dr. F.O. Ostermann (Frank)

Associate Professor
ITC-GIP
Langezijds 1342
f.o.ostermann@utwente.nl
+31534874492
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My main research interest is where people, geography, and computer science meet: new modes of production and usage of geographic information (crowdsourced and volunteered), related technological and methodological developments (machine learning and edge computing on environmental IoT sensors), and improving scientific practice (ethics of consent and preservation of privacy, open and reproducible research). Citizen Science is where all these elements come together.

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Frank joined the ITC in 2014 as an Assistant Professor. His main research interest is where people, geography, and computer science meet: new modes of production and usage of geographic information (crowdsourced and volunteered), related technological and methodological developments (IoT sensors, machine learning), and the impacts on scientific practice (ethics of consent and privacy-preservation, open and reproducible research).

Since 2009, he holds a PhD (Dr. sc. nat.) from the University of Zurich. Previous work includes three years as a post-doctoral researcher at the Joint Research Center of the European Commission and several years as a research assistant at the Universities of Zurich and Hamburg on EU-funded projects on user-generated geographic content and spatio-temporal data analysis in urban contexts.

More detailed information on Frankā€™s CV can be found on his public LinkedIn profile page

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2024
Educating for Open and Reproducible Research in the Geosciences: Lessons from an MSc programAGILE: GIScience Series, 5(43), 1-5. Ostermann, F. O.https://doi.org/10.5194/agile-giss-5-43-2024Social participation and the role of ICT in the planning, design, and maintenance of public spaces. Alvarado Vazquez, S.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036560146Challenges and opportunities of public space management in MexicoCities, 146, Article 104743. Alvarado Vazquez, S., Madureira, A. M., Ostermann, F. O. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104743Visualizing emoji usage in geo-social media across time, space, and topicFrontiers in Communication, 9, Article 1303629. Levi, S., Hauthal, E., Mukherjee, S. & Ostermann, F. O.https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2024.1303629Social participation in planning, design, and management of public spaces: the case of MexicoPlanning Practice and Research (Accepted/In press). Alvarado Vazquez, S., Madureira, A. M., Ostermann, F. O. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2024.2315391
2023
How to Count Travelers Without Tracking Them Between LocationsIn 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, GIScience 2023, Article 66. Dagstuhl. Shafaeipoursarmoor, Z., van Steen, M. & Ostermann, F. O.https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.66The use of ICTs to support social participation in the planning, design and maintenance of public spaces in Latin AmericaISPRS international journal of geo-information, 12(6), Article 237. Alvarado Vazquez, S., Madureira, A. M., Ostermann, F. O. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi12060237Challenges of public space management in Mexico. Zenodo. Alvarado Vazquez, S., Madureira, A. M., Ostermann, F. O. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7515977
2022
Collaborative geovisual analytics. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). Garcia Chapeton, G. A.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036553674Processing data close to its origin - edge computing on IoT devices to detect noise pollutionIn Emerging approaches for data-driven innovation in Europe (pp. 36-52). Ostermann, F. O.https://doi.org/10.2760/630723Towards an automated information extraction model from Twitter threads during disastersIn Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (pp. 637-653). ISCRAM. Zahra, K., Das, R. D., Ostermann, F. O. & Purves, R. S.https://idl.iscram.org/files/kiranzahra/2022/2444_KiranZahra_etal2022.pdf
2021
Peer assessment to improve reproducibility of computational project workIn Proceedings SEFI 49th Annual Conference 2021: Blended Learning in Engineering Education: challenging, enlightening ā€“ and lasting? (pp. 1080-1090). Societe Europeenne pour la Formation des Ingenieurs (SEFI). Ostermann, F. O.Reproducible research and GIScience: An evaluation using GIScience conference papersIn 11th International Conference on Geographic Information Science - Part II, GIScience 2021, Article 2 (pp. VII). Dagstuhl. Ostermann, F. O., Nüst, D., Granell, C., Hofer, B. & Konkol, M.https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2021.II.2ITC's strategic plan for Open Science 2021-2025: towards an open future. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). Konkol, M., Chang, L., Da Silva Mano, A., Deon, F., Koelen, M., Korringa, D., Mettinkhof, R., Nelson, A. D., Ostermann, F. O., Rietbroek, R., van der Werff, H. M. A., Venus, V. & Zurita-Milla, R.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5113578Combining favorability modeling with collaborative geoā€visual analysis to improve agricultural pest managementTransactions in GIS, 25(2), 985-1008. García‐Chapeton, G. A., Toxopeus, A., Olivero, J., Ostermann, F. O. & By, R. A.https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.12714

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