Chandi Witharana
Assistant Professor/Natural Resources and Environ

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Scholarly Contributions

140 Scholarly Contributions

70
Journal Articles
53
Poster/Presentations
12
Conference Proceedings
3
Other Scholarly Works
2
Artistic and Professional Performancess
Permafrost Discovery Gateway: A web platform to enable discovery and knowledge-generation of permafrost Big Imagery products
Jason M Cervenec, Amber E Budden, Benjamin M Jones, Matthew B Jones, Jennifer Moss, Michael Brubaker, Kenton McHenry, Anna K Liljedahl, Guido Grosse, Luigi Marini
Research Type: Conference Proceedings

Pan-Arctic Permafrost Landform and Human-built Infrastructure Feature Detection with Vision Transformers and Location Embeddings
2025
Chandi Witharana, David Fernandez, Michael Pimenta, Todd Nicholson, Amal S Perera, Ingmar Nitze, Elias Manos, Wenwen Li, Anna K Liljedah, Chia-Yu Hsu
Research Type: Journal Article

Pan-Arctic Permafrost Landform Feature Detection with Vision Transformers
2024
David Fernandez, Todd Nicholson, Anna K Liljedahl, Amal A Perera, Chandi Witharana, Michael Pimenta, Elias Manos
Research Type: Conference Proceedings

Over a billion ice-wedge polygons mapped across the Arctic tundra
Matthew Jones, Amit Hasan, Anna Liljedhal, Kenton McHenry, Chandi Witharana, Mahendra R Udawalpola
Research Type: Journal Article

Optimizing multi-resolution segmentation scale using empirical methods: Exploring the sensitivity of the supervised discrepancy measure Euclidean distance 2 (ED2)
2014
Daniel Civco, Chandi Witharana
Research Type: Journal Article

Optimization of Machine Learning and Multiple Linear Regression Models to Estimate Forest Aboveground Biomass Using Forest Inventory Analysis and Remote Sensing Data
2025
Robert Fahey, Chandi Witharana, Thomas Worthley, Rachel Reimann, Shashika H Lamahewage
Research Type: Journal Article

Operational-Scale GeoAI for Pan-Arctic Permafrost Feature Detection from High-Resolution Satellite Imagery
Mahendra R Udawalpola, Amit Hasan, Chandi Witharana, Anna K Liljedahl
Research Type: Conference Proceedings

Object-based detection of Southern New England’s 18th- late 19th century relict charcoal hearths from LiDAR data
2019
Chandi Witharana, William B Ouimet, Katharine Johnson
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Object-Based Detection of Southern New England 18th to late 19th-Century Charcoal Hearths from Lidar Data
2019
Chandi Witharana
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Nonparametric Machine Learning Modeling of Tree-caused Power Outage Risk to Overhead Distribution Powerlines
2024
Digeo Cerrai, Harhsana Wedegedara, Amal Perera, Chandi Witharana, Robert Fahey
Research Type: Journal Article

Multi-Dimensional Remote Sensing Analysis Documents Beaver-Induced Permafrost Degradation, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
2021
Benjamin V Gaglioti, Charles E Miller, Jason Clark, Chandi Witharana, Benjamin M Jones, Clayton D Elder, Ken Tape
Research Type: Journal Article

Multi Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Canopy Die-Back in Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka
2013
Jagath Gunatilake, Chandi Witharana, Uchitha Nishshanka
Research Type: Journal Article

Monitoring of Roadside Forest Structure and Condition using Dashcam Video Data and Deep Learning
2022
Chandi Witharana, Durga Joshi
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Modeling the impact of local environmental variables on tree-related power outages along distribution powerlines.
2023
Chandi Witharana, Durga Joshi, Harshaha Wedagedara, Robert T. Fahey, Jason Parent, Diego Cerrai
Research Type: Journal Article

Modeling the impact of local environmental variables on tree-related power outages along distribution powerlines
2023
Chandi Witharana, Harhsana Wedegedara, Rober Fahey, Jason Parent, Diego Cerrai, Durga Joshi
Research Type: Journal Article

Mapping retrogressive thaw slumps in High Arctic Canada using high-spatial resolution satellite imagery and deep learning
2022
Mahendra R Udawalpola, Chandi Witharana, Amit Hasan
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Mapping Relict Charcoal Hearths in the northeast US using Deep Learning Convolutional Neural Networks and LIDAR data
2025
William B Ouimet, Chandi Witharana, Eli Anderson
Research Type: Journal Article

Mapping Relict Charcoal Hearths in New England Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks and LiDAR Data
2021
Eli Anderson, Ji Won Suh, William B Ouimet, Chandi Witharana, Katharine Johnson
Research Type: Journal Article

Mapping Historic Land Use Features in the northeast US using Neural Networks and LIDAR data
2019
William B Ouimet, Eli Egan-Anderson, Chandi Witharana
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Map the Gap: Detecting and Characterizing Pan-Arctic Infrastructure with Satellite Imagery and AI
2025
Chandi Witharana
Research Type: Poster/Presentation