Professor Xiao Huang is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences at Emory University. His research primarily focuses on geospatial analysis, geovisualization, environmental modeling, computer and data science, and Big Data analytics. His research takes advantage of and also addresses the challenges of rapidly growing data availability through the utilization and development of advanced data fusion techniques and deep learning algorithms. Dr. Huang has authored/co-authored over 120 refereed publications. He serves as an Associated Editor for Computational Urban Science and sits on the Editorial Board for Big Earth Data, International Journal of Digital Earth, Frontiers Remote Sensing, Nature Scientific Reports, Journal of Remote Sensing, Current Social Sciences, and PLOS ONE. He also serves as a reviewer for NASA and NSF grants and for 49 esteemed scientific journals.Qihao Weng is a Chair Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a Foreign Member of the Academia Europaea. A Fellow of IEEE, AAAS, AAG, ASPRS, and AAIA, he previously directed Indiana State University’s Center for Urban and Environmental Change (2001-2021) and served as a NASA Senior Fellow (2008-2009). He led the GEO Global Urban Observation & Information Initiative (2012-2022) and is Editor-in-Chief of the ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. He also edits two Taylor & Francis book series in remote sensing and imaging science, chairs the IEEE/ISPRS/GEO International Workshop on Earth Observation series (since 2008), and has held leadership roles with ASPRS and the U.S. DOE.Elif Sertel is Professor of Geomatics Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (ITU). Her research explores how land-cover change and urbanization affect regional climate. Sertel joined ITU’s faculty in 2009, became Associate Professor in 2010, and Professor in 2016. She directed ITU’s Center for Satellite Communications and Remote Sensing (2012–2021) after serving as Vice-Director (2009–2012) and now evaluates EU research proposals as Vice-Chair and expert. Honors include the Turkish Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young Scientist Award (TÜBA-GEBİP, 2017) and the TÜBİTAK Engineering Incentive Award (2021), making her the first Turkish geomatics engineer to receive both distinctions.Jungho Im is a professor and the director of the Intelligent Remote Sensing and Geospatial Information Science (IRIS) Lab within the Department of Civil, Urban, Earth, and Environmental Engineering at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea. His research primarily focuses on environmental remote sensing and artificial intelligence modeling, emphasizing disaster monitoring and prediction. His work aims to broaden and deepen the scientific understanding of Earth's systems under conditions of climate variability and change. He has published extensively in prestigious international journals and actively contributes to the scientific community through editorial roles. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of GIScience and Remote Sensing and as Associate Editor of the ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

• Part I. Foundations & Data Ecosystem1. A New Era of Remote Sensing: From Pixels to Pipelines2. The Modern Remote-Sensing Data Landscape3. Open-Source Toolchains That Power RS at ScalePart II. Data Acquisition & Sensor Technologies4. Satellite Constellations & Smallsat Swarms5. Airborne & UAV Imaging6. LiDAR, SAR & Hyperspectral Advances7. In-situ & IoT Sensor FusionPart III. Pre-Processing & Harmonization8. Automated Data Ingestion & Harmonization9. Radiometric & Atmospheric Correction with ML10. Geometric Correction & Sub-pixel Co-registrationPart IV. Artificial Intelligence Methods11. Deep Learning Architectures for RS12. Self-Supervised & Foundation Models13. Temporal Modeling & Change Detection14. Graph & Geo-Spatial Deep Learning15. Explainable AI & Uncertainty QuantificationPart V. High-Impact Applications16. Land-Cover & Land-Use Mapping 2.017. Rapid Disaster Mapping & Response18. Climate & Carbon Analytics19. Urban Analytics20. Agriculture & Food Security21. Biodiversity & Ecosystem HealthPart VI. Pipeline Orchestration & Deployment22. Workflow Orchestration & Cloud Scaling23. Ethical, Legal & Societal Considerations24. Interactive Visualization & API DeliveryPart VII. Emerging Trends and Future Perspectives25. Generative AI for Remote-Sensing Content Creation26. Synthetic Data & Digital-Twin Simulators27. Citizen-Centric Remote Sensing & Participatory Mapping28. Low-Code/No-Code Geospatial-AI Platforms