Geoinformation Engineering

Professorship research focuses on the areas of mobility and gaze-based human-computer interaction. In the area of mobility our research lies in the intersection of mobile geographic information systems, geospatial information technologies, sustainability and mobile decision-making. Mobile eye-tracking allows us to perform novel and innovative studies with respect to mobile location-based decision-making and human-computer interaction with mobile devices. In addition, we head a GIS competence centre, which is dedicated to GIS research, teaching, and to using GIS to solve spatio-temporal problems. In Master’s courses, students learn how to use advanced GIS analysis methods for approaching societally or individually relevant spatio-temporal decision problems, and to develop cognitively adequate interfaces between user and spatial assistance systems.

A programme of study in geoinformation engineering enables graduates to work in all sectors where spatial data is needed. These include data scientists and application developers in healthcare, public safety, banking, real estate, transportation, energy, and telecommunications.