Monika Kuffer

M-GEO
M-SE
Humanitarian Engineering
GEM
ACQUAL

Assessing food security in informal settlements using integrated quantitative, qualitative and spatial analysis approaches

Urban slums are among the most vulnerable environments in terms of food access, dietary adequacy, and livelihood stability.

M-GEO
PLUS
STAMP

The Sound of Light - VIIRS for Urban Noise Detection

Environmental noise has been associated with increasing blood pressure, heart disease, and sleep disturbance, among other complaints.

M-GEO
PLUS

Where does night light matter? Monitoring access to electricity vs light pollution with high resolution night light EO sensors.

The majority of the Earth Observation missions focus on daytime monitoring.

GIMA
M-GEO
M-SE
ACQUAL
PLUS

Modelling urban socio-economic inequalities - living conditions - deprivation (slums) using machine learning and earth observation (topic has several sub-topics)

LINK TO RESEARCH PROJECTS

The MSc topics link to several ongoing larger research projects that allow being part of international research teams - both projects just started:

M-GEO
M-SE
GEM
GIMA
4D-EARTH
ACQUAL
PLUS

Digital Twins for sustainable cities and environments

Digital Twins (DTs) are rapidly becoming one of the most exciting innovations in smart cities, bringing together 3D modelling, geospatial data, IoT sensors, and AI t

M-GEO
M-SE
ACQUAL
PLUS

Slum mapping using citizen science, deep learning and transfer learning methods

Mapping slums in different urban environments across the Globe is extremely important for locating and prioritizing hotspots of urban poor for urgent climate action to combat the impact of cl

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