Nikolaos Tziolas
Assistant Professor, Soil Science Artificial Intelligence
Southwest Florida Research and Education Center - Soil Science Artificial Intelligence
Nikolaos Tziolas SWFREC Profile Page
Program Areas
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Research
Departmental Research Areas:
Research focus:
- Develop interpretable AI techniques to support informed decision-making in agriculture
- Investigate multidimensional and integrated sensing approaches (e.g., in situ and spaceborne) using AI techniques
- Develop programs for efficient use of soil resources
- Improve capacities for soil health monitoring and mapping using heterogenous Earth Observation data
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Extension
- Promote educational programs in climate smart agriculture (e.g., carbon farming)
- Increase public awareness of climate smart agriculture issues
- Promote and establish Co-Design Living Labs to bring people with technological and research skills together with stakeholders from the agricultural domain
About Nikolaos Tziolas
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Education
- Ph.D Soil Science Artificial Intelligence, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2022
- M.S. Geo-Information, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, 2015
- B.S. Agricultural Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2013
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Extension
- February 2023 - Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Florida - June 2016 - January 2023
Researcher, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece - January 2016 - January 2023
Research Associate, Inter-Balkan Environment Center, Greece
- February 2023 - Present
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Awards and Honors
- Nominated in ESA Earth Observation Entrepreneurship Initiative for “Maximize Yields” project, 2016
- 2nd place in Copernicus Master Award, 2016
- Entrance Scholarship of Distinction (10%), 2007, from the Greek State Scholarships Foundation (IKY)
Publications
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Select Publications
- Karyotis, Konstantinos, Nikolaos L. Tsakiridis, Nikolaos Tziolas, Nikiforos Samarinas, Eleni Kalopesa, Periklis Chatzimisios, and George Zalidis. 2023. "On-Site Soil Monitoring Using Photonics-Based Sensors and Historical Soil Spectral Libraries" Remote Sensing 15, no. 6: 1624. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15061624
- Tziolas, Nikolaos, Nikolaos Tsakiridis, Sabine Chabrillat, José A. M. Demattê, Eyal Ben-Dor, Asa Gholizadeh, George Zalidis, and Bas van Wesemael. 2021. "Earth Observation Data-Driven Cropland Soil Monitoring: A Review" Remote Sensing13, no. 21: 4439. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13214439
- Tziolas Nikolaos, Tsakiridis Nikolaos, Ogen Yaron, Kalopesa Eleni, Ben-Dor Eyal, Theocharis John, Zalidis George, 2019. “An integrated methodology using open soil spectral libraries and Earth Observation data for soil organic carbon estimations in support of soil-related SDGs” Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 244, 111793, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111793
- Tziolas, Nikolaos, Nikolaos Tsakiridis, Eyal Ben-Dor, John Theocharis, and George Zalidis. 2020. "Employing a Multi-Input Deep Convolutional Neural Network to Derive Soil Clay Content from a Synergy of Multi-Temporal Optical and Radar Imagery Data" Remote Sensing12, no. 9: 1389. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12091389
- Tziolas Nikolaos, Tsakiridis Nikolaos, Ben-Dor Eyal, Theocharis John, Zalidis George, 2019. “A memory-based learning approach utilizing combined spectral sources and geographical proximity for improved VIS-NIR-SWIR soil properties estimation” Geoderma, Volume 340, Pages 11-24, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.12.044
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Mailing Address:
Southwest Florida Research & Education Center
University of Florida
2685 SR 29N
Immokalee, FL 34142
Office:
Room 127
(239) 658-3448
(239) 658-3469 fax
email: ntziolas@ufl.edu