Massimiliano Cannata

Massimiliano Cannata


Professor in enginering geomatics at University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI)

-- Campus Trevano, Canobbio, Switzerland
 * Location:

-- Massimiliano received his PhD in Gedoesy and Geomatics after his master degree in environmental engineering at the Politecnico di Milano. Since 2007 he's the head of the geomatic division within the Institute of Earth Sciences (www.ist.supsi.ch) in Switzerland.
 * Short Bio

He participated in the community since it's inception at various levels. He's a director of the Open Source Geospatial foundation (OSGeo) and member of the project steering committee of the projects and ZOO (http://www.zoo-project.org). From 2006 to 2016 he was also PSC member of the GIS GRASS (http://grass.osgeo.org). He's group lead the developement of the istSOS project (http://istsos.org) implementing open standards for sensor observation services. Co-chair of the UnitedNation committee and of the Open Geoscience committee.

--- Massimiliano start his research activities working on methodologies for LiDAR data filtering and analyses, but from 2002, he start focusing his activities on the GIS embedded environmental modeling, geospatial Web technologies and interoperability and the sensor Web.
 * Research

He conducted a large number of research project and consultancies for the local government administration in the field of spatial data infrastructure, natural hazard mitigation, environmental monitoring network, decision support systems. He also leads the scientific execution of projects funded by the World Bank, the European Union and gained extensive experince in working with developing countries.

--- Currently Massimiliano is teaching Gematic I, Geomatic II and GIS in the Bachelor of Science SUPSI in Civil engineering and Geoinformation and 3D data in the Bachelor of Science SUPSI in Architeture. From 2006 to 2010 Lecturer ex cathedra at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio.
 * Education

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 * OSGeo Experience


 * UnitedNations_Committee co-Chair
 * Open Geoscience Committee co-Chair
 * [|istSOS] PSC chair
 * GRASS PSC member (from 2006 to 20016)
 * ZOO PSC member (from 2010)
 * Italian OSGeo Chapter founder
 * Italian OSGeo liason officer (from 2004 to 2008)

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 * Contact:
 * Email: massimiliano.cannata AT supsi DOT ch
 * Phone (work): +41 (0)58 666 62 14


 * Spoken Language(s):


 * English, Italian

Profile last updated: 19 Aug 2016