Josephine Sullivan

Josephine Sullivan is an Associate Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, affiliated with the Division of Robotics, Perception and Learning. She is a core faculty member of Digital Futures, a cross-disciplinary research center addressing global challenges through digital technologies. Her research focuses on AI-driven environmental monitoring, disaster management, and deep learning applications in computer vision and remote sensing.

She has supervised projects such as the fusion of radar and optical remote sensing for wildfire monitoring and contributes to initiatives like EO-AI4GlobalChange. Sullivan teaches advanced courses in deep learning, generative models, and machine learning at KTH, emphasizing hands-on training and research integration.

Her work bridges theoretical advancements in neural networks with practical solutions for climate-related disasters, leveraging satellite imagery and time-series data. Recent projects highlight innovations in wildfire prediction datasets (Wildfirespreadts) and robust networks for disaster damage assessment (DisasterAdaptiveNet).

She collaborates across disciplines at Digital Futures, contributing to labs and teams focused on AI ethics, sustainable technologies, and global change mitigation. Sullivan’s academic leadership includes roles as course examiner and responsible for multiple graduate programs in computer science and engineering.