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Place of Birth: Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
About Gilberto Câmara
- Gilberto Câmara (born 29 March 1956) is a Brazilian computer scientist and former director of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) (between 2006—2013).
- He was head of INPE's Image Processing Division from 1991 to 1996 and Director for Earth Observation from 2001 to 2005.He is a researcher in the areas of Geographical Information Science, Spatial Databases, Spatial Analysis and Environmental Modelling.
- Gilberto is the principal investigator on the area of Spatial Databases and Spatial Environmental Models in the GEOMA research network for Environmental Modelling of Amazonia.
- He is responsible for setting up data policies for CBERS images in Brazil and abroad, and for creating INPE's Remote Sensing Data Center, which has put 30 years of imagery on-line.
- He was also responsible for setting up a system for real-time detection of deforestation in Amazonia and for making PRODES deforestation maps available on the Internet.He is a professor in INPE's graduate programs in remote sensing and computer science, a member of Scientific Steering Committee of the Global Land Project and of the editorial board of the Journal of Earth Science Informatics.
- In 2011, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Münster.
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