Ewelina Rupnik

Ewelina Rupnik is a prominent researcher in photogrammetry and remote sensing, currently holding a researcher position at the Laboratory on Geographic Information Science (LaSTIG) at the French National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information (IGN) since 2017. She also serves as an associate researcher at the Paris Institute of Earth Physics (IPGP). Rupnik has established herself as a leading expert in historical imagery processing, neural radiance fields, and bundle adjustment techniques.

Her educational background includes a PhD in photogrammetry from the Vienna University of Technology (2015), an MSc in Engineering in Photogrammetry from AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland (2005-2010), and an Erasmus exchange at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany (2009/2010). She recently completed her Habilitation from Université Gustave Eiffel in June 2025.

Rupnik's research focuses on advancing photogrammetric techniques for processing historical imagery, developing novel neural radiance field approaches for satellite imagery, and improving bundle adjustment methodologies. Her work bridges traditional photogrammetry with modern deep learning techniques, particularly in the context of sparse satellite views and historical multi-epoch imagery. She has made significant contributions to the open-source MicMac photogrammetry software project.

Her recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward integrating deep learning with traditional photogrammetric methods, with a particular emphasis on satellite and historical imagery analysis. The research spans from fundamental algorithm development (like SparseSat-NeRF and Pointless Global Bundle Adjustment) to practical applications in earth sciences (landslide, earthquake, and glacier volume mapping).

• 2022 EuroSDR PhD Award for Corona satellite imagery processing
• Best Paper Award for BRDF-NeRF research
• Outstanding Reviewer at CVPR 2025

Rupnik actively contributes to the academic community through editorial and leadership roles, including serving as Editor-in-Chief of the French Journal for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (2021-2025), Advisory Board Member of the International Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (2024-present), and Co-chair of the ISPRS Working Group on Image Orientation and Sensor Fusion (2022-2026). She regularly teaches at Université Paris Cité & ENSG (~30 hours/year since 2015) and has conducted numerous workshops worldwide on photogrammetry with historical images and MicMac software.