Emerging Research in Target Detection and Recognition in Remote Sensing Images

Dear Colleagues,

In the field of Earth observation, the massive remote sensing data obtained by a large number of in orbit satellites or aircrafts brings more observational information and processing challenges for remote sensing image interpretation. The detection, recognition, and tracking of various types of high-value artificial targets on the ground and sea has become one of the hotspots in the processing and application of Earth observation information. In recent years, a large amount of rapid target detection, recognition, and tracking methods based on artificial intelligence technology have brought many beneficial solutions to the processing of remote sensing Earth observation information, and have had a significant impact in the field of remote sensing. They have provided promising tools for solving many challenging issues in accuracy and reliability of target detection and recognition in remote sensing images.

In this special issue, we plan to compile a series of papers to report on new methods and technologies for object detection and recognition in remote sensing images that have emerged in recent years. We anticipate that new research will leverage new methods and technologies such as artificial intelligence to solve more practical problems in remote sensing image applications.

The article may cover, but is not limited to, the following topics:

• Advanced artificial intelligence based object detection/recognition/tracking;
• Remote sensing image change detection/semantic segmentation;
• Remote sensing multi-sensor data fusion/multimodal data analysis;
• Remote sensing image super-resolution/restoration;
• Unsupervised/weak supervised learning for remote sensing image target detection or recognition;
• Advanced artificial intelligence technology for remote sensing applications;
• Intelligent detection and recognition of composite targets based on knowledge graphs or knowledge reasoning.

Dr. Tao Tang
Dr. Canbin Hu
Dr. Yuli Sun
Guest Editors

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