主讲人介绍：

Prof David Coomes is Professor of Forest Ecology and Conservation in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge. He serves as Director of the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute, Head of the Forest Ecology and Conservation Research Group, and Director of both the Centre for Landscape Regeneration and the Centre for Earth Observation. His research integrates remote sensing, artificial intelligence, advanced computational methods, and field ecology to investigate forest carbon dynamics, biodiversity conservation, and ecosystem responses to land-use and climate change, with the aim of supporting evidence-based conservation and ecological restoration.

报告介绍：

Professor David Coomes will introduce TESSERA, a geospatial foundation model trained on multi-year Sentinel-1 radar and Sentinel-2 optical imagery. By integrating spectral, structural, and temporal information at 10 m resolution, TESSERA supports habitat mapping, ecological change detection, and restoration monitoring with limited labelled data. Applications in the Scottish Highlands will demonstrate its ability to quantify vegetation recovery and land-use transitions, highlighting its value for large-scale ecosystem monitoring and biodiversity conservation.