SCRI Distinguished Lecture: GeoAI and Reliable Urban Digital Twins for Resilient Cities

Prof. Shabnam JABARI is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) and Director of the Advanced Spatial Intelligence Lab (ASIL). She also holds an adjunct appointment at the University of Calgary.   Her research focuses on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Urban Digital Twins, and multimodal geospatial mapping, with applications in urban change detection, climate change adaptation, infrastructure damage assessment, and flood mapping. She earned her PhD from UNB in 2015, where her research on 3D urban change detection led to a patented technology.   Prof. JABARI has supervised more than 30 graduate students and postdoctoral researchers and has authored over 40 peer-reviewed publications. She currently serves as President of the Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRSS-SCT) and has held numerous leadership positions within the society. She is a Professional Engineer (APEGNB), a Senior Member of IEEE, and a Counselor of the International Society for Digital Earth.