Fabio Pacifici

Fabio Pacifici has 20 years of experience in developing geospatial products, with the vision of bringing together the advancements in the satellite industry with the computer vision and artificial intelligence research communities. He is a very communicative individual, passionate about getting stuff done, and helping others through coaching and mentoring. He is interested in all aspects of remote sensing, including geospatial artificial intelligence, spaceborne image processing, superresolution, data fusion, hyperspectral and synthetic aperture radar data analysis. He has hands-on experience in calibration and validation of optical sensors, atmospheric compensation of satellite images, and radiative transfer modeling. He has authored (or coauthored) more than 100 publications including patents, book chapters, journal papers, and peer-reviewed conference proceedings. He was awarded the Seeing A Better World Award from Maxar Technologies in 2019, and the Do It Right Award from DigitalGlobe in 2017. He is the recipient of various international recognitions including the Early Career Award from the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) in 2015, the WHISPERS Best Paper Award in 2014, the Best Reviewer Award from IEEE GRSS in 2011, and the Best Student Paper Award at the 2009 IEEE GRSS Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event. He also won the 2007, 2008 and 2009–2010 IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest. His volunteer experience with IEEE includes serving as VP of Technical Activities for the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society and as Associate Editor for the Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. He was the IEEE GRSS Director of Corporate Relations (2018-2020), the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE GRSS eNewsletter (2014-2017), and Chair of the IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Technical Committee (2011-2013).