This short course is delivered by a group of contributors from the Pangeo and Earth science open-source communities. Below, each instructor provides a brief introduction and indicates if their participation is linked to a specific project or initiative.
Deyan Samardzhiev¶
- Affiliation: Lampata, Cambridge, United Kingdom / Pangeo Europe
- About: Deyan Samardzhiev is the Founder and the Director of Engineering at Lampata. He specialises implementing geospatial cloud-native solutions within various enterprises and the public sector at both the local and government level. His expertise lies in architecting cloud-native environments, building distributed controls, and enabling organisations to leverage spatial data effectively for improved decision-making and operational efficiency. He is key personnel in a variety of leading research projects, most notably, ESA’s EarthCODE and part of the Pangeo community. A core part of his approach is guiding private sector projects to transition into open-source initiatives.
- Github: sunnydean
- Project affiliation: EarthCODE (https://
earthcode .esa .int/) is a strategic initiative by the European Space Agency (ESA) designed to empower researchers in Earth System Science with FAIR and Open Science practices. By providing a collaborative development environment with integrated tools, cloud services, and expert guidance, EarthCODE helps scientists make their research more impactful, transparent, and reusable—while staying focused on the science itself.
Anne Fouilloux¶
- Affiliation: Simula Research Laboratory, Oslo, Norway / Pangeo Europe
- About: Anne leads several Pangeo Europe activities, including Pangeo@EOSC and the Pangeo Training Infrastructure as a Service. Her work focuses on promoting scalable, FAIR, and open workflows for environmental science.
- Github: annefou
- Project affiliation: EarthCODE (https://
earthcode .esa .int/) is a strategic initiative by the European Space Agency (ESA) designed to empower researchers in Earth System Science with FAIR and Open Science practices. By providing a collaborative development environment with integrated tools, cloud services, and expert guidance, EarthCODE helps scientists make their research more impactful, transparent, and reusable—while staying focused on the science itself.
Tina Odaka¶
- Affiliation: IFREMER
- About: Tina Odaka is a research engineer at Ifremer (LOPS), specializing in cloud-native workflows for marine and Earth observation data. She integrates tools like Pangeo, Zarr, STAC, and Dask into reproducible research and contributes to projects like Pangeo@EOSC and the EOPF Sample Service, supporting scalable, open geoscience.
- Github: tinaok
- Project affiliation: EarthCODE (https://
earthcode .esa .int/) is a strategic initiative by the European Space Agency (ESA) designed to empower researchers in Earth System Science with FAIR and Open Science practices. By providing a collaborative development environment with integrated tools, cloud services, and expert guidance, EarthCODE helps scientists make their research more impactful, transparent, and reusable—while staying focused on the science itself.