swisstopoEDU – Awards
swisstopo regularly awards a prize for Master's theses from the swisstopoEDU funding programme
Xiaolong Lu
Enhancing Land Cover Classification on Imbalanced Dataset with a Multi-expert Model: A Case Study in the Swiss Alps
Environmental Computational Science and Earth Observation Laboratory (ECEO) at the EPFL Lausanne
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Devis Tuia, Prof. Dr. Irena Hajnsek & Valerie Zermatten
swisstopo support by: Tobias Kellenberger
Recognition Award: 1'000.-
Jan Winkler
Exploring the Swin Transformer Architecture for the Generalization of Building Footprints in Binary Cartographic Maps
Department of Geography, University of Zurich
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel
swisstopo support by: Roman Geisthövel
Recognition Award: 1'000.-
Nicolas Beglinger
Exploring Deep Learning for Deformative Operators in Vector-Based Cartographic Road Generalization
Department of Geography, University of Zurich
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel
swisstopo support by: Roman Geisthövel
Recognition Award: 1'000.-
Aurélie de Jong
Historical Forest Mapping at the Swiss Alpine Treeline
Environmental Computational Science and Earth Observation Laboratory (ECEO) at the EPFL Lausanne
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Devis Tuia, Dr. Benjamin Kellenberger & Thiên-Anh Nguyen
swisstopo support by: Tobias Kellenberger
Recognition Award: 1'000.-
Valérie Zermatten
Predicting Land Usage from Aerial Images with Deep Learning: A Case Study in the Valaisan Alps focusing on Class Imbalance
Environmental Computational Science and Earth Observation Laboratory (ECEO) at the EPFL Lausanne
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Devis Tuia & Dr. Benjamin Kellenberger
swisstopo support by: Tobias Kellenberger & Raphaël Bovier
Recognition Award: 1'000.-
Michael Perna
Étude du GNSS pour véhicules autonomes
Faculté de l’environnement naturel, architectural et construit (ENAC) at the EPFL Lausanne
Advisor: Dr. Jan Skaloud
swisstopo support by: Leïla Kislig
Recognition Award: 1'000.-
Roxana Zehtabchi
A century of Rhone glacier changes from terrestrial image photogrammetry
Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Institute Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology ETH Zurich
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Konrad Schindler & Prof. Dr. Daniel Farinott
swisstopo support by: Philip Jörg
Recognition Award: 750.-
Ursin Caduff
Erarbeitung einer Methodik zur Korrektur von hochaufgelösten DTM im Gewässerbereich von Flüssen aufgrund von Querprofilvermessungen
Continuing Education Programme «Geographical Information Science & Systems» (UNIGIS MSc) at the Interfaculty Departement of Geoinformatics (Z_GIS), Paris Lodron University of Salzburg
swisstopo support by: Roberto Artuso
Recognition Award: 1,000 Swiss francs
Anna Vetter
The automatic generalisation of buildings whilst maintaining the settlement structure: A case study based on the 1:50‘000 Swiss National Map Series
Institute for Geoinformation and Cartography, Vienna University of Technology
Advisor: Univ.Prof. Mag.rer.nat. Dr.rer.nat. Georg Gartner, TU Vienna & Mark Wigley, Esri Schweiz AG
swisstopo support by: Dominik Käuferle
Recognition Award: 1,000 Swiss francs
Jonas Clerc
Automated Measurement of Passive Targets for Dam Monitoring using an Image-Assisted Theodolite
Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, ETH Zürich
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Wieser & Dr. Sébastien Guillaume
swisstopo support by: Matthias Kistler
Recognition Award: 1,000 Swiss francs
Thierry Bossard
Evaluation of swissALTI3D with airborne laser scanning data for applications in Glaciology - A case study on glaciers in the upper Mattertal, Switzerland
Department of Geography, University of Zurich
Advisor: PD Michael Zemp
swisstopo support by: Roberto Artuso
Recognition Award: 750 Swiss francs
Yves Kunz
Digitale Kartierung für den Geologischen Atlas der Schweiz 1: 25‘000 im Gebiet Engi-Matt-Wissmilen (Kanton Glarus)
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Marco Herwegh
swisstopo support by: Dr. Oliver Kempf
Recognition Award: 1000 Swiss francs
Stefan Benz
Algorithmen zur automatischen Selektion von Strassennetzwerken - Lösungen für den Übergang vom Topografischen Landschaftsmodell (TLM) zu Massstab 1: 50’000
Department of Geography, University of Zurich
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel
swisstopo support by: Dominik Käuferle
Recognition Award: 1,000 Swiss francs
Roy Weiss
Road Network Selection for Small-Scale Maps Using an Improved Centrality Approach
Department of Geography, University of Zurich
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel
swisstopo support by: Cédric Métraux
Recognition Award: 1000 Swiss francs
GIScience Center: Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Department of Geography, University of Zurich
Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel
Research group recognition award 2013: 2500 Swiss francs
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