Areas of primary professional interest Mathematical and statistical method and algorithm development including computer implementation with real-world applications of multi- or hyper-variate, spatial, multi-temporal/multi-set/multi-source data in multivariate statistics, geostatistics, spatial statistics, machine learning, geoinformatics, (exploratory) data analysis, data mining, spectroscopy, chemometrics, data science, big data image processing and image analysis satellite and airborne radar and multi- and hyperspectral optical remote sensing, earth observation and imaging spectroscopy (with applications in primarily mapping, mineral exploration, geology, agriculture, forestry, environmental monitoring, marine biology, oceanography, geodesy, security, and sea ice mapping) operational and business aspects of the above check my Plan for future geo-related data science research (2015), also available as a slide presentation: Geo-strategy with examples (2015)