Within the ERASMUS+ staff mobility program that the University of Würzburg offers its employees, our administrative assistant Sabine Oppmann had the chance to be part of the International Staff Week at PSL Université in Paris to exchange and network with colleagues from all over Europe on how to support international communities at their universities. The workshops covered a wide range of topics and ideas around the special support international students and researchers need. Her work with students and researchers from all over the world at the Department of Remote Sensing will surely benefit ..read more

On Tuesday, May 07, at 12:00 Ronja Seitz will present her internship presentation on “Application of Geospatial Science in Reinsurance ” in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: I used the opportunity of my mandatory internship to enter an entirely different field in comparison to my previous work experiences, the reinsurance sector. I stayed for 6 month full-time at the biggest reinsurer worldwide – the MunichRe, at their headquarters in Munich. The focus of my department laid on providing internal services related to spatial data including internal tools, data analysis or ..read more

First Call for Papers for the Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event – JURSE 2025   JURSE 2025, the 17th International Conference on Joint Urban Remote Sensing, organized by Higher School of Communication of Tunis (SUP’COM), invites to explore the future of sustainable development. Marking the first JURSE conference held in Africa, this event brings together leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world to exchange ideas, showcase groundbreaking advancements, and navigate the challenges facing our cities.   JURSE 2025 focuses on exploring innovative applicatio ..read more

Yrneh Zarit Ulloa Torrealba was awarded a scholarship from #LaKoF Bayern for the period April 2024 – March 2025.   This scholarship enables our PhD candidate to develop her research for detecting solid waste in urban areas, using the power of images, texts and artificial intelligence. Her PhD is in collaboration with our Earth Observation Research Cluster at the university of Würzburg, the Earth Observation Center (EOC) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and the Munich University of Applied Sciences.       The post Yrneh Zarit Ulloa Torrealba was awarded a scholarship ..read more

At the opening of the CAIDAS we also had the opportunity to present our research and development work to various media representatives. For example, we reported on our remote sensing work to ARD and Bayerischer Rundfunk as well as for Mainfranken TV – see e.g. here for the coverage: www.tvmainfranken.de/mediathek/video/wie-kuenstliche-intelligenz-unser-leben-veraendern-wird-einweihung-des-caidas-gebaeudes-der-uni-wuerzburg/ It was a great option to show to the interested public how AI and Earth Observation can provide valuable information for our daily lives e.g. by mapping urban heat islands ..read more

The potential of UAS data for mapping cultural heritage sites was discussed in the past months with colleagues associated with the UNESCO world heritage activities by our postdocs Dr. Mirjana Bevanda and Dr. Sarah Schönbrodt-Stitt. Based on these discussions further linkages to actual heritage site managers were established and a first pilot study was setup of a monastery close by. Our postdocs discussed the overarching goal and outline with the respective managers and the state to discuss the projects’ framework and envisioned outcome.  Our UAS team pilots covered the area last week, Ant ..read more

On Tuesday, April 23rd Elly Schmid will present her internship at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. : From the abstract: The internship was carried out as part of the HEATS-(Urban heat) Project of the Georisks team at the Earth Observation Center, which deals with the quantification of urban heat exposure through high-resolution remote sensing. My tasks included data processing and additional data acquisition. The main goal was to develop an object-based image segmentation and classification of the urban research area for later integration into a land use regression approach. I w ..read more

At the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (CAIDAS) opening last Friday on 18th of April 2024, we had the opportunity to present the research of our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) and of the Earth Observation Center (EOC) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to representatives from politics and society. Our EORC managing director Dr. Martin Wegmann, our PhD student Ariane Droin, our EAGLE student Anna Bischof and our professor Hannes Taubenböck presented the work to Prof. Dr. Paul Pauli, the President of our Julius-Maximillian’s University as well as the vice preside ..read more

On Tuesday, April 30 Konstantin Müller will present his internship ” GDELT News Analysis of the Noto Earthquake via ERNIE” at 14:00 in 01.B.03, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. : From the abstract: The analysis of socioeconomic data has gained increasing importance. The exchange of information, particularly through news agencies and magazines, shapes public perception and guides daily decision-making. This process is further amplified during significant events like natural disasters. The International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) focuses on investigating not only the environmental aspe ..read more

CAIDAS, the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science ( https://www.caidas.uni-wuerzburg.de/ ), was officially opened on April 19, 2024 with prominent guests from politics and science.  Bavaria’s Minister of Science Markus Blume cut the ribbon for the new building: “The next highlight of our AI mission: the opening of CAIDAS in Würzburg. The Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science will finally make the Julius-Maximilians-Universität the AI Mecca on the Main. AI research is being rethought here – and made perfect: the focus is on data processing and research is inter ..read more