Summary
Jaume Vilaplana is a product engineer and double-PhD researcher with 15 years of experience building data-driven tools and interfaces, specializing in large-scale text analytics, eHealth, digital humanities and IoT streams. He blends academic rigor from successive PhDs and postdoctoral work with hands-on engineering—shipping visualization products, teaching data visualization at UOC, and leading applied research in projects like InfraVis. A polyglot coder (Python, JavaScript, Shell, PHP) and longtime open-source advocate, he frequently bridges research, product and public-sector deployments while running freelance visualization projects showcased at his research site. Notably, his career spans founding ventures and hacker-space roots, reflecting a persistent focus on transdisciplinary, commons-oriented technology and free knowledge.
15 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Digital Humanities + Data Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Digital Humanities + Data Sciences at University of Canberra
Postdoc, Visual data analysis, Visual Data Analysis Lab, Postdoc, Visual data analysis, Visual Data Analysis Lab at KU Leuven
Llicenciat / Master, Science (Chemistry), Llicenciat / Master, Science (Chemistry) at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Text visualization and interfaces to textual documents, Cum Laude, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Text visualization and interfaces to textual documents, Cum Laude at Universitat de Barcelona
MAS, Master of Advanced Studies,, M.A.S. (Master of Advanced Studies), MAS, Master of Advanced Studies,, M.A.S. (Master of Advanced Studies) at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Catalan, English, Spanish, Portuguese, french, italian