Participatory mapping, Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Crowdsourcing and citizen science on usability aspects of GIS, Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and environmental information.
Navigation and Location based Services (LBS).
Spatial data integration, interpretation and modeling.
Mapping-, Imagery- and Geo- metadata standards.
M.Sc. thesis, 2000, The Footprint Network as a Solution to the Representation Problem in Monitoring Deformations. Supervisor: Associate Prof. Haim Papo.
Ph.D dissertation, 2010, Hierarchal Modeling and Integration of Topographic Databases: Algorithm Development and Geo-Spatial Analysis Capabilities. Supervisor: Prof. Yerach Doytsher.
Environment, Cartography, Geometry, Internet/Web, LIDAR, Surveying, Geospatial, Databases, Geodesy, Geomorphology, Geography, GIS, Data mining, Integration, Matching, Adjustment, Change detection, 2D/3D Modelling, Visualization, Classification, Monitoring, Transformation, Registration, Simulation, Surface, Spatial infrastructures, Digital Elevation/Terrain/Surface Model, GPS/INS, Metadata, Georeferencing, Accuracy, Hierarchical, Temporal, Location Based Services (LBS), Crowdsourcing, Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI).
2010, PhD Mapping and Geo-Information, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
2000, M.Sc. Geodetic Engineering (Cum Laude), Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
1997, B.Sc. Geodetic Engineering (Cum Laude), Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
2016- Asst. Prof., Transportation and Geo-Information Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
2013–2016, Lecturer, Transportation and Geo-Information Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
2010-2013, Postdoctoral research fellow, Institute for Cartography and Geoinformatics (IKG), Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany.
2010-2012, Adjunct lecturer, Institute of Water Resources Management, Hydrology and Agricultural Hydraulic Engineering, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany.
2007-2010, Adjunct lecturer, Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
2009, Adjunct lecturer, Mapping and Geo-Information Engineering program, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
2015-2018, Chair of Working Group 3.4 on Crowdsourcing and VGI, FIG (International Federation of Surveyors) Commission 3 – Spatial Information Management.
2011-2014, Vice Chair of Administration, FIG (International Federation of Surveyors) Commission 3 – Spatial Information Management, scientific and organizing committees
2010-2012, Institute for Cartography and Geoinformatics (IKG), Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany.
2009-2010, Committee Consultant – GIS, The Standards Institution of Israel (SII)
2007-2010, Professional Consultant, Taldor
2000-2004, Project Manager and System Analyst, Taldor
2000, The Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
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