IGARSS 2026 || Washington, D.C. || 9

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, United States; Nidhi Jha, Muthukumaran Ramasubramanian, University of Alabama in Huntsville, United States

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, United Kingdom; Ujwala Bharambe, Manimala Mahato, Nagesh Heera, Afjan Jamadar, Mumbai University, India; Chaitanya Kakade, University of Pennsylvania, United States

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, United States; Ujwala Bharambe, Thadomal Shahani Engineering College, India

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, United States; Pretom Roy Ovi, Sharad Sharma, University of North Texas, United States; Maryam Rahnemoonfar, Lehigh University, United States; Aryya Gangopadhyay, University of Maryland Baltimore County, United States