During his visits and research collaborations in Germany, Camps Valls will collaborate with Max Planck institutions, especially in biogeochemistry (Jena), and with leading groups in artificial intelligence and environmental sciences, strengthening scientific links between the University of Valencia and leading research centres. This award not only recognizes the career of the Valencian researcher, but also promotes new opportunities for international cooperation and strengthens the position of UV in the European landscape of scientific excellence.
The central focus of the research will be the application of machine learning methods to the study of extreme events, especially in the humanitarian context. To this end, the experience of Camps Valls will be used to comprehensively analyse extreme climatic phenomena such as droughts and heatwaves, as well as their effects on ecosystems and communities, using observational data and model results.
Gustau Camps Valls, who heads the Image and Signal Processing (ISP) research group at the Image Processing Laboratory (LPI), a PCUV research centre, an interdisciplinary team of more than 50 researchers, is among the most influential scientists in artificial intelligence and machine learning applied to Earth observation and climate sciences. His work covers key topics such as image and signal processing, machine learning and causality applied to remote sensing data and the earth system.
His research combines artificial intelligence algorithms with physical knowledge and causal inference to improve global monitoring of the planet, the analysis of extreme climatic events such as droughts and heat waves, and the understanding of complex processes in both the biosphere and climate, and interaction with the anthroposphere. The methods developed by his group are used by space agencies, international humanitarian organizations and research centres around the world and contribute directly to advancing Earth science and sustainability.
The scientific output of Professor Camps Valls includes more than 400 articles in international journals, more than 400 papers at congresses, 25 book chapters and several scientific books, with an h-index above 100 and a high number of citations, evidence of a significant sustained scientific impact at the international level.
Among the recognitions received, Gustau Camps Valls has been Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate) on several occasions, has received the Google Classic Paper Award and has been identified as one of the most cited researchers in engineering. In addition, he is an IEEE Fellow (2018) in the Geosciences and Signal Processing societies, from which he received the IEEE David Landrebe Award 2024 and has acted as IEEE Distinguished Lecturer disseminating AI for Earth Sciences around the world. ELLIS Fellow and coordinator of the ELLIS program "Machine learning for Earth and Climate Sciences", Fellow of AGU, Academia Europæa and the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc), from which he recently obtained the Blaise Pascal Medal.
His research combines artificial intelligence algorithms with physical knowledge and causal inference to improve global monitoring of the planet, the analysis of extreme climatic events such as droughts and heat waves, and the understanding of complex processes in both the biosphere and climate, and interaction with the anthroposphere. The methods developed by his group are used by space agencies, international humanitarian organizations and research centres around the world and contribute directly to advancing Earth science and sustainability.
The scientific output of Professor Camps Valls includes more than 400 articles in international journals, more than 400 papers at congresses, 25 book chapters and several scientific books, with an h-index above 100 and a high number of citations, evidence of a significant sustained scientific impact at the international level.
Among the recognitions received, Gustau Camps Valls has been Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate) on several occasions, has received the Google Classic Paper Award and has been identified as one of the most cited researchers in engineering. In addition, he is an IEEE Fellow (2018) in the Geosciences and Signal Processing societies, from which he received the IEEE David Landrebe Award 2024 and has acted as IEEE Distinguished Lecturer disseminating AI for Earth Sciences around the world. ELLIS Fellow and coordinator of the ELLIS program "Machine learning for Earth and Climate Sciences", Fellow of AGU, Academia Europæa and the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc), from which he recently obtained the Blaise Pascal Medal.
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Source: UV News