[GRASS-user] Candidate Statement - Isaac Ullah

[Isaac Ullah]

Dear all, I am grateful to be nominated for election to the GRASS PSC. I am
a computational archaeologist, and I have worked extensively with GRASS
since 2005 (GRASS 5.4!). I have developed several addons for GRASS,
including addons for archaeological catchment modeling, cumulative viewshed
analysis, landscape evolution and erosion modeling, and agent-based
modeling of human land-use practices, and have published extensively about
these same topics. I am a passionate advocate for free and open source
software in general, and in the service of open scientific practices in
particular.

As a GIS educator, I center my courses around GRASS and other open-source
tools in service of the ideals of open science and equitable access to the
tools of scientific analysis. I make video tutorials
<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSCH2IXZ2pHrUXXuOK7EBKWmMD7i6CTA->
for learning GRASS, and have made available open data
<https://github.com/isaacullah/GIS-Projects> to accompany these tutorials.

If elected to the PSC, I will work towards the goal of expanding
educational materials for learning how to use GRASS, helping to develop
guidelines for open scientific practices with GRASS, advocating for GRASS
as a hub for spatial data analysis pipelines, streamlining/organizing the
ever-expanding set of excellent add-ons, and expanding the accessibility
and efficiency of the user interface. As always, I am here also to learn
and to understand the diverse needs of the GRASS community.

Many thanks for your consideration!

~Isaac
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Isaac I. Ullah, PhD
*Associate Professor of Anthropology*
*Anthropology Undergraduate Adviser*
*San Diego State University                    *
*Office: AL 480*
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*Website: The Computational Geoarchaeology of Anthropocene Landscapes
<https://isaacullah.github.io/>*
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