Jayakrishnan Ajayakumar
Senior Research Associate
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJayakrishnan Ajayakumar is a senior geospatial data scientist and applied machine learning researcher with 11 years of experience building geospatial analytics and AI-driven systems for public health and environmental research. Based in Cleveland, he has designed production tools like GeoMEDD—used by state and regional health agencies for early disease detection—and led development of spatially embedded video analysis and geo-masking methods to address privacy risks. He blends academic rigor (PhD in Geography, MS in Computer Science) with practical software engineering, contributions to high-performance spatial tooling, and a strong record of funded, multi-institutional collaborations. An experienced instructor, he has designed and taught multiple geospatial courses and NSF-funded modules to broaden cyber-literacy in GIScience. Less obvious: he pairs deep domain knowledge in spatial statistics with hands-on systems engineering, from parallel spatial algorithms to deployed dashboards used by hospitals and public health departments.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geography, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geography at Kent State UniversityBachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Cochin University of Science and Technology
Github Skills (20)
modeling7
python6
near-real-time6
parallel6
near5
environmental5
temporal4
social-media4
usability4
scalability4
medical4
data-explorer3
textual3
spatial3
surveillance3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
HPCGISLab/SEDE
Feb 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:103 commits, 2 PRs, 91 pushes in 6 months
scientistsnear-real-timeexplorerreal-timeenvironmental
JayakrishnanAjayakumar/geospatialanalytics2023
Dec 2022 - May 2023
Contributions:59 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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