Summary
Gilles Gesquiere is a professor and researcher based in Greater Lyon specializing in urban data sciences, geo-data management, processing and visualization, with over a decade of experience bridging academia and applied urban research. He leads the VCity research project and UD-SV software platform at LIRIS (CNRS) and co-directs the national PEPR program for Sustainable Cities and Innovative Buildings, translating multidisciplinary research into practical urban solutions. Previously he directed the LabEx "Intelligences des Mondes Urbains," coordinating social, environmental and engineering sciences to rethink urban knowledge and practice. He also teaches in the Gamagora video game program, reflecting a rare combination of expertise in computer graphics, digital platforms and urban studies. Trained with a PhD in Computer Graphics and an HDR for supervising research, he is comfortable moving between hands-on technical work and large-scale program leadership. An interesting strand of his work is using gaming and visualization techniques to make complex territorial data actionable for planners and citizens.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Phd, Computer Graphics, Phd, Computer Graphics at Université de Bourgogne
HDR, Computer Science, Habilitation à Diriger des recherches, HDR, Computer Science, Habilitation à Diriger des recherches at Aix-Marseille University
English