Prof. Dr. Martin Breunig
- Kollegiale Institutsleitung Geodätisches Institut des KIT Lehrstuhl Geoinformatik
- Room: 041
20.40 - martin breunig ∂ kit edu
- Englerstraße 7
76131 Karlsruhe
Main Office:
Sandra Nestl, phone: +49 (0)721 608 42305
Biography
Since 2022 | Spokesman for the collegiate board of the Geodetic Institute |
2018 - 2022 | Vice Dean of research and development for the disciplines at the KIT-Department of Civil Engineering, Geographical and Environmental Sciences |
2012 - 2018 |
Dean of Students “Geodesy and Geoinformatics” at the KIT-Department of Civil Engineering, Geographical and Environmental Sciences |
2010 - present |
Chair of the Department of Geoinformatics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) |
2005 - 2010 | Professor for Geoinformatics at University of Osnabrück |
2000 - 2004 | Professor for Environmental Science focusing on Computer Science at the University of Vechta |
2000 | Postdoctoral lecture qualification at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, University of Bonn (with Dr. Armin B. Cremers) |
1995 | Ph.D. at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Bonn (with Dr. Armin B. Cremers) |
1995 - 2000 | Board member for the Collaborative Reseach Centre 350 and head of AG Geoinformation Systems at Department of Computer Science III, University of Bonn |
1989 - 1995 | Researcher at the Technische Universität Darmstadt (Working Group Hans Jörg Schek), Freie Universität Berlin and the Collaborative Research Centre 350, University of Bonn |
1989 | Graduated with a Diploma in Informatics at the Technische Universität Darmstadt |
1982 - 1989 | Student in Informatics at the Technische Universität Darmstadt |
Guest Professorships and Research Visits
- Ecole Nationale Supériore de Géologie, Nancy
- Staffordshire University (U.K.)
- ETH Zürich
- Universität Wien
- American University in Dubai (AUD)
Research and Projects
Current Research Projects at the Department of Geoinformatics:
- Big Spatio-Temporal Data
- Geosensors
- Travel Mode Detection
- Topology in n-dimensional spaces
- 3D/4D Geographic Information Systems
The newly established Geoinformatics Research Network at KIT, in close collaboration with the Institute for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (IPF) as well as international partners, acts as an interdisciplinary “hub” linking together the fields of Geodesy, Earth Sciences, and Geoinformatics. Through the combination of Geoinformatics and Geodesy, new fields of research are to be developed.
In the AUD-KIT Geoinformatics Group joint research and teaching activities were carried out in collaboration with the School of Engineering, American University in Dubai (AUD) (see also 9th International Conference 3D GeoInfo).
The research focuses of 3D/4D Geographical Information Systems and spatial databases are part of a long tradition at the University (see also SFB 350).
Teaching Responsibilities
Courses at the Department of Geoinformatics include:
- Semester Project in Geoinformatics
- Introductory courses in Geoinformatics
- Geographical and Spatial Databases
- 3D/4D GIS
- Geo-sensor Networks and Databases
- Mobile GIS
- Object-oriented Data Modelling
- Field Course Furtwangen / Linachtalsperre
External Teaching Interests:
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ETH Zürich ( Certificate of Advanced Studies ETH) TU München (Course in Geodatabases) |
Publications
Functions and Affiliations
Since 2022 | Spokesman for the collegiate board of the Geodetic Institute |
2022 - 2026 | Co-Chair of ISPRS Working Group IV/4 "Data Management for Geospatial Scenarios" |
2018 - 2022 | Vice Dean of research and development for the disciplines at the KIT-Department of Civil Engineering, Geographical and Environmental Sciences |
2016 - 2020 | Chair of ISPRS Working Group IV/7 "Geo-data management" |
2012 - 2018 | Dean of Students “Geodesy and Geoinformatics” at the KIT-Department of Civil Engineering, Geographical and Environmental Sciences |
2011 - 2013 | Spokesman for the Collegiate Administrative Committee, Geodetic Institute, KIT |
2011 - present | Program Director at KIT for the double-degree program “Geodesy and Geoinformatics/Topography”, German-French University DFH |
2011 - 2019 | Spokesman for the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) Computational cooperative route planning in multi-scale 3D city and building models |
2010 - present | Member of the collegiate board of the Geodetic Institute |
2009 - present | Reviewer for funding agencies such as the FWF (Austrian Science Fund), NWO (The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) and The Academy of Finland |
2007 - present | Senior Member of the GI Professional Group "Mobility and Mobile Information Systems" |
2002 - 2009 | Coordinator of the joint research project, Special Geotechnologies Program (2002-2009), founded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) |
1995 - 2000 | Board member for the Collaborative Research Centre 350, University of Bonn |