2025-09-02, 15:30–17:00 (Europe/Amsterdam), HugoTECH
Scripting with GRASS: Bash, R, Python, Julia (?), matching students’ preferences and EO theme
This session is mean for students with a basic understanding of GRASS, its underlying concepts and data strucutres. In a mostly hands-on exercise, students will be automating several Earth Observation taks from a programming environment of their choice: Bash, Python, R, Julia (?).
Contents:
- The GRASS environment
- Internal and external datasets
- Access to Imagery catalogues
- Using GRASS GIS modules with:
- Python
- R
- Bash
- Julia (?)
Other links:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f43r-dC3Q3PYbQTyePhBUzMZWLu_cAJu/view?usp=drive_link
Luís Moreira de Sousa completed the Degree on Informatics and Computers
Engineering at the University of Lisbon in 2002, which he complemented with a
Masters on Geographic Information Systems in 2005. In the Department of Civil
Engineering of this university he was a junior researcher from 2002 to 2008,
contributing to applied research projects with Instituto da Água and Estradas
de Portugal. After a year as consultant with SIQuant at the National Laboratory
of Civil Engineering (LNEC), in 2009 he became an independent consultant,
supporting de development of the spatial data infrastructure of the newly
created Administração da Região Hidrográfica do Tejo (ARH-Tejo).
In 2011 he joined the Henri Tudor institute in Luxembourg as Research Engineer,
where he contributed to the development of Spatial Decision Support Systems on
the domains of Energy and Urban Planning. At the time he was already a PhD
candidate on Informatics Engineering at the University of Lisbon, promoted by
Prof. Alberto Silva. In 2016 he concluded this graduation with a thesis on
domain specific languages for the development of spatial simulation programmes.
Still that year he started a post-doc position at EAWAG (Swiss Federal
Institute of Research on the Water Domain) during which he conducted research
on rapid flood modelling and storm water network management. In 2017 Luís
joined ISRIC - World Soil Information in The Netherlands where he conducted
research on the geography and ontology of world soils. In July of 2024 Luís
returned to the University of Lisbon, this time as Assistant Professor.