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[   Education   ]


02/2005
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12/2009

PhD in Natural Sciences - Geoinformatics
Distributed geo-information architectures, location-based services
Thesis: Live Geography - Standardised Geo-sensor Networks for Real-time Monitoring in Urban Environments.
Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg, Austria & Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US

09/2003
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03/2005

Master of Science in Computer Systems Engineering
Master's Program for Computer Systems Engineering: wireless communication technologies, signal analysis, discrete mathematics, optical physics
Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden

10/2000
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03/2005

Diplomingenieur (FH) [internationally comparable to a Master of Science]
Program "Information technology and systems management": network technologies, mobile communication, project and corporate management, business economics
University of Applied Sciences, Salzburg, Austria

[   Work Experience   ]


09/2011
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to present

Visiting Professor
GIS Lectures, project acquisition and management, master student supervision, GI research coordination, bridging GIS and remote sensing
University of Osnabrueck, Institute for Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing, Germany

07/2009
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to present

Lecturer
Lectures on Software Engineering for GIS
Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg, Department Geography and Geology, Austria

05/2007
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to present

Research Affiliate
Project development and implementation, conceptual system architecture design, web application engineering, sensor web projects, presentations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SENSEable City Lab, Boston, US

02/2005
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to present

Research Scientist (currently on leave)
Project conception, management and implementation, Web application engineering, sensor web projects, presentations, fund raising
Austrian Research Centers / Research Studios Austria - iSPACE, Salzburg, Austria

05/2004
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08/2004

Internship
Web application development, address standardisation: web-service with XML over HTTP and dynamic database connection
Austrian Research Centers / Research Studios Austria - iSPACE, Salzburg, Austria

08/2002
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09/2002

Internship
Quality of Service in IP networks
Salzburg Research Forschungs GmbH, Salzburg, Austria

07/2002
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08/2002

Internship
Reliability assessment of a laser-based data transmission system (155MBit/s)
Deutsche Telekom AG, T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH, Rosenheim, Germany

[   Invited Talks   ]


04/2012

Pervasive Sensing to Monitor Urban Dynamics
Geospatial World Forum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

01/2012

Challenges in Handling Large Data Volumes in Geo-Processing
Panel Discussion at GEOProcessing12 Conference, Valencia, Spain

09/2011

Mobile In-situ Messdaten und Echtzeit-GII im Naturschutz
Fachtagung GIS in Natur- und Umweltschutz - Technik und Anwendung Mobiler Erfassungs- und Kontrollsysteme, Schneverdingen, Germany

07/2011

The Pathway to the Real-time City
Panel Discussion at GI Forum and AGIT, Salzburg, Austria

07/2011

Theory and Practice of Geospatial Database Design
EnviSDI Summer School, University of Salzburg, Austria

06/2011

Web-based Geo-processing for Real-time Multi-level Decision Support
EnviSDI Summer School, University of Salzburg, Austria

01/2011

Standardisierte Geo-Sensor Webs für Bereichsübergreifende Echtzeit-Wasserwirtschaft
GIS & GDI in der Wasserwirtschaft. Kassel, Germany

07/2010

Geospatial Database Design - Concepts ::: Technologies ::: Challenges
EnviSDI Summer School, University of Salzburg, Austria

03/2010

Pervasive Sensing - A Multi-dimensional Challenge in the Stress Field Technology - Innovation - Society
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

03/2010

Live Geography - Standardised Geo-sensor Networks for Real-time Monitoring
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan Taiwan

02/2010

Digital Society Trends: Geospatial Processing Challenges
Panel Discussion at GEOProcessing 2010 Conference, St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles

06/2008

Sensors, RFID and GIS: Technology - Applications - Society
Location-based Services Summer School, University of Salzburg, Austria

07/2007

New Hypes: Map Web 2.0, Mashups, Location-based Services - A Look Behind the Scenes
Location-based Services Summer School, University of Salzburg, Austria

10/2006

Collaborative Web Mapping - An Introduction
Human Security: People-Homes-Infrastructure Summer School, Salzburg, Austria

01/2003

Laser-based Data Transmission - An Empirical Assessment
ICT Forum, University of Applied Sciences, Salzburg, Austria

[   Grants and Awards   ]


02/2012

Best Paper Award
4th International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services - GEOProcessing 2012

06/2011

Price for Excellent Lecturing - Finalist
Institution: University of Salzburg, Austria

03/2011

Geoinformatics Thesis Award - Finalist
Institution: Technical University Munich (Runder Tisch GIS)

03/2010

Visiting Scholar Grant
Taiwan National Science Council

02/2010

Best Paper Award
2nd IEEE-IARIA International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services - GEOProcessing 2010

02/2009

Best Paper Award
1st IEEE-IARIA International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services - GEOWS 2009

04/2007
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to present

International Communication Grants
Austrian Research Association, German Academic Exchange Service, ESRI, a.o.

01/2005
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04/2007

PhD Grant (ARC All-round Excellence as part of the Brainpower Initiative)
Austrian Research Centers - ARC

08/2003
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01/2005

Erasmus Mobility Grant
Institution: European Commission

[   Other Skills, Competences and Functions    ]


01/2012
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to present

Co-organiser of the Young Researchers' Forum GIScience 2012
02-03 July 2012, Salzburg, Austria - GI-Forum 2012, http://www.gi-forum.org

01/2012
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to present

Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal on Advances in Software
http://www.iariajournals.org/software

01/2011
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to present

Member of the Scientific Committee of the "Workshop on Sensor Web Enablement 2011 (SWE 2011)" as part of The 2011 Cybera Summit on Data For All - Opening up the Cloud
http://sensorweb.geomatics.ucalgary.ca/swe2011

01/2011
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to present

Member of the Scientific Committee of the AGILE Conference Workshop on "Integrating Sensor-Web and Web-based Geoprocessing"
http://purl.net/ifgi/isw2011

10/2010
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to present

Member of the Programme Committee of the AGIT Conference
http://www.agit.at

10/2010
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to present

Reviewer for the International Journal of Geographical Information Science
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tf/13658816.html

03/2009
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to present

Member of the Scientific Committee of the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference
http://www.foss4g.org

02/2009
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to present

Member of the Scientific Committee and Conference Chair of the IEEE-IARIA International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services
http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/GEOProcessing12.html

02/2007
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10/2007

Member of the Development Team of the Bachelor/Master Programme of the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences
Degree course scheme, specialisations of Media Informatics and Signal Processing


Languages
German: mother tongue
English: excellent
French: basic
Swedish: basic