Publications

Mar 5, 2026 · 4 min read

Journal Articles

  1. A. Salehitangrizi, S. Jabari, Y. Zhang. An Occlusion-Aware Pipeline for Detecting Building Facade Elements. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Image Processing.
  2. A. Reid, H. McGrath, S. Jabari. Cost Effective First Floor Height (FFH) of Buildings Using Sequential Images from a Vehicle-Mounted GoPro Camera. Second revision submitted to Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing.
  3. C. Sornsakul, D. Lichti, K. O'Keefe, S. Jabari, C. Tello-Gil. Sidewalk Pothole Report Improvement Through Citizen's Smartphone. Second revision submitted to Applied Geomatics.
  4. F. Soleimani, S. Jabari. Automated LoD2 Building Reconstruction Using Bimodal Segmentation. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2025.
  5. H. Amini, S. Jabari. Predicting the Impact of Climate Change and Urban Development on Urban Heat Island Phenomenon: A Case Study in Fredericton, New Brunswick, by 2050. GeoHazard, 2025.
  6. J. Leahy, S. Jabari, D. D. Lichti. Enhancing Cross-Modal Camera Image and LiDAR Data Registration Using Feature-Based Matching. Remote Sensing, 2025.
  7. C. Tello, S. Jabari, L. Waugh, M. Masry, J. McGinn. AI-Guided Concrete Structure Crack Mapping. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2024.
  8. A. Salehi, S. Jabari. 3D Modeling of Facade Elements Using Multi-View Images from Mobile Scanning Systems. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 2024.
  9. F. Soleimani, S. Jabari. Large-Scale LoD2 Building Modeling Using Deep Multimodal Feature Fusion. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 2023.
  10. S. S. Baghermanesh, S. Jabari, H. McGrath. Urban Flood Detection Using TerraSAR-X and Simulated SAR Reflectivity Maps. Remote Sensing, 2022.
  11. M. Esfandiari, G. Abdi, S. Jabari. A Deep Transfer Learning-Based Damage Assessment on Post-Event Very High-Resolution Images. Geomatica, 2022.
  12. M. Krafczek, S. Jabari. Generating LoD2 City Models Using a Hybrid-Driven Approach: A Case Study for New Brunswick Urban Areas. Geomatica, 2022.
  13. G. Abdi, S. Jabari. Multi-Feature Fusion Using Deep Transfer Learning for Earthquake Building Damage Detection. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 2021.
  14. M. Esfandiari, G. Abdi, S. Jabari, H. McGrath, D. Coleman. Flood Hazard Risk Mapping Using a Pseudo-Supervised Random Forest. Remote Sensing, 2020.
  15. S. Jabari, M. Rezaie, F. Fathollahi, Y. Zhang. Multispectral Change Detection Using Multivariate Kullback-Leibler Distance. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2019.
  16. S. Jabari, F. Fathollahi, A. Roshan, Y. Zhang. Improving UAV Imaging Quality by Optical Sensor Fusion: An Initial Study. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2017.
  17. S. Jabari, Y. Zhang. Building Change Detection Improvement Using Topographic Correction Models. Advances in Remote Sensing, 2017.
  18. Y. Zhang, A. Roshan, S. Jabari, S. A. Khiabani, F. Fathollahi, R. K. Mishra. Understanding the Quality of Pansharpening: A Lab Study. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 2016.
  19. S. Jabari, Y. Zhang. RPC-Based Coregistration of VHR Imagery for Urban Change Detection. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 2016.
  20. S. Jabari, Y. Zhang. Very High-Resolution Satellite Image Classification Using Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems. Algorithms, 2013.

Book Chapter

  • S. Jabari, Y. Zhang. Urban Change Detection Utilizing High-Resolution Optical Images Taken from Different Viewing Angles and Different Platforms. In Urban Remote Sensing (Second Edition), CRC Press, 2018.

Refereed Conference Proceedings (Selected)

  • S. Jabari et al. Mobile LiDAR Data and Imagery for Digital Twin Generation. 3DGeoInfo, Tokyo, 2025.
  • C. Richardson et al. Towards Urban Heat Loss Modeling Using Building Digital Twin. CSRS, Lethbridge, 2025.
  • F. Soleimani, S. Jabari. Roof Geometrical Component Extraction Using Bimodal Data and Graph Neural Network. Geospatial Week, Dubai, 2025.
  • J. Leahy, S. Jabari. Enhancing Aerial Camera-LiDAR Registration through Combined LiDAR Feature Layers and Graph Neural Networks. CSRS, Halifax, 2024.
  • S. McNally et al. Improving Off-Nadir Deep Learning-Based Change and Damage Detection through Radiometric Enhancement. CSRS, Halifax, 2024.
  • F. Soleimani, S. Jabari. Reconstruction of Building LoD2 Wireframe Models Using Semantic Segmentation. CSRS, Halifax, 2024.
  • F. Soleimani, S. Jabari. Multimodal Building Footprint Extraction from Orthophotos and LiDAR Point Clouds Using Deep Learning. IEEE IGARSS, 2024.
  • C. Tello, S. Jabari et al. Improving Crack Detection on Concrete Structures Using Real-World Data Augmentation. CSCE Annual Conference, Moncton, 2023.
  • P. Chase et al. Apple iPhone 13 Pro LiDAR Accuracy Assessment for Engineering Applications. Transforming Construction with Reality Capture Technologies, Fredericton, 2022.
  • Multiple papers at IEEE IGARSS 2021 on flood detection, damage detection, and off-nadir change detection.
  • S. Jabari. Application of Off-Nadir Satellite Imagery in Earthquake Damage Assessment. Gi4DM, Prague, 2019.
  • Earlier ISPRS/IGARSS/ASPRS and regional conference papers (2003-2017) on urban change detection, satellite classification, and sensor fusion.

Other Academic Presentations (Selected)

  • Urban Digital Twins to Combat Climate Change, University of Calgary, 2024.
  • Climate Change Action: How Can Digital Twins Help Us?, York University, 2024.
  • Urban Digital Twins for Climate Resilience, GeoInformatics, Toronto, 2024.
  • Climate Change: What Can Digital Twins Tell Us?, UNB-NRC speaker series, 2022.
  • 3D City Models: Applications in Disaster Management, Fall for Geomatics, 2021.

Intellectual Property

  • Methods and System for Registration of Remote Sensing Images, US Patent 10,325,370 (filed 2016, issued 2016).