Thierry Badard
Professor In Geoinformatics
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolThierry Badard is a professor of geoinformatics with over 20 years of experience leading research and operational projects that translate geospatial big data into practical decision support for industry and cities. Based at Université Laval, he has directed major research centres, co-founded a geospatial startup, and combines academic rigor (PhD in Geographic Information Sciences) with hands-on software and systems experience from his time at France’s IGN. His work spans location analytics, data integration and fusion, AI, IoT and smart cities, and he is notable for bridging research, open-source development and community leadership. An active OSGeo charter member and founding co-chair of regional and international open-source geospatial groups, he has contributed to projects like GeoKettle and GeoMondrian and helped seed the open-source geospatial ecosystem in Quebec. Colleagues know him for turning complex geospatial problems into usable tools and for fostering collaborations between academia, government and industry.
21 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
MSc., Computer sciences, MSc., Computer sciences at Université Jean Monnet Saint-EtienneAnalyst-Programmer, Computer sciences, Analyst-Programmer, Computer sciences at École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État (ENTPE)Ph.D., Geographic Information Sciences, Ph.D., Geographic Information Sciences at Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée
French, English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (3)
gis8
etl6
java6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
mirandadam/geokettle
Nov 2010 - Jul 2014
Contributions:103 commits in 3 years 8 months
IGNF/geoxygene
May 2005 - Jun 2006
GeOxygene aims at providing an open framework which implements OGC/ISO specifications for the development and deployment of geographic (GIS) applications
Contributions:6 commits in 1 year 1 month
gis
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