EASIER DATA INITIATIVE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Geospatial Developer
As a Geospatial Developer, John combines GIS domain knowledge and full stack web development to create beautiful (and fast) applications. He studied GIS under thought leaders (Michael Goodchild, Waldo Tobler, Krzysztof Janowicz, and Dan Montello) while completing a B.A. in Geography at UC Santa Barbara and an M.S. in Geoinformatics and Geospatial Intelligence at George Mason University.
Matthew is a undergraduate at the University of Maryland studying computer and information science. He has experience in developing client-side apps in both the Ethereum and Solana ecosystem. As a developer for the EASIER Data Initiative, he aims to explore decentralized storage and compute and how they can be used for data-intensive geospatial workflows. Contact# mnanas@umd.edu | GitHub
Job Titles:
- Software and Geospatial Developer
Seth is the newest member of the EASIER Data Initiative. He has a deep background in GIS through working at Esri. At EASIER, he assists developing all projects and is currently exploring feasible ways to curate a pipeline to store GEDI data on Filecoin.
Victor is a Ph.D. student at the Center for Geospatial Information Science, University of Maryland. He has a broad interest in spatial data science, smart cities, artificial intelligence, and decentralized ecosystems. With a strong background as a machine learning software engineer and data scientist, he possesses expertise in Python and JavaScript programming languages. Committed to making a meaningful impact, Victor aims to advance knowledge and drive positive change through cutting-edge research and the application of emerging technologies in our interconnected world.
Job Titles:
- Post - Doctoral Associate
Zheng is a Post-Doctoral Associate in the project who is growing and applying his knowledge and experiences in the cyber-infrastructure, spatial data ETL process, and decentralized ecosystems. He received his Ph.D. in Geographical Sciences at the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2023 and obtained his BSc in Geographical Information Science and Mathematics from Peking University in 2017.