1. 1 Department Ecoinformatics, Biometrics and Forest Growth Computer Graphics and Ecological Informatics Study course: Applied Computer Science M.Sc. Winfried Kurth Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology

2. 2 Department Ecoinformatics, Biometrics and Forest Growth Workgroups at the Department of Ecoinformatics Department Ecoinformatics, Biometrics and Forest Growth permanent staff: Winfried Kurth Joachim Saborowski Jürgen Nagel Wilfried Hakes Reinhold Meyer Department Ecoinformatics, Biometrics and Forest Growth permanent staff: Winfried Kurth Joachim Saborowski Jürgen Nagel Wilfried Hakes Reinhold Meyer Workgroup 1: Computer graphics and ecological informatics Workgroup 1: Computer graphics and ecological informatics Workgroup 2: Statistical models, sampling, spatial statistics and inventories Workgroup 2: Statistical models, sampling, spatial statistics and inventories Workgroup 3: Spatial information systems in ecology Workgroup 3: Spatial information systems in ecology Workgroup 4: Local computing centre for the Forestry Faculty, consulting in statistics, computation and e-learning Workgroup 4: Local computing centre for the Forestry Faculty, consulting in statistics, computation and e-learning Workgroup 5: e-learning in life sciences, geoinformatics and statistics Workgroup 5: e-learning in life sciences, geoinformatics and statistics Workgroup 6: Forest growth modelling (with NWFVA) Workgroup 6: Forest growth modelling (with NWFVA)

3. 3 Department Ecoinformatics, Biometrics and Forest Growth Research activities (and possible topics for projects and M.Sc. theses...) Computer graphics and ecological informatics (= computer science, applied to ecology)

4. 4 Department Ecoinformatics, Biometrics and Forest Growth Functional-structural models of organisms and adequate ways to formalize them software GroIMP formalism RGG language XL j k, l m ==>j m,l k; model part of a regulatory network (biosynthesis of gibberellic acid) wild type dwarf mutant

5. 5 Department Ecoinformatics, Biometrics and Forest Growth Functional-structural plant models - Examples cut-rose: Buck-Sorlin et al. 2011 tomato: Buck-Sorlin et al., unpubl. wheat: Evers et al. 2010 rice: Xu et al. 2011

6. 6 Department Ecoinformatics, Biometrics and Forest Growth at a higher scale level: simulations of forest stands VRML- Virtual Reality Output CCL - Crown Competition light Ecological site classification

7. 7 Department Ecoinformatics, Biometrics and Forest Growth Improved rendering of 3-d scenes and simulation of radiation raytracing: basic principle

8. 8 Department Ecoinformatics, Biometrics and Forest Growth

9. 9 offered seminar (this winter term) module hours per week ECTS Start Seminar Computer Graphics (bilingual: English or German) 26 21.10.2014, 4:15 p.m., room 3.101 additionally: projects, colloquium for doctoral students List of Project, Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. thesis topics: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/69157.html implements „Seminar Grafische Datenverarbeitung“ see http://www.uni-forst.gwdg.de/~wkurth/scg14_home.htmhttp://www.uni-forst.gwdg.de/~wkurth/scg14_home.htm

10. 10 Department Ecoinformatics, Biometrics and Forest Growth further offered classes (winter term) modules hours per week ECTS Ecological modelling with C++46 Advanced data analysis (in German) 46 Project Ecosystem analysis and modelling 212 Spatial Information Systems (in German) 23

11. 11 Department Ecoinformatics, Biometrics and Forest Growth to contact us: wk@cs.uni-goettingen.de jsaboro@gwdg.de http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/html/67072.html see also: http://www.grogra.de physically: Büsgenweg 4, Abteilung Ökoinformatik, Biometrie und Waldwachstum, 1st floor, room 90