Min Feng completed his PhD degree in cartography and geographic information systems in 2008 and has been working at the Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF), University of Maryland, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Global Resource Information Database (GRID) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Dr. Feng has been engaged in global high-resolution land cover and change research and is an expert with high-performance geospatial data processing, geospatial model sharing, and integrated simulation. His work has been published in top-ranking remote sensing and GIS journals. Dr. Feng is familiar with OGC/ISO standards and open source tools and libraries, and is also capable of programming using many languages, including C/C++, Java, Python, R, and IDL. He has also reviewed Learning QGIS – Second Edition, Packt Publishing.
Eric Hardin works in the defense and aerospace industry as a software engineer with an international research and engineering company. While pursuing a PhD in physics, he used geospatial analysis and process-based modeling to study coastal geomorphology and develop robust storm hazard mapping techniques. In his current role, he has supported the development of weaponeering simulation software as well as software designed to automate the processing of LiDAR and other geospatial data in near-real time. Although opportunities are not as prevalent as in past years, he still gets excited about all things geospatial and finds any excuse to use Python—even when it's a little overkill.
Richard Marsden has over 15 years of professional software development experience. After starting in the fields of geophysics and oil exploration, he has spent the last 12 years running the Winwaed Software Technology LLC independent software vendor. Winwaed specializes in geospatial tools and applications, including web applications, and operates the http://www.mapping-tools.com website for tools and add-ins for geospatial products, such as Caliper Maptitude and Microsoft MapPoint.
Richard was also a technical reviewer on Python Geospatial Development, Packt Publishing.
Puneet Narula is currently working as a PPC data analyst with Hostelworld.com Limited (www.hostelworld.com), Dublin, Ireland, where he analyzes masses of clickstream data from both direct and affiliate sources and provides insights for the digital marketing team. He uses RapidMiner, R, and Python for exploratory and predictive analysis. His areas of expertise are programming in Python and R, machine learning, data analysis, and visualization.
He started his career in banking and finance and then moved to the ever-growing domain of data and analytics.
He earned an MSc in computing (data analytics) from Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland. He has also reviewed Python Data Analysis, Packt Publishing.
Ryan Small is a technology generalist based out of Seattle, Washington. He is an active participant in the Cascadia Chapter of OSgeo and a DevOps engineer for ClipCard Inc. Ryan has a passion for solving software and infrastructure problems, especially those with a geospatial angle.