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2026 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
9 - 14 August 2026 • Washington, D.C.
TU1.R8: Responsible AI for Earth Observation: Building Trustworthy, Transparent, and Ethical Pathways for the Future
Tuesday, 11 August, 08:30 - 09:45
Location: Embassy
Session Type: Oral
Session Chair: Raian Vargas Maretto, Faculty ITC, University of Twente
Track: Special Themes
Tue, 11 Aug, 08:30 - 08:45

TU1.R8.1: COLLABORATIVE AGENT REASONING ENGINEERING (CARE): A THREE-PARTY DESIGN METHODOLOGY FOR SYSTEMATICALLY ENGINEERING AI AGENTS WITH SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, DEVELOPERS, AND HELPER AGENTS
Rahul Ramachandran, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; Nidhi Jha, Muthukumaran Ramasubramanian, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Tue, 11 Aug, 08:45 - 09:00

TU1.R8.2: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN TRUST AND EVALUATION BIAS FOR BENCHMARK DRIVEN DATA CENTRIC EARTH OBSERVATION AI: A HYPERSPECTRAL LAND COVER CASE STUDY
Ujwala Bhangale Chaudhari, London South Bank University; Ujwala Bharambe, Manimala Mahato, Nagesh Heera, Afjan Jamadar, Mumbai University; Chaitanya Kakade, University of Pennsylvania
Tue, 11 Aug, 09:00 - 09:15

TU1.R8.3: TOWARDS TRUSTWORTHY VISION-LANGUAGE SYSTEMS FOR AIR POLLUTION MONITORING: A KNOWLEDGE GRAPH DRIVEN ARCHITECTURE
Kaushal Patil, University of Southern California; Ujwala Bharambe, Thadomal Shahani Engineering College
Tue, 11 Aug, 09:15 - 09:30

TU1.R8.4: CONSISTENT AND ROBUST VISUAL EXPLANATIONS FOR REMOTE SENSING IMAGE CLASSIFICATION
Argho Sarkar, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Pretom Roy Ovi, Sharad Sharma, University of North Texas; Maryam Rahnemoonfar, Lehigh University; Aryya Gangopadhyay, University of Maryland Baltimore County