The GIS (Geographical Information Systems) research group is a pluri-disciplinary research team with a predominance of computer science scientists, who are also in charge of the scientific training of the navy cadets. Research activities of the group are oriented towards the modelling and analysis of two- and three-dimensional temporal and geographical data. Applications are particularly oriented to the maritime domain.
The research conducted is organised in two complementary research themes:
The team is currently composed of 7 academics and several PhD students whose expertise cover the following domains:
The group is particularly active in developping applied projects with the industrial cluster "Pôle Mer Bretagne" and in join projects oriented to the maritime domain developed at the regional and national level. At the international level, the team has several projects with several universities amongst them the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Shanghai Maritime University, the University of Pusan in Korea, Laval University in Canada, University College in Dublin and the University of la Manouba in Tunisia.