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From October 2010 onwards, all news will be posted in the GIScience BLOG.
October 2010
BLOG by Florian Fischer - The Point of Interest
This blog presents trends, reflections and current research findings on the everyday uses of Geographic Information. (Florian Fischer, GIScience Institute)
September 2010
enerGIS'10 Staff Development Workshop in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
The Staff Development Workshop enerGIS, financed by the Eurasia Pacific Uninet and organized by the Institute for Geographic Information Science and the Graz University of Technology, provides the participants an introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) based on energy relevant issues concerning Central Asia. (Gilbert Ahamer, GIScience Institute; Rainer Prüller and Clemens Strauss, TU Graz).
August 2010
Josef Strobl, the GIScience director will lead a working group at the Forum Alpbach
The working group "Digital vs. real worlds - limitations of computer models?" will join together various experts on August 27, 2010 from 09:00 to 15:30. (Josef Strobl, GIScience Institute)
July 2010
GI_Forum and Learning with Geoinformation in Salzburg
Two international conferences co-organized by the Institute for GIScience will take place in Salzburg from July 7 - 10, 2010: GI_Forum and Learning with Geoinformation. (Adrijana Car & Thomas Jekel, GIScience Institute)
June 2010
The Conference "Computer Oriented Geology" (COGeo) will take place at the Techno-Z Salzburg on June 11, 2010
The annual conference is being organized by the Institute for Geographic Information Science and the Working Group "Computer Oriented Geology" (COG). (R. Marschallinger & F. Zobl, GIScience Institute)
May 2010
AGEO award for Mariana Belgiu
Mariana, who is a PhD student at the Institute for Geographic Information Science, won the second place for her thesis on “Making Geographic Resources Discoverable – an Approach towards a Streamlined Metadata Generation Process”.
April 2010
Prof. Josef Strobl, Director of the GIScience Institute has been elected a "Full Member" of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Bei ihrer jährlichen Wahlsitzung hat die Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW) insgesamt 41 Forscherinnen und Forscher aus dem In- und Ausland als wirkliche und korrespondierende Mitglieder, als Ehrenmitglied sowie Mitglieder der Jungen Kurie aufgenommen.
February 2010
"Das geosoziale Netzwerk "I go" gewinnt den GoGeo 09"
Florian Fischer from ÖAW-GIScience acted as mentor for the geo-social network, who won the GoGEO 09 prize, awarded by BICC-NET and "Runder Tisch GIS".
February 2010
Project SESAAM has been granted by the FFG
SESAAM - Geo-Spatially Enhanced Situational Awareness for Airport Management, a project managed by the Centre for Geoinformatics at the University of Salzburg.
December 2009
Monitoring. Interview mit Josef Strobl
Beim Monitoring verarbeitet man räumliche und zeitliche Daten gemeinsam - mit dem Ziel, Dynamik zu erkennen. Josef Strobl, Direktor des ÖAW-Instituts für Geographic Information Science (GIScience) in Salzburg, im Gespräch mit Waltraud Niel über Methoden und Konzepte zur Verarbeitung raum-zeitlicher Daten.
December 2009
The Computers&Geosciences co-authored article from Prof. Josef Strobl (ÖAW-GIScience Director) has been selected as on of the Top 25 Hottest Articles in Science Direct.
Optimization of scale and parametrization for terrain segmentation: An application to soil-landscape modeling. (Dragut, L.; Schauppenlehner, T.; Muhar, A.; Strobl, J.; Blaschke, T.)
December 2009
Invitation - Top Reviewers Reception by Elsevier to Robert Marschallinger
As one of the Top Reviewers for one of the high impact geoscience journals Robert Marschallinger,
November 2009
Contribution by Fritz Zobl, ÖAW-GIScience junior scientist to the new publication "Technology Innovation in Underground Construction",
edited by Gernot Beer.
November 2009
ÖAW-GIScience staff will present their research at three science events in Salzburg.
07.11.2009 >>Lange Nacht der Forschung
17.11.2009 >>digital:earth:at
18.11.2009 >>Global GIS Day
Winter Semester 2009
Adrijana Car, guest lecturer at the Department of Regional Management and Tourism, German University of Technology, Muscat, Oman
Adrijana Car, senior researcher at ÖAW-GIScience, will teach at the Department Regional Management and Tourism, German University of Technology, Muscat, Oman, in November 2009September 2009
Sparkling Science Projekt GEOKOM-PEP genehmigt
Das ÖAW-GIScience Projekt "Geovisualisierung und Kommunikation in partizipativen Entscheidungsprozessen" (GEOKOM-PEP) entwickelt auf Basis digitaler Globen in einer Laborsituation eine Plattform zur diskursiven räumlichen Strategieentwicklung.
June 2009
Neue Publikation von ÖAW-GIScience mit Statistik Austria
Erich Wonka (2009): Regionalstatistik in Österreich auf der räumlichen Bezugsbasis von regionalstatistischen Rastereinheiten. 2. Auflage (Josef Strobl, GIScience)April 2009
Matthias Moeller, Professor for Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing at the University of Bamberg from April - September 2009
Currently, Matthias Moeller senior researcher at ÖAW-GIScience is in the third term with the University of Bamberg, Department of Geography.
Summer Semester 2009
Florian Fischer, guest lecturer at the Department of Geography, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
From April to the end of July, Florian Fischer, Junior Scientist and PhD student at ÖAW-GIScience is teaching at the Department of Geography, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.
Summer Semester 2009
Thomas Jekel: Guest lecturer at Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
Sabine Hennig: Guest lecturer at Institute of Geography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
The CEE-GIS Network within the Central European Exchange Program for University Studies (CEEPUS) brings together 10 institutions with a common interest in Applied Geoinformatics. ÖAW-GIScience staff is involved in teaching and research visits as well as in exploring possibilities for common educational and research projects.
March 2009
GIScience Research Report 2007 - 2008
This brochure (GIScience Research Report 2007 - 2008) is aiming at reporting on research projects and results achieved by researchers at ÖAW-GIScience during the startup phase.
It has been compiled to offer a first level of access and a broad overview.
(Josef Strobl, GIScience Director)
December 2008
Akademie Intakt 2008-2: Wissenschaftliche Werkstätten
Forschungsstelle Geographic Information Science (Josef Strobl, GIScience)
December 2008
Neue Publikation von ÖAW-GIScience mit Statistik Austria
Erich Wonka (2008): Regionalstatistik in Österreich auf der räumlichen Bezugsbasis von regionalstatistischen Rastereinheiten. (Josef Strobl, GIScience)
November 2008
First Call for Papers - Computerorientierte Geologie 2009
Fachtagung für Angewandte Geologie im Rahmen der AGIT Mittwoch, 8. Juli 2009. (Robert Marschallinger, GIScience)November 2008
NATURE-SDIplus kick-off meeting in Genova, 6-8 November 2008
Over 30 project partner institutions will attend the kick-off meeting of the EC funded Best Practice Network project Nature-SDIplus. GIScience will be responsible for WP2 and contribute expertise to a variety of activities in this project. (Gudrun Wallentin, GIScience)
November 2008
Lange Nacht der Forschung in Salzburg, Samstag, 8.11.2008, 16:39 - 23:00
Im Rahmen der Langen Nacht der Forschung werden Ergebnisse der Kooperation von Christian Doppler Klinik und ÖAW GIScience zum Thema „3D Modellierung von Multipler Sklerose“ präsentiert. (Robert Marschallinger, GIScience)
October 2008
Learning with Geoinformation 2009 - First Call for Papers
Symposium and Vocational Training, July 8-10, 2009.
Within the framework of AGIT 2009 and in cooperation with the Herodot-network and the international GI-Forum - held at the same venue - we are offering a full fledged three days track themed around geoinformation in education. (Thomas Jekel, GIScience)
October 2008
GI_Forum 2009 First Call for Papers
The Geoinformatics Forum Salzburg (GI_Forum ) is scheduled for July 7-10, 2009, at Salzburg University, Austria. (Adrijana Car, GIScience)
October 2008
First GIScience Scientific Advisory Board Meeting October 8-9th, 2008
The meeting will be chaired by the Presdient of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Peter Schuster. A chair of the board will be elected and the GIScience research unit will present the current research programme and ongoing projects and initiatives.
September 2008
GeoSMT project
First successful test scan of mammal teeth at the University of Texas High Energy Computer Tomography Lab. The scans show excellent resolution of the enamel and the bone. The high spatial and spectral resolution of these scans provide a sound basis for further, quantitative research on taxonomy and evolution of small mammals. (Robert Marschallinger, GIScience)
September 2008
Geo-Informatics for Mountain Environment Management (mountainGIS), September 1-11, 2008.
Train-The-Trainer Workshop. Hosted by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathamandu, Nepal. Jointly organized by Eurasia-Pacific Uninet and the GIScience research unit of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. (Josef Strobl, GIScience)
July 2008
ÖAW GIScience @ AGIT 2008
Die GIScience Forschungsstelle an der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW) präsentierte sich bereits zum zweiten Mal auf der AGIT (>www.agit.at) .
May 2008
Computerorientierte Geologie
Die jährliche Tagung der COG, koorganisiert durch die ÖAW GIScience Forschungsstelle, findet bereits zum zweiten Mal im Rahmen der AGIT am Mittwoch den 2. Juli statt,
June 2008
GIScience Schools on Ice project. Pupils awarded polar trips.
2 pupils of the Schools on Ice partner school BG Nonntal have been awarded a trip to Baffin Island as a reward for their participation in research at Dachstein in July. (Thomas Jekel, GIScience)
April 2008
Geoinformatics Forum Salzburg
Newsletter and Call for Symposium Participation http://www.gi-forum.org/
The Sound of GIS in Salzburg. The beautiful world cultural heritage city of Salzburg is the setting for the second Geoinformatics Forum (GI_Forum) symposium from July 01-04, 2008 at Salzburg University Centre for Geoinformatics (ZGIS), Austria.
February 2008
Dynamik von Hangrutschungen / Landslide Dynamics
Hangrutschungen (GIS Day) Unterrichtsmaterial zum Download.
February 2008
AGIT 2008 conference announcement 
The Symposium for Applied Geographic Information Processing (AGIT) serves as a venue for the exchange of ideas, for learning about new developments and presenting innovative projects. Participants from industry and academia meet with users for the public and private sectors for paper and poster presentations, panel discussions and tutorial workshops.
The ÖAW-GIScience research unit is a cooperation partner of the AGIT and presents GIScience research in various manners at the conference.
November 2007
>>New Blog<< GIScience - Salzburg Research Cluster
At and around Salzburg University, Austria research in GIScience has played an important role since the late 1980ies. Now the university's Centre for Geoinformatics is joined by the iSPACE research studio and the Austrian Academy of Sciences' GIScience research unit to form a cluster of institutions with a focus on geospatial research.
November 2007
GIScience Präsentationen beim GIS Day 2007
Das Zentrum für Geoinformatik (Z_GIS) der Universität Salzburg organisiert zum GIS Day 2007 (14. November) ein breit gefächertes Angebot rund um die Arbeit mit Geographischer Information.October 2007
Award for Gudrun Wallentin at the Managing Alpine Future Conference in Innsbruck.
July 2007
ÖAW @ AGIT 2007
Die GIScience Forschungsstelle an der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW) präsentierte sich heuer erstmals auf der AGIT (>www.agit.at) . Gemeinsam mit mehreren Forschungsinstituten wurde die Geoinformatik-Forschung an den verschiedensten Einrichtungen der ÖAW vorgestellt.
May 2007
Feierliche Eröffnung der Forschungsstelle Geographic Information Science.
Am 30. Mai 2007 wird am Techno-Z Salzburg die neue Forschungsstelle GIScience in Anwesenheit der Salzburger Landeshauptfrau Mag. Gabi Burgstaller und des Präsidenten der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Prof. Dr. Peter Schuster der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt.
Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier - Einladung
February 2007
Start der GIScience Forschungsstelle in Salzburg / Opening of the GIScience Research Unit in Salzburg
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