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Krzysztof Janowicz is a Professor at the University of Vienna and Head of the Department of Geography and Regional Research. Previously, he held full professorships at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Pennsylvania State University. He directs the Research Network Data Science and is Editor-in-Chief of the Semantic Web journal. His research focuses on Spatial Data Science, GeoAI, and knowledge graphs, emphasizing the integration of semantic and data-driven approaches. Education includes a PhD in Geoinformatics from the University of Münster and postdoctoral work at the Institute for Geoinformatics.
Teaching includes courses on spatial data science, cartography, and geoinformatics, such as field trips to Scotland and North America. He leads projects like the KnowWhereGraph, a large-scale geo-knowledge graph for interdisciplinary applications. His work addresses AI sustainability, geographic diversity evaluation, and privacy in geospatial AI. He has directed UCSB’s Center for Spatial Studies and contributed to disaster risk management frameworks through ontologies like HIP.
