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Nicola Falco

Senior Scientific Engineering Associate

Building 085B, Room 0102J

M/S 74R316C

Phone: 510-486-4703

[email protected]

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Biography

I am currently a Scientific Engineer Associate at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division (CESD).

I was born in Verona, Italy and I received my B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Trento, Italy, in 2008 and 2011, respectively. I hold a joint Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Iceland and in Information and Communication Technologies from the University of Trento obtained in 2015.

Before joining CESD, I spent one year as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Signal Processing Laboratory of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty at the University of Iceland (2015-2016).

Since the beginning of my research career, my interests focus on remote sensing image analysis and processing with applications in environmental monitoring.
My expertise is on the development of methodologies for mining and analysis of optical and hyperspectral imagery data. Following a strictly interdisciplinary approach, I’m employing knowledge from a wide spectrum of disciplines such as image/signal processing, mathematical morphology, advance pattern recognition and machine learning.

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Research Interests

My research contributions include novel strategies for image classification for land-cover/land-use mapping, change detection (multi-temporal) analysis and fusion of multi-source data, placing the focal point on the investigation and optimization of multi-scale techniques for the extraction and integration of spectral and contextual information. The emerged frameworks are employed in both national and international multi-disciplinary projects of environmental focus (NorthState, EMMIRS).

My work at LBNL focuses on the development of engineering-based methodologies for the monitoring and understanding of natural phenomena based on Earth observation data. In particular, my work concentrates on the development of methodology for identifying co-variability among surface/subsurface processes, integrating multi-scale and multi-source data (optical data, hyperspectral data and LiDAR), and scaling critical ecosystem properties from point measurements to the watershed scale for characterizing complex ecosystems in the Colorado River Basin (Watershed Function FSA).

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Joint Degree, Information and Communication Technology (University of Trento), Electrical and Computer Engineering (University of Iceland), 2015, Thesis Title: Advanced spectral and spatial techniques for hyperspectral image analysis and classification
  • Master’s Degree (M.Sc.), Telecommunication Engineering, University of Trento, 2011, Thesis Title: A novel technique based on morphological attribute profiles for change detection in multi-temporal very high resolution images
  • Visiting Scholar, University of Iceland, 2010
  • Bachelor’s Degree (B.Sc.), Telecommunication Engineering, University of Trento, 2007

Experience

  • Scientific Engineer Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, 2020-Present
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, 2016-2020
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Iceland, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2015-2016
  • Ph.D. Student Researcher, University of Iceland and University of Trento, 2011-2015
  • Research Assistant, University of Iceland, Faculty Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2011

Awards

  • Third prize in the Student Paper Competition of the 2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (Milan, July 2015) with the paper "Automatic Morphological Attribute Profiles," G. Cavallaro (student), M. Dalla Mura, N. Falco, J. A. Benediktsson, 2015
  • Recipient of the recognition of IEEE Geoscience Remote Sensing Letters Best Reviewer, 2013

Professional Affiliations

  • American Geophysical Union (AGU), Since 2016
  • IEEE Signal Processing Society, Since 2014
  • Center of Remote Sensing at University of Iceland, Since 2012
  • The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), Since 2011
  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, Since 2011
  • IEEE Computer Society, Since 2011

Scholarly Service

  • Reviewer, Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Reviewer, IEEE Transaction on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • Reviewer, IEEE Journal of Selected Topic in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • Reviewer, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
  • Reviewer, IEEE Transaction on Cybernetics
  • Reviewer, (Elsevier) International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
  • Reviewer, (Elsevier) Pattern Recognition Letters
  • Reviewer, (Taylor & Francis) GIScience Remote Sensing
  • Reviewer, (Taylor & Francis) International Journal of Remote Sensing
  • Reviewer, (Taylor & Francis) International Journal of Remote Sensing Letters

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