Samuel Van Ackere
Founder at Universiteit Gent
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolSamuel Van Ackere is a data scientist and founder with a PhD in geomatics and over a decade of experience turning complex spatial and semantic data into practical decision-making tools. Currently leading AI & Analytics at Digitaal Vlaanderen and founding Ninjai, he blends research-grade geoinformatics, knowledge graphs, and machine learning to accelerate data-driven public services and startups. His work on rapid socio-economic damage assessment (FLIAT) and smart data spaces highlights a rare focus on resilience, emergency management, and integrating volunteered geographic data into operational workflows. Comfortable moving between academia and product delivery, he combines hands-on model development with team leadership to optimize processes and uncover new opportunities. Based in Ghent, he brings both the rigor of postdoctoral research and the pragmatism of a hybrid tech partner to solve spatial-data challenges at scale.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science in de industriële wetenschappen, Master of Science in de industriële wetenschappen at HOGENTDoctoral Student Geomatics, Doctoral Student Geomatics at Ghent University
English, French, German
Github Skills (25)
oslo9
oslothema8
javascript5
converter4
causal4
collada4
event-data3
fbx3
mongodb3
codelist3
java2
causal-inference2
linked-data2
gltf2
xml2
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
samuvack/cesium-1
Jun 2017 - Feb 2023
Contributions:5 pushes, 4 branches in 5 years 9 months
javascript-librarywebgljavascriptearththreejs
Informatievlaanderen/OSLOthema-DigitaleWatermeter
Jan 2024 - Sep 2024
Contributions:6 releases, 5 reviews, 1 PR in 7 months
oslothema
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