About the event
Advances in geospatial technologies have led to a significant increase in the role of geospatial data across sectors such as agriculture, aviation, energy, utilities, hydrology, smart cities, government, health and others. As more geospatial data has been collected and analysed to support these sectors, so has the need increased to enable efficient and effective sharing of geospatial data. International standards are a key enabler of such efficient and effective sharing of data. The aim of this workshop is to examine the growth of geospatial data sources and the international standards that enable these sources to be leveraged by data scientists. The workshop will also explore what geospatial standardisation in Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Discrete Global Grid Systems, Linked Data and other areas will mean for Data Science.
The workshop is being organised in collaboration with the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) – an international industry consortium of over 520 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available geospatial interface standards. Attendees of this workshop will hear about Geospatial Standards for Data Science and also about the role such standards play within the Defence context.
About the speaker
Dr. Gobe Hobona is the Director of Knowledge Management for the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). The OGC is an international industry consortium of over 525 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface standards for geospatial technologies. Gobe is responsible for the OGC’s knowledge management strategy towards creating an environment that enables the OGC membership to identify, create, represent, share, distribute, and adopt insights and experiences across programmes. His other roles within the OGC include being Chair of the OGC Naming Authority and the OGC Architecture Domain Working Group. Prior to joining OGC staff, he was the Consultancy Team Leader and Head of Applied Research at Envitia. During his time at Envitia, he was the technical lead of a multi-year geospatial research project sponsored by a major UK government ministry. He has also previously held postdoctoral research posts at Newcastle University and the University of Nottingham. He is a professional member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM).
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