Spatial Data Science for Sustainability
Exploring petabytes of satellite images to support greener and better societies.
Research
Cited over 17,000 times (h = 53). Current focus is on land-use change and big Earth observation data analysis, using new ideas on geo-fields and big data semantics. See research highlights.
Teaching
Courses on research methods and GIScience. Advised 25 PhDs and 28 MScs. Committed to gender and background diversity. Open access books on GIScience, Spatial Data Analysis and Spatial Databases (in Portuguese).
Software and Data
Strong support for Open Science. Leader of FOSS for satellite image time series analysis using machine learning. Produced data sets of land-use change and land-use scenarios for balancing production and protection in Brazil.
Environmental Policy
Key role on reduction of deforestation in Amazonia and Cerrado biomes. Contributed to studies on land use policy options for Brazil and with scientific guidance for Brazil’s pledges to the Paris Agreement.
Data Policy
Respected advocate of free and open Earth observation and GIS data. Supports the global effort of GEO (Group on Earth Observations) to use geospatial data for sustainable development.
Outreach
Engaging speaker at international venues on deforestation, land use policy, open Science, big Earth observation data and Earth observation for sustainable development.
Public Advocacy
Science-based policy work featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, Nature, and Scientific American.
Get In Touch
gilberto.camara@inpe.br