Thierry Badard

Thierry Badard is an Associate Professor at the Department of Geomatics Sciences, Université Laval, where he also serves as Director of the Center for Research in Geospatial Data and Intelligence (CRDIG). With over 28 years of experience in geospatial science, he leads research initiatives at the intersection of GeoAI, LiDAR processing, and smart city technologies.

• Director, CRDIG (2016-2022)
• Steering Committee Member, Big Data Research Centre (CRDM)
• Researcher, Institute for Intelligence and Data (IID)

Research Expertise spans geospatial big data, GeoNLP, and IoT applications for digital twins. His work addresses flood risk modeling, 3D urban analytics, and environmental monitoring through AI-driven solutions. Recent publications focus on contrastive learning for LiDAR segmentation and geospatial ontologies for early warning systems.

Grant Leadership includes collaborative projects on smart insurance analytics (2018-2025), Arctic bioaerosol research (2019-2025), and Quebec-Morocco digital twin partnerships (2022-2023). He has advised 15+ graduate students in geomatics and related fields.