Ongoing MSc Theses
| Allemann, Ella GEO | Analyzing the Impacts of the City of Zurich's Noise Reduction Plan on Public Transportation | Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel Oliver Tabbert Ramon Rey Florian Birrer |
| Ardüser, Annina GEO | How do existing routing services respond to the needs of mobility-restricted population groups? | Dr. Hoda Allahbakhshi Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Ballinari, Chiara GEO | Towards Inclusive Urban Mobility: Enriching Pedestrian Paths for a 15-Minutes City | Dr. Hoda Allahbakhshi Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Caduff, Silvan GEO | Developing a User-Centered Interactive Web Interface for the Glottography Spatial Language Database: A Case Study Focused on South America | Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel Dr. Peter Ranacher Dr. Tumasch Reichenbacher |
| Falasca, Tanja GEO | Spatial and temporal dynamics of the distribution of children with developmental delay in the Canton of Zurich | Oliver Grübner Michael Von Rhein Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| He, Yelu GEO | Modeling the influence of traffic infrastructure characteristics on e-scooter accidents in the city of Zurich | Dr. Cheng Fu Dr. Wernher Brucks Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Hehli, Antonia GEO | Small-Scale Spatial Variation in Meerkat Vocalization | Dr. Peter Ranacher Nikola Falk Dr. Stuart Watson Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Jiang, Chenxi GEO | Indoor-outdoor detection with MOASIS data | Dr. Cheng Fu Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Juen, Silvia GEO | Overcoming Urban Obstacles: Barriers at Hotspots for Wheelchair Users in the City of Zurich | Dr. Oliver Grübner PD Dr. Michael von Rhein Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Kuster, Tobias ESS | Male aggressive interactions and courtship behaviour identified in a wild vulturine guineafowl population from accelerometer data using deep learning | Prof. Dr. Damien Farine Dr. André Marques Condeço Ferreira Dr. Charlotte Christensen Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Li, Mengqi GEO | The Impact of Transportation Diversity on Urban Resilience: A Case Study of New York City During Hurricane Ida | Dr. Cheng Fu Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Senn, Joris GEO | Context-based operator classification for cartographic building generalization: A multimodal deep learning approach | Dr. Zhiyong Zhou Dr. Cheng Fu Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
Completed MSc Theses
| 2024 | ||
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| Maiani, Nicola GEO | Traffic coverage quality by bike in Switzerland: A comparison of cities' bikeability PDF | Dr. Cheng Fu Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
| Mihai, Maria-Lavinia GEO | Uncovering Linguistic Contact in Eurasia Using Bayesian Modelling | Dr. Peter Ranacher Prof. Dr. Paul Widmer Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Peng, Tao GEO | Is traveling a luxury or a burden? Human mobility analysis during COVID-19 PDF | Dr. Cheng Fu Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Rüegg, Linus GEO | LocID - A Unique Object-at-a-Location Identifier; Designing a global hierarchical geographical identifier that accounts for spatial inaccuracy and computational performance PDF | Dr. Thomas Phillips Dr. Cheng Fu Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Zurmühle, Michael GEO | Suitability of Travel Costs as a Geographic Prior on Language Contact PDF | Dr. Nico Neureiter Dr. Peter Ranacher Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| 2023 | ||
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| Bagutti, Rocco GEO | Academic air travel at UZH's Department of Geography: Assessing the willingness and reduction potential of voluntary reduction measures PDF | Dr. Peter Ranacher Ariane Wenger Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Beeli, Ursin Maurus GEO | Determining the Breeding Success of Red Kites (Milvus milvus) using GPS Telemetry PDF | Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel Dr. Patrick Scherler |
| Beglinger, Nicolas GEO | Exploring Deep Learning for Deformative Operators in Vector-Based Cartographic Road Generalization PDF | Dr. Cheng Fu Dr. Zhiyong Zhou Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Biland, Gregory GEO | Bicycle Accidents in Urban Zurich: An Analysis of Temporal Patterns, Influence of Network Infrastructure and Accident Severity PDF | Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel Dr. Wernher Brucks |
| Grossenbacher, Adrian Nicolas GEO | Impact of Urban Structure on Mobility during COVID-19: A Polycentricity Perspective PDF | Dr. Cheng Fu Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Hannes, Geneviève Bénédicte F. E. GEO | Interpolating spatial language evolution in South America PDF | Dr. Peter Ranacher Dr. Gereon Kaiping Dr. Takuya Takahashi Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Kreienbühl, Aaron GEO | Einfluss von Flüssen und Gebirgen auf die Interpolation von Spracharealen PDF | Dr. Gereon Kaiping Dr. Peter Ranacher Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Winkler, Jan GEO | Exploring the Swin Transformer Architecture for the Generalization of Building Footprints in Binary Cartographic Maps PDF | Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel Dr. Cheng Fu Dr. Zhiyong Zhou |
| 2022 | ||
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| Fellmann, Ursula GEO | Migration Behavior Analysis of Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) and the Influence of Environmental Covariates on Migration Timing PDF | Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel Dr. Wibke Peters Thomas Rempfler |
| He, Yuman GEO | Comparison of Feature Engineering Methods and Classifiers for Recognizing Physical Activity Types in Older Adults Using Real-Life IMU and GPS Data PDF | Dr. Eun-Kyeong Kim Dr. Hoda Allahbakhshi Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Niederberger, Michael GEO | Modeling the migration behavior and exploring the age-structured migratory connectivity of red kites (Milvus milvus) across the species’ global range PDF | Dr. rer. nat. Urs Kormann Dr. Martins Briedis Dr. sc. nat. Martin U. Grüebler Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Pude, Yannik GEO | An automated approach to enrich OpenStreetMap data on footways PDF | Dr. Hoda Allahbakhshi Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Riegger, Tobias GEO | Impact of Food Availability on Ranging Behaviour of the Sumatran Orangutans (Pongo abelii) at the Suaq Balimbing Population PDF | Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel Dr. Caroline Schuppli |
| Specker, Martin GEO | Gait analysis of older adults: Gait characteristics calculation and environmental factors PDF | Dr. Cheng Fu Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| 2021 | ||
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| Brühwiler, Livio GEO | Modelling Individuals’ Car Accident Risk by Trajectory, Driving Events, and Geographical Context: A Comparison Study with Multiple Machine Learning Models on Two Countries PDF | Dr. Cheng Fu Prof. Dr. Haosheng Huang Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Eberli, Oliver GEO | Mobility Behaviour and its Associations with Sleep and Metacognition in Older Adults: Results from GPS-based Measurement in the MOASIS study PDF | Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel Dr. Christina Röcke Dr. Eun-Kyeong Kim |
| Georgescu, Alexandra-Ioana GEO | Optimising locations for future return carsharing services: case study of the Swiss carsharing cooperative Mobility PDF | Dr. Cheng Fu Dr. Michelle Fillekes Martin Seifert Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Graf, Stefan GEO | Modelling socio-spatial movement behaviour of orangutans (Pongo abelii) in Suaq (Sumatra Utara) PDF | Dr. Caroline Schuppli Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Griffel, Pascal GEO | Correlates of Older Adults’ Out-of-Home Behaviour: Linking Health and Cognition with Mobility Indicators Derived from GPS-Trajectories PDF | Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel Dr. Cheng Fu Dr. Christina Röcke |
| Hirschhofer, Simon GEO | The Alps – A real Barrier for Bird Migration? PDF | Dr. Peter Ranacher Dr. Felix Liechti Dr. Baptiste Schmid Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Schnidrig, Patricia GEO | Modeling spatio-temporal diffusion of complex linguistic structures in Spanish Twitter PDF | Dr. Peter Ranacher Prof. Dr. Carlota de Benito Moreno Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Thürig, Severin GEO | Analysis of the Mobility of Healthy Older Adults: Semantic Enrichment of Activity Locations and Their Relationship Between Weekday, Age and Place of Residence PDF | Dr. Eun-Kyeong Kim Dr. Christina Röcke Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Välimäki, Reetta GEO | The relationship between visiting places and the health of the older adults: through spatial trajectory data PDF | Dr. Cheng Fu Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| 2020 | ||
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| Balmer, Michael GEO | Parking occupancy prediction based on historical parking data and geographic data PDF | Dr. Haosheng Huang Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Corti, Federica GEO | Dr, Lindsey Conrow Dr. Hoda Allahbakhshi Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel | |
| Ebert, Elena GEO | Comparison of Stop-Move Detection Algorithms for GPS Data of Older Adults PDF | Dr. Eun-Kyeong Kim Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Grass, Christian GEO | Identification of potential ride-sharing paths from GPS taxi trajectory data PDF | Dr. Pengxiang Zhao Dominik Bucher Dr. Haosheng Huang Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Guddal, Jan GEO | Estimating the noise reduction effect of low- noise asphalts as a function of their lifetime and environmental factors PDF | Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel Erik Bühlmann |
| Heiniger, Nathalie GEO | Identifying Anthropogenic Feeding Sites from GPS Tracking Data: A Case Study for Red Kites (Milvus milvus) in Western Switzerland PDF | Dr. Martin Grüebler Patrick Scherler Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Mathis, Thomas GEO | "Choose your own route" - Supporting pedestrian navigation without restricting the user to a predefined route PDF | Dr. Haosheng Huang Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Prinz, Raphael GEO | Inferring Urban Functional Zones from Crowdsourced Geographic Information: A Case Study Comparing Single- and Multi-Source Approaches in Manhattan (New York City, USA) | Dr. Haosheng Huang Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Schwitter, Philipp GEO | Determinants of stopover sites of migrating Swiss red kites (Milvus milvus) PDF | Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel Martin Grüebler Stephanie Witczak |
| Tian, Tian GEO | Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Impact of Sociodemographic, Economic, and Health-Related Factors on Depression of Older Adults in South Korea PDF | Dr. Eun-Kyeong Kim Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Waldburger, Tim GEO | Large-scale analysis of taxi drivers’ route choice behaviour in San Francisco, Shanghai, and Vienna PDF | Dr. Haosheng Huang Anita Graser Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Werfeli, Mike GEO | Inferring migration routes of individual nocturnal bird migrants PDF | Dr. Peter Ranacher Dr. phil. ll Felix Liechti Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| 2019 | ||
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| Bernhard, Nadja GEO | Environmental factors affecting the nest site choice of the northern wheatear. A case study about Oenanthe oenanthe in Val Piora, Switzerland. PDF | Dr. Christoph Meier Dr. phil. II Felix Liechti Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Hubler, Loris Spec. MA | Facility location modeling scenarios to optimize obstructive sleep apnoea health facilities in the East of England PDF | Dr. Lindsey Conrow Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Mardešić, Ivor Spec. MA | Spatio-temporal accessibility analysis of service provision: A comparison of the cities Zurich and Winterthur PDF | Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
| Niklaus, Olivier GEO | Predicting train arrival delays - evaluation of different input features PDF | Dr. Haosheng Huang Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |