Prof. Dr. Bernhard Höfle

Biography

since 07/2017 Vice-Director of the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE), Heidelberg University, Germany since 04/2017 Professor of GIScience and 3D Spatial Data Processing at the Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Germany since 04/2017 Dean of Studies, Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences, Heidelberg University, Germany since 2014 Co-Chair of Working Group Geoinformatics of the German Society for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation (DGPF) 2015 - 2016 Council Member of International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE) 2014/2015 Guest Professor at University of Vienna (Austria) at the Department of Geography and Regional Research since 2013 Member of the Executive Board, Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE), University of Heidelberg, Germany 09/2011 - 03/2017 Juniorprofessor of GIScience and 3D Spatial Data Processing at the Institute of Geography, University of Heidelberg, Germany 03/2010 - 08/2011 Group Leader in GIScience and 3D Data Analysis at the Institute of Geography, University of Heidelberg, Germany 09/2009-02/2010 Research Assistant (PostDoc) at the Institute for Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing (IGF), University of Osnabrück, Germany 09/2008 - 04/2009 Secretary of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Technical Commission VII 10/2007 - 06/2009 Research Assistant (PostDoc) at the Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (IPF), Vienna University of Technology, Austria 10/2007 Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr.rer.nat) with Excellence 02/2005-10/2007 Doctoral programme at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, with area of dissertation in Physical Geography and Geoinformatics 02/2005 - 09/2007 Junior Researcher at the alpS – Centre for Natural Hazard Management, Innsbruck, Austria 01/2005 Master of Science (Mag.rer.nat) with Excellence 08/2003-06/2004 Studies of Natural Sciences at the Uppsala University, Sweden 10/1999-01/2005 Studies of Geography at the University of Innsbruck, Austria

Research Interest

Geoprocessing Algorithms for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Object-Based Image and 3D Point Cloud Analysis Multi-Source Geoinformation Fusion 3D Spatial Data and Analysis Infrastructures LiDAR Applications in Geosciences Radiometric Calibration and Analysis of LiDAR Data