Husam A. H. Al-Najjar

Husam A. H. Al-Najjar received the bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and the master’s degree in remote sensing and GIS from University Putra Malaysia (UPM), in 2014. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Centre for Advanced Modelling and Geospatial Information Systems (CAMGIS), University of Technology Sydney (UTS). His research interests include the application of deep learning techniques for natural hazard modeling, including landslides, feature extraction from satellite imagery, and UAV-based remote imaging for spatial decision support systems. In 2019, he was awarded the Presidents’ Scholarship from UTS. In 2018, he was awarded the International Research Scholarship for the same course. He has several peer-reviewed publications on the application of machine learning methods. He was awarded the Best Paper Award, in 2019, ISPRS Geospatial Week in Enschede, The Netherlands.