Peter Ranacher, Dr.
Group leader
Geographic Information Systems
Tel.: 044 635 65 34Room number: Y25 J 80peter.ranacher@geo.uzh.ch
Teaching
| 2017 – present | University of Zurich, Advanced Spatial Analysis Lecture on advanced procedures of spatial analysis including spatial cluster analysis, density estimation, neighborhood relations and network analysis |
| 2016 – present | University of Zurich, Introduction to R for Spatial Analysis Introductory level course on data types and operations in R, spatial data handling and basic programming |
| 2016 – present | University of Zurich, Small Group Teaching Guided Reading course for discussing scientific literature from Geography |
Awards, Grants and Prizes
| 2017 | Most Downloaded Paper Award Award for the most downloaded paper in the International Journal of Geographic Information Science published in 2016 |
| 2016 | Science Slam Winner of the Science Slam Salzburg 2016 |
| 2013 | COST Action Grant Grant for Short-Term Scientific Mission (under COST Action IC0903) |
| 2012 | Best Poster Award Best Poster Award at the DK GIScience Symposium 2012, Salzburg University |
| 2009 | Ideenwettbewerb GoGeo09 First prize in the GoGeo09 competition for ideas organized by the Bavarian Information and Communication Cluster (BICC) |
Technical Skills
Programming: Python, R, PL/pgSQL
Computer Software: PostgreSQL, QGIS, ArcGIS
Education
| 2011 – 2016 | PhD in Applied Geoinformatics, University of Salzburg |
| 2008 – 2010 | MSc in Geospatial Technologies, Graz University of Technology |
| 2008 – 2010 | BSc in Geography, University of Graz |
Languages
German (native), English (proficient), Russian (independent), Italian (basic), French (basic)