Scaioni Marco

Full Professor of Geomatics at Dept. ABC. Formerly, Full Professor in the College of Surveying and Geo-Informatics at Tongji University, Shanghai (2011-2014). Main research interests: automation in Photogrammetry and Laser scanning , Integration GIS/BIM , Geomatics for Geosciences and Cultural Heritage, Geodatabases , AI for classification of point clouds/satellite imagery. He published more than 350 scientific papers, including 74 papers on WoS-indexed journals (H-index: 29), 218 Scopus-indexed papers (H-index: 37) and two edited books.

Career

MSc Degree in Civil Engineering at Politecnico Milano (1995). PhD on Geodetic and Mapping Sciences at Politecnico Milano (1999).

Research

Deformation measurement, GeoAI for Point cloud/image semantic segmentation, 3D Surveying for Geosciences, InSAR applications for monitoring ground/building deformation and geohazard, Mobile Laser Scanning and Photogrammetry (SLAM), BIM-GIS integration for railway infrastructure management, geospatial analisis of services/users distribution in urban environment.

Selected Publications

1. Scaioni, M. (Ed.), 2015. Modern Technologies for Landslide Monitoring and Prediction. Springer Natural Hazards Series, Heidelberg, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-45931-7.
2. Barazzetti L., Scaioni M., Remondino, F., 2010. Orientation and 3D modelling from markerless terrestrial images: combining accuracy with automation. The Photogrammetric Record 25(132), pp. 356-381, DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9730.2010.00599.x.
3. Scaioni, M., Longoni, L., Melillo, V., Papini, M., 2014. Remote Sensing for Landslide Investigations: An Overview of Recent Achievements and Perspectives. Remote Sensing 6(10), pp. 9600-9652, DOI: 10.3390/rs6109600.
4. Scaioni, M., Marsella, M., Crosetto, M., Tornatore, V., Wang, J., 2018. Geodetic and Remote-Sensing Sensors for Dam Deformation Monitoring. Sensors 18(11), paper No. 3682, DOI: 10.3390/s18113682.
5. Cao, Y., Scaioni, M., 2021. 3DLEB-Net: Label-Efficient Deep Learning-Based Semantic Segmentation of Building Point Clouds at LoD3 Level. Applied Sciences 11(19), paper No. 8996, DOI: 10.3390/app11198996.
6. Li, W.Y., Jiang, Q., He, X.G., Sun, H.Q., Sun, W.W., Scaioni, M., Chen, S., Li, X., Gao, J., Hong, Y., 2022. Effective multi-satellite precipitation fusion procedure conditioned by gauge background fields over the Chinese mainland. Journal of Hydrology 610, paper No. 127783, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127783.
7. Díaz-Vilariño, L., Previtali, M., Scaioni, M., 2022. Optimal Scan Planning for Surveying Large Sites with Static and Mobile Mapping Systems. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 192, pp. 13-32, DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2022.07.025.
8. Qi, Y.F., Liu, C., Scaioni, M., Li, Y., Qiao, Y.H., Ma, X.L., Wu, H.B., Zhang, K.K., Wang, D.Z., 2024. Geometric information constraint 3D object detection from LiDAR point cloud for autonomous vehicles under adverse weather. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 161, paper No. 104555, DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2024.104555.
9. Xia, M., Li, R., Scaioni, M., An, L., Li, Z., Qiao, G., 2025. Building multi-satellite DEM time series for insight into mélange inside large rifts in Antarctica. The Cryosphere 19, pp. 6749–6770, DOI: 10.5194/tc-19-6749-2025.
10. Garramone, M., Scaioni, M., 2026. Adapting the ‘15-Minute City’ concept to Medium-Sized Urban Contexts: A Case Study in Desio, Italy. Regional Science Policy & Practice 18(3), paper No. 100283, DOI: 10.1016/j.rspp.2026.100283.

Grants, awards and Honours

Award for supporting the spread of digital technologies in the Italian mapping industry, 2011, Italian Society of Mapping Companies (ANIAGEO);
Kwang-Hua Grant Professorship, Tongji University, College of Civil Engineering, Shanghai, P.R. China (12/2011 – 11/2012);
Best Paper Award at ISPRS Work. 3D-ARCH 2013, 21-23 Feb 2013, Trento, Italy;
Best Paper Award at ISPRS Work. 3D-ARCH 2019, 6-8 Feb 2019, Bergamo, Italy;
Co-author of the Best Paper for Young Author at ISPRS TC-3 Symposium 2024, Belém (Brazil).

Community Service

Associate Editor of the ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (Elsevier) official journal of the Int. Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing - ISPRS (2018 - to-date);
Associate Editor of Applied Geomatics (Springer) official journal of the the Italian Society for Surveying and Photogrammetry - SIFET (2018 - to-date);
Member of the Scientific Committee of SIFET (2023-2026);
Secretary of Working Group-WG V/3 on “Terrestrial Laser Scanning” of the ISPRS (2006-2008);
Co-chairman of WG V/3 on “Terrestrial Laser Scanning and 3D Imaging” of the ISPRS (2008-2012);
Chairman of WG V/3 on “Terrestrial 3D Imaging and Sensors” of the ISPRS (2012-2016);
Chairman of WG III/5 on “Information Extraction from LiDAR Intensity Data” of the ISPRS (2016-2022);
Head of PhD Programme on “Architecture, Built environment and Construction engineering” at Politecnico Milano (2017-2024).