Joshua Dimasaka

Ph.D. Student, University of Cambridge

𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵𝘂𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗮 is a doctoral researcher at the UKRI EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in the Application of Artificial Intelligence to the study of Environmental Risks (AI4ER) and the Department of Architecture of the University of Cambridge. He both develops benchmark datasets and investigates artificial intelligence methods to quantify exposure and risk of the built environment at large scales, enabling the beginnings of 𝗮 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁. His work measures the changes in disaster risk profiles over time to assess whether countries are making progress in reducing disaster risk, ultimately to inform our collective efforts on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆. Joshua received his BS in Civil Engineering (2018) from the University of the Philippines, his MS in Civil & Environmental Engineering (2022) and MA in Public Policy (2022) from Stanford University, and his MRes in Environmental Data Science (2023) from the University of Cambridge. He also received an Executive Education Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2021) at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is a recipient of the Stanford Knight-Hennessy Graduate Fellowship, 2018 BPI-DOST Science Award, 2017 3rd MOCES PICE National Award, and DOST & RSFI Undergraduate Scholarships. Website: https://www.joshuadimasaka.com

Cambridge, United Kingdom