Teaching
Our team is in charge of teaching introductory courses at the undergraduate and the graduate level in the courses of study: geoinformatics (BSc. and MSc.), geography (BSc. and MSc.), and teacher’s studies in geography.
In the winter term the main lectures are „Geoinformatics ‘- Concepts“ and „Geoinformatics ‘- Algorithms“ at the undergraduate level as well as „Modelling and Simulation“ at the graduate level. In addition, we teach project seminars (e.g., on landmarks) and methodological courses on spatio-temporal analysis.
In the summer term, our spectrum ranges from introductory „Agent-based modelling“ and „Advanced spatial analysis“ courses at the undergraduate level to „Python“ courses and project seminars at the graduate level.
We also manage further courses taught by lecturers from outside the university, such as „Scientific English“, „3D and Spatial Analyst (ArcGIS)“, as well as colleagues from other universities as part of the Erasmus Lecturers’ Exchange program.
All team members supervise theses at the bachelor’s and master’s level (see below for topics covered).
Current Courses Prof. Timpf
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Current Courses Dr. Nuhn
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Current Courses Dr. Zuo
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Theses and theses topics
We always have topics for Bachelor or Master theses, although we prefer that you come with your own ideas. Please schedule a meeting with the supervisor of your choice.
Just to give you an idea of the kinds of topics that we supervise, here are some current topics (Nov 25) and further below topics of the last three years.
Prof. Sabine Timpf
- Agent-based modelling of visitor movement in public parks
- Conceptualising sustainable traffic on and around the campus
- Automatically positioning and orienting maps on Campus
- Schematische Geometrie des Campus
- Projektion auf 3D Oberflächen - GeoDome
- Berechnung eines Opportunitätswertes für Umsteigebahnhöfe
Dr. Eva Nuhn
- Aquatic landmarks
- Walkable Cities - comparing walkability indices
Dr. Chenyu Zuo
- Compare human and LLM perceptions of walkability
- Perceived Walkability - empirical studies with eye-tracking and think-aloud protocols
- Walkability Communication - walkability index analysis and visualization
Past Theses
| Student's name | Title of the thesis | Supervisor | Remarks |
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| Michaela Ehrig | Erarbeitung eines übertragbaren Python-Workflows zur Analyse der autarken Wärmeversorgung | S. Timpf | Master, extern: N-ergie Netz GmbH |
| Leonie Engemann | Development of spatial knowledge graphs for improved visualization and analysis of supply chains: A geoinformatics approach for sustainability and resilience | S. Timpf | Master, extern: ESRI |
| Vitus Batzer | Klassifikation urbaner Strukturen zur Integration synthetischer Populationen in agentenbasierte Modelle | S. Timpf | Master |
| Oliver Gottsleben | Evaluierung und Ausarbeitung verschiedener Strategien für die Erstellung einer Kurzdokumentation für Hochwasserereignisse | S. Timpf | Bachelor, extern: Wasserwirtschaftsamt Donauwörth |
| Julia Karbacher | Erkennung von Solarmodulen mit Deep Learning | S. Timpf / I. Ismayilova | Bachelor |
| Gerald Müllner | Evaluierung der Bikeability im Augsburger Universitätsviertel - Entwicklung eines Bikeability Index | S. Timpf | Bachelor |
| Maurice Sendelbach | Verwendung des Gaussian Splatting für die 3D Modellierung von Gebäuden aus historischen Luftbildern | S. Timpf | Bachelor, extern: Luftbildstelle München |
| Melanie Vogg | Agenten-basierte Simulation der Emissionen von Luftschadstoffen durch den Verkehr in der Region Augsburg | Ch. Knote / S. Timpf | Bachelor |
| Student's name | Title of the thesis | Supervisor | Remarks |
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| Markus Barnickel | Conceptualising, Realising and Evaluating a study on landmarks in forests | S. Timpf | Bachelor |
| David Schiedermeier | Modellierung römischer Straßen – Eine Rekonstruktion für Rätien mit GIS | S. Timpf / L. Götz | Master, cooperation with chair of classical archaeology |
| Maike Federau | Integration eines Verhaltensmodells in eine agentenbasierte Umweltexpositionssimulation | CH. Knote / S. Timpf | Master |
| Student's name | Title of the thesis | Supervisor | Remarks |
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| Paul Höhn | Detection of Ground-Mounted Photovoltaic Systems in Germany Using Deep. Learning and Sentinel-1/-2 Satellite Data | S. Erasmi / S. Timpf | Master, extern: Thünen-Institut |
| Pablo Santiago Löw | Derivation of urban structural area units for the analysis of population distribution | M. Weigand / S. Timpf | Master, extern: DLR |
| Senta Kleinke | Identifikation von Landmarken in nicht-urbanen Räumen | E. Nuhn / S. Timpf | Master |
| Tim Jonas Missun | Mapping-Bike: Konfiguration eines mobilen Aufnahmegeräts für die (automatisierte) Erstellung von städtischen 3D-Umgebungen | S. Timpf | Bachelor, extern: Luftbildstelle Stadt München |