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Farid Melgani

Farid Melgani

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Computer Science
Italy
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
58
Citations
12696
World Ranking
3648
National Ranking
73

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2016 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to image analysis in remote sensing

Overview

Farid Melgani is affiliated with the University of Trento in Italy and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Computer Science and Engineering. Their research focuses on several subfields, including Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, Plant Science, Ecology, and Media Technology.

The scientist's scholarly work covers a range of topics, centering on Multimodal Machine Learning Applications, Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Remote-Sensing Image Classification, Smart Agriculture and AI, Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning, as well as Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses.

Notable recent publications by Farid Melgani include:

  • "A comprehensive review of hybrid models for solar radiation forecasting," 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Toward Remote Sensing Image Retrieval Under a Deep Image Captioning Perspective," 2020, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • "GPR B scan image analysis with deep learning methods," 2020, Measurement
  • "Bi-Modal Transformer-Based Approach for Visual Question Answering in Remote Sensing Imagery," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • "Change Captioning: A New Paradigm for Multitemporal Remote Sensing Image Analysis," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Frequent coauthors collaborating with this researcher include Yakoub Bazi, Riccardo Ricci, Genc Hoxha, Mohamed Lamine Mekhalfi, and Mohamad Mahmoud Al Rahhal.

The scientist has published extensively in several key academic venues, including:

  • Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • International Journal of Remote Sensing
  • Journal of Personalized Medicine

In recognition of contributions to the field, Farid Melgani was named an IEEE Fellow in 2016 for work specifically related to image analysis in remote sensing.

Best Publications

  • Classification of hyperspectral remote sensing images with support vector machines

    F. Melgani;L. Bruzzone

  • An unsupervised approach based on the generalized Gaussian model to automatic change detection in multitemporal SAR images

    Y. Bazi;L. Bruzzone;F. Melgani

  • Deep learning approach for active classification of electrocardiogram signals

    M.M. Al Rahhal;Yakoub Bazi;Haikel AlHichri;Naif Alajlan

  • Classification of Electrocardiogram Signals With Support Vector Machines and Particle Swarm Optimization

    F. Melgani;Y. Bazi

  • Toward an Optimal SVM Classification System for Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Images

    Y. Bazi;F. Melgani

  • Image thresholding based on the EM algorithm and the generalized Gaussian distribution

    Yakoub Bazi;Lorenzo Bruzzone;Farid Melgani

  • Nearest Neighbor Classification of Remote Sensing Images With the Maximal Margin Principle

    E. Blanzieri;F. Melgani

  • Automatic Analysis of GPR Images: A Pattern-Recognition Approach

    E. Pasolli;F. Melgani;M. Donelli

  • A Convolutional Neural Network Approach for Assisting Avalanche Search and Rescue Operations with UAV Imagery

    Mesay Belete Bejiga;Abdallah Zeggada;Abdelhamid Nouffidj;Farid Melgani

  • A comprehensive review of hybrid models for solar radiation forecasting

    Mawloud Guermoui;Farid Melgani;Kacem Gairaa;Mohamed Lamine Mekhalfi

  • Automatic Car Counting Method for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Images

    Thomas Moranduzzo;Farid Melgani

  • One‐dimensional convolutional neural networks for spectroscopic signal regression

    Salim Malek;Farid Melgani;Yakoub Bazi

  • Detecting Cars in UAV Images With a Catalog-Based Approach

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  • Robust support vector regression for biophysical variable estimation from remotely sensed images

    G. Camps-Valls;L. Bruzzone;J.L. Rojo-Alvarez;F. Melgani

  • A wavelet optimization approach for ECG signal classification

    Abdelhamid Daamouche;Latifa Hamami;Naif Alajlan;Farid Melgani

  • Computer vision-based phenotyping for improvement of plant productivity: a machine learning perspective

    Keiichi Mochida;Satoru Koda;Komaki Inoue;Takashi Hirayama

  • A Markov random field approach to spatio-temporal contextual image classification

    F. Melgani;S.B. Serpico

  • Contextual reconstruction of cloud-contaminated multitemporal multispectral images

    F. Melgani

  • Clustering of Hyperspectral Images Based on Multiobjective Particle Swarm Optimization

    A. Paoli;F. Melgani;E. Pasolli

  • Unsupervised change-detection methods for remote-sensing images

    Farid Melgani;Gabriele Moser;Sebastiano Bruno Serpico

  • Unsupervised Change Detection in Multispectral Remotely Sensed Imagery With Level Set Methods

    Yakoub Bazi;Farid Melgani;Hamed D Al-Sharari

  • SVM Active Learning Approach for Image Classification Using Spatial Information

    Edoardo Pasolli;Farid Melgani;Devis Tuia;Fabio Pacifici

  • Domain Adaptation Network for Cross-Scene Classification

    Esam Othman;Yakoub Bazi;Farid Melgani;Haikel Alhichri

  • Using convolutional features and a sparse autoencoder for land-use scene classification

    Esam Othman;Yakoub Bazi;Naif Alajlan;Haikel Alhichri

Frequent Co-Authors

Yakoub Bazi
Yakoub Bazi King Saud University
Naif Alajlan
Naif Alajlan King Saud University
Lorenzo Bruzzone
Lorenzo Bruzzone University of Trento
Sebastiano B. Serpico
Sebastiano B. Serpico University of Genoa
Ronald R. Yager
Ronald R. Yager Iona University
Massimo Donelli
Massimo Donelli University of Trento
Gabriele Moser
Gabriele Moser University of Genoa
William J. Emery
William J. Emery University of Colorado Boulder
Devis Tuia
Devis Tuia École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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