Gulf States Center For Environmental Informatics
About Us
Dr. Mahdi Abdelguerfi
Director
Welcome to the Canizaro Livingston Gulf States Center for Environmental Informatics (GulfSCEI, pronounced “Gulf Sea”). We foster interdisciplinary collaboration within the University of New Orleans and between investigators across the Gulf of Mexico, and empower scientists and engineers with modern informatics tools to solve environmental problems of the coastal margin of the US Gulf States. We assist state and federal agencies, non-governmental organizations, and industrial partners to advance their educational, research, and development capabilities in environmental informatics. Questions and inquiries about GulfSCEI should be directed to: gulfsceidirector@uno.edu.
Upcoming Seminars
GulfSCEI is proud to announce the return of our seminar series. A regular seminar will be hosted approximately once every three weeks in which a researcher has the opportunity to present their latest work. The seminars will be delivered in-person and remotely via Zoom.
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Austin Schmidt
Austin SchmidtThu, April 3, 2025 @ 10:00 AMMath 303 & Via Zoom
This seminar focuses on fixed-location forecasting of physical parameters collected by sensors, with a novel methodology for dynamically integrating multiple sources of training data. The forecasts of fixed locations with a generalized model aid in cases where data is missing or noisy due to... Read More
Latest News
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Apr. 3, 2025: GulfSCEI graduate research assistant, Johny Lopez, has been awarded the Department of Defense’s Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART)... Read More -
Mar. 27, 2025: GulfSCEI is pleased to welcome a new Austrian international research collaborator from Graz University of Technology, Christina Thrainer. A master's student... Read More -
Jul. 28, 2023: At GulfSCEI, we have the fortune to work with a wide variety of students and scholars of different backgrounds. Through July 2023, Graz Technical University Graduate... Read More -
Mar. 10, 2023: Researchers at the University of New Orleans want to use artificial intelligence to evaluate and detect potential deficiencies in the United States’ floodwater... Read More -
Feb. 17, 2023: University of New Orleans student Manisha Panta, a doctoral candidate in computer science, has been offered a job at Intuit, the maker of the popular tax preparation... Read More -
Dec. 6, 2022: Two University of New Orleans computer science students, Pujan Pokhrel and Krishna Shah, have just started their first jobs as software developers with Amazon. Both... Read More
Active Grants
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Geospatial Intelligence and Pattern DiscoveryAbdelguerfi, M. (PI)Office of Naval Research (ONR) - Department of the NavyAward: $1,813,141 (N00173-19-S-BA01). Sep. 2020 — Aug. 2025
Our Research
The GulfSCEI center fosters interdisciplinary collaboration within UNO and facilitates close collaboration with non-academic institutions, such as state and federal agencies and industrial partners. Some of our latest research topics include:
Equipment & Capabilities
At GulfSCEI, we use cutting-edge technology to support our research and mission. We house multiple custom servers for data processing and analysis and numerous workstations. We also maintain and deploy drones with specialized optical technology and other sensors. Find out more about our ever-expanding equipment and capabilities with the button below.
Recent Publications
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Panta, M., Hoque, T., Abdelguerfi, M., Flanagin, M., IterLUNet: Deep Learning Architecture for Pixel-Wise Crack Detection in Levee Systems, IEEE ACCESS, 2023, doi 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3241877.
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Pokhrel, P., Ioup, E., Hoque, T., Abdelguerfi, M., Simeonov, J., A Transformer- Based Regression Scheme for Forecasting Significant Wave Heights in Oceans, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 1010-1023, Oct. 2022, doi: 10.1109/JOE.2022.3173454
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Murphy, D., Ioup, E., Hoque, T., Abdelguerfi, M., Multi-Channel Residual Learning for Marine Mammal Classification, IEEE ACCESS, 2022, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3220735.
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Holmberg, E, Ioup, E., Abdelguerfi, M., A Stochastic Geo-Spatiotemporal Bipartite Network to Optimize GCOOS Sensor Placement Strategies, Second Workshop on Knowledge Graphs and Bid Data in Conjunction with 2022 IEEE Conference on Big Data, On Line Workshop, December 2022. [Full Paper]
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Kuchi, A., Panta, M., Hoque, T., Abdelguerfi, M., Flanagin, M., A Machine Learning Approach to Detecting Cracks in Levees and Floodwalls, Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, Elsevier, 2021.
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Pokhrel, P., Ioup, E., Hoque, M., Abdelguerfi, M., Simenov, J., Forecasting Rogue Waves in Oceanic Waters, IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), Seattle, Washing, December 2020.
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Rajendra, R., Michael, C., Ioup, E., Hoque, T., Abdelguerfi, M., Online Feature Selection for Semantic Segmentation, The 9th International Conference on Data Analytics, Nice - France, October 2020.
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Sharma, A., Hoque, T., Ioup, E., Abdelguerfi, M., Wind Forecasting from Airplane Data, 2020 International IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Conference, Hawaii, July 2020.
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Make a Gift
Please consider helping the GulfSCEI center by making your tax-deductible donation today. Use the link below to make your one-time or recurring gift. Make sure to select Gulf States Center For Environmental Informatics (GulfSCEI) in the options listed. Thank you!
Contact
The GulfSCEI center is located at The University of New Orleans. Inquiries should go to gulfsceidirector@uno.edu.
