Curriculum Vitae Stefan Lang
Stefan Lang, PhD, is
Geographer, GIS and Remote Sensing specialist by training and currently Assistant Professor at the Interfaculty Department of Geoinformatics (Z_GIS) at the University of Salzburg in Austria. He is heading the
Z_GIS Division Earth Observation (togetheer with Barbara Hofer-Schernthanner, substituted by Barbara Brunner-Maresch). Active in the field of advanced geo-spatial image analysis, EO-based monitoring and spatial indicator integration, he works on cutting-edge research fields on both conceptual and applied level. His research interests include:
hybrid AI,
object-based (image) analysis (OBIA), systemic and
hierarchical scale concepts, multi-source data integration, multi-scale regionalization and
generalisation, validation and
accuracy.
Theses (quick previews):
MSc thesis |
PhD thesis |
Habiliation

Dr Lang has initiated the long-lasting collaboration between Z_GIS and Médicins sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) Austria. He coordinates and cooperates in
EC-funded and national collaborative research projects, as well as bilateral R&D agreements with industry and NGOs. From 2007 to 2008 he held a 1-year
substitute professorship at Technical University (TU) Berlin and participated (as an affiliate) from 2011 to 2012 in the Loeb Fellowship Program at GSD, Harvard University. He authored and co-authored numerous scientific articles, edited special issues in international journals and compiled an academic textbook on landscape analysis available in several languages.
- CV Stefan Lang (Europass)