Dr. Jagannath Aryal is an Associate Professor at the Department of Infrastructure Engineering at the University of Melbourne. He leads a research group on Earth Observation and AI. Professionally, he leads the Geospatial Council of Australia's GIS, digital analytics, and remote sensing area of practice. He received his PhD in optimization and systems modeling. His research focuses on optimizing Earth observation, geoinformation, and geostatistics to develop new methods in object recognition and geospatial situational awareness in disasters and emergencies.