Patrice Boissier

College

C french Baccalaureat - Maths and natural sciences in Saint-Louis, Reunion Island.

Master

in Computer Science - Network, Multimedia and Internet at the Reunion Island University.

Software development

• Software development life-cycle : requirements, modeling, design, iteration, version control, tests, refactoring
• Modeling tools : UML
• Java, Python, Perl, C++, Objective-C programming languages
• Web development (NodeJS, AJAX, LAMP, Django)
• Database design
• IDEs : Eclipse, Atom, Xcode, NetBeans

Project management

• Supervision and animation of a team composed of an engineer and two technicians. Planning and execution of a European Regional Development Fund project.
• Software project manager : Omniplan, Microsoft Project

Systems administration

• LAN/WAN Administration
• Linux, *BSD, Mac OSX and Solaris system administration (installation, configuration, maintenance and upgrade)
• ProxMox VE Virtualization cluster administration (installation, configuration, maintenance and upgrade)
• Database administration (PostgreSQL, PostGIS, MySQL)
• Backup and disaster recovery
• Technical support
• Training

Software skills

• Geographic Information systems : ArcGIS, QGIS, GMT
• Image manipulation : Photoshop, The Gimp
• Productivity : iWork, Libre Office, Microsoft Office
• Seismology : Earthworm, Winston, Swarm, Seiscomp
• Geodesy : GAMIT/GLOBK, Gipsy, Ashtec Solutions

Piton de La Fournaise Volcano Observatory
RUN - 2004-present

• Designing and maintaining specific volcano-monitoring software.
• Managing the Observatory data-center and server infrastructure (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, Windows).
• Maintenance and development of the Observatory wireless network (Static and dynamic routing, embedded routers).
• Management of the GNSS network with Thomas Staudacher (Hardware and stations inventory, configuration, Kinematic campains, post-processing).

Reunion Island University RUN - 2003-2004

• Enhancing scientific and technical information and/or available databases
• Developing and expanding the researchers’ knowledge bases
• Integrating scientific and technical information in a Geographical Information System available on line
• Development of Web Services

• Music (bass guitar)
• Hiking

Staudacher T., Ferrazzini V, Peltier A., Kowalski P., Boissier P., Catherine P., Lauret F., Massin F., The April 2007 eruption and the Dolomieu crater collapse, two major events at Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion Island, Indian Ocean), Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 184, 126-137 (2009)

Brenguier F., Kowalski P., Staudacher T., Ferrazzini V., Lauret F., Boissier P., Catherine P., Lemarchand A., Pequegnat C., Meric O., Pardo C., Peltier A., Tait S., Shapiro N. M., Campillo M., Di Muro A., First results from the underVolc High resolution seismic and gps network deployed on piton de la fournaise Volcano, Seismo. Res. Lett, Volume 83 · Number 1. (2012)

Got J.L., Peltier A. , Staudacher T., Kowalski P. , Boissier P., Edifice strength and magma transfer modulation at Piton de la Fournaise volcano, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth Vol. 118, 5040–5057 (2013)

Hibert C., Mangeney A., Grandjean G., Baillard C., Rivet D., Shapiro N. M., Satriano C., Maggi A., Boissier P., Ferrazzini V., and Crawford W., Automated identification, location, and volume estimation of rockfalls at Piton de la Fournaise volcano, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface (2014)

Carrier, A., JL. Got, A. Peltier, V. Ferrazzini, T. Staudacher, P. Kowalski, P. Boissier, A damage model for volcanic edifices: Implications for edifice strength, magma pressure, and eruptive processes, J. Geophys. Res.:Solid Earth, 120(1), 567-583, doi:10.1002/2014JB011485. (2015)

Peltier, A., J.-L. Got, N. Villeneuve, P. Boissier, T. Staudacher, V. Ferrazzini, A. Walpersdorf, Long-term mass transfer at Piton de la Fournaise volcano evidenced by strain distribution derived from GNSS network, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120 (3), 1874-1889, doi:10.1002/ 2014JB011738. (2015)

Hibert, C., A. Mangeney, M. Polacci, A. Di Muro, S. Vergniolle, V. Ferrazzini, A. Peltier, B. Taisne, M. Burton, T. Dewez, G. Grandjean, A. Dupont, T. Staudacher, F. Brenguier, P. Kowalski, P. Boissier, P. Catherine, F. Lauret, Towards continuous quantification of lava extrusion rate: results from the multidisciplinary analysis of the 2 January 2010 eruption of Piton de la Fournaise volcano, La Réunion, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120, 3026-3047, doi: 10.1002/2014JB011769. (2015)

Staudacher, T, A. Peltier, V. Ferrazzini, A. Di Muro, P. Boissier, P. Catherine, P. Kowalski, F. Lauret, J. Lebreton, Fifteen years of intense eruptive activity (1998–2013) at Piton de La Fournaise volcano (La Réunion): a review, In: Bachèlery P, Lénat, JF, Di Muro A, Michon L (ed) Active volcanoes of the Southwest Indian Ocean: Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala. Active volcanoes of the world. Springer, Berlin, 251-269, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-31395-0_15. (2015)

Maggi A., Ferrazzini V., Hibert C., Beauducel F., Boissier P., Amemoutou A., Implementation of a multi-station approach for automated event classification at Piton de la Fournaise volcano, Seismological Research Letters (2016) - SUBMITTED

Garofalo K., Staudacher Th., Ferrazzini V., Kowalski P., Boissier P., Dupont A., Peltier A., Villemant B., Boudon G., (2009), Eruptive SO2-plume measurements at Piton de la Fournaise (Ile de la Réunion) by stationary NOVAC scanning MAX-DOAS instruments, EGU General Assembly 2009, Vienna

Peltier A., Staudacher T., Boissier P., Lauret F., Kowalski P., Analysis of five years of continuous GPS recording at Piton de La Fournaise (Réunion Island): evidences of two time scales of ground deformation, EGU General Assembly 2009, Vienna

Staudacher T., Boissier P., Catherine P., Ferrazzini V., Garofalo K., Kowalski P., Lauret F., Peltier A., (2009), Multi-discipline monitoring network at Piton de la Fournaise volcano, Ile de la Réunion, EGU General Assembly 2009, Vienna

Boissier P., Staudacher T., Lauret F., Kowalski P., Di Muro A., (2010), Permanent and Real Time GPS Network at Piton de La Fournaise, Ile de La Réunion, Example of the November 2009 to January 2010 Eruptions, Cities On Volcanoes 2010, CoV6/1.3/O/26

Staudacher T., Peltier A., Boissier P., Di Muro A., (2010), The 2009 and 2010 eruptions and shallow intrusions at Piton de la Fournaise, La Réunion Island, seen by cGPS measurements, EGU General Assembly 2010, Vienna

Brenguier F., Kowalski P., Pequegnat C., Lauret F., Cougoulat G., Boissier P., Catherine P, From high quality seismic data acquisition in remote volcanic area to fast data distribution to scientific community: The UnderVolc project on Piton de la Fournaise volcano, EGU General Assembly 2010, Vienna

Hibert C., Dewez T., Mangeney A., Grandjean G., Boissier P., Catherine P., Kowalski P., Rock fall photogrammetric monitoring in the active crater of Piton de la Fournaise volcano, La Reunion Island, EGU General Assembly 2010, Vienna

Th. Staudacher, A. Peltier, P. Boissier, P. Kowalski, A. Di Muro, F. Lauret, F. Bringuier, A. Walpersdorf, Permanent and cinematic GPS network at Piton de la Fournaise, AGU Chapman conference, Hawaiian Volcanoes: from source to Surface, Hawaii, 20-27 août 2012

Davoine P-A., Saint- Marc C., Chevallier M. Boissier P., Di Muro A., Staudacher T., Villanova M., Snoussi M., Improving Volcanological Data Management by Innovative Geomatics Approaches: Application to the Piton de la Fournaise Volcano Data, AGU Chapman conference, Hawaiian Volcanoes: from source to Surface, Hawaii, 20-27 août 2012

Kowalski P., Di Muro A., Staudacher T., Boissier P., Lauret F., Catherine P., Ferrazzini V., Evolution of monitoring networks of Piton de la Fournaise volcano over 30 years, AGU Chapman conference, Hawaiian Volcanoes: from source to Surface, Hawaii, 20-27 août 2012

A. Peltier, J.-L. Got, T. Staudacher, P. Kowalski, P. Boissier, Edifice strength and magma transfer modulation at Piton de la Fournaise volcano, AGU 2013

Staudacher T., Peltier A., Boissier P., Di Muro A., Kowalski P, and Lauret F., The GNSS network at Piton de la Fournaise, EGU General Assembly 2013, Vienna

P. Boissier, A. Di Muro, L. Henriette, A. Rivière, G. Roult, Pierre Agrinier, F. Beauducel, P.-A. Davoine, J. Dyon, V. Ferrazzini, P. Kowalski, A. Lemarchand, A. Nercessian, A. Peltier, N. Shapiro, T. Staudacher, N. Villeneuve, Acquisition, capitalization, modeling and sharing of volcanic and seismic monitoring data at La Réunion Island, EGU General Assembly 2014, Vienna

Villeneuve N., Ferrazzini V., Di Muro A., Peltier A., Beauducel F., Roult G., Lecocq Th., Brenguier F., Vlastelic I., Gurioli L., Guyard S., Catry T., Froger J.L., Coppola D., Harris A., Favalli M., Aiuppa A., Liuzzo M., Giudice G., Boissier P., Brunet C., Catherine Ph., Fontaine F., Henriette L., Lauret F, Rivière A. and Kowalski Ph., The June 2014 eruption at Piton de la Fournaise: Robust methods developed for monitoring challenging eruptive processes, AGU 2014

G. Roult, F. Beauducel, V. Ferrazzini, P. Boissier, N. Villeneuve, The Jerk Method for Predicting Intrusions and Eruptions of Piton De La Fournaise (La Runion Island) from the Analysis of the Broadband Seismological Rer Station, AGU 2014

A. Carrier, A Peltier, Got J.-L., V. Ferrazzini, T. Staudacher, P. Kowalski and P. Boissier, Damage, Weakening and Non-Linear Processes in a Pressurized Volcanic Edifice, AGU 2014

Hibert, C., A. Mangeney, M. Polacci, A. Di Muro, S. Vergniolle, V. Ferrazzini, A. Peltier, B. Taisne, M. Burton, T. Dewez, G. Grandjean, A. Dupont, T. Staudacher, F. Brenguier, P. Kowalski, P. Boissier, P. Catherine, F. Lauret (2016), Toward continuous quantification of lava extrusion rate: Results from the multidisciplinary analysis of the 2 January 2010 eruption of Piton de la Fournaise volcano, La Réunion, Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 18, Abstract EGU2016-6545, Vienna, EGU 2016

A. Peltier, N. Villeneuve, A. Di Muro, V. Ferrazzini, G. Boudoire, P. Boissier, C. Brunet, P. Catherine, F. Fontaine, P. Kowalski, F. Lauret, J. Lebreton, M. Liuzzo, G. Giudice (2016), Quick unrest and renew of eruptive activity at Piton de la Fournaise in 2014-2016, Cities On Volcanoes 9, Chili