Langezijds

dr.ir. R.A. de By (Rolf)

Associate Professor
ITC-SCI-TECH
Langezijds 1318
r.a.deby@utwente.nl
+31534874553
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Expertise

  • Social Sciences

    • Economic and Social Development
    • Colombia

  • Computer Science

    • Data Infrastructure
    • Big Data Processing
    • Case Study
    • Energy Consumption
    • Points of Interest

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Satellite Image

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Publications

2026

Bench4GeoCode: A benchmark for natural language to geospatial code generation (2026)[Contribution to conference › Paper] 1st International Workshop on Geography According to Foundation Models 2026. Iyer, M., Kirana, A. P., de By, R. A. & Farnaghi, M.https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.20645018

2025

Energy Monitoring for Earth Observation Big Data Processing: A Gap Analysis (2025)In IGARSS 2025 : IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (pp. 6526-6530). IEEE. Bhawiyuga, A., Girgin, S., de By, R. A. & Zurita-Milla, R.https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS55030.2025.11243955Energy efficiency in cloud-based big data processing for earth observation: Gap analysis and future directions (2025)[Working paper › Preprint]. ArXiv.org. Bhawiyuga, A., Girgin, S., de By, R. & Zurita-Milla, R.https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2510.02882Integrating WSN, citizen science, and remote sensing to power a data-driven decision support system for resilient smallholder agriculture (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). Bayih, A. Z.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036567008A comprehensive monitoring toolkit for energy consumption measurement in cloud-based earth observation big data processing (2025)[Contribution to conference › Abstract] Living Planet Symposium 2025. Girgin, S., Adhitya Bhawiyuga, A., de By, R. A. & Zurita-Milla, R.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16092761Local food system resilience in China integrating supply and demand (2025)Global Food Security, 44. Article 100830. Liang, X., Dou, Y., Ohuru, R., de By, R., Jin, X., Feng, S., Meng, F. & Zhou, Y.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100830

2024

Worldwide delineation of multi-tier city–regions (2024)Nature Cities, 1, 469-479. Cattaneo, A., Girgin, S., de By, R. A., McMenomy, T., Nelson, A. D. & Vaz, S.https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-024-00083-zWorldwide Delineation of Multi-Tier City-Regions (2024)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Cattaneo, A., Girgin, S., de By, R., McMenomy, T., Nelson, A. & Vaz, S.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10473109

2023

Internet-of-Things and Wireless Sensor Networks as Enablers for Soil Observation in Smallholder Farms (2023)[Contribution to conference › Paper] International Conference on Earth Observation and Geo-Spatial Information, ICEOGI 2023. Bayih, A. Z., de By, R. A., Assabie, Y. & Morales Guarin, J. M.https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEOGI57454.2023.10292956A research agenda on geoinformation sciences towards responsible land administration in Colombia (2023)In FIG Working Week 2023 Proceedings: Protecting Our World, Conquering New Frontiers. International Federation of Surveyors (FIG). Upegui-Cardona, E. S., Rocha-Salamanca, L. A., Ortiz-Dávila, Á. E., Cárdenas-Contreras, A., Fuentes-López, H. J., Avendaño-Arias, J. A., Rojas-Jiménez, C., Fernández-Gómez, W. D. & de By, R. A.https://fig.net/fig2023/technical_program.htm

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Courses academic year 2026/2027

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Courses academic year 2025/2026

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University of Twente

Langezijds (building no. 19), room 1318
Hallenweg 8
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands

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