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Computer Science
Spain
2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
48
Citations
12260
World Ranking
6082
National Ranking
80

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Javier Plaza is affiliated with the University of Extremadura in Spain and focuses on research within engineering and computer science. Their work predominantly spans media technology, computer vision and pattern recognition, atmospheric science, artificial intelligence, and ecology. This interdisciplinary approach addresses complex problems primarily in remote sensing and image classification.

The scientist's research topics prominently include:

  • Remote-Sensing Image Classification
  • Remote Sensing and Land Use
  • Advanced Image Fusion Techniques
  • Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques
  • Image and Signal Denoising Methods
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods

Javier Plaza has published extensively in several frequent venues, reflecting an emphasis on remote sensing and geoscience:

  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
  • Remote Sensing
  • The Journal of Supercomputing
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Ghostnet for Hyperspectral Image Classification," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • "Scalable recurrent neural network for hyperspectral image classification," 2020, The Journal of Supercomputing
  • "Hyperspectral Anomaly Detection With Relaxed Collaborative Representation," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • "A New GPU Implementation of Support Vector Machines for Fast Hyperspectral Image Classification," 2020, Remote Sensing
  • "FLOP-Reduction Through Memory Allocations Within CNN for Hyperspectral Image Classification," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Their collaboration network includes frequent coauthors such as Antonio Plaza, Mercedes E. Paoletti, Juan M. Haut, Xuanwen Tao, and Lirong Han. The number of joint publications with these coauthors ranges from 7 to 26, indicating sustained research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Deep learning classifiers for hyperspectral imaging: A review

    M.E. Paoletti;J.M. Haut;J. Plaza;A. Plaza

  • Advances in Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: A Comprehensive Overview of the State of the Art

    Pedram Ghamisi;Naoto Yokoya;Jun Li;Wenzhi Liao

  • A quantitative and comparative analysis of endmember extraction algorithms from hyperspectral data

    A. Plaza;P. Martinez;R. Perez;J. Plaza

  • Spatial/spectral endmember extraction by multidimensional morphological operations

    A. Plaza;P. Martinez;R. Perez;J. Plaza

  • Advanced Spectral Classifiers for Hyperspectral Images: A review

    Pedram Ghamisi;Javier Plaza;Yushi Chen;Jun Li

  • A new deep convolutional neural network for fast hyperspectral image classification

    M.E. Paoletti;J.M. Haut;J. Plaza;A. Plaza

  • Deep Pyramidal Residual Networks for Spectral–Spatial Hyperspectral Image Classification

    Mercedes E. Paoletti;Juan Mario Haut;Ruben Fernandez-Beltran;Javier Plaza

  • Dimensionality reduction and classification of hyperspectral image data using sequences of extended morphological transformations

    A. Plaza;P. Martinez;J. Plaza;R. Perez

  • Capsule Networks for Hyperspectral Image Classification

    Mercedes E. Paoletti;Juan Mario Haut;Ruben Fernandez-Beltran;Javier Plaza

  • Active Learning With Convolutional Neural Networks for Hyperspectral Image Classification Using a New Bayesian Approach

    Juan Mario Haut;Mercedes E. Paoletti;Javier Plaza;Jun Li

  • Remote Sensing Scene Classification Using Multilayer Stacked Covariance Pooling

    Nanjun He;Leyuan Fang;Shutao Li;Antonio Plaza

  • Feature Extraction With Multiscale Covariance Maps for Hyperspectral Image Classification

    Nanjun He;Mercedes E. Paoletti;Juan Mario Haut;Leyuan Fang

  • Commodity cluster-based parallel processing of hyperspectral imagery

    Antonio Plaza;David Valencia;Javier Plaza;Pablo Martinez

  • Visual Attention-Driven Hyperspectral Image Classification

    Juan Mario Haut;Mercedes E. Paoletti;Javier Plaza;Antonio Plaza

  • Skip-Connected Covariance Network for Remote Sensing Scene Classification

    Nanjun He;Leyuan Fang;Shutao Li;Javier Plaza

  • A new approach to mixed pixel classification of hyperspectral imagery based on extended morphological profiles

    Antonio J. Plaza;Pablo Martínez;Rosa M. Pérez;Javier Plaza

  • A New Deep Generative Network for Unsupervised Remote Sensing Single-Image Super-Resolution

    Juan Mario Haut;Ruben Fernandez-Beltran;Mercedes E. Paoletti;Javier Plaza

  • A New Spatial–Spectral Feature Extraction Method for Hyperspectral Images Using Local Covariance Matrix Representation

    Leyuan Fang;Nanjun He;Shutao Li;Antonio J. Plaza

  • Parallel Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing [Applications Corner]

    Antonio Plaza;Javier Plaza;Abel Paz;Sergio Sánchez

  • A Single Model CNN for Hyperspectral Image Denoising

    Alessandro Maffei;Juan M. Haut;Mercedes Eugenia Paoletti;Javier Plaza

  • On the use of small training sets for neural network-based characterization of mixed pixels in remotely sensed hyperspectral images

    Javier Plaza;Antonio Plaza;Rosa Perez;Pablo Martinez

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Plaza
Antonio Plaza University of Extremadura
Paolo Gamba
Paolo Gamba University of Pavia
Filiberto Pla
Filiberto Pla Jaume I University
Shutao Li
Shutao Li Hunan University
Pedram Ghamisi
Pedram Ghamisi Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Leyuan Fang
Leyuan Fang Hunan University
Chein-I Chang
Chein-I Chang University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Qingshan Liu
Qingshan Liu Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Lianru Gao
Lianru Gao Aerospace Information Research Institute
Naoto Yokoya
Naoto Yokoya University of Tokyo

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