Saman Ghaffarian

University College London — United Kingdom

Engineering · Physical Sciences

17h-index1.2kcitations58works5.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Remote-Sensing Image Classification(14), Remote Sensing and Land Use(9), Disaster Management and Resilience(8), Flood Risk Assessment and Management(7), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications(6)

Publications57 total

Short-Term Forest Resilience Dynamics Following the 2021 Mega-Fires in Turkey: Insights from Resilience Metrics and Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
SSRN Electronic Journal·2026Open Access
Machine Learning for Estimating Catastrophic Health Spending in Disaster-Affected, Data-Scarce Settings
2025Open Access
Towards reliable deep learning for post-disaster damage Assessment: An XAI-based evaluation
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Rethinking digital twin: Introducing digital risk twin for disaster risk management
npj natural hazards.·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
Enhancing Post-Disaster Damage Detection and Recovery Monitoring by Addressing Class Imbalance in Satellite Imagery Using Enhanced Super-Resolution GANs (ESRGAN)
˜The œinternational archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences/International archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences·2025Open Access
Assessing Food Security in Restricted Access Areas Using Remote Sensing: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Gaza from 2018 to 2024
˜The œinternational archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences/International archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences·2025Open Access
Predicting Post-Disaster Damage Levels and Generating Post-Disaster Imagery from Pre-Disaster Satellite Images Using Pix2Pix
SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología·2025Open Access
Digital twin-enabled post-disaster damage and recovery monitoring with deep learning: leveraging transfer learning, attention mechanisms, and explainable AI
Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
High-Impact Low-Probability events and Systemic Resilience: A Network-Based Methodology and its application to the metropolitan city of Venice
2025Open Access
Earthquake-based multi-hazard resilience assessment: a case study of Istanbul, Turkey (neighborhood level)
npj natural hazards.·2025· 10 citedOpen Access
Explainability can foster trust in artificial intelligence in geoscience
Nature Geoscience·2025· 25 cited
Social vulnerability: A driving force in amplifying the overall vulnerability of protected areas to natural hazards
Heliyon·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Evaluating multi-hazard preparedness for a major earthquake: A case study of Tabriz city (NW Iran)
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Editorial: Artificial intelligence solutions for global health and disaster response: challenges and opportunities
Frontiers in Public Health·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Digital post-disaster risk management twinning: A review and improved conceptual framework
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction·2024· 52 citedOpen Access
GLAMOUR: GLobAl building MOrphology dataset for URban hydroclimate modelling
Scientific Data·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Waiting for Disaster? Housing Choices and Disaster Knowledge Among Migrants and Refugees in Istanbul’s Southwestern Districts
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science·2024· 1 cited
Digital Twins for Early Warning Systems: Intricacies and Solutions
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Developing a global building morphology dataset for urban hydroclimate simulation
2024Open Access
Transforming Post-Disaster Risk Management: A Comprehensive Framework for Digital Twinning with AI and Machine Learning
2024Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Norman Kerle(10), Umut Lagap(6), João Valente(4), Mariska van der Voort(4), Bedir Teki̇nerdoğan(4), Youssef El Merabet(4), Z. Samir(4), Tatiana Filatova(3), Salar Ghaffarian(3), Yann de Mey(3), Yassine Ruichek(3), Tarik Boujiha(3), Rochdi Messoussi(3), Raja Touahni(3), Firouzeh Taghikhah(2), Raphael Nawrotzki(2), Gerald Leppert(2), Malte Lech(2), Abderrahmane Sbihi(2), Ilgın Gökaşar(2)