Sébastien Derriere

I am an astronomer at CDS (Strasbourg astronomical Data Center - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg). I have been working on Virtual Observatory projects for many years, with a special interest in standardization of metadata and semantics (Unified Content Descriptors, Units, vocabularies and ontologies). I am also working on catalogue cross-matching, and the development of astronomical portals (for the CDS and other projects). I am also in charge of communication at the Strasbourg observatory, spending a significant fraction of my time on user support, education and public outreach activities.