Sofiia Drozd| Remote Sensing | Best Researcher Award

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Ms. Sofiia Drozd| Remote Sensing | Best Researcher Award

Master’s student in the Department of Mathematical Modeling and Data Analysis at NTUU KPI, and employee at the Space Research Institute NASU-SSAU. With 4 years of experience in machine learning, remote sensing, and satellite data processing, I have contributed to projects by the World Bank, Horizon Europe, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, and the National Research Foundation of Ukraine. My expertise includes developing algorithms for environmental monitoring, land use analysis, and renewable energy assessment. I have published research in international journals and presented at various conferences.

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🔬 Research and Innovations:

Completed/Ongoing Research Projects: 8, Citation Index: 3, Journals Published (SCI, Scopus, etc.): 5, Professional Memberships: ACM, EGU, IEEE, Areas of Research:  AI and machine learning, remote sensing, satellite data processing, and GIS.

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I authenticate that to the best of my knowledge the information given in this form is correct and complete. At any time, I am found to have concealed any material information, my application shall be liable to be summarily terminated without notice. I have read the terms and conditions and other policies of the Awards and agree to them.

📝Publications Top Notes 

Solar energy potential mapping in Ukraine through integration of GIS, remote sensing, and fuzzy logic

Authors: Drozd, S., Kussul, N.

Journal: European Journal of Remote Sensing, 2024

 

Geospatial analysis of the potential of the territories of Ukraine for the location of solar power plants based on satellite data

Authors: Kussul, N.М., Drozd, S.Yu.

Journal: Space Science and Technology, 2024

 

Assessing damage to agricultural fields from military actions in Ukraine: An integrated approach using statistical indicators and machine learning

Authors: Kussul, N., Drozd, S., Yailymova, H., Lemoine, G., Deininger, K.

Journal: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2023

 

Assessing Ukrainian Territory Suitability for Solar Power Station Placement Using Satellite Data on Climate and Topography

Authors: Kussul, N., Drozd, S.

Conference: 13th International Conference on Dependable Systems, Services and Technologies (DESSERT), 2023

 

Fusion of very high and moderate spatial resolution satellite data for detection and mapping of damages in agricultural fields

Authors: Kussul, N., Drozd, S., Skakun, S., Duncan, E., Becker-Reshef, I.

Conference: 13th International Conference on Dependable Systems, Services and Technologies (DESSERT), 2023

 

Generative adversarial network augmentation for solving the training data imbalance problem in crop classification

Authors: Shumilo, L., Okhrimenko, A., Kussul, N., Drozd, S., Shkalikov, O.

Journal: Remote Sensing Letters, 2023

 

War Damage Detection Based on Satellite Data

Authors: Shelestov, A., Drozd, S., Mikava, P., Barabash, I., Yailymova, H.

Conference: International Conference on Applied Innovation in IT, 2023

 

Forecast of Yield of Major Crops in Ukraine in War Conditions 2022 Based on MODIS and Sentinel-2 Satellite Data

Authors: Kussul, N., Drozd, S., Yailymova, H.

Conference: International Conference on Applied Innovation in IT, 2023

 

Mathematical Models and Informational Technologies of Crop Yield Forecasting in Cloud Environment

Authors: Shumilo, L., Drozd, S., Kussul, N., Shelestov, A., Sylantyev, S.

Book Series: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 2023

 

Detection of War-Damaged Agricultural Fields of Ukraine Based on Vegetation Indices Using Sentinel-2 Data

Authors: Kussul, N., Yailymova, H., Drozd, S.

Conference: 12th International Conference on Dependable Systems, Services and Technologies (DESSERT), 2022

 

 

Tammi Jonas | Political ecology | Best Researcher Award

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 Dr. Tammi Jonas | Political ecology | Best Researcher Award

Experienced Agroecologist and President of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, leading Jonai Farms & Meatsmiths since 2011. Specializes in heritage breed livestock and operates a Primesafe-licensed butcher shop. Educator in butchery and meat literacy. Lecturer at Southern Cross University, former Senior Risk Analyst at TEQSA, and past leadership roles in various agricultural and educational organizations. Holds a PhD in Agriculture & Environment, a Certificate IV in Meat Processing, and postgraduate degrees in Cultural Studies and Education. Advocates for smallholders at international forums, promoting agroecology and food sovereignty

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PhD in Agriculture & Environment, University of Western Australia (2024) 🌱Dissertation: Australia’s New Peasantry and the Rise of Agroecology: Biodiverse, Decolonial and Non-Capitalist Praxes on Small-Scale FarmsInvestigating the biodiverse, non-capitalist, and anti-colonial values and practices of small-scale livestock farmers, and how to build an agroecological state.Certificate IV in Meat Processing (Meat Safety) (2022) 🥩Meat InspectorTo undertake inspection in future Meat Collective @ Jonai Abattoir.PhD (non-completion) in Cultural Studies, University of Melbourne (2006-2014) 📚Dissertation: Eating the Vernacular, Being Cosmopolitan: Melbourne Culinary EconomiesPostgraduate Diploma in Arts (Cultural Studies), University of Melbourne (2005) 📜Postgraduate Bachelor of Education, Deakin University (1996) 🎓CTEFLA, RSA/Cambridge Certificate, Holmes College (1993) 📚Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of California, San Diego (1993) 🧠

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Jonai Farms & Meatsmiths (2011-present) 🌾

Agroecologist🐖 Farm heritage breed Large Black pastured pigs & Dairy Short Horn cattle.🥩 Operate a Primesafe-licensed on-farm butcher’s shop producing fresh cuts, smallgoods, and charcuterie under HAACP since 2014.👩‍🏫 Teach workshops on butchering, salami making, and meat literacy.🏗️ Recently attained development approval to build a collectively governed on-farm micro-abattoir for approximately 15 smallholders.

Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) (2014-present) 🌍

President

🌟 Represent smallholders at local, state, national, and international levels, including across processes of FAO, the CBD, the ITPGRFA, the CGRFA, ASEAN, and the CSIPM.🌐 AFSA is a member of:the IPC for Food Sovereignty (coordinator of Asia Pacific regional committee and the working group on agricultural biodiversity),La Via Campesina, andUrgenci: the international network for community-supported agriculture.

Publications Top Notes 📝

1. Eating the Vernacular, Being Cosmopolitan

Journal: Cultural Studies Review 19 (1), 117-137, 2013
Citations: 23

2. Health Before Medicine: Community Resilience in Food Landscapes

Authors: RG Wallace, R Alders, R Kock, T Jonas, R Wallace, L Hogerwerf
Source: One Planet, One Health: Looking After Humans, Animals and the Environment, 2019
Citations: 13

3. Industrial Agricultural Environments

Authors: RG Wallace, A Liebman, D Weisberger, T Jonas, L Bergmann, R Kock, …
Journal: Routledge Handbook of Biosecurity and Invasive Species, 194-214, 2021
Citations: 12

4. Peoples’ Solutions to Food Systems Transformation in Asia and the Pacific

Journal: Development 64 (3), 295-298, 2021
Citations: 7

5. Developing a Critical Writing Pedagogy: A Discontinuous Narrative

Authors: B Kamler, K Cousins, T Jonas, B Lawson, D Linden
Journal: English in Australia, 24-42, 1997
Citations: 5

6. Regenerative Agriculture and Agroecology—What’s in a Name?

Journal: Food Ethics 24 (6), 2021
Citations: 4

7. The Research Education Experience: Investigating Higher Degree by Research Candidates’ Experiences in Australian Universities

Authors: T Jonas, CA Croker
Year: 2012
Citations: 3

8. Agroecology for Structural One Health

Authors: T Jonas, B Trethewey
Journal: Development 66 (3), 238-244, 2023
Citations: 1

9. Responsibility to Country: Decolonizing Agriculture with Agroecology in Australia

Authors: T Jonas, A Wessell
Journal: Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability 8 (2), 254-260, 2020
Citations: 1

10. What’s Natural About Capital? Agroecology as Resistance to the New Frontier of Colonial Capitalist Carbon Farming

Journal: Capitalism Nature Socialism, 2024