Nicholus Mboga

I work as Consultant in AI, Computer Vision and Data Engineering. An overview of my research output while working in Academia. I am interested in computer vision, deep learning, remote sensing and natural language processing. I have explored several applications using remote sensing imagery.

I obtained my Bachelor in Geomatics Engineering from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (Kenya), Master's degree from University of Twente (The Netherlands), and Doctor of Science from Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium).

I completed a post-doc in Machine Learning for Computer Vision and Signal Processing at INVILAB and Vision Lab,the University of Antwerp.

My Research Interests are in Computer Vision, Deep Learning,Remote Sensing and Natural Language Processing(NLP).

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List of Publications

Long-term mapping of urban areas using remote sensing: Application of deep learning using case-studies of data from Central Africa
Mboga, N.O.
ULB PhD Dissertation
2021
Revisiting Point Cloud Completion: Are We Ready For The Real-World?
Stuti, P., Kumar P., Baiju D.,Mboga, N.O., Steenackers, and G, Penne
ICCV
2025
Domain adaptation for semantic segmentation of historical panchromatic orthomosaics in Central Africa
Mboga, N.O., D’Aronco, S., Grippa, T., Pelletier, C., Georganos, S.,Vanhuysse, S., Wolff, E., Smets, B., Dewitte, O, Lennert, M., and Wegner, JD
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
2021
Fully convolutional networks for land cover classification from historical panchromatic aerial photographs
Mboga, N.O., Grippa, T., Georganos, S., Vanhuysse, S., Smets, B., Dewitte, O., Wolff,E., & Lennert, M
ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing
2020
Fully convolutional networks and geographic object-based image analysis for the classification of VHR imagery
Mboga, N.O., Grippa, T., Georganos, S., Vanhuysse, S., Smets, B., Dewitte, O., Wolff,E., & Lennert, M
Remote Sensing
2019
Detection of Informal Settlements from VHR Images Using Convolutional Neural Networks
Mboga, N.O., Persello, C., Bergado, J., & Stein, A
Remote Sensing
2019
Study on the Potential of Oil Spill Monitoring in a Port Environment Using Optical Reflectance
Koirala, B., Mboga, N.O., Moelans, R., Knaeps, E., Sels, S., Winters, F., Samsonova S., Vanlanduit S. & Scheunders, P
Remote Sensing
2023
Historical dynamics of landslide risk from population and forest-cover changes in the Kivu Rift
Depicker, A., Jacobs, L., Mboga, N.O., Smets, B., Van Rompaey, A., Lennert, M., Wolff, E., Kervyn, F., Michellier, C., Dewitte, O. and Govers, G
Nature Sustainability
2021
Modelling and mapping the intra-urban spatial distribution of Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate using very-high-resolution satellite derived indicators
Georganos, S., Brousse, O., Dujardin, S., Linard, C., Casey, D., Milliones, M., Parmentier, B., Van Lipzig, N. P. M., Demuzere, M., Grippa, T., Vanhuysse, S., Mboga, N.O., Andreo, V., Snow, R., & Lennert, M.
International Journal of Health Geographics
2020
Need for an integrated deprived area "slum" mapping system (IDEAMAPS) in low-and middle-income countries (LMICS)
Thomson, D., Kuffer, M. M., Boo, G., Hati, B., Grippa, T., Elsey, H., Linard, C., Mahabir,R., Kyobutungi, C., Maviti, J., Mwaniki, D., Ndugwa, R., Makau, J., Sliuzas, R., Cheruiyot,S., Nyambuga, K., Mboga, N.O., Kimani, N. W., de Albuquerque, J. P., & Kabaria, C.
Social Sciences
2020
Modelling the Wealth Index of Demographic and Health Surveys within Cities Using Very High-Resolution Remotely Sensed Information
Georganos, S., Gadiaga, A., Linard, C., Grippa, T., Vanhuysse, S., Mboga, N.O., Wolff,E., Dujardin, S., & Lennert, M
Remote Sensing
2019
Improving Urban Population Distribution Models with Very-High Resolution Satellite Information
Grippa, T., Linard, C., Lennert, M., Georganos, S., Mboga, N.O., Vanhuysse, S., Gadiaga, A., & Wolff, E.
Data
2019
Mapping Urban Land Use at Street Block Level Using OpenStreetMap
Grippa, T., Georganos, S., Zarougui, S., Bognounou, P., Diboulo, E., Forget, Y., Lennert,M., Vanhuysse, S., Mboga, N.O.., & Wolff, E.
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
2023

Academic Visits

ETH Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland February-March 2020 Generalization of deep learning models
Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam, The Netherlands December 2020-May 2021 Time-series analysis of multi-temporal imagery

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