MARINOS KAVOURAS
Professor Emeritus
GIScience • Cybercartography • Geospatial AI • Spatial Strategy
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RENAISSANCE MAPPING FOR A GEOSPATIAL SOCIETY
NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
SCHOOL OF RURAL, SURVEYING AND GEOINFORMATICS ENGINEERING
A very spatial story
A very spatial story
From Academia to Impactful Solutions for the Society
From Academia to Impactful Solutions for the Society
Empowering the cross-cutting spatial abilities of people — from aspiring students to seasoned professionals and organizations — is my lifelong pursuit. My journey, bridging a distinguished academic career at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) with strategic leadership roles in national infrastructure projects, has focused on translating pioneering research into tangible, real-world solutions.
This story is about understanding, mapping, and shaping our world using the power of Geographic Information Science (GIScience) and innovative technologies like GeoAI.
For the Youth: It’s been a privilege engaging with talented learners, inspiring them to develop into bright scientists and successful professionals capable of tackling global challenges.
For Organizations & Business: It's about leveraging deep technical expertise and leadership experience (e.g., Hellenic Cadastre) to deliver actionable strategies in complex domains like Marine Spatial Planning and Digital Transformation.
My mission now is to apply this comprehensive expertise to help public entities and businesses navigate complex data landscapes, optimize decision-making, and achieve sustainable growth through expert advice. This is the best investment for the future of society at large.
Brief profile
Brief profile
Diploma in Rural and Surveying Engineering (1979) from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in Greece.
MScE (1982) and PhD (1987) from the University of New Brunswick in Canada
Professor of GIScience and Cartography at NTUA
Adjunct Researcher of the “Athena” Research and Innovation Centre in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies
Served as:
Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and Administration of the NTUA (2018-2019)
Co-chair of the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe (AGILE)
Dean of the NTUA School of Rural and Surveying Engineering (8 years)
Director of the NTUA Cartography Laboratory (15 years)
Director of the NTUA Geoinformatics Postgraduate Programme (17 years)
Vice President of the Hellenic Cadastral Agency (2004-2009)
Chair of Working Group II/6 –System Integration and Interoperability (2004-08) of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Member of numerous conference organizing/scientific/program committees
Editorial Boards member of scientific journals such as the ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information an Open Access MDPI Journal, the Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards journal by Springer Open, the Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis by Springer, the Semantic Web Journal, and the GISDISS series of dissertations in Geographic Information Science by IOS Press.
Furthermore,
Undertook various research programmes in Geoinformatics and formed the OntoGeo group, conducting Ontological Research in GIScience
Co-authored the book “Theories of Geographic Concepts –Ontological Approaches to Semantic Integration” published by CRC Press T&F, two electronic open books in GIS, and over 160 publications in scientific journals and conference proceedings with over 1600 citations.
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