I am responsible for consolidating the accurate positional track-history of BAS-operated vessels such as the RRS James Clark Ross and Ernest Shackleton. I work foremost with positional underway data collected throughout scientific ‘Research’ cruises down South in Antarctica. My expertise focuses on historical position GPS/GNSS marine vessel-mounted sensor streams. I also work with supplementary analogue/digital geospatial data derived from sources such as Vessel Deck logs, Meteorological reports, Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) and Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT).
My research background is in the modelling of ancient human-landscape interactions using machine learning techniques such as optimal path analysis and particle swarm optimization to develop Least Cost Path modelling within an Archaeological framework of analysis. My postgraduate research specialized on ‘Peak Sanctuaries,’ an Aegean Late Bronze Age practice which took place on Naxos, Greece.
Diversity Advocacy Work
Working at BAS has afforded me the opportunity to build a platform and organize efforts to promote diversity in our workplace environment. I’m passionate about addressing racial and socio-economic inequality within Polar Sciences. Likewise, I’m engaged with raising awareness on neurodiversity challenges which impact our BAS community both at Cambridge and down South.
I’m a Founder of the BAS Neurodiversity Support Network (NDN), BAS representative for UKRI’s Racial Inclusion and Striving for Equity (RISE) Network, and member of the The Diversity in UK Polar Science (DiPSI) Steering Group. I also am a member of the newly founded Women in High Performance Computing (WHPC) Cambridge/East Anglia chapter which seeks to promote gender-balance within scientific engineering (technical) community.
Education
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Claudette Lopez writes for Neurodiversity Celebration Week (18-22 March), a worldwide initiative that challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences, on her experience of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and […]
