{"id":406,"date":"2018-01-30T18:03:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T17:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/analyse-spatiale\/romain-lacroix\/"},"modified":"2018-02-02T16:48:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T15:48:25","slug":"romain-lacroix","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/analyse-spatiale\/former-students-profiles\/romain-lacroix\/","title":{"rendered":"Romain Lacroix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-403 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/analyse-spatiale\/files\/2018\/01\/Romain-Lacroix.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"430\" \/><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"- Quel a \u00e9t\u00e9 votre parcours acad\u00e9mique?\">What is your academic background?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"J\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 en histoire et en g\u00e9ographie (licences) en France.\">I graduated in history and geography (French &#8220;licence&#8221;) in France. <\/span><span title=\"J\u2019ai r\u00e9alis\u00e9 mon master en 2 ans, sans formations compl\u00e9mentaires.\">I realized my master in 2 years, without additional training. <\/span><span title=\"Parmi les cours \u00e0 options possibles, j'ai choisi des cours sur la mod\u00e9lisation des syst\u00e8mes de transport, en \u00e9conom\u00e9trie des transports, en data visualization, sur la ville morphologique et sur la ville dans les r\u00e9seaux \u00e9conomiques, ainsi qu'en \u00e9conomie politique internationale\">Among the possible options courses, I chose courses on the modeling of transport systems, transport econometrics, data visualization, courses on the morphological city, courses on cities in economic networks, as well as courses in international political economy <\/span><span title=\". \">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Pourquoi avez-vous choisi ce parcours-l\u00e0? \"><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"Pourquoi avez-vous choisi ce parcours-l\u00e0? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\"><strong><span title=\"Quel a \u00e9t\u00e9 votre parcours professionnel jusqu\u2019\u00e0 maintenant, et avez-vous des projets pour l\u2019avenir?\">What has been your career path so far, and what are your plans for the future? <\/span>Why did you choose this path?<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Fouilleur de donn\u00e9es de longue haleine pour diff\u00e9rents projets de recherches et entreprises, je suis actuellement g\u00e9omaticien en CDI au service du Syndicat des Vignerons des C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne \u00e0 Avignon (France).\">Long-term data digger for various research projects and companies, I am currently a geomatician on permanent contract at the service of the Syndicat des Vignerons des C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne in Avignon (France). <\/span><span title=\"Ce poste, au-del\u00e0 du cadre idyllique dans lequel il se situe, conjugue les derni\u00e8res capacit\u00e9s technologiques et techniques dans le domaine de l\u2019information g\u00e9ographique ainsi qu\u2019un fort lien \u00e0 la terre et aux ressources territoriales (AOC viticoles).\">This position, beyond the idyllic setting in which it is located, combines the latest technological and technical capabilities in the field of geographic information as well as a strong link to land and territorial resources (AOC viticultural). <\/span><span title=\"Mon travail me permet ainsi de r\u00e9unir \u00e0 la fois la sensibilit\u00e9 technique et la sensibilit\u00e9 aux territoires. \">My work allows me to combine both technical sensitivity and sensitivity to territories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"- Quels sont les d\u00e9fis auxquels vous avez \u00e9t\u00e9 confront\u00e9s pendant votre master \u00e0 l\u2019Unil, et quelles sont, selon vous, ses qualit\u00e9s et ses d\u00e9fauts? \"><strong><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"Quels sont les d\u00e9fis auxquels vous avez \u00e9t\u00e9 confront\u00e9s pendant votre master \u00e0 l\u2019Unil, et quelles sont, selon vous, ses qualit\u00e9s et ses d\u00e9fauts? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\">What challenges did you face during your master&#8217;s degree at Unil, and what are are its qualities and flaws in your opinion?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Les principaux d\u00e9fis du master sont la ma\u00eetrise relativement rapide d\u2019un nombre important de nouvelles techniques et langages informatiques qui de premier abord peuvent \u00eatre d\u00e9routants lorsque l\u2019on vient d\u2019une formation g\u00e9ographique plus litt\u00e9raire. \">The main challenges of the master are the relatively rapid mastery of a large number of new techniques and computer languages ??that at first glance can be confusing when one comes from a more literary geographical training.<br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"Le master permet d\u2019ouvrir un tr\u00e8s grand nombre de portes et de pouvoir travailler sur les sujets les plus vari\u00e9s.\">The masters allows to open a very large number of doors and to be able to work on the most varied fields. <\/span><span title=\"Il \u00e9veille la curiosit\u00e9 et par sa grande sp\u00e9cificit\u00e9 nous pousse \u00e0 \u00eatre tr\u00e8s sensibles aux derni\u00e8res avanc\u00e9es techniques dans le domaine. \">It arouses curiosity and its great specificity pushes us to be very aware of the latest technical advances in the field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Parmi les lacunes du master, je peux lister d\u2019apr\u00e8s mes exp\u00e9riences de recrutement et actuelles : \">Among the shortcomings of the master, I can list from my recruitment and current experiences:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span title=\"Parmi les lacunes du master, je peux lister d\u2019apr\u00e8s mes exp\u00e9riences de recrutement et actuelles : \">T<\/span><span title=\"- le nom de la sp\u00e9cialisation qui ne parle pas forc\u00e9ment aux non-initi\u00e9s (un grand nombre de postes sont \u00e0 pourvoir dans des structures o\u00f9 le g\u00e9ographe\/g\u00e9omaticien est souvent le seul dans son domaine dans ces structures) \">he label of the specialization that does not necessarily speak to the uninitiated (a large number of positions are to be filled in structures where the geographer\/geomatician is often the only one in his field in these structures).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span title=\"- le manque de formation approfondie en gestion de bases de donn\u00e9es g\u00e9ographiques (notamment Postgres\/Postgis) \">The lack of in-depth training in the management of geographical databases (in particular Postgres\/Postgis).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span title=\"- des exercices en \u00ab mode projet \u00bb : un exercice typique pourrait \u00eatre la livraison d\u2019un SIG \u00e0 un client \">Lack of a<\/span><span title=\"- des exercices en \u00ab mode projet \u00bb : un exercice typique pourrait \u00eatre la livraison d\u2019un SIG \u00e0 un client \">ssignments that take the form of projects: a typical exercise could be the delivery of a GIS to a client.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span title=\"- la connaissance de Geoserver \">The limited teaching of Geoserver, and t<\/span><span title=\"- dans une moindre mesure, celle de FME \">o a lesser extent, that of FME software.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><strong><span title=\"En quoi votre formation de master \u00e0 l'Unil, et plus particuli\u00e8rement l\u2019orientation \u00ab analyse spatiale \u00bb, a \u00e9t\u00e9 utile lors de votre exp\u00e9rience dans le monde professionnel? \">In what way does your master training at the Unil, and more specifically the &#8220;spatial analysis&#8221; orientation, have been useful during your experience in the professional world?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span title=\"La tr\u00e8s bonne formation en sciences des donn\u00e9es g\u00e9ographiques permet une ma\u00eetrise de l\u2019enti\u00e8ret\u00e9 de leur cycle de vie : fouilles des sources, contr\u00f4les, stockages en bases de donn\u00e9es, traitements, analyses, visualisations et communications. \">The very good training in geographical data sciences allows a control of their entire life cycle: source searches, controls, database storage, processing, analysis, visualizations and communications.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span title=\"Le large panel de techniques et d\u2019analyses permet de se forger un esprit critique aiguis\u00e9 et d\u2019\u00eatre tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9cautionneux sur les diff\u00e9rents biais de certaines analyses g\u00e9ographiques et\/ou statistiques. \">The wide range of techniques and analyzes makes it possible to forge a sharp critical mind and to be very cautious about the various biases of certain geographical and\/or statistical analyzes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span title=\"L\u2019apprentissage de nombreux langages informatiques permet d\u2019\u00eatre autonome dans la cr\u00e9ation et la r\u00e9alisation de projets tr\u00e8s innovants, dans la r\u00e9solution de probl\u00e8mes techniques et de pouvoir r\u00e9aliser un pont entre des sensibilit\u00e9s plus informaticiennes et d\u2019autres plus g\u00e9ographiques \/ urbanistiques.\">Learning many computer languages ??makes it possible to be autonomous in achieving very innovative projects, in solving technical problems and gives the abilities to make bridges between the worlds of computer scientists, and the one of geographers and urban planners.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is your academic background? I graduated in history and geography (French &#8220;licence&#8221;) in France. I realized my master in 2 years, without additional training. 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