Luís De Sousa
Assistant Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Top SchoolLuís De Sousa is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Instituto Superior Técnico with over a decade of applied research and engineering experience in geoinformatics, GIS standards and spatial data infrastructures. He has held research and engineering roles across Europe—including ISRIC, Eawag and LIST—where he blended open-source software development with OGC-standard implementations and backend contributions to prominent projects like OWSLib. A PhD in Information Systems and an MSc in GIS underpin his work on enterprise ontology, hexagonal raster grids and spatial linked data, while his OSGeo charter membership and role as Chief Returning Officer reflect deep community stewardship. He also brings hands-on consultancy experience with public water authorities and unexpected side pursuits in energy research and public commentary, showing a rare blend of academic rigor, practical delivery and interdisciplinary curiosity.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Information Systems and Computers Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Information Systems and Computers Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Dutch
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Github Skills (16)
python10
wcs10
webservice10
wps10
apidoc9
ubuntu9
api9
date-formatting6
strftime6
eclipse6
gitlab6
shell6
bash6
r6
devtools6
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
geopython/OWSLib
Feb 2014 - May 2015
OWSLib is a Python package for client programming with Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) web service (hence OWS) interface standards, and their related content models.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 5 PRs, 1 comment in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Luís contributed to the `owslib` Python library, focusing on improving the Web Processing Service (WPS) module. Their work included adding features like writing individual outputs to disk and refactoring methods for retrieving output data. They also fixed a bug related to 'Content-Type' handling within the `openURL` function and added support for WCS 1.1.1, demonstrating a deep understanding of OGC standards.
pythonosgeowmsweb-servicegis
MDDLingo/DSL3S
Apr 2015 - Nov 2016
Contributions:1 release, 31 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 7 months
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