User:Aghisla

Born in Montignies su Sambre (Southern Belgium) on 25 June 1985, now lives in Trento, Northern Italy.

Present position
PhD student at GIS and Remote Sensing Unit at Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige (TN).

Work experience

 * Open Source GIS programmer and mentor by Linfiniti Consulting, Lanseria (South Africa) - January to March 2010
 * Google Summer of Code 2009 with v.autokrige: Python porting and wxPython GUI addition
 * Google Summer of Code 2008 with Home-range analyses in QGIS using R through Python

Education

 * Graduate thesis in Analysis and Management of Natural Resources: "Limitation and applicability of methods for home range estimation in respect to autoecological factors and data quality", October 2009, at Insubria University, Varese (Italy) in Analysis and Management of Natural Resources.
 * Undergraduate thesis in Analysis and Management of Natural Resources: "Space use of red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris: comparison among softwares for home range estimation", October 2007, at Insubria University, Varese (Italy) in Analysis and Management of Natural Resources

Computer skills and related activities

 * Languages: R, Python, C, Java, bash, SQL. Some knowledge in C++ and Pascal
 * Software: GRASS GIS, QuantumGIS, R
 * Memberships:
 * Linux user #448588, mainly on Debian and Ubuntu
 * GFOSS.it member since September 2007
 * Member of QGIS Release Team, Documentation Team and Ecology Toolbox Interest Group
 * Member of OSGeo Web Committee and Women Chapter