Summary
Hicham is a Full Professor and Big Data expert with a PhD in Computer Science from INSA Lyon and over two decades of experience spanning academia, R&D and industry consulting. He has led more than twenty projects across Big Data/AI, financial data warehousing, GIS and web mapping, blending deep technical design with practical deployment in both banking and geospatial domains. At the intersection of remote sensing and spatial analytics, he has driven AI and Spatial Big Data strategies for research centers and teaches advanced data subjects at master’s level. His background as a surveying engineer informs a rare combination of geomatic domain expertise and large-scale data engineering, enabling him to translate multidimensional sensor data into operational insights. Active as a journal reviewer for ACM TIST and a long-term contributor to national geospatial associations, he balances research rigor with applied systems delivery.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Institut national des Sciences appliquées de Lyon / INSA Lyon
Surveying Engineer, Surveying Engineering, GIS, Engineer, Surveying Engineer, Surveying Engineering, GIS, Engineer at School of Geomatic Sciences and Surveying Engineering
English