Saif Aati
Geometric Tech Lead at Planet
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolSaif Aati is a Geometric Tech Lead with eight years of experience building and shipping advanced geospatial processing pipelines for very high-resolution and hyperspectral satellite imagery. He leads geometric algorithm design and calibration efforts at Planet, combining rigorous sensor models, pushbroom/push-frame simulation, and band-to-band registration to measurably improve image geolocation and geometric quality. Saif bridges research and operations—maintaining and extending COSI-Corr at Caltech while developing DEM/3D textured model workflows from SkySat and Pelican constellations. Skilled in Python and C++, he mentors teams on photogrammetric best practices and has a track record applying remote sensing to geology, glaciology, and hazard assessment. Notably, his background spans naval engineering and underwater vision projects, giving him uncommon systems-level perspective on sensor modeling and motion. Based in Nanaimo, Canada, he focuses on turning cutting-edge optical remote sensing research into operational satellite solutions.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Remote sensing - Photogrammetry - Geographic Information Science and Technology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Remote sensing - Photogrammetry - Geographic Information Science and Technology at Caltech - IGNEngineering degree Electrical Engineer |Naval Science and Operational Studies, Engineering degree Electrical Engineer |Naval Science and Operational Studies at Naval Academy (Tunisia)Baccalaureate Mathematics, Baccalaureate Mathematics at High School Farhat Hached (Grand Lycée Bizerte ) TunisiaPreparatory classes Mathematics Physics and computer science, Preparatory classes Mathematics Physics and computer science at Preparatory Military classesMaster's degree Photogrammetry Positionning and Deformation Measurement, Master's degree Photogrammetry Positionning and Deformation Measurement at National School of Geographic Sciences (ENSG) - Paris
Arabic, English, French
Github Skills (15)
broom10
correlation10
extraction10
satellite-images10
sensor10
surface10
refinement9
satellite9
sar9
rsm9
satellite-imagery9
earth-observation9
pixel8
frame8
packaging1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
SaifAati/Geospatial-COSICorr3D
Oct 2022 - Mar 2023
Tools and libraries for processing satellite images (push-broom, frame and push-frame), including rigorous sensor model (RSM) refinement, rational function model (RFM) refinement, orthorectification, sub-pixel image correlation, and 3D surface displacement extraction.
Contributions:7 releases, 85 commits, 30 PRs in 4 months
extractionpushrfmsensorsurface
SaifAati/geoNLMF
Jul 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:2 releases, 39 commits, 34 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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