Ahmed J. Afifi was born in 1985. He received the bachelor’s and M.Sc. degrees in computer engineering from the Islamic University of Gaza, in 2008 and 2011, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) degree from Technische Universität Berlin in 2021 …

Project Manager for the Helmholtz Transfer Academy "Future Innovators". Interested in anything that can solve problems. Trying to unlock the potential of scientific development to also solve short-term problems of the real-world.

Image Registration, (Underwater) Optical Mapping, Robotic Vision, SLAM, AUV, ROV, UAV, Robotic Planar Pushing, Human-Robot Interaction

My research focus is developing Machine Learning and Computer Vision methods that are tailored towards Remote Sensing and Earth Observation. I have a special interest in Deep Learning (in particular weakly-, semi-, and self-supervised learning) and Ensemble Learning (in particular …

My current focus is on applying active learning to reduce the effort needed in labeling Sentinel-2 satellite images. I am experimenting with contrasting learning and uncertainty measurements within deep neural networks.

Project Manager of the Global Seagrass Watch, developing and commercializing calable coastal ecosystem accounting through contemporary remote sensing for impactful natural climate solutions.