Serkan Girgin
Serkan Girgin is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, and leads the Center of Expertise in Big Geodata Science (CRIB), a facility advancing geospatial big data and cloud computing technologies. His research focuses on scalable, cloud-native geospatial data access and processing, with particular attention to performance and energy efficiency. He develops tools and platforms that support Open Science and best practices in research data management and research software development. He has led the design and development of platforms such as Open Data Explorer and OpenSTAC, enabling efficient discovery and access of large-scale research data. His leads collaborative projects, including CLOUD-NES and ECO-SCALE. He had also developed methodologies and systems for industrial risk assessment, including the European Commission's eNatech database and the RAPID-N system. He serves on the ESA DestinE Sounding Board NL, is an eScience Center Fellow, and a SURF Research Support Champion.
Session
Efficient and reproducible geospatial workflows require systematic performance monitoring and benchmarking. This hands-on tutorial introduces Geobench, an open-source framework designed to monitor and benchmark geospatial workflows across different tools and computing environments (https://github.com/ITC-CRIB/geobench). You will learn how to design benchmarking scenarios, execute workflows with automated monitoring, and interpret performance metrics to improve workflow efficiency.