Nathalie Abadie

Nathalie Abadie is a Researcher at the Geographic Information Science and Technology Laboratory (LaSTIG) within the National School of Geographic Sciences at the University of Paris-East. She leads research in geographic information science with a focus on knowledge capture, geohistorical data, and semantic web technologies. Her work bridges historical geography, digital humanities, and artificial intelligence.

Her research interests include structured data matching with geographic reference datasets, creation of geohistorical knowledge graphs, and knowledge acquisition for geographic data. She develops methodologies for spatial named entity linking, multimodal image matching, and historical data integration, particularly applied to urban evolution studies of Paris from 1789-1950.

Dr. Abadie's recent publications demonstrate trends in geohistorical knowledge graph construction, historical document analysis, and real-time geolocation applications. Her work increasingly integrates machine learning with traditional GIS techniques to address challenges in historical data processing and disaster response.

She actively advises PhD students including Solenn Tual, Charly Bernard, and Helen Mair Rawsthorne, and has led major research projects such as SoDuCo (Study of Urban Spatial Structures Evolution) and Mezanno (Collaborative Annotation Tools). Her grants include CNRS-funded initiatives in digital humanities and geospatial AI.

Dr. Abadie co-leads the STRUDEL research team and directs multiple national working groups including the CNRS GDR MAGIS commission on Geohistorical Knowledge Graphs. She organizes major conferences including the French Knowledge Engineering Conference and workshops on Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence.