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Despite these improvements, classifying and interpreting such vast datasets remains a significant challenge. InSAR analysts and geologists frequently have to manually analyze the time series from Persistent Scatterer Interferometry (PSI) to model the complexity of geological and tectonic phenomena. This process is time-consuming and impractical for large-scale monitoring. Utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to classify and detect deformation processes presents a promising solution. In this study, vertical ground deformation time series from northeastern Italy were obtained from the European Ground Motion Service and classified by experts into different deformation categories. Convolutional and pre-trained neural networks were then trained and tested using both numerical time-series data and trend images. The application of the best performing trained network to test data showed an accuracy of 83%. 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