About the author

Shammunul Islam is a consulting spatial data scientist at the Institute of Remote Sensing, Jahangirnagar University. His guidance is being applied toward the development of an adaptation tracking mechanism for a UNDP project in Bangladesh. He has provided data science training to the executives of Shwapno, the largest retail brand in Bangladesh. Mr. Islam has developed applications for automating statistical and econometric analysis for a variety of data sources, ranging from weather stations to socio-economic surveys. He has also consulted as a statistician for a number of surveys. He completed his MA in Climate and Society from Columbia University, New York, in 2014 on a full scholarship, before which he completed an honors degree in statistics and a master's degree in development studies.