Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hansjörg Kutterer

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hansjörg Kutterer

  • Kaiserstraße 14
    76131 Karlsruhe

Secretariat:

Martina Pfersching, Tel.: +49 (0)721 608 43668

 

 

Biography

Since 01.10.2018 Head of the Chair of Geodetic Earth System Science at the Geodetic Institute of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2011 – 2018 President of the German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) in Frankfurt am Main
2004 – 2011 University Professor for Engineering Geodesy and Geodetic Evaluation Methods, Head of the Geodetic Institute of Leibniz Universität Hannover
2000 – 2004 Scientific employee at the German Geodetic Research Institute (DGFI), Munich; Coordinator Project Area "Dynamic Processes
1996 – 2000 Scientific Assistant (C1) and Habilitand at the Geodetic Institute of the University of Karlsruhe (TH)
1990 – 1996 Scientific employee and doctoral student / post-doc at the Geodetic Institute of the University of Karlsruhe (TH)

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Scientific Qualification

21.01.2001 Habilitation and conferral of teaching authority for the subject "Geodesy" at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Surveying of the University of Karlsruhe (TH)
16.12.1993 Doctorate in Geodesy at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Surveying of the University of Karlsruhe (TH)
22.06.1990 Diploma in Geodesy at the University of Karlsruhe (TH)
1985 – 1990 Studies of geodesy at the University of Karlsruhe (TH)

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Functions (Selection)

Since Jan. 2023 Member of the KIT Senate
Since Dec. 2022 KIT Dean of the KIT Faculty of Civil, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Since May 2021 Spokesman GGOS DACH
2018 – 2022 Spokesman of the collegial management of the Geodetic Institute of KIT, Chairman of the Examination Board for the B.Sc. and M.Sc. study programs Geodesy and Geoinformatics
2016 – 2022 President of DVW - Gesellschaft für Geodäsie, Geoinformation und Landmanagement e.V. (previously Vice President since 2009)
2014 – 2018 Vice President of EuroGeographics AISBL
2014 – 2018 Member of the Executive Committee of the Regional Committee UN GGIM: Europe of the United Nations
2011 – 2017 Chairman of the Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) and member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG).
weitere Chairman of various appointment committees as well as national and international working groups
  Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Applied Geodesy
  Member of the editorial board of the AVN journal
  Assistant Editor in Chief of the Journal of Geodesy (previously member of the Editorial Board).

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Memberships (Selection)

seit 2019 Member of the German Geophysical Society (DGG)
seit 2011 Member of the Research College Physics of the Earth Body (FKPE)
seit 2011 Full member of the Braunschweig Scientific Society (BWG)
seit 2005 Full member of the Geodesy Committee of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (formerly: German Geodetic Commission, DGK)
seit 2003 Fellow der International Association of Geodesy (IAG)
seit 1991 Member of DVW - Society for Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management e.V.

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Other

  • Ten main presentations and more than 20 co-presentations / expert opinions for doctoral and post-doctoral theses
  • Reviewer e.g. for DFG / Germany, AvH / Germany, FWF / Austria, SNF / Switzerland
  • Reviewer for a number of national and international journals
  • Organization of national and international workshops, trainings, conferences and symposia

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Publications

Peer-Reviewed (Selection)

2015 Neumann, I.; Kutterer, H. (2015): State-space filtering with respect to data imprecision and fuzziness. International Workshop on the Quality of Geodetic Observation and Monitoring Systems. In: Kutterer, H.; Seitz, F.; Alkhatib, H.; Schmidt M. (Eds.) (2015): IAG Symp. 140, 87-94.
  Heiker, A.; Kutterer, H. (2015): Integration of observations and models in a consistent least squares adjustment model. In: Kutterer, H.; Seitz, F.; Alkhatib, H.; Schmidt M. (Eds.) (2015): IAG Symp. 140, 51-56.
  Gösseln, I. von; Kutterer, H. (2015): Efficiency Optimization of Surveying Processes. In: Kutterer, H.; Seitz, F.; Alkhatib, H.; Schmidt M. (Eds.) (2015): IAG Symp. 140, 157-162.
2013 Alkhatib, H.; Kutterer, H. (2013): Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty of kinematic TLS Observation Process by means of Monte-Carlo Methods. In: Journal of Applied Geodesy, Jg. 7, Nr. 2/2013, 125–134. DOI: 10.1515/jag-2013-0044.
2012 Heiker, A.; Kutterer, H.; Müller, J. (2012): Stabilization of Satellite Derived Gravity Field Coefficients by Earth Rotation Parameters and Excitation Functions. In: Geodesy for Planet Earth, eds. Kenyon, S., Pacino, M.C. and Marti, U., IAG Symposia Series, Vol. 136, Springer, 537-544.
2011 Neumann, I.; Kutterer, H. (2011): Optimal hypothesis testing in case of regulatory thresholds. Proceedings of the VII Hotine Marussi Symposium, Rome, IAG, Springer, Berlin.
2010 Akyilmaz, O.; Kutterer, H.; Shum, C. K.; Ayan, T. (2010): Fuzzy-wavelet based prediction of Earth rotation parameters. Applied Soft Computing, Elsevier (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ j.asoc.2010.01.003).
  Paffenholz, J.-A.; Alkhatib, H.; Kutterer, H. (2010): Direct geo-referencing of a static terrestrial laser scanner. Journal of Applied Geodesy 4 (2010), 115-126.
2009 Alkhatib, H.; Neumann, I.; Kutterer, H. (2009): Uncertainty modelling of random and systematic errors by means of Monte Carlo and Fuzzy techniques. International Journal of Applied Geodesy, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 67-80.
  Kutterer, H.; Krügel, M; Tesmer, V. (2009): Towards an improved assessment of the quality of terrestrial reference frames. In: Drewes, H. (Ed.): Geodetic Reference Frames. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 67-72.
2008 Kutterer, H., Neumann, I. (2008): Multidimensional statistical tests for imprecise data. In: Xu, P., Liu, J., Der¬manis, A. (Eds.): Vi Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Theoretical and Computa¬tional Geodesy, Sprin¬ger, Berlin, 232-237.
2006 Schön, S., Kutterer, H. (2006): Uncertainty in GPS networks due to remaining systematic errors: the interval approach. in: Journal of Geodesy. Vol. 80, No. 3, 150 162.
2005 Seitz, F., Kutterer, H. (2005): Sensitivity analysis of the non-linear Liouville equation. In: Sanso, F. (Ed.): A Window on the Future, Proceedings of the 36th IAG General Assembly, 23rd IUGG General Assem¬bly, Sapporo, Japan, 2003, IAG Symposia series, No. 128, 601-606.
  Schön, S., Kutterer, H. (2005): Using Zonotopes for Overestimation-Free Interval Least-Squares - Some Geodetic Applications. Reliable Computing, Vol. 11, Issue 2, 137-155.
2004 Kutterer, H. (2004): Statistical hypothesis tests in case of imprecise data. In: Sanso, F. (Ed.): V Hotine-Ma¬russi Symposium on Mathematical Geodesy, Springer, Berlin, 49-56.
2001 Schön, S., Kutterer, H., Mayer, M., Heck, B. (2001): A study of the transfer of the ITRF datum to a GPS net¬work in Antarctica. In: Sideris, M. (Ed.): Gravity, Geoid and Geodynamics 2000. Springer, Berlin Hei¬delberg, 29-34.
  Dietrich, R., Dach, R., Engelhardt, G., Ihde, J., Kutterer, H. et al. (2001): ITRF coordinates and plate veloci¬ties from repeated GPS campaigns in Antarctica - an analysis based on different individual solutions. Journal of Geodesy (2001) 74: 756-766.
1999 Kutterer, H. (1999): On the sensitivity of the results of least squares adjustments concerning the stochastic model. Journal of Geodesy (1999) 73: 350-361.
  Howind, J., Kutterer, H., Heck, B. (1999): The impact of temporal correlations on GPS derived rela¬tive point positions. Journal of Geodesy (1999) 73: 246-258.
1998        Kutterer, H. (1998): Quality aspects of a GPS reference network in Antarctica - a simulation study. Journal of Geodesy 72 (1998) 2, 51-63.

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Chapters in Books (Selection)

2018         Kutterer, H. (2018): Geodäsie im gesellschaftlichen Kontext. In: Heck, A., Seitz, K., Grombein, T., Mayer, M., Stövhase, J.-M., Sumaya, H., Wampach, M., Westerhaus, M., Dalheimer, L., Senger, P. (Hrsg.): (Schw)Ehre, wem (Schw)Ehre gebührt – Festschrift zur Verabschiedung von Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Bernhard Heck. KIT, Schriftenreihe des Studiengangs Geodäsie und Geoinformatik, 2018-1, 163-169.
2016 Kutterer, H. (2016): Das Globale Geodätische Beobachtungsystem. In: Freeden, W.; Rummel, R. (2016): Handbuch der Geodäsie – Band: Erdmessung und Satellitengeodäsie, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-46900-2_3-1, 1-21.
2015 Kutterer, H. (2015): Geodetic deformation analysis with respect to an extended uncertainty budget. In: Freeden, W.; Nashed, M.Z.; Sonar, T. (2015): Handbook of Geomathematics. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 2373-2403.
2014 Ihde, J.; Kusche, J.; Kutterer, H.; Müller, J.; Pail, R.; Schön, S.; Schuh, H.; Seitz, F. (2014): Erdmessung und Geodynamik. Kapitel 17.2. In: : Kummer, K., Kötter, T., Eichhorn, A. (Hrsg.): „Das deutsche Vermessungs- und Geoinformationswesen 2015“. Wichmann, Heidelberg, 989-1007.
  Streuff, H.; Kutterer. H.; Lenk, M.; Rummel, R. (2014): Kapitel 4 – Geoinformation im internationalen Umfeld. In: : Kummer, K., Kötter, T., Eichhorn, A. (Hrsg.): „Das deutsche Vermessungs- und Geoinformationswesen 2015“. Wichmann, Heidelberg, 193-252.
  Kutterer, H.; Brunner, R.; Schilcher, M. (2014): Kapitel 1 – Geoinformationen im globalisierten 21. Jahrhundert und im nationalen Kontext. In: Kummer, K., Kötter, T., Eichhorn, A. (Hrsg.): „Das deutsche Vermessungs- und Geoinformationswesen 2015“. Wichmann, Heidelberg, 3-64.
2010 Kutterer, H. (2010): Geodetic deformation analysis with respect to an extended uncertainty budget. In: Freeden, W.; Nashed, M.Z.; Sonar, T. (2010): Handbook of Geomathematics. Springer, Berlin, 1078-1100.
2009             Brüggemann, H.; Kutterer, H.; Sandmann, S. (2009): Kapitel 16 – Entwicklungsschwerpunkte und For-schungsvorhaben (darin: Kap. 16.3 bis Kap. 16.8 zur geodätischen Forschung in Deutschland). In: Kummer, K.; Frankenberger, J. (Hrsg.): Das deutsche Vermessungs- und Geoinformationswesen 2010. Wichmann, Heidelberg, 715-783.
  Kutterer, H. (2009): Chapter 9 – Mobile Mapping. In: Vosselman, G., Maas, H.-G. (Ed.): Airborne and terre¬strial laser scanning. Whittles Publishing.

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Publication of conference proceedings (selection)

2015         Kutterer, H.; Seitz, F.; Alkhatib, H.; Schmidt, M. (Eds.) (2015): Proc. 1st International Workshop on the Quality of Geodetic Observation and Monitoring Systems. IAG Symp. 140, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
2001 Carosio, A., Kutterer, H. (Eds.) (2001): Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Robust Statistics and Fuzzy Techniques in Geodesy and GIS. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry – Report No. 295.

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Teaching

  • B.Sc. Geodäsie und Geoinformatik
    • Ausgleichungsrechnung und Statistik I & II
    • Geodätische Referenzsysteme I & II
    • Geodätische Raumverfahren
    • Figur und Schwerefeld der Erde
    • Geodätisches Seminar
  • M.Sc. Geodäsie und Geoinformatik
    • Seminar Erdsystembeobachtung
  • M.Sc. Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics
    • Geodetic Sensor Fusion
    • Deformation Processes

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Research and Projects

Current focus in the area of "Geodetic Earth System Science".

  • Integrated Earth System Observation: GNSS and other methods e.g. for tomography of the atmosphere
  • Integrated Earth System Modeling: Gravity Field Modeling
  • Geodynamics and Radar Interferometry

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Third-Party funded Projects (Selection)

  • KU 1250/1-1/2: Optimaler Entwurf geodätischer Überwachungsnetze unter Berücksichtigung strenger Toleranzen
  • KU 1250/4-1/2: Geodätische Deformationsanalysen unter Berücksichtigung von Beobachtungs-impräzision und Objektunschärfe
  • DR 143/1-1: Konsistente Realisierung von Referenzsystemen mit dem Verfahren VLBI
  • KU 1250/5-1/2: Usability of time-variable Earth orientation parameters and gravity field coefficients from satellite missions for mutual validation and combined analysis – DFG-Forschergruppe FOR 584 “Earth Rotation and Global Dynamic Processes (Mitglied der Koordinatorengruppe)
  • KU 1250/8-1: Modellierung und Analyse geodätischer Daten mit Neuro-Fuzzy-Verfahren
  • KU 1250/10-1: Effizienzoptimierung und Qualitätssicherung ingenieurgeodätischer Prozesse im Bauwesen
  • KU 1250/11-1: Kombination von Fuzzy-Bayes-Ansätzen für die Ermittlung von Verkehrswerten
  • EXIST-Forschungstransfer: „Entwicklung eines innovativen portablen Mobile Mapping Systems“

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