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Last published 2026
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Jackson D. Cothren

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Federal Grant PI

Professor

Also affiliated: Centre de Géosciences (2023–2026); The Ohio State University (2004–2009)

14 h-index 78 pubs 924 cited

  • Fossils
  • Paleontology
  • Dinosaurs
  • Animals
  • Arkansas

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Jackson D. Cothren's research interests encompass remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), and their applications in diverse fields, including archaeology, public health, and transportation. He has been involved in projects utilizing aerial thermography, stereo analysis of satellite imagery, and transformer models for aerial image segmentation. His work has explored archaeological applications of CORONA satellite imagery for regional-scale exploration and has investigated offshore wind turbine visibility and visual impact.

Cothren has received significant federal funding, totaling $7,782,453 across six awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF). These grants support initiatives such as the Arkansas Smart Transportation Research Incubator, dynamic modeling of Alaskan riverine ecosystems, and advancements in spatial archaeometry. He has also served as Principal Investigator for the Shared Arkansas Research Plan for Community Cyber Infrastructure (SHARP CCI).

With a career marked by 74 publications and an h-index of 14, Cothren has collaborated with several researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Pha Nguyen, Thanh-Dat Truong, Trong-Thuan Nguyen, and Chase Rainwater. His research group is actively engaged in ongoing projects, indicated by his recent activity and publication record.

Metrics

  • h-index: 14
  • Publications: 78
  • Citations: 924

Positions

  • Professor 2017–present
    University of Arkansas Department of Geosciences ORCID
  • Director 2009–present
    University of Arkansas Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies ORCID
  • Associate Professor 2010–2017
    University of Arkansas Geosciences ORCID
  • Assistant Professor 2004–2010
    University of Arkansas Geosciences ORCID
  • Photogrammetric Engineer 2000–2001
    US Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center ORCID
  • Officer (active and active reserve) and Scientific Analysts 1990–2001
    US Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Using Declassified Imagery: Issues and Approaches (2026)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Data from: Detecting altimetric changes in Arctic landscapes using historical aerial imagery-derived digital elevation models (hDEMs): Case study of the Black Mountain Alluvial Fan Complex, Canada (2025)
    Open MIND DOI OpenAlex
  • Detecting Altimetric Changes in Arctic Landscapes Using Historical Aerial Imagery-Derived Digital Elevation Models (hDEMs): Case Study of the Black Mountain Alluvial Fan Complex, Canada (2025)
    Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Land8Fire: A Complete Study on Wildfire Segmentation Through Comprehensive Review, Human-Annotated Multispectral Dataset, and Extensive Benchmarking (2025)
    Remote Sensing 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • FALCON: Fairness Learning via Contrastive Attention Approach to Continual Semantic Scene Understanding (2025)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • HyperGLM: HyperGraph for Video Scene Graph Generation and Anticipation (2025)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • RSSep: Sequence-to-Sequence Model for Simultaneous Referring Remote Sensing Segmentation and Detection (2025)
    Lecture notes in computer science 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • S3Former: A Deep Learning Approach to High Resolution Solar PV Profiling (2025)
    IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • CONDA: Continual Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Learning in Visual Perception for Self-Driving Cars (2024)
    7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • AerialFormer: Multi-Resolution Transformer for Aerial Image Segmentation (2024)
    Remote Sensing 75 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Improving InSAR Accuracy for Slow Deformation and Change Detection with Lidar and GPS (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • FREDOM: Fairness Domain Adaptation Approach to Semantic Scene Understanding (2023)
    28 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Absolute Accuracy Assessment of Maxar's Worldwide 3D Textured Mesh (2022)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) DOI OpenAlex
  • Direct Aerial Visual Geolocalization Using Deep Neural Networks (2021)
    Remote Sensing 13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Challenges and Limitations of Geospatial Data and Analyses in the Context of COVID-19 (2021)
    Human dynamics in smart cities 4 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 5 $7,732,453 total

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