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 I am a professor in computer science and research chair of the French Naval Academy. I was previously a senior lecturer in computing at the Nottingham Trent Universityin the United Kingdom and senior researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland. I hold a PhD in computer science from the University of Burgundy, France, and an "Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches" from the University of Rouen, France. My research is oriented towards theoretical and pluri-disciplinary aspects of geographical information science. My main research interests are as follows (cf. list of publications for details): - Spatio-temporal models and theories. I am interested in alternative models of space, from the application of naive geography principles to computational models.
- Semantic and cognitive-based GIS, e.g., modelling of navigation knowledge and landscape perception in urban spaces and built environments.
- WEB, wireless and GIS systems, from the development of location-based systems to the spatial analysis of the WEB, when considered as a social network.
- Maritime, environmental and urban GISs.
 I am an associate editor of the International Journal of Geographical Information Science (IJGIS) that provides a forum for the exchange of original ideas, approaches, methods and experiences in the rapidly growing field of geographical information science (GIScience). I also serve in the editorial boards of the Computers Environment and Urban Systems (CEUS), Journal of Spatial information Science (JOSIS), Journal of location-based services (JLBS), Annals of GIS, International Journal of Geographic Information Systems, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, Geomatics, Sensors, Revue Internationale de Géomatique, International Journal of Advances in Intelligent Systems, Geo-spatial Information Science, Revista Cartográfica and Geofocus. In the time of the covid-19 pandemic I have partly re-oriented my research towards the study of the diffuion of that deadly virus through maritime transportations with sevveral colleagues from the Shanghai Maritime University ( cf. recent paper published) and a panel of covid-19 tracking applications at the MDM 2020 conference. I am currently involved with my reserch group in the ISOLA EU project on the Innovative & Integrated Security System on Board Covering the Lige Cycle of a Passenger Ships Voyage, and as a member of the external advisory board of the Autonomous Swarms of Maritime Robots . Over the past few years I have been also acting as the maritime leader task of the H2020 project datAcron "Big Data Analytics for Time Critical Mobility Forecasting"as the deputy leader of the working group on the representation of movement data and spatio-temporal DBs of the European Science Foundation COST action MOVE ( Knowledge Discovery for Moving Objects).  In 2009 I was one of the co_chairs of the international conference in Spatial Information Theory ( COSIT'09)  , I serve in the steering committees of ( COSIT), Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems ( W2GIS), and Semantic and Conceptual Issues in GIS ( SeCoGIS). I am regularly involved in the program committees of GIScience, ACM SIGSPATIAL ( ACMGIS), Spatial Cognition ( SC), AGILE ion Geographical Information Systems, Spatial Data Handling ( SDH), Web Information Systems and Technologies ( WEBIST) and several specialised workshops such as Behaviour Modelling and Interpretation ( BMI), Space, Time and Ambient Intelligence ( STAMI) and the International ACMSIGSPATIAL Workshop on Indoor Spatial Awareness ( ISA). With Thora Tenbrink and Jan Wiener I co-edited the book ' Representing Space in Cognition: Interrelations of behaviour, language and formal models' published by Oxford University Press. My teaching activities include several computer science and computing courses at the engineer and master levels. I have also developed several modules connected to my research activities in the domain of GIS, remote-sensing, sustainable development, simulation and multi-agent modelling. I am acting as an expert on geography and geomatics of the Belgium public sector agency AEQES (Agence pour l'Evaluation de la Qualité de l'Enseignement Supérieur). Contact Email: christophe[dot]claramunt[at]gmail[dot]com |
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