Thomas Brinkhoff

Prof. Dr. Thomas Brinkhoff is Chair of the Institute Board and Chair of Geoinformatics at Oldenburg University of Applied Sciences. He leads the Institute for Applied Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics (IAPG) and contributes to institutions like the Association for the Promotion of Geoinformatics in Northern Germany (GiN e.V.) and the Oldenburg Research and Development Institute for Computer Science (OFFIS e.V.).

Education:

• Diploma in Computer Science (Informatik), Universität Bremen (1990)
• Doctorate in Computer Science (Dr. rer. nat.), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (1994)

Brinkhoff's research spans geodatabase systems, spatiotemporal data processing, geosensor analytics, and location-based services. His work addresses Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), web-based geospatial visualization, and mobile data integration, with applications in traffic management and forensic science.

Recent projects include ProSaDi (Digital Provenance and Collection Research) and contributions to the Laboratory for optical 3D metrology. He has served on program committees for ACM SIGSPATIAL (2002-2019), AGILE conferences (2010-2025), and editorial boards of journals like GeoInformatica and TGIS.

Notable Lectures:

• 2024: Forensic applications of tachograph data
• 2023: Geoinformatics in homicide investigations
• 2022: Spatiotemporal analysis for sustainability projects
• 2015: Open geodata standards at FOSSGIS
• 2014: Mobile sensor data processing