OpenGeoHub EO-council Summer School 2025

Dr. Serkan Girgin is an Associate Professor in the Geo-information Processing Department at the Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente. He has established and is currently leading ITC's Center of Expertise in Big Geodata Science (CRIB), a facility dedicated to advancing geospatial big data and cloud computing technologies by developing and sharing operational expertise. Dr. Girgin's research focuses on big data and cloud computing tools and infrastructures, with a particular emphasis on optimizing the performance and energy efficiency of geocomputing workflows. He also designs and develops tools and platforms that promote best practices in research software development and research data management, including fairly toolset, Open Data Explorer, and OpenSTAC. With over 30 years of experience in software development, his expertise spans geocomputing platforms, GIS and remote sensing applications, environmental information systems, and large-scale web applications.