The SIRIUS International Alliance, supported by Academician Gong Jianya and his team at Wuhan University (WHU), secured the top global position in the Space-Based Wildfire Detection and Intelligence track at the XPRIZE Wildfire Competition.

The XPRIZE competition focuses on critical global challenges such as climate change, disasters, and space exploration, with evaluations conducted by leading experts from around the globe.

The current competition cycle, spanning from 2023 to 2026, attracted over 400 teams worldwide, with 120 teams from 23 countries submitting technical proposals, and only eight teams advancing to the final in Australia for the Space-Based Wildfire Detection and Intelligence track.

The team was led by WHU alumnus and University of New South Wales Professor Ge Linlin, with WHU providing crucial satellite data and algorithm support.

WHU's remote sensing satellite ground station team, led by Shen Xin and Da Feng, obtained high-resolution visible and infrared images of wildfires during the Australian finals through on-orbit intelligent processing and precise programming.

The team completed data reception and preprocessing, achieving precise fire-spot location and rapid situation assessment, meeting the competition's requirements for "minute-level detection and high-precision with low false alarm rates."

The satellite images were also adopted by the competition's organizers for global promotional displays.

The ground processing team, led by Professors Wang Mi, Jiang Yonghua, and Shen Huanfeng, collaborated with the satellite application team of Sui Haigang and Shao Yuanzheng to develop a dedicated intelligent wildfire recognition and analysis system.

Based on a self-developed remote sensing processing model, this system performs fire area identification, quantitative analysis, and interference source elimination, addressing the challenges of monitoring wildfires in complex outdoor environments and improving the system's accuracy and stability.