Jacinto Estima
Assistant Professor at Departamento de Engenharia Informática - Universidade de Coimbra
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Top SchoolJacinto Estima is an Assistant Professor and researcher based in Lisbon with over 20 years' experience in Geographic Information Systems and Geo-information, and a PhD in Information Management specialized in GIS. He blends academic leadership—teaching and coordinating MSc and BSc programmes—with hands-on research and development at INESC-ID and international organizations like IRENA and Masdar Institute. His work spans building spatial data infrastructures, web GIS portals and automated geoprocessing pipelines for renewable energy and land suitability analyses, reflecting both technical depth and policy-facing impact. He has led small teams and startups, supervised curricular development, and managed university GIS labs, showing a rare mix of operational, managerial and teaching experience. Notably, he helped integrate global spatial datasets for the Global Atlas initiative and delivered real-time web tools for solar assessment, demonstrating experience at the intersection of research, international collaboration and applied engineering. Colleagues value him for translating complex geospatial science into practical platforms and curricula that serve both industry and academia.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Information Management with specialties of Geographic Information Systems, Unanimously approved with distinction cum lauder, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Information Management with specialties of Geographic Information Systems, Unanimously approved with distinction cum lauder at Universidade Nova de Lisboa1st Cycle Degree, Geographic Information Technologies, 1st Cycle Degree, Geographic Information Technologies at Universidade de Aveiro
English, Portuguese, French, SpanishGithub contributions (5)
jestima/jestima.github.io
Mar 2019 - Mar 2025
Contributions:293 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 1 month
jestima/machine-learning
Mar 2019 - May 2020
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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