Prof. Dr. Angela Schwering
Current affiliations
- Professur für Geoinformatik (Prof. Schwering) (SIL)
- MExLab living.knowledge ExperiMINTe
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- spatial learning, spatial literacy
- spatial cognition, spatial intelligence
- Spatial Behaviour, Wayfinding, Navigation, spatial assistance systems
- qualitative spatial analysis of maps (sketch maps)
Academic Education | |
| 2006 | Dr. rer. nat., Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster, Germany |
| 2003 | Master of Science in Information Systems, University of Muenster |
| 2001 | Bachelor of Science in Information Systems, University of Muenster |
Work Experience | |
| since 05/2022 | Scientific Director of the MexLab ExperiMINTe |
| since 2014 | Professor, Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster, Germany |
| 2009 - 2014 | Assistant Professor (W1), Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster, Germany |
| 2006 - 2009 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrueck |
| 2003 - 2006 | Researcher, Ordnance Survey, Great Britain |
Publications
Manivannan C.; Krukar J.; Schwering A. (2024) In: PloS one, 19 Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Xiao T.; Kim K.G.; Krukar J.; Subramaniyan R.; Kiefer P.; Schwering A.; Raubal M. (2024) In: International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 190 Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Krukar J.; Navas Medrano S.; Schwering A. (2023) In: Cognitive Processing, 24(2) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Galvão M.L.; Krukar J.; Schwering A. (2023) In: Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 50(1) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Krukar J.; van Eek A.; Schwering A. (2023) In: Spatial Cognition and Computation, 23(4) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) |
Projects
Duration: 01/01/2024 - 31/03/2026 Funded by: MWIKE NRW - EFRE/JTF-Programm - Pakt für Informatik 2.0 Type of project: Individual project | |
Verbund - KI: Energie- und ressourceneffiziente künstliche Intelligenz für moderne IoT-Anwendungen (TinyAIoT) Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2025 Funded by: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection Type of project: Participation in other joint projects | |
Verkehrswende in Essen - Jugendliche entwickeln mit digitalen Geomedien Konzepte für den Radverkehr in der Ruhrgebietsmetropole (Essen auf Rädern) Duration: 01/12/2022 - 30/11/2025 Funded by: Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/12/2022 - 31/12/2023 Funded by: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programs Type of project: Internally at the University of Münster funded project | |
Duration: since 01/05/2022 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: Federal Ministry of Culture and Science of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Type of project: Individual project |
Prizes
| Open Data Impact Award 2022 (1st prize) Awarded by: Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft e.V. Award given to: Bartoschek, Thomas; Schwering, Angela; Pesch, Mario Announced at: 07/11/2022 | Date of awarding: 07/11/2022 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| CeBIT Innovation Award 2017 Awarded by: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung & Deutsche Messe AG Award given to: Bartoschek, Thomas; Schwering, Angela; Wirwahn, Jan Alexander; Pfeil, Matthias; Pape, Gerald; Mukhametov, Sergey; Guntermann, Björn; Pesch, Mario Announced at: 20/03/2017 | Date of awarding: 20/03/2017 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Second Best Poster Award entiteled: "SketchMapia: a Framework for Qualitative Alignment of Sketch Maps and Metric Maps" Awarded by: AGILE 2015 International Conference in Lisbon, Portugal Award given to: Jan S; Schwering A Date of awarding: 15/06/2015 Type of distinction: Best publication award | |
| Best Poster Award for poster paper entitled "Map-off the city: How uncertain places are represented in sketch maps" Awarded by: AGILE 2015 International Conference in Lisbon, Portugal Award given to: Anacta VJA, Humayun MI, Schwering A Announced at: 12/06/2015 | Date of awarding: 15/06/2015 Type of distinction: Best publication award | |
| ERC Starting Grant Awarded by: European Research Council (ERC) Award given to: Schwering, Angela Announced at: 16/01/2015 | Date of awarding: 15/01/2015 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction |
Doctorates
| Analyse semantisch annotierter Trajektorien Candidate: Seep, Jana | Supervisors: Vahrenhold, Jan | Reviewers: Vahrenhold, Jan; Schwering, Angela Period of time: 01/11/2017 - 09/02/2023 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Orientation Information in Wayfinding Instructions: Selection and Evaluation of Route Dependent Information for Wayfinding and Orientation Support Candidate: Löwen, Heinrich | Supervisors: Schwering, Angela Period of time: 01/10/2016 - 28/02/2020 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Cognitive Wayfinding Candidate: Anacta, Vanessa Joy | Supervisors: Schwering, Angela Period of time: 01/10/2011 - 29/09/2017 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Qualitative Spatial Reasoning and Alignment of objects from Sketch Map and Metric Maps using Qualitative constraint networks Candidate: Jan, Sahib | Supervisors: Schwering, Angela Period of time: 01/04/2010 - 11/07/2017 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Incorporating Semantics in Vague Place Models Candidate: Humayun, Mohammed Imaduddin | Supervisors: Schwering, Angela Period of time: 01/05/2010 - 06/07/2017 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |