About Me

NINSAWAT

• April 2006 – March 2009
  Doctoral of Creative Cities,
  Urban Information Study Course,
  Graduate School for Creative Cities
  Osaka City University, Japan
  Dissertation topic: Development of Web Service for Distributed Geoprocessing and Real-Time Sensor Observation using Free and Open Source Software

• May 2001 – December 2002, GPA 3.94
  Master of Science, Space Technology Applications and Research, School of Advanced Technology
  Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
  Thesis topic: Mapping Coral Reef of Phi Phi Island using Remote Sensing and GIS for Integrated Tropical Coastal Zone Management

• May 1996 – May 2000, GPA 3.31
  Bachelor of Science, Environmental Science
  Silpakorn University, Thailand

• May 2009 – Current
  Postdoctoral Researcher
  GEO Grid Research Group, Information Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

• January 2003 – October 2005
  Project Researcher
  Space Technology Applications and Research Program, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

• August 2000 – December 2000
  Special teacher in Database Management System
  Department of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University, Thailand

• June 2000 – August 2000
  Research Assistant
  Space Technology Applications and Research Program, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

• IATSS Project on Local Governance and Urban Transport Environment in Asian Developing Countries
• Prototype Development of Remote Sensing Image Map Server in Thailand and GMS countries (http://mapserver.hondalab.star.ait.ac.th/gms/)
• TTDIS Project : GIS Application System for Transport and Tourism Division of UNESCAP
• The Application of Remote Sensing Image Server for Mobile Device using FOSS
• AIT Tsunami team: Sub team “Detailed Mapping of the Damage in the Affected Areas”. Construct a Web Map Service of Tsunami geospatial information sharing system (http://www.tsunami.ait.ac.th)
• An X3D technology for Developing 3D Web-GIS System
• Implementation of Distributed Geoprocessing System using Web Processing Service (WPS) Open Standard coupling with Sensor Web Network.
• Web3D Service and Web GIS application
• Satellite and Field sensor Integration system based on OGC standards
• Technical Committee member of Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards
• Member in several of OGC Standard Working Group (SWG)
  •    Sensor Observation Service (SOS) 2.0 SWG
  •    SensorML 2.0 SWG
  •    Observation & Measurement (O&M) 2.0 SWG
  •    Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) Common SWG
  •    Web Processing Service 2.0 SWG
  •    Web Coverage Service 2.0 SWG

• Excellent communication skills in English both oral and written
• Best skill in Computer both Hardware and Software
• Best skill in RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) and Spatial Database system
• Best skill in Remote sensing and GIS software (ENVI, ERDAS Imagine, ER Mapper,  Arcview, GRASS GIS, QGIS, degree)
• Best skill in Web GIS development in various applications and Open Web Service Implementation(WMS,WFS,WCS,SOS and WPS)
• Best skill in open source system (Linux OS, GRASS GIS, Mapserver, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, PyWPS and 52NSOS)
• Best skill in Web Development (PHP, HTML, JavaScript) and Computer Programming (C, Visual Basic, Python) for system development

• GEO Grid System based on OGC Framework for e-Science:  Case Study Air Temperature and MODIS LST: Sarawut Ninsawat, Hirokazu Yamamoto, Ryosuke Nakamura, Akihide Kamei and Satoshi Tsuchida, FOSS4G2010, 6-9 September 2010, Barcelona, Spain.(forthcoming)
• Development of OGC Framework for Estimating Air Temperature from MODIS LST and Sensor Network: Sarawut Ninsawat, Hirokazu Yamamoto, Ryosuke Nakamura, Akihide Kamei, Seiichi X. Kato and Satoshi Tsuchida, WebMGS 2010: 1st International Workshop on Pervasive Web Mapping, Geoprocessing and Services, 26-27 August 2010, Como, Italy, 6 pages. (forthcoming)
• Development of Integration Framework for Sensor Network and Satellite Image based on OGC Web Services: Sarawut Ninsawat, Hirokazu Yamamoto, Akihide Kamei, Ryosuke Nakamura, Satoshi Tsuchida and Takahisa Maeda, EGU2010, 2-7 May 2010, Vienna, Austria.
• Utilization of Satellite Image and Field Sensor for Environmental Study, Southeast Asia International Joint Research and Training Program in High-Performance Computing Applications and Networking Technology, 30 November – 4 December, 2009, National Center for High-Performance Computing, Taichung, Taiwan.
• Integrated System of Satellite and Field Data for Mapping of Gross Primary Production: Akihide Kamei, Sarawut Ninsawat, Hirokazu Yamamoto, Ryousuke Nakamura, Satoshi Tsuchida and Takahisa Maeda, Asis Flux Workshop 2009, 27-29 October 2009, Hokkaido, Japan.
• Validation of Satellite Image with Ground Sensor Network based on OGG Web Services Framework: Sarawut Ninsawat, Ryousuke Nakamura, Hirokazu Yamamoto, Akihide Kamei and Satoshi Tsuchida, FOSS4G2009, 20-23 October 2009, Sydney, Australia.
• Development of Three Dimensional Geologic Modeling System using Web-GIS: Shinji Masumoto, Susumu Nonogaki, Sarawut Ninsawat, Satomi Iwamura, Kenichi Sakurai, Hiroyuki Shoga, Venkatesh Raghavan and Kiyoji Shiono, Geoinforum-2009, 25-26 June 2009, Okinawa, Japan, (Geoinformatics, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 94-95).
• Three Dimensional subsurface geologic modeling with Web-GIS in Western Osaka Plain using borehole data: Hiroyuki Shoga, Shinji Masumoto, Kenichi Sakurai, Susumu Nonogaki, Sarawut Ninsawat, Satomi Iwamura, Muneki Mitamura and Kiyoji Shiono, Geoinforum-2009, 25-26 June 2009, Okinawa, Japan, (Geoinformatics, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 100-101).
• Utilization of Real-time Data from Sensor Observation for Decision Support System based on OGC Web Services, GEOSS Sensor Web Workshop, 20 May 2009, Tsukuba, Japan.
• Development of Distributed Web Service for Geoprocessing and 3D Visualization in Web-GIS Clients: Sarawut Ninsawat, Venkatesh Raghavan and Shinji Masumoto, Proceeding of the GIS-IDEAS2008, 4-6 December 2008, Hanoi, Vietnam, pp. 233-237.
• Development of Prototype System for Three Dimensional Geologic Modeling based on Web-GIS: Shinji Masumoto, Susumu Nonogaki, Sarawut Ninsawat, Satomi Iwamura, Kenichi Sakurai, Venkatesh Raghavan, Tatsuya Nemoto and Kiyoji Shiono,  Proceeding of the GIS-IDEAS2008, 4-6 December 2008, Hanoi, Vietnam, pp. 83-88.
• Change Detection of Multi Temporal Remote Sensing Data using Principal Component, Case Study: Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Coporation (PCMC) India: Saroj Akoijam, Pham Thi Mai Thy, Sarawut Ninsawat and Venkatesh Raghavan, Proceeding of the GIS-IDEAS2008, 4-6 December 2008, Hanoi, Vietnam, pp. 135-140.
• Using Satellite Image to Detect the Urban Expansion in Can Tho City, Vietnam: Pham Thi Mai Thy, Saroj Akoijam, Sarawut Ninsawat and Venkatesh Raghavan, Proceeding of the GIS-IDEAS2008, 4-6 December 2008, Hanoi, Vietnam, pp. 147-152.
• Implementation of Distributed Service Oriented Framework for 3D Visualization in Web-GIS Clients: Sarawut Ninsawat, Venkatesh Raghavan and Shinji Masumoto, FOSS4G2008, 29 September – 3 October 2008, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Service Oriented Architecture for 3D Geospatial Visualization in Web-GIS client: Sarawut Ninsawat, Venkatesh Raghavan and Shinji Masumoto, Geoinforum-2008, 12-13 June 2008, Sapporo, Japan, (Geoinformatics, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 146-147).
• Development of Prototype for Three Dimensional Geologic Modeling System based on Web-GIS: Shinji Masumoto, Sarawut Ninsawat, Susumu Nonogaki, Satomi Iwamura, Kenichi Sakurai, Venkatesh Raghavan and Kiyoji Shiono, Geoinforum-2008, 12-13 June 2008, Sapporo, Japan, (Geoinformatics, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 80-81).
• Support System for Lihofacies Correlation of Borehole data as a Basic Tool of Three Dimensional Geologic modeling on Web-GIS: Kenichi Sakurai, Sarawut Ninsawat, Kiyoji Shiono and Shinji Masumoto, Geoinforum-2008, 12-13 June 2008, Sapporo, Japan, (Geoinformatics, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 82-83).
• Implementing Mobile GeoTagging Application using Free and Open Source Software: Syunsuke Katsura, Sarawut Ninsawat and Venkatesh Raghavan, Geoinforum-2008, 12-13 June 2008, Sapporo, Japan, (Geoinformatics, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 144-145).
• Utilization of Distributed OGC Web Services for Analysis of Remote Sensing Data: Sarawut Ninsawat and Venkatesh Raghavan, Proceedings of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan 2007, 6-7 December 2007, Sakai, Japan, pp. 19-20.
• Open Source Participatory GIS Framework through Man-Machine Interactions: Sarawut Ninsawat and Venkatesh Raghavan, Kansai Open Source Forum 2007, 9-10 November 2007, Osaka, Japan.
• Development of Geoprocessing Service with Realtime Data using WPS and SOS Open Standard: Sarawut Ninsawat and Venkatesh Raghavan, FOSS4G2007, 24-27 September 2007, Victoria, Canada.
• Implementation of Distributed Geoprocessing System using WPS Open Standard: Sarawut Ninsawat, Venkatesh Raghavan and Shinji Masumoto, Geoinforum-2007, 21-22 June 2007, Shimane, Japan, (Geoinformatics, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 116-117).
• Development of Historical GIS for Hanoi City using GIS enabled Portal Framework : Nguyen Hoa Binh, Venkatesh Raghavan, Sarawut Ninsawat and Mamoru Shibayama, Geoinforum-2007, 21-22 June 2007, Shimane, Japan, (Geoinformatics, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 114-115).
• オープンスタンダードを用いた空間情報の共有および管理システムの実装: Daisuke Yoshida, Sarawut Ninsawat, Maryanne Darauay, Milagros Ramando, Regional Development Council II and Venkatesh Raghavan, Geoinforum-2007, 21-22 June 2007, Shimane, Japan, (Geoinformatics, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 146-147).
• Implementing Historical GIS using Free and Open Source Software : Venkatesh Raghavan, Nguyen Hoa Binh, Sarawut Ninsawat, Ho Dinh Duan and Mamoru Shibayama, Proceeding of International Symposium on Digital Preservation of Historical Heritage in ThangLong – Hanoi, 2006, pp.89-97.
• From GrassLinks to Web Processing Services with GRASS GIS: Sarawut Ninsawat, Venkatesh Raghavan, Shinji Masumoto and Yann Chemin, Proceeding of the GIS-IDEAS 2006, 9-11 November 2006, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam , pp. 322-327.
• Implementing Spatially Enabled Portal and Content Management Systems: Nguyen Hoa Binh, Venkatesh Raghavan, Sarawut Ninsawat  and Mamoru Shibayama, Proceeding of the GIS-IDEAS 2006, 9-11 November 2006, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, pp. 269-274.
• Development of Open Web-GIS Prototype for Regional Geographic Information Network Project in the Philippines Region II: Daisuke Yoshida, Sarawut Ninsawat, Maryanne Darauay, Milagros Ramando, Regional Development Council II and Venkatesh Raghavan, Proceeding of the GIS-IDEAS 2006, 9-11 November 2006, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, pp. 371-376.
• X3D Technology Approach for Developing 3D Web-GIS System: Sarawut Ninsawat, Venkatesh Raghavan, Shinji Masumoto, Yann Chemin and Hideo Nakano, FOSS4G2006, 11-15 September 2006, Lausanne, Switzerland. video
• Adoption of AJAX and X3D Technology in Open Source Web GIS Application: Sarawut Ninsawat, Venkatesh Raghavan, Daisuke Yoshida and Shinji Masumoto, Geoinforum-2006, 29-30 June 2006, Yamanachi, Japan, (Geoinformatics, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 120-121).
• Developing Spatially Enabled Portal for Historical GIS Application in Hanoi : Nguyen Hoa Binh, Venkatesh Raghavan, Sarawut Ninsawat, Ho Dinh Duan and Mamoru Shibayama, Geoinforum-2006, 29-30 June 2006, Yamanachi, Japan, (Geoinformatics, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 118-119).
• Development of NOAA and Landsat Image Server using Web Map Service: Sarawut Ninsawat and Kiyoshi Honda, the 19th Asia-Pacific Advanced Network, 24-28 January 2005, Bangkok, Thailand, (EMWG: Web Mapping Services – I)
• The Application of GMS Remote Sensing Image Server for Mobile Devices: Sarawut Ninsawat and Kiyoshi Honda, Proceedings of the 25th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, 22-26 November 2004, Chaing Mai, Thailand, (D-4.9 WebGIS), pp.1200-1205.
• Development of NOAA and Landsat Image Server using FOSS : Sarawut Ninsawat, Kiyoshi Honda: Proceedings of the FOSS/GRASS Users Conference: 12 – 14 September 2004, Bangkok, Thailand, Online, 15 pages.
• Remote Sensing Image Server based on WMS for GMS (Greater Mekong Sub-Region) Countries: Sarawut Ninsawat, Kiyoshi Honda, Teerayut Horanont, Ryuzo Yokoyama and Amor V.M.Ines: Proceedings of the 24th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, 3-7 November 2003, Busan, Korea, CD-ROM, 3 pages, (FA5 Spatial Data Infrastructure 2).
• Mapping Coral Reefs of Phi Phi Island using Remote Sensing and GIS for Integrated Coastal Zone Management: Sarawut Ninsawat, Nitin Kumar Tripathi, Michiro Kusanagi, Frederic Borne and Kathe Jensen, Proceedings of the Regional Conference on DIGITAL GMS, 26-28 February 2003, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, 6 pages.

• Ninsawat, S., Raghavan, V. and Masumoto, S.(2008) Integration of Web Processing Service and Sensor Observation Service for Distributed Geoprocessing using Real-Time Data. Geoinformatics, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 171-179.
• Ninsawat, S., Raghavan, V., Masumoto, S. and Chemin, Y. (2007) Web Processing Service for Spatial Analysis using PyWPS and GRASS GIS. International Journal of Geoinformatics, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 19-25.
• Ninsawat, S. and Tripathi , N.K.(2007) Mapping Coral Reef Condition in Phi Phi Island, Thailand using Image Fusion and Mahalanobis Distance Classifier. International Journal of Geoinformatics, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 67-74.
• Yoshida, D., Ninsawat, S. and Raghavan, V.,2007 Service Oriented Geospatial Data Management using Free and Open Source Software – A Prototype for Northern Region of the Philippines. International Journal of Geoinformatics, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 9-18.
• Binh, H.N. , Ninsawat, S., Raghavan, V., Kita, K. and Yoshida, D., 2006, A Mechanism for Location Based Library Services – Implementing Remote Book Lending System using Open Source Software. Journal of Informatics, vol. 3, no. 1,pp. 58-62. pdf

• Teaching assistant of Open Standard System I and Open Standard System II class in 2007,2008 [Graduate School for Creative Cities, Osaka City University]
• Lecturer and Trainer of Spatial Data Sharing using Free and Open Source Software in “The Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and Agricultural Production” program.
  •    JICA-GIS 2006,4-7 September 2006
  •    JICA-GIS 2007,10-13 September 2007
  •    JICA-GIS 2008,15-18 September 2008
• Laboratory Trainer of Basic Remote Sensing and Advance Remote Sensing class in 2003,2004,2005 [Space Technology Applications and Research Program, Asian Institute of Technology]
• Laboratory Trainer of Advance Remote Sensing for Department of Mineral Resource of Thailand, 15-17 September 2003, Asian Institute of Technology

• Japan Society of Geoinformatics
• Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) member
• ISPRS Working Group IV/5 “Distributed, Web-based
  Geoinformation Services and Applications”

• Awarded Monbukagakusho (Monbusho) Scholarship from Japanese Government for Doctoral degree at Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
• Awarded Royal Thai Government Scholarship from Thai Government for Master degree at Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
• Second Rank with GPA 3.94 from Space Technology Applications and Research, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
• First outstanding graduated student of Thailand in field of Environmental science in year of 2000 given by the Thailand scientist association, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
• First Rank and Second Class Honors with GPA 3.31 from Environmental Science, Silpakorn University, Thailand
• Three continuous prizes of highest grade from Environmental Science, Silpakorn University, Thailand