AI4Space Workshop Overview
Advancing artificial intelligence for autonomous spacecraft, Earth observation, and next-generation space missions.
The AI4Space workshop at CVPR 2026 brings together researchers, engineers, and space domain experts to address the unique challenges of deploying AI in space environments. As missions demand greater autonomy, resilience, and on-board intelligence, this workshop explores how computer vision and machine learning can enable breakthrough capabilities in spacecraft navigation, planetary exploration, satellite data analysis, and orbital operations.
Key challenges we address: How can AI models generalize to harsh, data-constrained space environments? How do we design verifiable, fail-safe systems for mission-critical applications? How do we enable autonomous decision-making when ground control is hours or days away?
AI4Space fosters collaboration between machine learning researchers and space scientists, focusing on topics such as vision-based navigation, onboard learning, sim-to-real transfer for robotics, multi-sensor fusion for Earth observation, and AI-driven mission planning—shaping the future of intelligent space exploration.
Keynote Speakers
David Rijlaarsdam
Director of Space System Engineering, Ubotica Technologies
David Rijlaarsdam manages the Space System R&D team and is involved as a System Engineer in several space missions.
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Marco Pavone
Director of Autonomous Vehicle Research, NVIDIA | Associate Professor, Stanford University
Marco Pavone's research focuses on the development of methodologies for the analysis, design, and control of autonomous systems, with an emphasis on self-driving cars, autonomous aerospace vehicles, and future mobility systems. He is a recipient of numerous early-career awards and serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Control Systems Magazine.
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Join us for an exciting AI challenge featuring two cutting-edge streams focused on next-generation space perception!
Stream 1
Multi-Task Spacecraft Perception
Stream 2
Event-Based Pose Estimation
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Get In Touch
Questions? Ideas? Want to collaborate? Reach out to the AI4Space organizing team!
For general inquiries, please contact: Gabriele Meoni , Daniele Gammelli