Associate Professor (L. 240)
Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST)
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Biography
Andrea Ajmar is an Associate Professor of Geomatics (SSD CEAR-04/A) at the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST) at Politecnico di Torino. He holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering, specializing in GIS environment analysis and complex geodatabase management. His career is distinguished by extensive experience in Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI). For over 12 years, he served as a researcher at the ITHACA association, where he designed and implemented SDI solutions for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), managing geographic data in humanitarian emergency and disaster management contexts. His previous professional background includes collaborations with the Istituto Geografico De Agostini and ERSAL (Lombardy Region) on numerical cartography and environmental monitoring projects. Currently, his research focuses on applying Spatial Data Science techniques to urban resilience and sustainable development. His primary research interests include: - Urban Climate Adaptation: Modeling walking accessibility to climate shelters and analyzing urban paths to mitigate thermal stress in metropolitan environments. - Sustainable Mobility: Utilizing Floating Car Data (FCD) and advanced machine learning models (such as LSTMs and GANs) for traffic flow analysis and road network hierarchy classification. - Satellite Environmental Monitoring: Glacier monitoring, satellite-based estimation of water quality parameters, and rapid impact assessment following natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, and tsunamis. Professor Ajmar has authored more than 60 scientific publications in international journals and conference proceedings.
Curriculum
Scientific branch
(Area 0008 - Civil engineering and architecture)
Research topics
- Spatial Data Science techniques applied to transportation datasets
Skills
ERC sectors
SDG
Open badges
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Learning to Teach with Innovative Teaching Project (L2T_ITP)
Issued by Politecnico di Torino on 25-06-2024 -
Mentoring Polito Project (M2P)
Issued by Politecnico di Torino on 06-06-2024 -
Learning to Teach (L2T)
Issued by Politecnico di Torino on 24-02-2023
Awards and Honors
- BEST POSTER PAPER AWARD conferred by ISPRS (2008)
Fellowships
- Effective member - Associazione Universitari di Cartografia e Topografia, Italia (2020-)
- Vice-President - International Working Group on Satellite Emergency Mapping, Italia (2013-2014)
- Secretary - ISPRS (International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) ICWG IV/VIII - Updating and Maintenance of Core Spatial Databases, Stati Uniti (2008-2012)
- Scientific Committee member - ASITA, Italia (2008-2012)
- Effective member - Associazione Italiana di Cartografia, Italia (2003-2013)
Editorial boards
- REMOTE SENSING (2019-2021), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
Conferences
- GISTAM 2020 (7/5/2020-9/5/2020), Program committee
- GISTAM 2019 (3/5/2019-5/5/2019), Program committee
Teaching
Collegi of the PhD programmes
- URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 2025/2026 (41. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 2024/2025 (40. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 2023/2024 (39. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 2022/2023 (38. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 2020/2021 (36. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Pianificazione e Progettazione. Componente
Teachings
PhD
- Advanced management of geospatial data. A.A. 2025/26, URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Teaching assistant
- Advanced geospatial data management. A.A. 2024/25, URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Main teacher
- Advanced geospatial data management. A.A. 2023/24, URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Teaching assistant
- Advanced geospatial data management. A.A. 2022/23, URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Main teacher
- Advanced geospatial data management. A.A. 2021/22, URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Teaching assistant
- Advanced geospatial data management. A.A. 2020/21, URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Main teacher
Master of Science
- Geomatics for Urban and Regional Planning. A.A. 2026/27, PIANIFICAZIONE URBANISTICA E TERRITORIALE. Titolare del corso
- Geomatics for Urban and Regional Planning. A.A. 2025/26, PIANIFICAZIONE URBANISTICA E TERRITORIALE. Titolare del corso
- Geomatics for Urban and Regional Planning. A.A. 2024/25, PIANIFICAZIONE URBANISTICA E TERRITORIALE. Titolare del corso
- Challenge@PoliTo by Students - Mapping POLITO places. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
- Geomatics for Urban and Regional Planning. A.A. 2023/24, PIANIFICAZIONE URBANISTICA E TERRITORIALE. Titolare del corso
- Geographic Information Systems. A.A. 2023/24, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Collaboratore del corso
- Geomatics for Urban and Regional Analysis. A.A. 2022/23, PIANIFICAZIONE TERRITORIALE, URBANISTICA E PAESAGGISTICO-AMBIENTALE. Titolare del corso
- Geographic Information Systems. A.A. 2022/23, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Titolare del corso
- Geomatics for Urban and Regional Analysis. A.A. 2021/22, PIANIFICAZIONE TERRITORIALE, URBANISTICA E PAESAGGISTICO-AMBIENTALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Geographic Information Systems. A.A. 2021/22, DIGITAL SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS. Titolare del corso
- Geomatics for Urban and Regional Analysis. A.A. 2020/21, PIANIFICAZIONE TERRITORIALE, URBANISTICA E PAESAGGISTICO-AMBIENTALE. Collaboratore del corso
Research
Laboratories
Research projects
Projects funded by competitive calls
- LEXIS - ICT-11-2018-2019HPC and Big Data enabled Large-scale Test-beds and Applications, (2019-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - H2020 - Industrial Leadership – LEIT - ICT
Supervised PhD students
- Asia Bernardi. Programme in Urban And Regional Development (41st cycle, 2025-in progress)
- Andrea Demartis. Programme in Urban And Regional Development (41st cycle, 2025-in progress)
- Sona Guliyeva. Programme in Urban And Regional Development (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
- Giulio Gabriele Pantaloni. Programme in Urban And Regional Development (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
- Majeeb Ur Rehman. Programme in Urban And Regional Development (39th cycle, 2024-in progress)
- Qiurun Lu. Programme in Urban And Regional Development (38th cycle, 2022-2026)
Thesis: A three-dimensional approach for measuring TODness levels. An application to underground urban stations in Chengdu - Michele De Chiaro. Programme in Beni Architettonici E Paesaggistici (37th cycle, 2021-2025)
Thesis: Heritage Survey: patrimonio, territorio e misura. Strumenti a supporto delle indagini storiche
Publications
Last years publications
PoliTO co-authors
Publications by type
Latest publications View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Ajmar, Andrea; Stankulova, Alexandra; Staricco, Luca (2026)
The Influence of Demographic Factors and Environmental Conditions on Walking Accessibility to Climate Shelters. In: XXVII International Conference on Living and Walking in Cities, 2025, pp. 755-769. ISSN 2366-2557. ISBN: 9783032166944
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Louise, Stéphane; Ajmar, Andrea; Androsov, Alexey; Bovio, Lorenza; Disabato, Franca; ... (2025)
Modeling and implementing an earthquake and tsunami event-triggered, time-constrained impact assessment workflow. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING APPLICATIONS. ISSN 1094-3420
Contributo su Rivista - Ajmar, Andrea; Pede, Elena; Staricco, Luca (2025)
Sotto questo sole. Un'analisi sui percorsi e i rifugi climatici nei quartieri di Torino.. In: XXVI Conferenza Nazionale SIU "Nuove Ecologie Territoriali. Coabitare mondi che cambiano", Napoli, 12-14 Giugno 2024, pp. 23-28. ISBN: 978-88-99237-75-2
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Aru, Silvia; Ajmar, Andrea; Pede, Elena; Ranocchiari, Simone (2025)
Volontariato strutturato e spontaneo. Riflessioni e prospettive da un'esperienza di ricerca. In: Volontariato strutturato e spontaneo. Riflessioni e prospettive da un'esperienza di ricerca, Torino, Politecnico di Torino
Altro - Corte, E.; Ajmar, A.; Camporeale, C.; Cina, A.; Coviello, V.; Giulio Tonolo, F.; Godio, ... (2024)
Multitemporal characterization of a proglacial system: a multidisciplinary approach. In: EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA, vol. 16, pp. 3283-3306. ISSN 1866-3508
Contributo su Rivista - Bertone, Edoardo; Ajmar, Andrea; Giulio Tonolo, Fabio; Dunn, Ryan J. K.; Doriean, ... (2024)
Satellite-based estimation of total suspended solids and chlorophyll-a concentrations for the Gold Coast Broadwater, Australia. In: MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN, vol. 201. ISSN 0025-326X
Contributo su Rivista - Garcia-Hernandez, R. J.; Goubier, T.; Schorlemmer, D.; Rakowsky, N.; Harig, S.; Ajmar, ... (2022)
Event-Driven, Time-Constrained Workflows: An Earthquake and Tsunami Pilot. In: HPC, Big Data, and AI Convergence Towards Exascale: Challenge and Vision / S.N., S.L., CRC Press, pp. 131-145. ISBN: 9781003176664
Contributo in Volume - Macelloni, Myrta Maria; Corte, Elisabetta; Ajmar, Andrea; Cina, Alberto; Giulio Tonolo, ... (2022)
Multi-platform, Multi-scale and Multi-temporal 4D Glacier Monitoring. The Rutor Glacier Case Study. In: Italian Conference on Geomatics and Geospatial Technologies (ASITA 2022), Genova, pp. 392-404. ISSN 1865-0929. ISBN: 978-3-031-17438-4
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Ajmar, Andrea; Arco, Emere; Eusebio, Allegra (2022)
The VIIRS Nighttime Lights average annual global dataset: exploratory and brisk trend analysis on three different domains. In: 2022 IEEE 21st Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON), Palermo (Italy), 14-16 Giugno 2022, pp. 454-459. ISBN: 978-1-6654-4280-0
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Ajmar, Andrea; Vanuzzo, Chiara (1997)
Variazioni oloceniche del settore Masino-Bregaglia. In: RENDICONTI - ISTITUTO LOMBARDO. ACCADEMIA DI SCIENZE E LETTERE. B. SCIENZE CHIMICHE E FISICHE, GEOLOGICHE, BIOLOGICHE E MEDICHE. ISSN 0392-9531
Contributo su Rivista