Muki Haklay

Current

• Senior Lecturer in Geographical Information Sceince at University College London

Past

• Researcher at University College London
• Technologist at Atlas Geomatics
• Analyst and GIS consultant at AmAv Transportation Planning

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Education

• London Business School
• University College London
• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

• Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Industry

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Websites

• My Website
• My Blog

Muki Haklay’s Summary

Active in Geographical Information Systems R&D since 1988, experienced in industrial and academic R&D.

Recent clients include: Ordnance Survey, ODPM, Camden Police, Sitescope, Argent King's Cross, London Sustainability Exchange, URBED and Geofutures ltd.

Supervised research projects in collaboration with Multimap, M&S, Shell, BP, 1Spatial, Dr. Foster Intelligence, UnLtd, and OpenStreetMap.

Taught on many aspects of GIS, including bespoke training.

Muki Haklay’s Specialties:

Lecturer, researcher, consultant for public and private sector bodies.

Experienced in designing and implementing GIS projects using ArcGIS, Mapinfo, Manifold GIS, Oracle Spatial, Radius Topology, Go Loader and Neogeography technologies.

Experienced in usability research and evaluation of geospatial technologies.

Muki Haklay’s Experience

• Senior Lecturer in Geographical Information Sceince

  University College London

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  2001 — Present (8 years )

  Senior Lecturer at UCL. Involved in academic research and in development of university-private sector links through London Technology Network.
  
  Principal and Co-investigator on 5 research projects (total value £1.2M).

Muki Haklay’s Education

• London Business School

  MBA courses 2003 — 2005

  MBA elective courses, sponsored by the Centre for Scientific Enterprise London at London Business School. Subjects: new venture development, technology strategy, finance, accounting and consulting skills.

• University College London

  PhD , Geography , September 1997 — September 2002

  Main fields of research: GIS, environmental decision-making and Internet applications. Thesis title:
  “Public Environmental Information Systems: Challenges and Perspectives”.
  Received Overseas Research Students awards (ORS) scholarship. Awarded to overseas postgraduate students of outstanding merit and research potential.

• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  MA , Geography , October 1994 — August 1997

  MA Summa cum Laude. Main fields of research: GIS, environmental planning and computer science.
  Received excellence scholarship (1996 & 1997), Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Awarded to the top 5% of postgraduate students in the Social Sciences faculty.

• Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  B.Sc. , Computer Science, Geography , 1991 — 1994

  "Amirim" Scholarship - Social Science Faculty (1991), given to the top 3% of students with the highest entrance grades.

Additional Information

Muki Haklay’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog

Muki Haklay’s Interests:

Usability and Human Computer Interaction, novel applications of GIS, cooking, early music

Muki Haklay’s Groups:

Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), Association of American Geographers (AAG), Association for Geographical Information (AGI), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

•    Hebrew University Alumni
•    University College London
•    GIS and Geo Technology Professionals - Now 4,000+ strong!
•    GIS
•    Association of American Geographers
•    OpenStreetMap
•    Participatory Geographic Information Systems & Technologies
•    Royal Geographical Society
•    Indigenous Mapping Network
•    LTN Business Fellows and Alumni
•    LTN ICT Special Interest Group
•    TERRA future
•    GeoCommunity

Muki Haklay’s Honors:

2000: AVI Fellowship
1997-2001: Overseas Research Students awards (ORS). Awarded to overseas postgraduate students of outstanding merit and research potential.
1997: Excellence scholarship, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Awarded to the top 5% of postgraduate students in the Social Sciences faculty.
1996: Excellence scholarship, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. As above.
1994: Hertzel HaLevy award, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Awarded for the best undergraduate seminar paper of the year in the Geography department.
1991: Amirim scholarship, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Awarded to the 3% of students with the highest entrance grades in the Social Sciences faculty.

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