Open access journal publications

BIZJAK, Marko, MONGUS, Domen, LUKAČ, Niko, YUAN, Jihui. High-resolution urban-scale impact of retro-reflective façade materials on building thermal load. Scientific reports. Published: 27 November 2025, 18 pp. ISSN 2045-2322. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-30085-3. [COBISS.SI-ID 260140547]

UREMOVIĆ, Niko, MONGUS, Domen, PUR, Aleksander, LUKAČ, Niko. Contextualized spatio-temporal graph-based method for forecasting sparse geospatial sensor networks. Expert systems with applications. [Online ed.]. 15 Dec. 2025, vol. 294, [article no.] 128779, 10 p., ilustr. ISSN 1873-6793. DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2025.128779. [COBISS.SI-ID 242220291]

LUKAČ, Niko, MONGUS, Domen, BIZJAK, Marko. Optimization-based downscaling of satellite-derived isotropic broadband albedo to high resolution. Remote sensing. 2025, vol. 17, no. 8, [article no.] 1366, 26 p. ISSN 2072-4292. https://dk.um.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=92603, DOI: 10.3390/rs17081366. [COBISS.SI-ID 232486915]

LUKAČ, Niko, SEME, Sebastijan, SREDENŠEK, Klemen, ŠTUMBERGER, Gorazd, MONGUS, Domen, ŽALIK, Borut, BIZJAK, Marko. Detection and optimization of photovoltaic arrays’ tilt angles using remote sensing data. Applied sciences. 2025, vol. 15, issue 7, [article no.] 3598, 22 p., ilustr. ISSN 2076-3417. DOI: 10.3390/app15073598. [COBISS.SI-ID 230279939]

YUAN, Jihui, SHIMAZAKI, Yasuhiro, TAJIMA, Masaki, SHENG, Shaoyu, JIAO, Zhichao, BIZJAK, Marko Investigating the influence of reflective materials on indoor thermal environment and solar reflectance in buildings. Case studies in thermal engineering. May. 2024, vol. 57, DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.119868. [COBISS.SI-ID 191945475]

ŽALIK, Mitja, MONGUS, Domen, LUKAČ, Niko. High-resolution spatiotemporal assessment of solar potential from remote sensing data using deep learning. Renewable energy. Feb. 2024, vol. 222, [article no.] 119868, 15 p., ilustr. ISSN 1879-0682. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.119868. [COBISS.SI-ID 179585539]

LUKAČ, Niko, MONGUS, Domen, ŽALIK, Borut, ŠTUMBERGER, Gorazd, BIZJAK, Marko. Novel GPU-accelerated high-resolution solar potential estimation in urban areas by using a modified diffuse irradiance model. Applied energy. 1 Jan. 2024, vol. 353, part a, 122129, ISSN 1872-9118. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122129. [COBISS.SI-ID 169272579]

Conference publications

LUKAČ, Niko, MONGUS, Domen, ŠTUMBERGER, Gorazd, BIZJAK, Marko. GPU-accelerated sparse voxel octree for irradiance simulation using remote sensing data. V: 2025 14th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA). Danvers: IEEE, cop. 2025. Pp. 665-669, ilustr. ISBN 979-8-3315-9989-8. DOI: 10.1109/ICRERA66237.2025.11284254. [COBISS.SI-ID 262856195]

BIZJAK, Marko, ŠTUMBERGER, Gorazd, MONGUS, Domen, LUKAČ, Niko, YUAN, Jihui. Assessing vegetation-driven reduction in window solar heat gain using LiDAR-based modelling. V: 2025 14th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA). Danvers: IEEE, cop. 2025. Pp. 620-624, ilustr. ISBN 979-8-3315-9989-8. DOI: 10.1109/ICRERA66237.2025.11284095. [COBISS.SI-ID 262853123]

REPIČ, Tjaša, KAVRAN, Domen, MONGUS, Domen, LUKAČ, Niko. Napovedovanje senčenja v geoprostorskih podatkih z globokim modelom U-Net. V: ŽEMVA, Andrej (ur.), TROST, Andrej (ur.). Proceedings of the 34th International Electrotechnical and Computer Science Conference ERK 2025 : Portorož, Slovenija, 25. – 26. September 2025. Ljubljana: Slovenska sekcija IEEE: Fakulteta za elektrotehniko, 2025. Pp. 382-386. 34. ISSN 2591-0442. https://erk.fe.uni-lj.si/2025/papers/repic(napovedovanje_sencenja).pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 251364867]

LUKAČ, Niko, UREMOVIĆ, Niko, JESENKO, David, BIZJAK, Marko. Večkriterijska optimizacija postavitve senzorjev temperature površja na podlagi podatkov LiDAR. V: ŽEMVA, Andrej (ur.), TROST, Andrej (ur.). Proceedings of the 34th International Electrotechnical and Computer Science Conference ERK 2025 : Portorož, Slovenija, 25. – 26. September 2025. Ljubljana: Slovenska sekcija IEEE: Fakulteta za elektrotehniko, 2025. Pp. 324-328. 34. ISSN 2591-0442. https://erk.fe.uni-lj.si/2025/papers/lukac(veckriterijska_optimizacija).pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 251290371]

TRIGLAV ČEKADA, M., LAMOVEC, P. (2024). Snežišča okoli Prisojnika iz spletnih kamer. In: KUHAR, Miran (ed.), et al. Raziskave s področja geodezije in geofizike 2023 : zbornik del : 29. srečanje Slovenskega združenja za geodezijo in geofiziko, Ljubljana, 1. februar 2024. Ljubljana: Slovensko združenje za geodezijo in geofiziko, 2024. pp. 103-112, ilustr. ISBN 978-961-95299-4-2. https://fgg-web.fgg.uni-lj.si/SUGG/referati/2024/SZGG_2024_TriglavCekada_Lamovec.pdf [COBISS.SI-ID 183576835]

UREMOVIĆ, Niko, ZORIN, Ulrich, MONGUS, Domen, LUKAČ, Niko. Učinkovita metoda paketnega učenja grafovskih povratnih nevronskih mrež. In: ŽEMVA, Andrej (ed.), TROST, Andrej (ed.). Proceedings of the 33rd International Electrotechnical and Computer Science Conference ERK 2024 : Portorož, Slovenija, 26. – 27. september 2024. Ljubljana: Slovenska sekcija IEEE: Fakulteta za elektrotehniko, 2024. pp. 444-447, 33. ISSN 2591-0442. https://erk.fe.uni-lj.si/2024. [COBISS.SI-ID 210599427]

LUKAČ, Niko, UREMOVIĆ, Niko, FERK OVČJAK, Monika, KAVRAN, Domen, BIZJAK, Marko. Občutljivostna analiza algoritma DBSCAN za segmentacijo podatkov LiDAR. In: ŽEMVA, Andrej (ed.), TROST, Andrej (ed.).Proceedings of the 33rd International Electrotechnical and Computer Science Conference ERK 2024 : Portorož, Slovenija, 26. – 27. september 2024. Ljubljana: Slovenska sekcija IEEE: Fakulteta za elektrotehniko, 2024. pp. 427-431. 33. ISSN 2591-0442. https://erk.fe.uni-lj.si/2024. [COBISS.SI-ID 210578947]

LUKAČ, Niko, ŠTUMBERGER, Gorazd, SUKIČ, Primož, VOH, Jurček, BIZJAK, Marko. Challenges of simulation-driven high-resolution land surface temperature estimation in urban environments. In: SEME, Sebastijan (ed.), SREDENŠEK, Klemen (ed.). 6th International Conference En-Re Energy & Responsibility : [21st of May 2024, Velenje, Slovenia] : book of extended abstracts. 1st ed. Maribor: University of Maribor, University Press, 2024. pp. 53-54. ISBN 978-961-286-863-5. https://press.um.si/index.php/ump/catalog/book/874. [COBISS.SI-ID 196428035]

KAVRAN, Domen, MONGUS, Domen, LUKAČ, Niko. Buildings, approximate true orthophoto construction from satellite imagery using semantic segmentation and the ICP algorithm. In: OBAIDAT, Mohammad Salameh (ed.). IEEE CITS 2024 : proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Computer, Information and Telecommunication Systems, CITS 2024, July 17-19, 2024, [Girona, Spain]. [S. l.]: IEEE Xplore, cop. 2024. 7 p., ilustr. ISBN 979-8-3503-5909-1. DOI: 10.1109/CITS61189.2024.10608032. [COBISS.SI-ID 203980547]

LUKAČ, Niko, KAVRAN, Domen, FERK OVČJAK, Monika, BIZJAK, Marko. Genetic algorithm for optimizing meteorological sensors placement using airborne LiDAR data. In: IEEE 24th International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Informatics : CINTI 2024, November 19-21, Budapest : proceedings. IEEE 24th International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Informatics (CINTI), November 19-21, 2024, Budapest, Hungary. Danvers: IEEE Xplore, cop. 2023. pp. 197-202. ISBN 979-8-3503-5343-3, ISBN 979-8-3503-5342-6. DOI: 10.1109/CINTI63048.2024.10830842. [COBISS.SI-ID 223122691]

Invited lectures & talks

TRIGLAV ČEKADA, M. (2. 9. 2024). Snowfields of Julian Alps as mean annual temperature indicators : lecture at the “La Caravana dei Ghiacciai”, 2024, Legambiente Alpi = Snežišča Julijskih Alp kot indikatorji temperature zraka : predavanje na konferenci »Življenje v ledu in iz ledu: spreminjajoči se ledeniški ekosistemi«, 2024, Trenta. [COBISS.SI-ID 215787267]

TRIGLAV ČEKADA, M (2024). Collecting and using in-situ and remote sensing data : lecture at the HydRoData Summer School 2024, 4. 9. 2024. [COBISS.SI-ID 206856451]

LUKAČ, Niko. Current status of large-scale surface temperature simulation with validation : lecture at Osaka Metropolitan University, Department of living envronment design, 25 July 2024 (via Zoom). [COBISS.SI-ID 203910147]

BIZJAK, Marko. Large-scale estimation of buildings’ thermal load using LiDAR data : lecture at Osaka Metropolitan University, Department of living envronment design, 25 July 2024 (via Zoom). [COBISS.SI-ID 203342851]

Theses

MATKO, Ana. Preučevanje snežišč v Martuljških gorah z interaktivno metodo orientacije posameznih fotografij : diplomska naloga = Analysing the snowfields in the Martuljek mountains by interactive orientation of single images : graduation thesis. Ljubljana: [A. Matko], 2024. 1 spletni vir (1 datoteka PDF (XII, 36 str., [13] str. pril.)), ilustr. Repozitorij Univerze v Ljubljani – RUL. [COBISS.SI-ID 225421827]

SAMPA is a basic research project No. J7-50095 is financed by Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency.