Staff Directory

Tomislav Urban

Tomislav Urban

Senior Software Developer
Data Management and Collections 
(512) 471-6532
turban@tacc.utexas.edu

Tomislav is a developer in the Data Management and Collections group. In this role, he is responsible for database design and application programming, web programming and technologies, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and relational database technology. In addition, he is working on ways to deliver geospatial data collections to the research community. Tomislav joined TACC as a Grid Technology Developer in November 2002. Prior to TACC, Tomislav spent six years in Information Technology (IT) consulting and software engineering.

Current Projects

  • Natural History Collections
  • Paleogeographic Mapping

Organization Membership/Professional Affiliations

  • Global Grid Forum

Speaking Engagements/Conference Participation

  • Portals & Portlets, Presented two papers: "GPIR - GridPort Information Repository" and "GridPort 3.0 Plans." July 2003, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • GlobusWorld 2004: "GridPort: Using Globus for Grid-Enabled Web Portals" January 2004, San Francisco, California
  • PASIG 2009: "Data Curation Working Group" October 2009, San Francisco, California
  • AIM-UP 2010: "Project Updates" October 2010, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • AIM-UP 2012: "Project Updates" February 2012, Fairbanks, Alaska

Education

  • Masters in Geographic Information Systems, Pennsylvania State University, Expected 2012
  • M.A., History, The University of Minnesota, 1997
  • B.A., History and Political Science, The University of California at Davis, 1993