Antranig Basman
Biodiversity Informatics Working Group Steering Committee
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAntranig Basman is a biodiversity informatics leader and seasoned software architect with 20 years of experience building open-source, community-centered data infrastructures. He currently chairs the Biodiversity Informatics Working Group at IMERSS and advises inclusive technology initiatives such as Raising the Floor and the Inclusive Design Research Centre, combining deep engineering skills with advocacy for pluralistic governance. His background spans core framework architecture and CTO roles for non-profits and educational projects, and his technical interests bridge modern JavaScript data work with older strengths in C++, Java and cryptography. He holds advanced training from Cambridge and an MSc in Life Sciences, which informs his interdisciplinary approach to ecocultural mapping, citizen science and respectful integration of Indigenous knowledge. Notably, he focuses on designing systems that resist "digital feudalism" by enabling community ownership and multiple modes of knowledge.
20 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Life Sciences, MSc, Life Sciences at The Open UniversityPhD, Engineering (Information), PhD, Engineering (Information) at University of CambridgeHigh School, High School at Claremont Fan Court School
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Github Skills (200)
biodiversity-informatics10
expressjs10
windows10
core-platform10
infrastructure10
period10
visualizations10
couchdb10
javascript10
lms10
tomcat10
pouchdb10
personalization10
js10
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
IMERSS/imerss-bioinfo
Nov 2017 - Dec 2022
Working data of the IMERSS biodiversity informatics working group together with algorithms for transforming, reconciling and projecting observation and checklist data into formats suitable for publication, submission to global authorities such as GBIF, as well as map-based and graphical visualisations
Contributions:188 commits, 1 PR, 284 pushes in 5 years 2 months
biodiversity-informaticsvisualizations
boxer-project/boxer-literature
Jan 2022 - Oct 2025
Archive of writings on boxer - theses, papers, articles, together with a thematic index
Contributions:2 PRs, 16 pushes, 12 branches in 3 years 9 months
indexboxerthematicarchivetheses
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