Prof. Dr.habil. Hans-Gerd Maas

Research interests:

Optical 3D measurement techniques: Automation of photogrammetric data processing schemes, system design and calibration, 3D motion analysis, deformation measurement techniques, sensor modeling and accuracy optimization, tomographic reconstruction and voxel data analysis, omni-directional vision.

Terrestrial laserscanning: Automatic object extraction, system integration, point cloud and image data fusion, laserscanner self-calibration techniques.

Airborne Laserscanning: Automatic object extraction from laserscanner data, lidar bathymetry, cal/val techniques.

Development of image and laser scanner data processing schemes for environmental monitoring tasks.

Aerial photogrammetry: Sensor and data fusion, development of quality control schemes, UAV photogrammetry.

Multimedia and underwater photogrammetry.

Further activities:

Dean, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, TU Dresden.

Executive Committee member of TU Dresden Graduate Academy.

Scientific Board DGPF (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photogrammetrie, Fernerkundung und Geoinformation).

Editorial Board Member PFG (Photogrammetrie, Fernerkundung und Geoinformation).

Academic honours:

Karl Kraus Medal ISPRS 2012.

V. Talbert Abrams Award 2nd Honorable Mention, 2003, 2007.

Otto von Gruber Award (International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing), 1996.

Pulfrich-Preis (Carl Zeiss), 1995.

V. Talbert Abrams Grand Trophy (American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing), 1992.

Silver medal ETH Zürich, 1992.

List of 10 most important publications (ranked according to ISI Web of Knowledge):

1. Maas, H.-G., Grün, A., Papantoniou, D., 1993: Particle tracking in threedimensional turbulent flows - Part I: Photogrammetric determination of particle coordinates. Experiments in Fluids Vol. 15, pp. 133-146
2. Maas, H.-G., Vosselman, G., 1999. Two algorithms for extracting building models from raw laser altimetry data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vol. 54, No. 2/3, pp. 153-163
3. Maas, H.-G., Bienert, A., Scheller, S., Keane, E, 2008: Automatic forest inventory parameter determination from terrestrial laserscanner data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 1579-1593
4. Maas, H.-G., Hampel, U., 2006: Photogrammetric Techniques in Civil Engineering Material Testing and Structure Monitoring. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol. 72, No. 1, pp. 39-4
5. Eltner, A., Baumgart, P., Maas, H.-G., Faust, D., 2014: Multi-temporal UAV data for automatic measurement of rill and interrill erosion on loess soil. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Vol. 40(6), pp. 741-755.
6. Schneider, D., Schwalbe, E., Maas, H.-G., 2009: Validation of geometric models for fisheye lenses. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vol. 64, pp. 259-266
7. Maas, H.-G., 2002: Methods for measuring height and planimetry discrepancies in airborne laserscanner data. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol. 68, No. 9, pp. 933-940
8. Luhmann, Th., Fraser, C., Maas, H.-G., 2016: Sensor modelling and camera calibration for close-range photogrammetry. ISPRS J. Photogram. Remote Sensing, Vol. 115 (theme issue 'State-of-the-art in photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information science'), pp. 37-46.
9. Schneider, D., Maas, H.-G., 2006: A geometric model for linear array based terrestrial panoramic cameras. The Photogrammetric Record, Vol. 21, No. 115, pp. 198-210
10. Rosenau, R., Schwalbe, E., Dietrich, R., Maas, H.-G., 2013: Grounding line migration and high resolution calving dynamic of Jakobshavn Isbræ, West Greenland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, Vol. 118 (2), pp. 382-395

Total: ca. 300; h-index 27 (Scopus) / 40 (google scholar)