Iceland
Top Publications
- Random Forests for land cover classification (2005) - 2,276 citations
- Recent advances in techniques for hyperspectral image processing (2009) - 1,695 citations
- Classification of hyperspectral data from urban areas based on extended morphological profiles (2005) - 1,399 citations
- Advances in Spectral-Spatial Classification of Hyperspectral Images (2012) - 1,297 citations
- Spectral and Spatial Classification of Hyperspectral Data Using SVMs and Morphological Profiles (2008) - 988 citations
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- Full name
- Jón Atli Benediktsson
- ORCID
- 0000-0003-0621-9647
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5035508615
Research interests
- Remote-Sensing Image Classification, Remote Sensing and Land Use, Advanced Image Fusion Techniques, Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses, Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry
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- Random Forests for land cover classification ↗2005 · Pattern Recognition Letters2,276OpenAlex citations
- Recent advances in techniques for hyperspectral image processing ↗2009 · Remote Sensing of Environment1,695OpenAlex citations
- Classification of hyperspectral data from urban areas based on extended morphological profiles ↗2005 · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing1,399OpenAlex citations
- Advances in Spectral-Spatial Classification of Hyperspectral Images ↗2012 · Proceedings of the IEEE1,297OpenAlex citations
- Spectral and Spatial Classification of Hyperspectral Data Using SVMs and Morphological Profiles ↗2008 · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing988OpenAlex citations
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- Random Forests for land cover classification ↗2005 · Pattern Recognition Letters
- Recent advances in techniques for hyperspectral image processing ↗2009 · Remote Sensing of Environment
- Classification of hyperspectral data from urban areas based on extended morphological profiles ↗2005 · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
- Advances in Spectral-Spatial Classification of Hyperspectral Images ↗2012 · Proceedings of the IEEE
- Spectral and Spatial Classification of Hyperspectral Data Using SVMs and Morphological Profiles ↗2008 · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
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