Gilberto Câmara (born 29 March 1956) is a Brazilian
computer scientist
A computer scientist is a person who is trained in the academic study of computer science.
Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation, as opposed to the hardware side on which computer engineers mainly focus ( ...
and is currently serving as the Secretariat Director for th
Group on Earth Observations(GEO). He is a former director of Brazil's
National Institute for Space Research (INPE) (from 2006 to 2013). He was head of INPE's
Image Processing
An image is a visual representation of something. It can be two-dimensional, three-dimensional, or somehow otherwise feed into the visual system to convey information. An image can be an artifact, such as a photograph or other two-dimension ...
Division from 1991 to 1996 and Director for Earth Observation from 2001 to 2005.
He is a researcher in the areas of
Geographical Information Science Geographic information science or geographical information science (GIScience or GISc) is the scientific discipline that studies geographic information, including how it represents phenomena in the real world, how it represents the way humans under ...
,
Spatial Database
A spatial database is a general-purpose database (usually a relational database) that has been enhanced to include spatial data that represents objects defined in a geometric space, along with tools for querying and analyzing such data. Most s ...
s, Spatial Analysis and
Environmental Modelling. Gilberto is the principal investigator on the area of Spatial Databases and Spatial Environmental Models in the
GEOMA research network for Environmental Modelling of Amazonia. He is responsible for setting up data policies for
CBERS images in Brazil and abroad, and for creating INPE's Remote Sensing Data Center, which has put 30 years of imagery on-line. He was also responsible for setting up a system for real-time detection of deforestation in Amazonia and for making PRODES
deforestation
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maps available on the Internet.
He is a professor in INPE's graduate programs in
remote sensing
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and computer science, a member of Scientific Steering Committee of the
Global Land Project {{unreferenced, date=April 2017
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and of the editorial board of the
Journal of Earth Science Informatics. In 2011, he received an honorary doctorate from the
University of Münster
The University of Münster (german: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of stud ...
.
[ University of Münster: Pressemitteilung]
''Münstersche Geowissenschaftler verleihen Ehrendoktorwürde an Dr. Gilberto Câmara''
28 April 2011. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
References
Further reading
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External links
Personal homepage
1956 births
Living people
People from Fortaleza
Brazilian scientists
Geographic information scientists
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