Ioannis Giannopoulos

Ioannis Giannopoulos was born in Patras in 1985. In 2018 he was appointed Professor of Geoinformatics at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien). Before coming to Vienna, Ioannis was a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). In 2015 he also successfully supported his PhD thesis at ETH Zurich, which was also awarded the ETH Culmann Prize for outstanding dissertations. In addition, he holds a bachelor and master degree in Computer Science from Saarland University with a focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Both the bachelor and master thesis were carried out at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). His publications focus mainly on the fields of HCI, Geoinformatics and Cognitive Science. More specifically, his research interests are in the areas of Spatial HCI, Urban Computing, LBS, Mobile Decision Making, Machine Learning, Mobile and Remote Eye Tracking, Pedestrian Navigation as well as Interaction in Virtual and Mixed Environments.

Innovative technologies for smart cities – Geographic-Aware Augmented Reality

Developments in Augmented Reality technology have facilitated the development of new ideas and applications in various fields. In recent years, several applications have been developed that have highlighted the potential of this technology. The geoinformatics team at TU Wien has developed this technology by integrating geographic awareness. We provide the means to support the localization of an AR-enabled device in outdoor space by aligning the reference frame of the device with the geographic reference frame. This advancement enables the visualization of 3D models with geo-referencing with high accuracy in geographic space. This paves the way for research and application in various areas, such as developing smart cities, enabling accurate visualization of future structures, or even allowing existing infrastructure to become part of the human interaction dialogue.