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BlasBenito/README.md

Blas M. Benito, PhD

Senior Data Scientist | Geospatial Tech Lead

  • 🎓 PhD in Computational Ecology | MSc in Geographic Information Systems 🌍

  • 🧠 18 YOE in Spatial Data Science, Scientific Software Development, and Research ORCID

  • 🌍 International experience in world-class multidisciplinary research teams across 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇩🇰 Denmark, and 🇳🇴 Norway

  • 💼 Current Role: Senior Spatial Data Scientist at Biome Makers Inc

Professional Profile

  • 🗺️ Spatial modeling & product development

    • Design and development of high-resolution soil/crop mapping products
    • Build production pipelines for spatial data engineering and modelling
    • Develop software packages encapsulating business logic for AgTech applications
    • Implement a data infrastructure to support AgTech products
    • Integrate remote sensing, environmental data, and spatial machine learning to boost company products
  • 📈 Time series analysis & engineering

    • Design of optimized algorithms for large-scale time series analysis
    • Automated extraction of phenological indicators at global scale from remote sensing time series
  • 🏛️ Research, innovation & knowledge transfer

    • Bridge fundamental and applied research in AgTech
    • Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
    • Author of international scientific publications in Computational and Spatial Ecology
    • Write clear and effective technical documentation
  • 🚀 Strategic leadership & mentorship

    • Geospatial Tech Lead & Developer
    • Drive strategic planning and execution to advance data science initiatives
    • Build and lead high-impact data science teams focused on innovation in AgTech
    • Support data science advancements in a rapidly evolving industry
    • Mentor and guide teams to develop impactful, data-driven solutions

Tech Stack

  • 🛠️ Programming & Development
    R | Rcpp | targets | RStudio/Positron/VSCode | RMarkdown/Quarto | plumber | Jenkins | Git | GitHub | Shiny

  • 🤖 Machine Learning & Stats
    xgboost | ranger | rpart | partyKit | tidymodels | glm/gam | lme4 | nnet | kernlab

  • 📊 Data Visualization
    ggplot2 | plotly | leaflet | mapview

  • 🗄️ Databases & Data Management
    PostgreSQL/PostGIS | DuckDB | Apache Arrow | DBeaver

  • 🧭 Geospatial Tools
    GDAL | terra | sf | leaflet | GRASS GIS | Quantum GIS (QGIS) | TerrSet (formerly IDRISI) | SAGA GIS

  • ☁️ Cloud & Distributed Systems
    AWS/awscli | Google Cloud/gcloud | Slurm | Spark

  • 🔧 Package & Environment Management
    renv | Docker

Open Source Development

  • distantia          Fast Dynamic Time Warping Library
  • spatialRF          Spatial modelling with Random Forest.
  • collinear          Automated multicollinearity management.
  • memoria              Time series lag analysis.
  • virtualPollen   Mechanistic simulation in plant ecology.

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  1. spatialRF spatialRF Public

    R package to fit spatial models with Random Forest

    R 116 16

  2. distantia distantia Public

    R package to compute dissimilarity between multivariate time series

    R 23 6

  3. SDMcourse SDMcourse Public

    Species Distribution Modelling course

    R 13 9

  4. collinear collinear Public

    R package to manage multicollinearity in modeling data frames.

    R 11 1

  5. virtualPollen virtualPollen Public

    R package to simulate pollen curves based on virtual taxa with different life and niche traits.

    R 5 1

  6. spatialRF_talk spatialRF_talk Public

    Talk about incorporating spatial autocorrelation into random forest models

    JavaScript 5 1