Dr. Marco Helbich
Research interests
- GeoComputation
- GIS
- Spatial Analysis
- Fuzzy Logic
- Remote Sensing
- Spatial Planning in Austria
- Urban Geography
Offered courses
Winter 2010/2011:
- Angewandte Geoinformatik am Beispiel Westösterreichs
- Punktmusteranalyse für human- und wirtschaftsgeographische Fragestellungen
Summer 2010:
- Vorlesung: „Einführung in die räumliche Analyse und GeoComputation“
- Übung: „Einführung in die räumliche Analyse und GeoComputation“
Curriculum vitae
- since 03/2010: PostDoc at GIScience research group, Heidelberg University
- 03/2009: Promotion Dr. phil. (Advisors: Heinz Fassmann, Josef Strobl, Michael Leitner; Summa cum laude)
- 08/2009 - 12/2009: Research Associate at the Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, USA
- 10/2006 - 10/2009: Ph.D. studies at the Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna (additional courses at: Vienna University of Technology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna)
- 2000 - 2005: Studies of Spatial Research and Spatial Planning, Cartography and Geoinformation, University of Vienna
Selected publications
Helbich M and Leitner M, 2012: Evaluation of Spatial Cluster Detection Algorithms for Crime Locations. In Gaul W, Geyer-Schulz A, Schmidt-Thieme L and Kunze J 2012: Challenges at the Interface of Data Analysis, Computer Science, and Optimization. Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Springer, Berlin, pp. 193-201
(DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-24466-7\_20).
Hagenauer, J. and Helbich, M., 2012: Contextual Neural Gas for Spatial Clustering and Analysis. International Journal of Geographical Information Science (IJGIS). Taylor & Francis. (accepted)
Helbich M, 2012: Beyond Postsuburbia? Multifunctional Service Agglomeration in Vienna's Urban Fringe. Journal of Economic & Social Geography, Vol. 103, 1, pp. 39-52 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2011.00673.x).
Hagenauer J and Helbich M: Mining Urban Land-Use Patterns from Volunteered Geographic Information by means of Genetic Algorithms and Artificial Neural Networks. International Journal of Geographical Information Science (accepted).
Kranabether M, Helbich M und Knoflacher H: Raumstrukturelle Aspekte des Fernstraßenbaus in der Ostregion, Österreich. Eine empirische Analyse der Arbeitsstättenentwicklung 1961 bis 2001. Raumforschung und Raumordnung, Vol. 70, 1, S. 19-29 (DOI: 10.1007/s13147-011-0134-y).
Helbich M, Hagenauer J und Leitner M, 2011: Raum-zeitliche Analyse von Verbrechenshotspots mittels Trajektorien und Kohonenkarte. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft, Vol. 153 (angenommen).
Leitner M and Helbich M, 2011: The Impact of Hurricanes on Crime: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis in the City of Houston, TX. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol. 38, 2, pp. 214-222.
Helbich M and Leitner M, 2010: Postsuburban Spatial Evolution of the Viennese Urban Fringe: Evidence from Point Process Modeling. Urban Geography, Vol. 31, 8, pp. 1100-1117 (DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.31.8.1100)
Helbich M und Görgl P (2010): Räumliche Regressionsmodelle als leistungsfähige Methoden zur Erklärung der Driving Forces von Zuzügen in die Stadtregion Wien? Raumforschung und Raumordnung, Vol. 68, 2, S. 103-113 (DOI: 10.1007/s13147-010-0012-z).
Helbich M and Leitner M (2009): Spatial Analysis of the Urban-to-Rural Migration Determinants in the Viennese Metropolitan Area. A Transition from Sub- to Postsuburbia? Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, Vol. 2, 3, pp. 237-260 (DOI: 10.1007/s12061-009-9026-8).
Helbich M (2009): Modellierung (post)suburbaner Prozesse am Fallbeispiel der Stadtregion Wien. LIT Verlag: Berlin, Münster u.a. (= Beiträge zur europäischen Stadt- und Regionalforschung).
