Kostas Alexandridis, PhD, GISP

With over 20 years of experience in research and academia, Kostas is currently serving as a GIS Analyst/Spatial Complex Systems Scientist at the County of Orange, OC Survey Geospatial Services in Santa Ana, California, where he applies skills and knowledge in spatial data science, advanced geoAI, machine learning, programming, modeling and simulation for Digital Twins, and GISci to support digital transformation work at the County of Orange. He holds a PhD in Natural Resource Policy from Purdue University, and is also a Certified Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP).

As a co-chair of the Academia and Research Working Group at the Digital Twin Consortium, Kostas collaborates with leading experts and organizations in developing and advancing digital twin technologies and applications. He has served over the years in multiple University faculty and government positions. Kostas also serves as an advisory board member for the Big Data Executive Certificate Program at California State University - East Bay, as a member of IEEE and the IEEE Computational Intelligent Society, URISA, a member of the IUCN Committee on Ecosystem Management, and as a member of numerous other professional organizations. His mission and vision is to contribute to the scientific and social understanding of complex spatial systems and their implications for natural resource management, policy, and decision making.