Scholarly Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Neupane B, Aryal J, Rajabifard A, Pelizari PA, Geiss C (2025). Multilabel Learning with ViT for Building Footprint Extraction from Off-Nadir Aerial Images. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 22:1-5. https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2025.3532589
Thapa A, Horanont T, Neupane B, Klaylee J, Witayangkurn A (2025). Classification of oil palm tree conditions from UAV imagery using the YOLO object detector. Big Earth Data, 9(4):860-886. https://doi.org/10.1080/20964471.2025.2491881
Neupane B, Aryal J, Rajabifard A (2025). Fine-tuning-based transfer learning for building extraction from off-nadir remote sensing images. Remote Sensing, 17(7):1251. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17071251
Neupane B, Aryal J, Rajabifard A (2024). CNNs for remote extraction of urban features: A survey-driven benchmarking. Expert Systems with Applications, 255:124751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2024.124751
Aryal J, Neupane B (2023). Multi-scale feature map aggregation and supervised domain adaptation of fully convolutional networks for urban building footprint extraction. Remote Sensing, 15(2):488. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15020488
Thapa A, Horanont T, Neupane B, Aryal J (2023). Deep learning for remote sensing image scene classification: A review and meta-analysis. Remote Sensing, 15(19):4804. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15194804
Neupane B, Horanont T, Aryal J (2022). Real-Time Vehicle Classification and Tracking Using a Transfer Learning-Improved Deep Learning Network. Sensors, 22(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/s22103813
Thapa A, Horanont T, Neupane B (2022). Parcel-level flood and drought detection for insurance using Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-1 SAR GRD and mobile images. Remote Sensing, 14(23):6095. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14236095
Neupane B, Horanont T, Aryal J (2021). Deep learning-based semantic segmentation of urban features in satellite images: A review and meta-analysis. Remote Sensing, 13(4):808. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13040808
Neupane B, Horanont T, Hung ND (2019). Deep learning-based banana plant detection and counting using high-resolution RGB images collected from UAV. PLOS ONE, 14(10):e0223906. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223906
PATENTS
Horanont, T., & Neupane, B. (2022). A deep learning model for counting banana trees from unmanned aerial vehicle imagery [Patent application No. 2201004140; Publication No. 2201004140A]. Department of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Commerce, Thailand. (Applicant: Thammasat University). Link: https://patentpub.ipthailand.go.th/_AppPublic/PublicAttach.aspx?appno=2201004140
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Neupane B, Aryal J, Rajabifard A (2025). A Novel Edge and Distance Aware Vision Transformer U-Net for Building Boundary Regularisation. IGARSS 2025, pp 7944-7948. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS55030.2025.11244010
Neupane B, Aryal J, Rajabifard A (2024). Open Mutual Learning: Ensemble of CNNs for Urban Building Footprint Extraction with Open Data. IGARSS 2024, pp 8131-8134. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10642566
Aryal J, Neupane B (2024). Building Footprint Data from Earth Observation Contribute to Sustainable City Planning: A Perspective. IGARSS 2024, pp 9786-9789. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10642685
Khatiwada P, Neupane B, Khezrabad MA, Lumantarna E, Lam N (2024). Evaluation of the Safety of Reinforced Concrete Buildings Post-Earthquake for Swift Rescue and Recovery. AEES 2024 National Conference. https://aees.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/18.-Prashidha-Khatiwada-1.pdf
Neupane B, Aryal J, Rajabifard A (2023). Knowledge transfer and model compression for misaligned building labels. IGARSS 2023, pp 3632-3635. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10282881
Neupane B, Aryal J, Rajabifard A (2022). Building footprint segmentation using transfer learning: A case study of the City of Melbourne. ISPRS Annals, X-4/W3-2022:173-179. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W3-2022-173-2022
Neupane B, Horanont T, Pattarapongsin P, Thapa A (2022). Robust and scalable real-time vehicle classification and tracking: a case study of Thailand. ISPRS Annals, X-4/W3-2022:181-187. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W3-2022-181-2022
Thapa A, Neupane B, Horanont T (2022). Object vs pixel-based flood/drought detection in paddy fields using deep learning. IIAI-AAI 2022 (IEEE), pp 455-460. https://doi.org/10.1109/IIAIAAI55812.2022.00095
Pattarapongsin P, Neupane B, Vorawan J, Sutthikulsombat H, Horanont T (2020). Real-time drowsiness and distraction detection using computer vision and deep learning. 11th International Conference on Advances in IT (ACM), pp 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1145/3406601.3406638
Neupane B, Horanont T, Duy HN, Suebvong S, Mahattanawutakorn T (2019). An open-source UAV image processing web service for crop health monitoring. IIAI-AAI 2019 (IEEE), pp 11-16. https://doi.org/10.1109/IIAI-AAI.2019.00014
Neupane B, Hung ND, Horanont T (2018). Weather Scenario Generation Game. KICSS 2018 (IEEE), pp 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1109/KICSS45055.2018.8950625
BOOK CHAPTERS
Neupane B, Aryal J, Rajabifard A (2026). An Intelligent Framework for Developing Nationwide Building Footprint Data Product for Australia. Land Intelligence and Geospatial Ecosystem, Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003638308
THESES
Neupane B (2025). Remote Sensing Images and Computer Vision Techniques for Urban Building Footprint Extraction. PhD Thesis, The University of Melbourne. https://hdl.handle.net/11343/361463
Neupane B, Hung ND (2019). Useful AI applications in agriculture: aggregation of machine learning techniques for weather forecasting and banana plant counting. MSc Thesis, Thammasat University. https://ethesisarchive.library.tu.ac.th/thesis/2018/TU_2018_6022040064_10781_10497.pdf
PREPRINTS
Neupane B, Aryal J, Rajabifard A (2023). Rethinking the U-Net, ResUnet, and U-Net3+ architectures with dual skip connections for building footprint extraction. arXiv:2303.09064. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2303.09064
Neupane B, Aryal J, Rajabifard A (2023). A comparative study of knowledge transfer methods for misaligned urban building labels. arXiv:2311.03867. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2311.03867
Key Presentations
• Presented at premiere international conference venues: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (2022, 2023, and 2024), 3D GeoInfo Conference (ISPRS 2022), International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics (2019), International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems (KICSS 2018).
• Seminar delivered on “Earth Observation and AI for building footprint extraction” at German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Munich, Germany.
• Technical Workshop delivered on “Earth Observation and AI for building footprint extraction” at Locate 2024, Sydney.
• Winner of Hackathon on Disaster Management conducted by Centre for Disaster Management and Public Safety (CDMPS), The University of Melbourne.
• Presented on “Geo-entrepreneurship in Nepal towards professional development of Geo-information service production and delivery” at the International Workshop on Land Professionals and Spatial Data Infrastructure in DRR (2015), organised by FIG Commission and ISPRS Technical Commission.