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CALL FOR PAPERS

* Special Issue Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV): New Solutions and Applications for Real-Life Tasks *

Journal: Remote Sensing (MDPI), IF 4.509

Guest Editors: Claudio Piciarelli, Danilo Avola, Alessio Mecca, Marco Cascio

Full info: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/special_issues/UAV_RealLifeTasks

Deadline: accepted papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) till the deadline (31 December 2022)

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Abstract:

The recent widespread use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as well as their reduced costs allow their application in real-life remote sensing scenarios. For this reason, several of the tasks that are usually performed by humans could now benefit from an UAV-based approach, e.g., to operate in hazardous environments, automatize tedious tasks, or even just improve system performance. Moreover, UAVs can equip different kinds of cameras, such as RGB, depth RGB, and/or infrared, which can be useful for different application contexts. Different from traditional techniques, which often require monitoring different locations, there is no need to duplicate the acquisition devices, drastically reducing costs and allowing a better-quality camera of the same price. In addition, in some specific fields, the use of UAVs can have a high impact. For example, in environmental anomaly detection, old techniques were based on satellite acquisitions. However, the high distance of the acquisition source could hinder the detection of small objects. In surveillance, the use of UAVs can help to cover large areas with less effort with respect to the normal cameras that can only cover fixed locations. Examples of other possible applications are environmental data acquisition, smart agriculture, surveillance, monitoring of dangerous areas, search-and-rescue operations, anomaly detection, etc.

This Special Issue is looking for new solutions for tasks that can be eased by using UAVs, novel deep network architectures that are especially focused on UAV-captured videos, and possible new tasks on which the use of UAVs can be beneficial.

For this Special Issue, we welcome the most recent advancements that are related but not limited to:

* Anomaly detection using UAV videos;

* Persons recognition using UAV videos or images;

* Person re-identification using UAV videos or images;

* Surveillance strategies using UAV videos;

* New techniques for map reconstruction using UAV videos or images;

* Novel strategies for combining simultaneous videos from more than one UAV;

* Novel adaptive strategies to automatize UAV exploration according to an unknown environment;

* Solutions for novel tasks exploiting UAV videos and images.

Dr. Claudio Piciarelli

Dr. Danilo Avola

Dr. Alessio Mecca

Dr. Marco Cascio

Guest Editors