As of early October 2022, the i3mainz – Institute for Spatial Information and Surveying Technology has new institute management. The new managing director is Thomas Klauer, who has been part of the insitute's management since 2019. He is supported by Markus Schaffert and Jörg Klonowski. The institute’s staff is represented by Songül Polat, Scientific Coordinator of i3mainz. Students of geoinformatics and surveying will also be represented in management. This position is in the process of being filled.
Thomas Klauer has been a professor of applied informatics at Mainz University of Applied Sciences since 2013. Together with colleagues from the School of Business and the School of Engineering, he initiated the interdepartmental bachelor’s degree program in Applied Informatics in 2017. Since 2020, this degree program has also been offered in a dual form in cooperation with various representatives of the public sector. At i3mainz, Klauer is leading the project bim4cAIre – Shaping the future of care with the digital twin, where efficient methods for generating a building information model are being developed, whose use is being evaluated using digital care as an application example.
Markus Schaffert, who has been a professor of geoinformatics at Mainz University of Applied Sciences since 2019, heads the project Spatial Intelligence for the Integrated Care of Seniors in Rural Neighborhoods (RAFVINIERT). The project, which is funded by the Carl Zeiss Foundation, focuses on developing strategies to identify the needs of seniors in good time and prevent supply bottlenecks.
Jörg Klonowski headed the institute as managing director from 2019 until the present, but had previously been a member of the institute’s management since 2005. Currently, the professor of geodesy is involved in various projects, including the HORIZON 2020-funded project i2MON – Integrated Mining Impact Monitoring. This project focuses on the monitoring of movements on mountain slopes using an integrated monitoring system.
Kai-Christian Bruhn has stepped down from the management team, which he was a member of since 2019. He will continue to play a role at i3mainz, but will focus his commitment more on other areas in research and teaching. We thank him very much for his dedication to the leadership of i3mainz.