PhD title and a paper for Amir Aieb

We are pleased to share the recent achievements of our former PhD student, AMIR AIEB!

Last month, he successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled: “𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢-𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦-𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦, 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴”. They awarded him the PhD with a cum laude distinction - PhD in Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (UNIBZ)

Supervisors: • Prof. Antonio Liotta (UNIBZ) • Mr. Alexander Jacob (Eurac Research) • Dr. Muhammad Azfar Yaqub (UNIBZ)

Examination Committee: • Prof. Antonio Liotta, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano • Prof. Ovidiu Bagdasar, , University of Derby • Prof. Ashiq Anjum, University of Leicester

In addition, a journal article resulting from his PhD collaboration with Institute for Earth Observation has recently been published in Big Data Journal (Springer), a Q1 journal (Impact Factor 2024: 6.4; 5-year IF: 13.4).

Paper title: “3𝘋𝘤𝘎𝘢𝘯𝘈𝘌: 𝘈 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨”

Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40537-026-01466-w

We wish him to continue his successful career path at Fondazione Bruno Kessler – FBK.

Congratulations to Amir on these excellent achievements!