Person profile

Ao.Univ.-Prof.i.R. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.

Günther Retscher

Phone

E-Mailguenther.retscher@tuwien.ac.at

Assigned

E120	E120-05

Business Card

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6019-1548

Profile

Research profile (German):

Positionierung in Gebäuden mit verschiedenen Sensoren und Systemen, Globale Navigations Satellitensysteme (GNSS), Navigation, Positionierung, Anwenderspezifische Projekte, Cooperative Positioning, Collaborative Navigation, Anwendung von Multi-Sensor Systemen, Sensor Fusion, Positionierung und Navigation mit GNSS, Standortbezogene Dienste, Navigation in Gebäuden, Fußgehernavigation

Research profile (English):

indoor positioning with different sensors and systems, global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), navigation, positioning, user specific projects, cooperative positioning, collaborative navigation, application of multi-sensor systems, sensor fusion, positioning and navigation with GNSS, location based services (LBS), indoor and pedestrian navigation

Link to CV:

http://geo.tuwien.ac.at/; http://info.tuwien.ac.at/

Publications:

Publications

Keywords

Keyword (German)	Keyword (English)
Angewandte Geodäsie	Applied Geodesy
Multisensorsysteme	Multi-sensor systems
Ubiquitäre Positionierung	Ubiquitous Positioning
Indoor Navigation	Indoor Navigation
Navigation	Navigation
Kooperative Positionierung	cooperative positioning
Satellitenpositionierung	Satellite Positioning
Sensor Fusion	sensor fusion
Ingenieurgeodäsie	Engineering Geodesy

Research Focal Areas

Research focus	Research field	Keywords	Percentage
Computational Science and Engineering	Modeling and Simulation	Particle Physics, Process Simulation, Multiscale Modelling, Mixed Signal Simulation, Computational Economics, Computational Health Care, Biomedical Engineering, Actuarial Modelling	100

Faculty focus

Faculty focus	Percentage
Integrierte Geodäsie und Geodynamik	100

Area of expertise according to Statistik Austria

Code	Area of expertise (German)	Area of expertise (English)
2709	Vermessungswesen	Surveying
2703	Geodäsie, auch: Höhere -	Geodesy
2706	Landesvermessung	Land surveying
2710	Ingenieurgeodäsie	Geodetic engineering
2712	3D-Vermessung	3D-surveying
2711	GPS (Satellitengestützte Koordinatenmessung)	GPS (Global Positioning System)

International award

Awarding Organization	Country	Program	Function	Name	From	Until	Website	Project ID
International Symposium on Mobile Mapping Technology 2013	Taiwan	Best Presentation Award		Best Presentation Award	01.01.2013
International Association of Geodesy IAG	*	Fellow		Fellow	01.01.2011

Membership in committee

Committee	Description	Location	Function	From-To	Comment
Committees at the TU Wien	Ersatzmitglied der Studienkomission	Austria		10/2012 -
Committees at the TU Wien	Fakultätsrat	Austria		10/2012 -
Committees at the TU Wien	Hauptmitglied der Studienkomission	Austria		10/1999 - 10/2012
Committees at the TU Wien	Senat	Austria	Member	10/2016 - 09/2022	Ersatzmitglied
scientific circle	Special Commission 4 Applications of Geodesy to Engineering of IUGG/IAG/Section I	*	Chairman	07/1999 - 07/2003	SekretärSekretär der Special Commission 4 über Applications of Geodesy to Engineering der IUGG/IAG/Section I (Positioning)Sekretär der Special Commission 4 über Applications of Geodesy to Engineering der IUGG/IAG/Section I (Positioning)
Committees at the TU Wien	Studienkomission Geodäsie und Geoinformation	Austria	Member	01/2015 -	Ersatzmitglied
scientific circle	Study Group 4.1 New Technologies for Disaster Monitoring and Management of IAG Commission 4	*	Chairman	07/2011 - 07/2015	Vice President
scientific circle	Sub-Commission 4.1 Emerging Positioning Technologies and GNSS Augmentation of IAG Commission 4	*	Chairman	07/2015 - 07/2019	Vice President
scientific circle	Sub-Commission 4.1 Multi-sensor Systems of IAG Commission 4	*	Chairman	07/2003 - 07/2007	Member-at-LargeMember-at-Large der Sub-Commission 4.1 über Multi-sensor Systems der IAG Commission 4 (Positioning and Applications)Member-at-Large der Sub-Commission 4.1 über Multi-sensor Systems der IAG Commission 4 (Positioning and Applications)
scientific circle	Sub-Commission 4.2 Applications of Geodesy in Engineering of IAG Commission 4	*	Chairman	07/2003 - 07/2007	SekretärSekretär der Sub-Commission 4.2 über Applications of Geodesy in Engineering der IAG Commission 4 (Positioning and Applications)Sekretär der Sub-Commission 4.2 über Applications of Geodesy in Engineering der IAG Commission 4 (Positioning and Applications)
scientific circle	Sub-Commission 4.2 Applications of Geodesy in Engineering of IAG Commission 4	*	Chairman	07/2007 - 07/2011	President der SC 4.2
scientific circle	Sub-Commission 4.2 Geodesy in Geospatial Mapping and Engineering of IAG Commission 4	*	Chairman	07/2011 - 07/2015	Member-at-Large
scientific circle	Sub-Commssion 4.1 Alternatives and Backups to GNSS of IAG Commission 4	*	Chairman	07/2011 - 07/2015
scientific circle	Working Group 4.1.2 Indoor Navigation Systems of IAG Sub-Commission 4.1	*	Chairman	07/2003 - 07/2011	ChairmanChairman der Working Group 4.1.2 Indoor Navigation Systems der Sub-Commission 4.1 über Multi-sensor Systems der IAG Commission 4 (Positioning and Applications)
scientific circle	Working Group 5.5 Multi-Sensor-Systems of FIG Commission 5	Denmark	Chairman	06/2014 - 06/2022
scientific circle	Working Group 5.5 Multi-Sensor-Systems of FIG Commission 5 (joint with IAG)	*	Chairman	07/2014 - 07/2018
scientific circle	Working Group 5.5 Ubiquitous Positioning Technologies and Techniques of FIG Comission 5	*	Chairman	06/2010 - 05/2014	Co-Chair
scientific circle	Working Group WG 4.1.1 Cooperative Positioning Systems of IAG Commission	*	Chairman	07/2015 - 07/2019	Co-Chair
scientific circle	Working Group WG 4.1.1 Ubiquitous Positioning Systems of IAG Commission 4	*	Chairman	07/2011 - 07/2015	Chairman

Journal participation

Title	Classification	Referenced	Function	From-To	Comment
Journal of Applied Geodesy	unclassified	Yes	Editor	10/2012 - 11/2013	Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Ubiquitous Positioning and Navigation Systems
Journal of Applied Geodesy	unclassified	Yes	Editorial board	09/2011 -
Journal of Applied Geodesy	unclassified	Yes	Editor	09/2015 - 04/2016	Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Deformation Monitoring
Journal of Applied Geodesy	unclassified	Yes	Editor	05/2014 - 12/2014	Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Engineering Geodesyy
Journal of Applied Geodesy	unclassified	Yes	Editor	04/2011 - 04/2012	Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Multi-sensor Systems in Engineering Geodesy and Navigation
Journal of Applied Geodesy	unclassified	Yes	Editor	10/2011 - 10/2012	Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Deformation Monitoring
Journal of Geospatial Engineering	unclassified	Yes	Editorial board	01/2000 -
Journal of Global Positioning Systems	unclassified	Yes	Editorial board	10/2002 -
Journal of Physical Communication	unclassified	Yes	Editor	12/2012 - 12/2014	Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Positioning for Indoor Navigation and Tracking

R&D Accomplishments

Description	From	Until
Other categories
Book Proposal "Indoor Location-based Services" von Martin Werner, Springer Verlag	05/2013	06/2013
Externer Begutachter der Dissertation von Hrn. Ali Sarwar mit dem Titel "Performance of Location Determination Techniques in Weak Signal Environments Employing Reference Server, Caster, Cellular and Sensor Networks and Multiple Assisted Global Navigation Satellite Systems" eingereicht an der University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australien	05/2013	07/2013
Externer Begutachter der Dissertation von Hrn. Ming Zhu mit dem Titel "Positioning Algorithms for RFID-Based Multi-Sensor Indoor/Outdoor Positioning Techniques" eingereicht an der RMIT University, Melbourne, Australien	12/2010	01/2011
Externer Begutachter der Dissertation von Hrn. Mohd Shoab mit dem Titel "Knowledge Based Train Navigation System" eingereicht am Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India	10/2015	06/2016
Externer Begutachter der Masterarbeit von Hrn. Bin Hu mit dem Titel "Wi-Fi Based Indoor Positioning System Using Smartphones" eingereicht an der RMIT University, Melbourne, Australien	11/2013	01/2014
Externer Begutachter der Masterarbeit von Hrn. Kai Zhao mit dem Titel "Applying RFID Technology and IMU in Fingerprinting-based Indoor Positioning System" eingereicht an der University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australien	09/2014	10/2014
Externer Begutachter und Prüfer der Dissertation von Hrn. Enrico Köppe mit dem Titel "Lokalsierung sich bewegender Objekt innerhalb und außerhalb von Gebäuden" eingereicht an der Freien Universität Berlin, Deutschland	12/2013	07/2014
Externer Begutachter und Prüfer der Dissertation von Hrn. Lukasz Bonenberg mit dem Titel "Closely Coupled Integration of Locata and GPS for Engineering Applications" eingereicht an der University of Nottingham, UK	03/2013	05/2013
Externer Begutachter und Prüfer der Dissertation von Hrn. Yiming Quan mit dem Titel "A New Machine Learning based Method for Multi-GNSS Data Quality Assurance and Multipath Detection" eingereicht an der University of Nottingham Ningbo, PR CHina	08/2016	12/2016

Events / Conferences

Category	Collaboration	Event name	From	Until	Function/Comments
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Sonstiges		10/2012	11/2013	10th Symposium on Location Based Services (LBS), Shanghai, China
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Sonstiges		01/2014	11/2014	11th Symposium on Location Based Services (LBS), Vienna, Austria
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Sonstiges		11/2014	09/2015	12th Symposium on Location Based Services (LBS), Augsburg, Germany
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Sonstiges		09/2010	09/2011	2nd Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation Conference (IPIN), Guimaraes, Portugal
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Sonstiges		10/2011	10/2012	2nd Symposium on Ubiquitous Positioning, Indoor Navigationand Location-Based Service (UPINLBS), Helsinki, Finland
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Sonstiges		09/2011	11/2012	3rd Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation Conference (IPIN), Sydney, Australia
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Sonstiges		03/2014	11/2014	3rd Symposium on Ubiquitous Positioning, Indoor Navigation and Location-Based Service (UPINLBS), Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Sonstiges		11/2012	10/2013	4th Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation Conference (IPIN), Montbéliard, France
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Sonstiges		11/2010	11/2011	8th Symposium on Location Based Services, Vienna, Austria
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Sonstiges		11/2011	10/2012	9th Symposium on Location Based Services (LBS), Munich, Germany
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Optical 3-D Measurement Techniques V	10/2001	10/2001	Chairman des Local Organizing Committee
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	2nd IAG Symposium on Geodesy for Geotechnical and Structural Engineering	05/2002	05/2002	Chairman des Local Organizing Committee
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	12th FIG Symposium on Deformation Monitoring	05/2006	05/2006	Chairman des Local Organizing Committee
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	3rd IAG Symposium on Geodesy for Geotechnical and Structural Engineering	05/2006	05/2006	Chairman des Local Organizing Committee
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Optical 3-D Measurement Techniques VII	10/2005	10/2005	Chairman des Local Organizing Committees
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Optical 3-D Measurement Techniques IX	07/2009	07/2009	Chairman des Local Organizing Committees
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	3rd International Symposium on Deformation Monitoring JISDM 2016, Wien, Österreich	10/2013	04/2016	Co-Organizer
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	2nd Joint International Symposium on Deformation Monitoring	09/2013	09/2013	Committee Chair
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	1st Joint International Symposium on Deformation Monitoring	11/2011	11/2011	Committee Chair, 1st Joint International Symposium on Deformation Monitoring, Hong Kong, China
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Sonstiges		11/2011	09/2013	Committee Chair, 2nd Joint International Symposium on Deformation Monitoring, Nottingham, UK
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	IAG Scientific Assembly	09/2013	09/2013	Convenor
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Sonstiges		09/2012	09/2013	Convenor of Theme 6, IAG Scientific Assembly, Potsdam, Germany
Scientific Conference / Symposium	eingeladene_r Sprecher_in	Indoor 3D Workshop, Wuhan, Cina	09/2017	09/2017	Keynote Speaker
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Sonstiges		10/2014	04/2016	Local Organizer, 3rd Joint International Symposium on Deformation Monitoring, Vienna, Austria
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	7th Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation Conference (IPIN), Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spanien	10/2015	10/2016	Member of the Scientific Committee
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	10th International Symposium on Mobile Mapping Technology, Cairo, Egypt	12/2016	05/2017	Member of the Scientific Committee
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	FIG Working Week, Christchurch, New Zealand	10/2015	05/2016	Member of the Scientific Committee
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	IAG Scientific Assembly, Kobe, Japan	12/2016	08/2017	Member of the Scientific Committee
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	5th Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation Conference (IPIN), Banff, Canada	01/2015	10/2015	Member of the Scientific Committee
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	4th Conference on Ubiquitous Positioning and Location Based Services (UPINLBS), Shanghai, PR CHina	10/2015	11/2016	Member of the Scientific Committee
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	ISPRS Geospatial Week, Wuhan, China	01/2017	09/2017	Member of the Scientific Committee
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	13th International Symposium on Location Based Services, Wien, Österreich	10/2015	11/2016	Member of the Scientific Committee
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	8th Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation Conference (IPIN), Sapporo, Japan	01/2017	09/2017	Member of the Scientific Committee
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	9th Symposium on Mobile Mapping Technology, Sydney, Australia	01/2015	12/2015	Member of the Scientific Committee
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	14th International Symposium on Location-Based Services, Zurich, Switzerland	09/2017	01/2018	Member of the Scientific Committee
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	International Sysmposium on GNSS IGNSS 2016, Gold Coast, Australia	10/2014	07/2015	Member of the Scientific Committee
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	FIG Working Week, Helsinki, Finland	11/2016	05/2017	Member of the Scientific Committee
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	IUGG General Assembly, Prague, Czeck Republic	10/2014	07/2015	Member of the Scientific Committee
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	ION GNSS+ 2017, Portland, Oregon, USA	01/2017	09/2017	Member of the Scientific Committee, Session Chair
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	VTC2017-Spring Conference, Sydney, Australia,	11/2016	06/2017	Workshop Organizer