Brian Ochieng' Pondi

AG Edzer Pebesma

Room:	133
Email:	brian.pondi@uni-muenster.de
Phone:	+49 251 83-33192
About:	Projects: Open Earth Monitor Cyberinfrastructure, InterTwin Summary: I am a Researcher with expertise in API specification, geospatial machine learning and software engineering. Currently, I am working at the Spatio-Temporal Modeling Lab of the Institute for Geoinformatics (IFGI) Münster on 2 EU-funded projects: Open Earth Monitor Cyberinfrastructure (€12.7 Million) and an Interdisciplinary Digital Twin Engine (€11.7 Million). These projects involve collaborative work within consortia and have a shared objective of creating innovative solutions for environmental monitoring and advancing digital twin technology. Education: PhD Geoinformatics (University of Münster, Ongoing) M.Sc. Geoinformatics (University of Münster) B.A. Geography (Moi University) Publications: Pondi, B., Appel, M. & Pebesma, E. OpenEOcubes: an open-source and lightweight R-based RESTful web service for analyzing earth observation data cubes. Earth Sci Inform 17, 1809–1818 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-024-01249-y Fina, S., Gerten, C., Pondi, B., D’Arcy, L., O’Reilly, N., Vale, D. S., Pereira, M., & Zilio, S. (2022). OS-WALK-EU: An open-source tool to assess health-promoting residential walkability of European city structures. In Journal of Transport & Health (Vol. 27, p. 101486). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2022.101486