Aim
The students will learn to design scientifically relevant presentations.
Presentations, approaches and layouts as well as programs will be discussed with regard to its scientific content and goal to ensure high quality presentations and dissemination of relevant information.
Content
Visual scientific presentation skills will be taught. Existing presentations will be discussed and evaluated with regard to visual appearance, scientific content and dissemination. Moreover design and appearance of presentations and poster will be discussed and guidelines provided. Individual training of presentations using a variety of programs will be part of it as well. Alternative presentation methods will be introduced (e.g. knitr, beamer).
Coding
Visual as well as coding approaches for presentations are covered
Software
Various software programs will be used, but mainly R with knitr, markdown, slidify etc. or Latex Beamer
Techniques
Different visualisation, oral presentation as well as preparation techniques will be introduced and practically applied.
Content
Theoretical and practical background of scientific presentations and their underlying assumptions and software are covered
General Course News and Updates
EAGLE application in 2022
We received again more than 200 applicants from all over the world. In total applicants from 42 different countries applied to our international Earth Observation M.Sc. program, covering countries such as Hungary, Morocco, Malaysia, Kenya, Nepal or Columbia. We are...
EAGLE application deadline 2022
Our application deadline for 2022 is approaching. If you want to study applied Earth Observation and learn about a variety of remote sensing sensors and methods as well as about fields of applications, submit your application at the latest on May 15th. Accepted...
MSc defense by Haiyin Ye
On Friday 20th of May at 9am Haiyin will present her M.Sc. thesis "Monitoring Gypsy Moth Outbreak Using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Data". From the abstract: "Gypsy moth Lymantria dispar (L.) is a serious pest in deciduous forests, the larvae of which can feed on a...
inno lab and MSc defense Jakob Wachter
this Friday, 22nd of April, at 9am we will have one inno lab and one M.Sc. defense, both by Jakob Wachter. inno lab: "Assessment of climate-induced drought impact on crop types in bavaria" (Tobias Ullmann) M.Sc. defense: "Potential of webcam Imagery as reference data...
Inno lab and MSc idea presentation
On Friday 8th of April from 9am onwards we will have the following EAGLE presentations: "Assessment of open-source street-level imagery for building classification in Lima, Peru" by Larissa Gorzawski (Inno lab supervised by Hannes Taubenböck and Christian Geiß)...
MSc idea and inno lab presentations
On Friday 11th of March from 10am onwards the following students will introduce their MSc idea or report on their innovation laboratory: Kemeng Liu (MSc idea): "Mapping Spatial-Temporal Developments of Coastal Aquaculture" supervised by Tobias Ullmann Antonio...
MSc defense by Sofia Garcia
On Friday, March 11th at 9am Sofia will present her M.Sc. thesis "Estimating socioeconomic variables in Bolivia using satellite-based nighttime light images and electricity consumption data". From the abstract: "The lack of up-to-date data on socio-economic parameters...
MSc thesis defense by Nestor Gualsaqui
On March 8th at 10:30 Nestor will present his M.Sc. thesis "Pre-crop emergence weed mapping using high satellite imagery". From the abstract: "During the last decades, the growth of the world population has been increasing and weather fluctuations around the world...
MSc defense Nils Karges
Nils Karges will present his M.Sc. thesis "Exploring spatial relationships of soundscape variables in urban areas. " on 15th of February at 9:30. From the abstract: "This work describes the relationship between soundscape and the underlying landscape in an urban...
MSc defense Camilo Zamora
On Friday 11th of February at 9am Camilo Zamora will present his M.Sc. thesis "Deforestation dynamics in the Dry Chaco ecoregion: a three decades of change detection and fragmentation study analysis". From the abtract: "Tropical forests represent 52% of global forests...