Frank Ostermann
Associate Professor
Greater Enschede Area Netherlands
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Top SchoolFrank Ostermann is an associate professor at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, with 11 years of professional experience bridging academic research and practical consulting in geographic information science. His work spans volunteered geographic information, spatial data integration, and novel data sources such as citizen sensing and unmanned vehicles, with a track record from postdoctoral research at the European Commission JRC to consulting on European location frameworks. He combines teaching qualifications with deep research roots (PhD in Geographic Information Science) and a history of translating complex spatial data problems into interoperable, reusable platforms and analyses. Based in the Greater Enschede area, he brings both policy-level experience and hands-on technical investigation of big spatial data—an unusual mix that makes him effective at connecting academic insight with real-world geospatial infrastructures.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Senior University Teaching Qualification, Senior University Teaching Qualification at University of TwentePhD, Geographic Information Science, PhD, Geographic Information Science at University of ZurichDiplom, Geography, Diplom, Geography at University of HamburgGeography, Geography at University of Geneva
English, German, French, Italian, Dutch
Github Skills (39)
valence10
vader10
reasoner9
reproducible-research9
python9
machine-learning9
sentiment-classification9
dictionary9
lexicon9
rule8
docker8
social-media8
rule-based8
agile8
deep-learning8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
foost/TeachingMaterialsGeosocial
Apr 2015 - Jan 2024
Contributions:4 PRs, 47 pushes, 5 branches in 8 years 10 months
foost/EdgeComputingJRC
Aug 2021 - Aug 2023
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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